GALEATE, -D, g[=a]'le-[=a]t, -ed, _adj._ (_bot._, _ornith._, and _anat._)
helmeted. [L. _gale[=a]tus_--_galea_, a helmet.]
GALENA, g[=a]-l[=e]'na, _n._ a mineral which is essentially a sulphide of
lead--also GAL[=E]'NITE.--_adjs._ GAL[=E]'NIC, -AL, GAL[=E]'NOID. [L.
_galena_, lead-ore.]
GALENIC, -AL, g[=a]-len'ik, -al, _adj._ pertaining to _Galen_, the 2d-cent.
Greek physician, or to his methods and theories.--_ns._ G[=A]'LENISM;
G[=A]'LENIST.
GALEOPITHECUS, g[=a]-li-o-pi-th[=e]'kus, _n._ a flying lemur.--_adjs._
GALEOPITH[=E]'CINE, GALEOPITH[=E]'COID.
GALILEAN, gal-i-l[=e]'an, _adj._ of or pertaining to _Galileo_, a great
Italian mathematician (1564-1642).--GALILEAN LAW, the law of the uniform
acceleration of falling bodies; GALILEAN TELESCOPE, a telescope with a
concave lens for its eye-piece.
GALILEAN, gal-i-l[=e]'an, _adj._ of or pertaining to _Galilee_, one of the
Roman divisions of Palestine.--_n._ a native of Galilee: a Christian.
GALILEE, gal'i-l[=e], _n._ (_archit._) a porch or chapel at the west end of
some abbey churches, in which penitents were placed, and where
ecclesiastics met women who had business with them.--GALILEE PORCH, a
galilee which has direct communication with the exterior. [Prob. suggested
from Mark, xvi. 7, 'He goeth before you into _Galilee_.']
GALIMATIAS, gal-i-m[=a]'shi-as, _n._ nonsense, gibberish: any confused
mixture of unlike things. [Fr.]
GALINGALE, gal'in-g[=a]l, _n._ the aromatic root of certain E. Indian
plants of genera _Alpinia_ and _Kæmpferia_, formerly much used in medicine
and cookery: the tuber of _Cyperus longus_, of ancient medicinal repute:
also the whole plant.--Also GALAN'GAL. [O. Fr. _galingal_--Ar.
_khalanj[=a]n_--Chin. _ko-liang-kiang_--_Ko_, a Chinese province, _liang_,
mild, and _kiang_, ginger.]
GALIONGEE, gal-yon-j[=e]', _n._ a Turkish sailor. [Turk.
_q[=a]ly[=u]nj[=i]_, deriv. of _q[=a]ly[=u]n_--It. _galeone_, galleon.]
GALIPOT, gal'i-pot, _n._ the white resin which exudes from pine, yielding,
when refined, white, yellow, or Burgundy pitch. [Fr.]
GALL, gawl, _n._ the greenish-yellow fluid secreted from the liver, called
bile: bitterness: malignity.--_ns._ GALL-BLADD'ER, a pear-shaped bag lying
on the under side of the liver, a reservoir for the bile; GALL'-STONE, a
hard concretion in the gall-bladder or biliary ducts.--GALL AND WORMWOOD,
anything extremely disagreeable and annoying.--IN THE GALL OF BITTERNESS,
in a state of extreme hostility to God (Acts, viii. 23). [A.S. _gealla_,
gall; cf. Ger. _galle_, Gr. _chol[=e]_, L. _fel_.]
GALL, gawl, _n._ a light nut-like ball which certain insects produce on the
oak-tree, used in dyeing--also GALL'-NUT.--_v.t._ to fret or hurt the skin
by rubbing: to annoy: to enrage.--_v.i._ (_Shak._) to act in a galling
manner.--_ns._ GALL'ATE, a salt of gallic acid; GALL'FLY, an insect which
occasions gall on plants by puncturing.--_adj._ GALL'ING,
irritating.--_adv._ GALL'INGLY.--GALLIC ACID, a crystalline substance
obtained from gall-nuts, and used in making ink. [Fr. _galle_--L. _galla_,
oak-apple.]
