-- Gib"bous*ly, adv. -- Gib"bous*ness, n.
Gibbs"ite (?), n. [Named after George Gibbs.] (Min.) A hydrate of
alumina.
Gib"-cat` (?), n. A male cat, esp. an old one. See lst Gib. n. [Obs.]
Shak.
Gibe (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gibed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gibing.] [Cf.
Prov. F. giber, equiv. to F. jouer to play, Icel. geipa to talk
nonsense, E. jabber.] To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to
rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.
Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.
Swift.
Gibe, v. i. To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff
at; to mock.
Draw the beasts as I describe them, From their features, while I
gibe them.
Swift.
Gibe, n. An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a
taunt; a sneer.
Mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns.
Shak.
With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me.
Tennyson.
||Gib"el (?), n. [G. gibel, giebel.] (Zoˆl.) A kind of carp (Cyprinus
||gibelio); -- called also Prussian carp.
Gib"er (?) n. One who utters gibes. B. Jonson.
Gib"fish` (?), n. The male of the salmon. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Gib"ing*ly (?), adv. In a gibing manner; scornfully.
Gib"let (?), a. Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie.
Gib"lets (?), n. pl. [OE. gibelet, OF. gibelet game: cf. F. gibelotte
stewed rabbit. Cf. Gibbier.] The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart,
gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry.
Gib"staff` (?), n. [Prov. E. gib a hooked stick + E. staff.] 1. A staff
to guage water, or to push a boat.
2. A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage. [Obs.]
Bailey.
Gid (?), n. [Cf. Giddy, a.] A disease of sheep, characterized by
vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the C&?;nurus, a
larval tapeworm, in the brain. See C&?;nurus.
Gid"di*ly (?), adv. In a giddy manner.
Gid"di*ness, n. The quality or state of being giddy.
Gid"dy (?), a. [Compar. Giddier (?); superl. Giddiest.] [OE. gidi mad,
silly, AS. gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw. gidda to shake,
tremble.]
1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having
lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore
wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.
By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed.
Tate.
2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy
precipice. Prior.
Upon the giddy footing of the hatches.
Shak.
3. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with
celerity; gyratory; whirling.
The giddy motion of the whirling mill.
Pope.
4. Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild;
thoughtless; heedless. "Giddy, foolish hours." Rowe. "Giddy chance."
Dryden.
Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm.
Cowper.
Gid"dy, v. i. To reel; to whirl. Chapman.