FYLFOT, FILFOT, fil'fot, _n._ an ancient symbol in the form of a Greek
cross, with each arm continued at right angles, called also _Gammadion_,
_Gammation_, and _Svastika_. [Prob. _fill-foot_, meaning a device for
filling the foot of a painted window.]
FYRD, fird, _n._ the military force of the whole nation, all males capable
of bearing arms, in Anglo-Saxon times. [A.S. _fyrd_, army.]
FYTTE. See FIT (3).
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G the seventh letter of our alphabet, and in the Roman not originally
differentiated from C, but substituted there for the disused Z: (_mus._)
the fifth note of the diatonic scale of C minor--also _sol_, the scale or
key having that note for its tonic: (_nat. phil._) a symbol for
acceleration of gravity, which is about 32 feet per second: in the medieval
system of Roman numerals=400, or [=G]=400,000.
GAB, gab, _v.i._ (_coll._) to chatter, prate.--_n._ idle talk, prattling: a
jest, a witticism: (_Scot._) the mouth.--_n._ GAB'BER, jabber.--_adj._
GAB'BY, garrulous.--GIFT OF THE GAB, a talent for talking.