GALLANT, gal'ant, _adj._ brave: noble: (rare) gay, splendid, magnificent:
courteous or attentive to ladies: amorous, erotic (sometimes
gal-ant').--_n._ a gay, dashing person: a man of fashion: suitor,
seducer.--_adv._ GALL'ANTLY.--_ns._ GALL'ANTNESS; GALL'ANTRY, bravery:
intrepidity: attention or devotion to ladies, often in a bad sense, amorous
intrigue: (_Shak._) gallants collectively. [Fr. _galant_--O. Fr. _gale_, a
merrymaking; prob. Teut.]
GALLEASS, gal'e-as, _n._ (_Shak._) a vessel of the same construction as a
galley, but larger and heavier.--Also GALL'IASS. [O. Fr. _galeace_--It.
_galeaza_, augmented from, _galea_, galley.]
GALLEON, gal'i-un, _n._ a large Spanish vessel with lofty stem and stern,
mostly used formerly for carrying treasure. [Sp. _galeon_. Cf. GALLEY.]
GALLERY, gal'[.e]r-i, _n._ a balcony surrounded by rails: a long passage:
the upper floor of seats in a church or theatre: the persons occupying the
gallery at a theatre: a room for the exhibition of works of art: (_fort._)
a covered passage cut through the earth or masonry: a level or drive in a
mine.--_adj._ GALL'ERIED, furnished with, or arranged like, a
gallery.--PLAY TO THE GALLERY, to play so as to win the applause of the
least intelligent amongst the spectators. [O. Fr. _galerie_ (It.
_galleria_).]
GALLEY, gal'i, _n._ a long, low-built ship with one deck, propelled by
oars: a state barge: the captain's boat on a war-ship: the place where the
cooking is done on board ship: a kind of boat attached to a ship-of-war:
(_print._) a flat oblong tray in which the compositor places the type he
has set up.--_ns._ GALL'EY-PROOF, an impression taken from type on a
galley; GALL'EY-SLAVE, one condemned for crime to work like a slave at the
oar of a galley. [O. Fr. _galie_--Low L. _galea_.]
GALLIAMBIC, gal-i-am'bik, _adj._ constituting a _galliambus_, a verse
consisting of four Ionics a minore ([uu--]), with variations and
substitutions. [Used by the _Galli_, priests of the Phrygian goddess
Cybele.]
GALLIARD, gal'yard, _adj._ (_arch._) brisk, lively.--_n._ a spirited dance
for two, common in the 16th and 17th centuries: a gay fellow.--_n._
GALL'IARDISE, gaiety: a merry trick. [O. Fr. _gaillard_; cf. Sp.
_gallardo_.]
GALLIC, gal'ik, _adj._ pertaining to _Gaul_ or France.--_adj._ GALL'ICAN,
of or pertaining to France: esp. pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church in
France.--_n._ one holding Gallican doctrines.--_n._ GALL'ICANISM, the
spirit of nationalism within the French Church--as opposed to
_Ultramontanism_, or the absolute subjection of everything to the personal
authority of the pope.--_adv._ GALLICE (gal'i-s[=e]), in French.--_n._
GALL'ICISM, the use in English or any other language of a word or idiom
peculiar to the French.--_vs.t._ GALL'IC[=I]ZE, GALL'IC[=I]SE, to make
French in opinions, habits, &c. [L. _Gallicus_--_Gallia_, Gaul.]
GALLIGASKINS, gal-i-gas'kinz, _n.pl._ large open hose or trousers: leggings
worn by sportsmen. [A corr. of O. Fr. _garguesque_--It. _Grechesco_,
Greekish--L. _Græcus_, Greek.]
GALLIMAUFRY, gal-i-maw'fri, _n._ (_Shak._) any inconsistent or absurd
medley: a medley of persons. [O. Fr. _galimafrée_, a ragout, hash.]
