It seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of
ghostology and witchcraft.
Hawthorne.
Ghoul (gl), n. [Per. ghl an imaginary sylvan demon, supposed to devour
men and animals: cf. Ar. ghl, F. goule.] An imaginary evil being among
Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies. [Written
also ghole .] Moore.
Ghoul"ish, a. Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.
Ghyll (?), n. A ravine. See Gill a woody glen. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Wordsworth.
||Gial`lo*li"no (?), n. [It., from giallo yellow, prob. fr. OHG. gelo,
||G. gelb; akin to E. yellow.] A term variously employed by early
||writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead,
||or massicot. Fairholt.
Giam"beux (zhm"b), n. pl. [See Jambeux.] Greaves; armor for the legs.
[Obs.] Spenser.
Gi"ant (?), n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant, F. gÈant,
L. gigas, fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, from the root of E. gender, genesis. See
Gender, and cf. Gigantic.]