Glyp"tics (?), n. [Cf. F. glyptique. See Glyph.] The art of engraving
on precious stones.
Glyp"to*don (?), n. [Gr. &?; carved, engraved + &?;, &?;, tooth. See
Glyph.] (Paleon.) An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied
to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with
tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth. Owen.
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Glyp"to*dont (?), n. (Paleon.) One of a family (GlyptodontidÊ) of
extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About
twenty species are known.
Glyp`to*graph"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. glyptographique.] Relating to
glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones. [R.]
Glyp*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; carved + -graphy: cf. F.
glyptographie.] The art or process of engraving on precious stones.
[R.]
||Glyp`to*the"ca (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; carved + &?; case, box.] A
||building or room devoted to works of sculpture.
Glys"ter (?), n. (Med.) Same as Clyster.
Gmel"in*ite (?), n. [Named after the German chemist Gmelin.] (Min.) A
rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to
chabazite.
||Gna*pha"li*um (?), n. [Nl., from Gr. &?; wool of the teasel.] (Bot.)
||A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent
||involucres; a kind of everlasting.
Gnar (?), n. [OE. knarre, gnarre, akin to OD. knor, G. knorren. Cf.
Knar, Knur, Gnarl.] A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset
man; -- written also gnarr. [Archaic]
He was . . . a thick gnarre.
Chaucer.
Gnar (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gnarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarring.]
[See Gnarl.] To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr.
[Archaic]
At them he gan to rear his bristles strong, And felly gnarre.
Spenser.
A thousand wants Gnarr at the heels of men.
Tennison.
Gnarl (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gnarled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarling.]
[From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knarren, knurren.
D. knorren, Sw. knorra, Dan. knurre.] To growl; to snarl.
And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first.
Shak.
Gnarl, n. [See Gnar, n.] a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a
protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
Gnarled (?), a. Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.
The unwedgeable and gnarlÈd oak.
Shak.
Gnarl"y (?), a. Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.
Gnash (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnashed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnashing.]
[OE. gnasten, gnaisten, cf. Icel. gnastan a gnashing, gn&?;sta to
gnash, Dan. knaske, Sw. gnissla, D. knarsen, G. knirschen.] To strike
together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth.
Gnash, v. i. To grind or strike the teeth together.
There they him laid, Gnashing for anguish, and despite, and shame.
Milton.
Gnash"ing*ly, adv. With gnashing.
Gnat (?), n. [AS. gnÊt.] 1. (Zoˆl.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of
the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have
a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of
animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally
called mosquitoes. See Mosquito.
2. Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a
small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat,
the black fly, etc.
Gnat catcher (Zoˆl.), one of several species of small American singing
birds, of the genus Polioptila, allied to the kinglets. -- Gnat flower,
the bee flower. -- Gnat hawk (Zoˆl.), the European goatsucker; --
called also gnat owl. -- Gnat snapper (Zoˆl.), a bird that catches
gnats. -- Gnat strainer, a person ostentatiously punctilious about
trifles. Cf. Matt. xxiii. 24.
Gnath"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; the jaw.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the
jaw.
Gnathic index, in a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of
the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken equal to 100), to the
distance from the basion to the middle of the front edge of the upper
jaw; -- called also alveolar index.
Skulls with the gnathic index below 98 are orthognathous, from 98
to 103 mesognathous, and above 103 are prognathous.
Flower.
||Gna*thid"i*um (?), n.; pl. Gnathidia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. gna`qos the
||jaw.] (Zoˆl.) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is
||naked; -- commonly used in the plural.
Gnath"ite (?), n. [Gr. gna`qos the jaw.] (Zoˆl.) Any one of the mouth
appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillÊ, and
maxillipeds.
{ Gna*thon"ic (?), Gna*thon"ic*al (?), } a. [L. Gnatho, name of a
parasite in the "Eunuchus" of Terence, Gr. &?;; hence, a parasite in
general.] Flattering; deceitful. [Obs.]
Gnath"o*pod (?), n. [Gr. gna`qos the jaw + -pod.] (Zoˆl.) A
gnathopodite or maxilliped. See Maxilliped.
Gna*thop"o*dite (?), n. (Zoˆl,) Any leglike appendage of a crustacean,
when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the
maxillipeds.
Gna*thos"te*gite (?), n. [Gr. gna`qos the jaw + &?; a roof.] (Zoˆl.)
One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of
crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs.
||Gna*thos"to*ma (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. gna`qos the jaw + &?;, &?;,
||the mouth.] (Zoˆl.) A comprehensive division of vertebrates,
||including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the
||leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them.
||[Written also Gnathostomata.]
||Gnath`o*the"ca (?), n.; pl. Gnathothec∆ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. gna`qos
||the jaw + &?; a box.] (Zoˆl.) The horney covering of the lower
||mandible of a bird.
Gnat"ling (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A small gnat.
Gnat"worm` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also,
colloquially, wiggler.
Gnaw (n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnawed (nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnawing.]
[OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D. knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G.
nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan. gnave, nage. Cf. Nag to tease.] 1. To
bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or
crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away
by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at.
His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw.
Dryden.