GALLINACEOUS, gal-in-[=a]'shus, _adj._ pertaining to the order of birds to
which the domestic fowl, pheasant, &c. belong. [L. _gallina_, a
hen--_gallus_, a cock.]
GALLINULE, gal'i-n[=u]l, _n._ a genus of aquatic birds closely allied to
the coots, of which the common water-hen is a species. [L. _gallinula_,
dim. of _gallina_, a hen.]
GALLIO, gal'i-o, _n._ a careless, easy-going man who keeps himself free
from trouble and responsibility. [From the proconsul of Achaia in 53 A.D.,
Junius Annæus _Gallio_, who refused to listen to the Jewish clamour against
Paul (Acts, xviii. 12-17).]
GALLIOT, GALIOT, gal'i-ot, _n._ a small galley: an old Dutch cargo-boat,
also a bomb-ketch. [Fr. _galiote_--Low L. _galea_, galley.]
GALLIPOT, gal'i-pot, _n._ a small glazed pot for containing medicine.
[Prob. _pottery_ such as was brought in _galleys_; not likely to be the Old
Dut. _gleipot_, a glazed pot.]
GALLIUM, gal'i-um, _n._ a rare malleable metal, grayish-white, brilliant in
lustre.
GALLIVANT, gal-i-vant', _v.i._ to spend time frivolously, esp. in flirting.
[Perh. a variation of _gallant_.]
GALLIVAT, gal'i-vat, _n._ a large two-masted Malay boat.
GALLIWASP, gal'i-wasp, _n._ a West Indian lizard.
GALLIZE, gal'[=i]z, _v.t._ to treat unfermented grape-juice with water and
sugar, so as to increase the quantity of wine produced. [From Dr L. _Gall_
of Treves.]
GALLOGLASS, gal'lo-glas, _n._ a soldier or armed retainer of a chief in
ancient Ireland and other Celtic countries.--Also GAL'LOWGLASS. [Ir.
_gallóglách_--Ir. _gall_, foreign, _óglách_, youth.]
GALLOMANIA, gal-o-m[=a]'ni-a, _n._ a mania for French ways.
GALLON, gal'un, _n._ the standard measure of capacity=4 quarts. [O. Fr.
_galun_, _galon_, _jalon_; app. cog. with Fr. _jale_, a bowl.]
GALLOON, ga-l[=oo]n', _n._ a kind of lace: a narrow ribbon made of silk or
worsted, or of both.--_adj._ GALLOONED', adorned with galloon. [Fr.
_galon_, _galonner_; prob. cog. with _gallant_.]
GALLOP, gal'up, _v.i._ to move by leaps, as a horse: to ride a galloping
horse: to move very fast.--_v.t._ to cause to gallop.--_n._ the pace at
which a horse runs when the forefeet are lifted together and the hindfeet
together: a ride at a gallop.--_n._ GALL'OPER, one who, or that which,
gallops.--_part._ and _adj._ GALL'OPING, proceeding at a gallop: (_fig._)
advancing rapidly, as in the phrase, 'a galloping consumption.'--CANTERBURY
GALLOP, a moderate gallop of a horse (see CANTER). [O. Fr. _galop_,
_galoper_; prob. Teut., related to _leap_. There is a Flemish and a Middle
High Ger. _walop_ (n.). The root is seen in Old Fries. _walla_, to boil;
cf. WELL (1).]
GALLOPADE, gal-up-[=a]d', _n._ a quick kind of dance--then, the music
appropriate to it: a sidewise gallop.--_v.i._ to move briskly: to perform a
gallopade. [Fr.]
GALLOVIDIAN, gal-o-vid'yan, _adj._ belonging to Galloway.--_n._ a native
thereof.
GALLOW, gal'l[=o], _v.t._ (_Shak._) to frighten or terrify. [A.S.
_a-g['æ]lwian_, to astonish.]
GALLOWAY, gal'o-w[=a], _n._ a small strong horse, 13-15 hands high,
originally from _Galloway_ in Scotland: a breed of large black hornless
cattle.
