GANTLET, gant'let, GANTLOPE, gant'l[=o]p, _n._ a punishment consisting of
driving a criminal through a lane formed by two files of men, who each
strike him as he passes.--RUN THE GANTLET, to undergo the punishment of the
gantlet: to be exposed to unpleasant remarks or treatment. [Confused with
_gauntlet_, but from Sw. _gatlopp_--_gata_ (Eng. _gate_), a street, line of
soldiers, _lopp_ (Eng. _leap_), course.]
GANTRY, gan'tri, _n._ a stand for barrels: a platform for a
travelling-crane, &c.--Also GAUN'TRY.
GANYMEDE, gan'i-m[=e]d, _n._ a cup-bearer, pot-boy, from the beautiful
youth who succeeded Hebe as cup-bearer to Zeus, being carried off to
Olympus by the eagle of Zeus: a catamite.
GAOL, GAOLER, old spellings of JAIL, JAILER.
GAP, gap, _n._ an opening made by rupture or parting: a cleft: a passage: a
deep ravine in a mountain-ridge: any breach of continuity.--_v.t._ to
notch: to make a gap in.--_adjs._ GAP'PY, full of gaps; GAP-TOOTHED,
lacking some of the teeth.--STAND IN THE GAP, to stand forward in active
defence of something; STOP A GAP, to repair a defect, close a breach. [M.
E. _gappe_--Ice. _gap_, an opening.]
GAPE, g[=a]p, _v.i._ to open the mouth wide: to yawn: to stare with open
mouth: to be open, like a gap.--_n._ act of gaping: width of the mouth when
opened.--_ns._ GAP'ER; GAPES, a disease of birds, owing to the presence of
trematode worms in the windpipe, shown by their uneasy gaping.--_adj._
GAP'ING, with mouth open in admiration.--_adv._ GAP'INGLY. [Ice. _gapa_, to
open the mouth; Ger. _gaffen_, to stare.]
GAR, gär, GARFISH, gär'fish, _n._ a long slender fish of the pike family,
with a pointed head. [A.S. _gár_, a dart.]
GAR, gär, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to cause, to compel. [Norse _ger(v)a_, to make
(A.S. _gierwan_, _giarwian_), Sw. _göra_, Dan. _gjöre_; cf. YARE.]
GARANCINE, gar'an-sin, _n._ a manufactured product of madder, used as a
dye. [Fr.,--_garance_, madder.]
GARB, gärb, _n._ fashion of dress: external appearance.--_v.t._ to clothe,
array. [O. Fr. _garbe_--It. _garbo_, grace; of Teut. origin.]
GARB, gärb, _n._ a sheaf of grain, frequently used in heraldry. [O. Fr.
_garbe_--Teut., as in Old High Ger. _garba_, a handful (Ger. _garbe_, Dut.
_garf_).]
GARBAGE, gär'b[=a]j, _n._ refuse, as the bowels of an animal: any worthless
matter. [Of doubtful origin; prob. O. Fr. _garbe_, a sheaf; not conn. with
_garble_.]
GARBLE, gär'bl, _v.t._ to select what may serve our own purpose, in a bad
sense: to mutilate, corrupt, or falsify.--_n._ GAR'BLER, one who selects.
[Most prob. It. _garbellare_--Ar. _ghirbál_, a sieve.]
GARBOARD-STRAKE, gär'b[=o]rd-str[=a]k, _n._ the first range of planks laid
on a ship's bottom next the keel. [Dut. _gaarboord_.]
GARBOIL, gär'boil, _n._ (_Shak._) disorder, uproar. [O. Fr. _garbouil_--It.
_garbuglio_, conn. with L. _bull[=i]re_, to boil.]