There is a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy against me.
Shak.
Gin*gal" (?), n. See Jingal.
Gin"ger (?), n. [OE. ginger, gingever, gingivere, OF. gengibre,
gingimbre, F. gingembre, L. zingiber, zingiberi, fr. Gr. &?;; of
Oriental origin; cf. Ar. & Pers. zenjebl, fr. Skr. &?;&?;&?;gavÎra,
prop., hornshaped; &?;&?;&?;ga horn + vÎra body.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies.
The species most known is Z. officinale.
2. The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much
used in cookery and in medicine.
Ginger beer or ale, a mild beer impregnated with ginger. -- Ginger
cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and water, and
sometimes whisky or brandy. -- Ginger pop. See Ginger beer (above). --
Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger. -- Wild ginger (Bot.), an
American herb (Asarum Canadense) with two reniform leaves and a long,
cordlike rootstock which has a strong taste of ginger.
Gin"ger*bread` (?), n. A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger,
and sometimes made in fanciful shapes. "Gingerbread that was full
fine." Chaucer.
Gingerbread tree (Bot.), the doom palm; -- so called from the
resemblance of its fruit to gingerbread. See Doom Palm. -- Gingerbread
work, ornamentation, in architecture or decoration, of a fantastic,
trivial, or tawdry character.
Gin"ger*ly, adv. [Prov. E. ginger brittle, tender; cf. dial. Sw.
gingla, g‰ngla, to go gently, totter, akin to E. gang.] Cautiously;
timidly; fastidiously; daintily.
What is't that you took up so gingerly ?
Shak.
Gin"ger*ness, n. Cautiousness; tenderness.
Ging"ham (?), n. [F. guingan; cf. Jav. ginggang; or perh. fr. Guingamp,
in France.] A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or
checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished
from printed cotton or prints.
Ging"ing (?), n. (Mining) The lining of a mine shaft with stones or
bricks to prevent caving.
Gin"gi*val (?), a. [L. gingiva the gum.] Of or pertaining to the gums.
Holder.
Gin"gle (?), n. & v. [Obs.] See Jingle.
Gin"gly*form (?), a. (Anat.) Ginglymoid.
||Gin`gly*mo"di (?), n. [NL.; cf. Gr. &?; ginglymoid. See Ginglymoid.]
||(Zoˆl.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and
||many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a
||heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins,
||and a bony skeleton, with the vertebrÊ convex in front and concave
||behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel.
{ Gin"gly*moid (?), Gin`gly*moid"al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;; &?; ginglymus +
&?; form: cf. F. ginglymoide, ginglymoÔdal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or
resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform.
||Gin"gly*mus (?), n.; pl. Ginglymi (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a hingelike
||joint, a ball and socket joint.] (Anat.) A hinge joint; an
||articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two
||directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.
Gin"house` (?), n. A building where cotton is ginned.
Gink"go (?), n.; pl. Ginkgoes (#). [Chin., silver fruit.] (Bot.) A
large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging
to the Yew suborder of ConiferÊ. Its leaves are so like those of some
maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree.
Gin"nee (?), n.; pl. Ginn (&?;). See Jinnee.
Gin"net (?), n. See Genet, a horse.
Gin"ning (?), n. [See Gin, v. i.] Beginning. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Gin"ny-car`riage (&?;), n. A small, strong carriage for conveying
materials on a railroad. [Eng.]
Gin"seng (?), n. [Chinese.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Aralia, the
root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The
Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare that the American
(A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an
article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a
yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat
resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic
bitterness.
Gin"shop` (?), n. A shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage.
[Colloq.]
Gip (?), v. t. To take out the entrails of (herrings).
Gip, n. A servant. See Gyp. Sir W. Scott.
Gi*poun" (?), n. [See Jupon.] A short cassock. [Written also gepoun,
gypoun, jupon, juppon.] [Obs.]
{ Gip"ser (?), Gip"sire (?), } n. [F. gibeciËre a game pouch or game
pocket. Cf. Gibbier.] A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle. Ld.
Lytton.
A gipser all of silk, Hung at his girdle, white as mornÈ milk.
Chaucer.
Gip"sy (jp"s), n. & a. See Gypsy.
Gip"sy*ism (?), n. See Gypsyism.
Gi*raffe" (?), n. [F. girafe, Sp. girafa, from Ar. zurfa, zarfa.]
(Zoˆl.) An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the
deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard.
It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the
hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs
are much longer than its hind legs.