GALLOWS, gal'us, _n._ a wooden frame on which criminals are executed by
hanging--a _pl._ used as a _sing._, and having (_Shak._) the double _pl._
'gallowses' (used also _coll._ originally for a pair of braces for
supporting the trousers): (_Shak._) a wretch who deserves the gallows: any
contrivance with posts and cross-beam for suspending objects: a rest for
the tympan of a hand printing-press: the main frame of a
beam-engine.--_ns._ GALL'OWS-BIRD, a person who deserves hanging;
GALL'OWS-BITTS, a frame fixed in a ship's deck to support spare
spars.--_adj._ GALL'OWS-FREE, free from danger of hanging.--_n._
GALL'OWSNESS (_slang_), recklessness.--_adj._ GALL'OWS-RIPE, ready for the
gallows.--_n._ GALL'OWS-TREE, a tree used as a gallows.--CHEAT THE GALLOWS,
to escape hanging though deserving it. [M. E. _galwes_ (pl.)--A.S. _galga_;
Ger. _galgen_.]
GALLY, gal'i, _v.i._ (_prov._) to scare, daze.--_ns._ GALL'Y-BEG'GAR,
GALL'ICROW, GALL'YCROW, a scarecrow.
GALOOT, ga-l[=oo]t', _n._ (_U.S._) a recruit, a clumsy fellow.
GALOP, gal'op, _n._ a lively round dance of German origin: music for such a
dance. [Fr.; cf. GALLOP.]
GALOPIN, gal'o-pin, _n._ (_Scot._) a kitchen boy. [O. Fr.,--_galoper_, to
gallop.]
GALORE, ga-l[=o]r', _adv._ in abundance, plentifully.--_n._ abundance. [Ir.
_go leór_, sufficiently--_go_, an adverbialising particle, _leór_,
sufficient.]
GALOSH, ga-losh', _n._ a shoe or slipper worn over another in wet
weather--also GALOCHE', GOLOSH'. [Fr. _galoche_--Gr. _kalopodion_, dim. of
_kalopous_, a shoemaker's last--_k[=a]lon_, wood, _pous_, the foot.]
GALRAVAGE. See GILRAVAGE.
GALT. See GAULT.
GALUMPH, gal-umf', _v.i._ to march along boundingly and exultingly. [A
coinage of Lewis Carroll.]
GALVANISM, gal'van-izm, _n._ a branch of the science of electricity which
treats of electric currents produced by chemical agents.--_adj._ GALVAN'IC,
belonging to or exhibiting galvanism.--_n._ GALVANIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._
GAL'VAN[=I]SE, to subject to the action of a galvanic current: to confer a
false vitality upon.--_ns._ GAL'VANIST, GAL'VAN[=I]SER; GALVAN'OGRAPH, a
printing-surface resembling an engraved copper-plate, produced by an
electrotype process from a drawing made with viscid ink on a silvered
plate: an impression taken from such a plate; GALVANOG'RAPHY;
GALVANOL'OGIST, a student of galvanology; GALVANOL'OGY, the science of
galvanic phenomena; GALVANOM'ETER, an instrument for measuring the strength
of galvanic currents; GALVANOM'ETRY.--_adj._ GALVANOPLAS'TIC.--_ns._
GALVANOPLAS'TY, electrotypy; GALVAN'OSCOPE, an instrument for detecting the
existence and direction of an electric current.--GALVANIC BATTERY, a series
of zinc or copper plates susceptible of galvanic action; GALVANISED IRON,
the name given to iron coated with zinc to prevent rusting. [From Luigi
_Galvani_, of Bologna, the discoverer (1737-98).]
GALWEGIAN, gal-w[=e]'ji-an, _adj._ belonging to Galloway.--_n._ a native
thereof.--Also GALLOW[=E]'GIAN.
GAM, gam, _v.t._ and _v.i._ to make a call on, to exchange courtesies with:
to gather in a flock, as whales.--_n._ a school or herd of whales. [Prob. a
corr. of _jam_.]
