Gyn"o*base (jn"*bs), n. [Gr. gynh` a woman, female + E. base.] (Bot.) A
dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary.
Gyn`o*ba"sic (-b"sk), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.
Gy*noc"ra*cy (j*nk"r*s), n. [See Gynecocracy.] Female government;
gynecocracy.
The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from absolute despotism
to republicanism, not forgetting the intermediate stages of
oligarchy, limited monarchy, and even gynocracy; for I myself
remember Alsatia governed for nearly nine months by an old
fishwoman.
Sir W. Scott.
Gy`no*di*ú"cious (j`n*d*"shs), a. [Gr. gynh` a woman + E. diúcious.]
(Bot.) Diúcious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an
individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.
||Gy*nú"ci*um (j*n"s*m or -sh*m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gynh` a woman +
||oi^kos house.] (Bot.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively.
||See Illust. of Carpophore.
Gyn"o*phore (jn"*fr), n. [Gr. gynh` woman, female + fe`rein to bear,
produce: cf. F. gynophore.] 1. (Bot.) The pedicel raising the pistil or
ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. Lindley.
2. (Zoˆl.) One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in
certain Siphonophora.
Gyp (jp), n. [Said to be a sportive application of Gr. gy`ps a
vulture.] A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at
Oxford called a scout. [Cant]
Gypse (jps), n. [F.] See Gypsum. [Obs.] Pococke.
Gyp"se*ous (jp"s*s), a. [L. gypseus. See Gypsum.] Resembling or
containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum.
Gyp"sey (-s), n. A gypsy. See Gypsy.
Gyp*sif"er*ous (jp*sf"r*s), a. [Gypsum + -ferous: cf. F. gypsifËre.]
Containing gypsum.
Gyp"sine (jp"sn), a. Gypseous. [R.] Chambers.
Gyp*sog"ra*phy (jp*sg"r*f), n. [Gypsum + -graphy.] The act or art of
engraving on gypsum.
Gyp"so*plast (jp"s*plst), n. [Gypsum + Gr. pla`ssein to mold.] A cast
taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime.
Gyp"sum (jp"sm), n. [L. gypsum, Gr. gy`psos; cf. Ar. jibs plaster,
mortar, Per. jabsn lime.] (Min.) A mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, stype forms plaster of
Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a
fine, white, massive variety.
Gyp"sy (jp"s), n.; pl. Gypsies (-sz). [OE. Gypcyan, F. Ègyptien
Egyptian, gypsy, L. Aegyptius. See Egyptian.] [Also spelled gipsy and
gypsey.] 1. One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally
from India, entered Europe in the 14th or 15th century, and are now
scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by
theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian,
Romany.
Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the
very heart of loss.
Shak.