GAM, gam, _n._ (_Scot._) the mouth:--_pl._ tusks.
GAM, gam, _n._ (_slang_) a leg.
GAMA-GRASS, gä'ma-gräs, _n._ a grass with very large culms, 4 to 7 feet
high, grown in Mexico.
GAMASH, gam-ash', _n._ a kind of leggings or gaiters.
GAMB, gamb, _n._ a leg or shank: (_her._) a beast's whole foreleg=GAMB'A
(_anat._), the metacarpus or metatarsus of ruminants, &c.: short for _viol
da gamba_. [Low L. _gamba_, a leg. See GAMBOL.]
GAMBADO, gam-b[=a]'do, _n._ a leather covering for the legs to defend them
from mud in riding: boots affixed to the saddle in place of stirrups. [It.
_gamba_, the leg.]
GAMBADO, gam-b[=a]'do, _n._ a bound or spring of a horse: a fantastic
movement, a caper. [Sp. _gambada_; cf. GAMBOL.]
GAMBESON, gam'be-son, _n._ an ancient coat for defence, worn under the
habergeon, of leather, or of cloth stuffed and quilted.--Also GAM'BISON.
[O. Fr.--Low L. _gambes[=o]n-em_; prob. Teut., as in _wambâ_, the belly.]
GAMBET, gam'bet, _n._ the redshank.
GAMBIER, gam'b[=e]r, _n._ an astringent substance prepared from the leaves
of a shrub of the East Indies, and largely used in tanning and
dyeing.--Also GAM'BIR. [Malayan.]
GAMBIST, gam'bist, _n._ a player on the gamba or _viol da gamba_.
GAMBIT, gam'bit, _n._ a mode of opening a game of chess by sacrificing a
pawn early in the game for the purpose of making a powerful attack. [It.
_gambetto_, a tripping up--_gamba_, leg.]
GAMBLE, gam'bl, _v.i._ to play for money in games of chance or skill: to
engage in wild financial speculations.--_v.t._ to squander away.--_n._ a
gambling transaction.--_ns._ GAM'BLER, one who gambles, esp. who makes it
his business; GAM'BLING-HOUSE, a house kept for the accommodation of people
who play at games of hazard for money. [For _gamm-le_ or _gam-le_, a freq.
which has ousted M. E. _gamenen_--A.S. _gamenian_, to play at
games--_gamen_, a game.]
GAMBOGE, gam-b[=o]j', or gam-b[=oo]j', _n._ a yellow gum-resin used as a
pigment and in medicine.--_adjs._ GAMBOG'IAN, GAMBOG'IC. [From _Cambodia_,
in Asia, whence brought about 1600.]
GAMBOL, gam'bol, _v.i._ to leap, skip: to frisk in sport:--_pr.p._
gam'bolling; _pa.p._ gam'bolled.--_n._ a skipping: playfulness. [Formerly
_gambold_--O. Fr. _gambade_--It. _gambata_, a kick--Low L. _gamba_, leg.]
GAMBREL, gam'brel, _n._ the hock of a horse: a crooked stick used by
butchers for suspending a carcass while dressing it.--GAMBREL ROOF, a
curved or hipped roof. [O. Fr. _gamberel_; cf. Fr. _gambier_, a hooked
stick; prob. Celt. _cam_, crooked.]
GAMBROON, gam-br[=oo]n', _n._ a twilled cloth of worsted and cotton, or
linen. [Prob. _Gambroon_ in Persia.]
GAME, g[=a]m, _n._ sport of any kind: an exercise or contest for recreation
or amusement, esp. athletic contests: the stake in a game: the manner of
playing a game: the requisite number of points to be gained to win a game:
jest, sport, trick, artifice: any object of pursuit or desire: (_Shak._)
gallantry: the spoil of the chase: wild animals protected by law and hunted
by sportsmen, the flesh of such--hares, pheasants, partridges, grouse,
blackcock.--_adj._ of or belonging to such animals as are hunted as game:
plucky, courageous: (_slang_) having the spirit to do something.--_v.i._ to
gamble.--_ns._ GAME'-BAG, a bag for holding a sportsman's game, also the
whole amount of game taken at one time; GAME'COCK, a cock trained to fight;
GAME'KEEPER, one who has the care of game.--_n.pl._ GAME'-LAWS, laws
relating to the protection of certain animals called game.--_adv._
GAMELY.--_ns._ GAME'NESS; GAME'-PRESERV'ER, one who preserves game on his
property for his own sport or profit.--_adj._ GAME'SOME, playful.--_ns._
GAME'SOMENESS, sportiveness: merriment; GAME'STER, one viciously addicted
to gambling: a gambler; GAME'-TEN'ANT, one who rents the privilege of
shooting or fishing over a particular estate or district; GAM'ING,
gambling; GAM'ING-HOUSE, a gambling-house, a hell; GAM'ING-T[=A]'BLE, a
table used for gambling.--_adj._ GAM'Y, having the flavour of dead game
kept till tainted: (_coll._) spirited, plucky.--BIG GAME, the larger
animals hunted; DIE GAME, to keep up courage to the last; MAKE A GAME OF,
to play with real energy or skill; MAKE GAME OF, to make sport of, to
ridicule; RED GAME, the Scotch ptarmigan; ROUND GAME, a game, as at cards,
in which the number of players is not fixed; THE GAME IS NOT WORTH THE
CANDLE (see CANDLE); THE GAME IS UP, the game is started: the scheme has
failed. [A.S. _gamen_, play; Ice. _gaman_, Dan. _gammen_.]
GAME, g[=a]m, _adj._ (_slang_) crooked, lame. [Most prob. not the Celt.
_cam_, crooked.]
GAMIC, gam'ik, _adj._ having a sexual character, of an ovum--opp. to
_Agamic_.--_ns._ GAMETE (gam-[=e]t'), a sexual protoplasmic body;
GAMOGEN'ESIS, sexual reproduction.--_adjs._ GAMOPET'ALOUS (_bot._), having
the petals united at the base; GAMOPHYL'LOUS, having cohering perianth
leaves; GAMOSEP'ALOUS, having the sepals united. [Gr. _gamos_, marriage.]
GAMIN, gam'in, _n._ a street Arab, a precocious and mischievous imp of the
pavement. [Fr.]
GAMMA, gam'a, _n._ the third letter of the Greek alphabet.--_ns._
GAMM[=A]D'ION, GAMM[=A]'TION (see FYLFOT).
GAMMER, gam'[.e]r, _n._ an old woman--the correlative of _gaffer_ (q.v.).
GAMMERSTANG, gam'er-stang, _n._ (_prov._) a tall, awkward person, esp. a
woman: a wanton girl.
GAMMOCK, gam'ok, _n._ (_prov._) a frolic, fun.--_v.i._ to frolic, to lark.
GAMMON, gam'un, _n._ (mostly _coll._) a hoax: nonsense, humbug.--_v.t._ to
hoax, impose upon.--_ns._ GAMM'ONER; GAMM'ONING. [A.S. _gamen_, a game.]
GAMMON, gam'un, _n._ the preserved thigh of a hog. [O. Fr.
_gambon_--_gambe_, a leg.]
GAMMON, gam'un, _n._ (_naut._) the lashing of the bowsprit.--_v.t._ to lash
the bowsprit with ropes.
GAMP, gamp, _n._ (_slang_) a large, clumsy, or untidily tied up
umbrella.--_adj._ GAMP'ISH, bulging. [So called from Mrs Sarah _Gamp_, a
tippling monthly nurse in Dickens's _Martin Chuzzlewit_.]
GAMUT, gam'ut, _n._ the musical scale: the whole extent of a thing. [So
called from the Gr. _gamma_, which marked the last of the series of notes
in the musical notation of Guido Aretinus, and L. _ut_, the beginning of an
old hymn to St John ('Ut queant laxis') used in singing the scale.]
GANCH, ganch, _v.t._ to impale.--Also GAUNCH. [O. Fr. _gancher_--It.
_gancio_, a hook.]
GANDER, gan'd[.e]r, _n._ the male of the goose: a simpleton: (_U.S._) a man
living apart from his wife.--_ns._ GAN'DERCLEUGH, the place of abode of the
hypothetical Jedediah Cleishbotham, editor of the _Tales of my Landlord_;
GAN'DERISM; GAN'DER-PAR'TY, a social gathering of men only. [A.S. _gandra_,
from ganra, with inserted _d_; Dut. and Low Ger. _gander_.]
GANESA, ga-n[=e]'sa, _n._ the elephant-headed Hindu god of foresight and
prudence.
GANG, gang, _n._ a number of persons or animals associated for a certain
purpose, usually in a bad sense: a number of labourers working together
during the same hours: the range of pasture allowed to cattle: a set of
tools, &c., used together for any kind of work.--_ns._ GANG'ER, GANGS'MAN,
the foreman of a squad, as of plate-layers. [A.S. _gang_ (Dan. _gang_, Ger.
_gang_, a going), _gangan_, to go.]
GANG, gang, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to go.--_n.pl._ GANG'-DAYS, the three days
preceding Ascension Day or Holy Thursday.--_n._ GANG'ER, a walker: a
fast-going horse. [A.S. _gangan_, to go.]
GANGLION, gang'gli-on, _n._ a tumour in the sheath of a tendon: an
enlargement in the course of a nerve: any special centre of nervous
action:--_pl._ GANG'LIA, GANG'LIONS.--_adjs._ GANG'LIAC, GANG'LIAL,
GANGLION'IC, pertaining to a ganglion; GANG'LIATE, -D, provided with a
ganglion or ganglia; GANG'LIFORM, GANG'LIOFORM, having the form of a
ganglion; GANG'LIONARY, composed of ganglia.--_n._ GANG'LION-CELL
(_anat._), a nerve-cell with nucleus and nucleones.--BASAL GANGLIA, ganglia
situated at the bottom of the cerebrum. [Gr.]
GANGREL, gang'rel, _n._ and _adj._ a vagrant. [From _gang_--A.S. _gangan_,
to go, walk.]
GANGRENE, gang'gr[=e]n, _n._ loss of vitality in some part of the body: the
first stage in mortification.--_v.t._ to mortify.--_v.i._ to become
putrid.--_v.i._ GANG'RENATE, to become mortified.--_adjs._ GANGRENES'CENT,
becoming mortified; GANG'RENOUS, mortified. [L. _gangræna_--Gr.
_gangraina_, _grainein_, to gnaw.]
GANG-SAW, gang-saw, _n._ an arrangement of saws set in one frame.
GANGUE, GANG, gang, _n._ in mining, the stony matrix in which metallic ores
occur. [Fr.,--Ger. _gang_, a vein.]
GANGWAY, gang'w[=a], _n._ a passage or way by which to go into or out of
any place, esp. a ship: a way between rows of seats, esp. the cross-passage
in the House of Commons, about half-way down the House, giving access to
the rear-benches. The members 'above the gangway' are the ministers and
ex-ministers, with their more immediate supporters. [A.S. _gangweg_; cf.
_gang_ and way.]
GANISTER, GANNISTER, gan'is-ter, _n._ a hard, close-grained siliceous
stone, which often forms the stratum that underlies a coal-seam.
GANJA, gan'ja, _n._ an intoxicating preparation of Indian hemp.
GANNET, gan'et, _n._ a web-footed fowl found in the northern seas, the
best-known of which is the solan goose. [A.S. _ganot_, a sea-fowl; Dut.
_gent_.]
GANOID, gän'oid, _adj._ belonging to an order of fishes once very large,
but now decadent, including only seven genera (sturgeons, &c.).--_adj_.
GANOI'DIAN. [Gr. _ganos_, brightness, _eidos_, appearance.]
GANT, gänt, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to yawn--also GAUNT.--_n._ a yawn.