GILLIE, GILLY, gil'i, _n._ a youth, a man-servant, esp. to one hunting.
[Gael. _gille_, a lad, Ir. _giolla_.]
GILLYFLOWER, jil'i-flow-[.e]r, _n._ popular English name for stock,
wallflower, &c., from its clove-like smell. [O. Fr. _giroflée_--Gr.
_karyophyllon_, the clove-tree--_karyon_, a nut, _phyllon_, a leaf.]
GILPY, GILPEY, gil'pi, _n._ (_Scot._) a boisterous boy or girl.
GILRAVAGE, gil-rav'[=a]j, _n._ (_Scot._) a noisy frolic, disorder.--_v.i._
to plunder, spoil.
GILT, gilt, _pa.t._ and _pa.p_ of _gild_.--_n._ that which is used for
gilding.--_adjs._ GILD'ED; GILT'-EDGED, having the edges gilt: of the
highest quality, as 'gilt-edged securities'=those stocks whose interest is
considered perfectly safe.--_n._ GILT'-HEAD, a popular name for several
fishes, esp. a sparoid fish with a half-moon-shaped gold spot between the
eyes.
GILT, gilt, _n._ (_Shak._) money.
GIMBAL, gim'bal, _n._ a contrivance for suspending the mariner's compass,
so as to keep it always horizontal. [Through Fr. from L. _gemelli_, twins.]
GIMBLET. Same as GIMLET.
GIMCRACK, jim'krak, _n._ a toy: a gewgaw: a trivial mechanism--also
JIM'CRACK.--_n._ GIM'CRACKERY. [Prov. _gim_ or _jim_, neat, and _crack_, a
lively boy.]
GIMLET, gim'let, _n._ a small tool for boring holes by turning it with the
hand.--_v.t._ to pierce with a gimlet: (_naut._) to turn round (an anchor)
as if turning a gimlet.--_adj._ GIM'LET-EYED, very sharp-sighted. [O. Fr.
_gimbelet_, from Teut.; cf. Eng. _wimble_.]
GIMMAL, gim'al, _n._ a gimbal: (_Shak._) anything consisting of parts
moving within each other or interlocked--a quaint piece of mechanism--also
GIMM'ER.--_adj._ (_Shak._) made or consisting of double rings.
GIMMER, gim'[.e]r, _n._ a two-year-old ewe. [Ice. _gymbr_; cf. Sw.
_gimmer_, Dan. _gimmer_.]
GIMP, gimp, _n._ a kind of trimming, &c., of silk, woollen, or cotton
twist.--_v.t._ to make or furnish with gimp. [Fr. _guimpe_, from Old High
Ger. _wimpal_, a light robe; Eng. _wimple_.]
GIN, jin, _n._ Same as _Geneva_, of which it is a contraction.--_ns._
GIN'-FIZZ, a drink of gin, lemon-juice, effervescing water, &c.;
GIN-PAL'ACE, GIN'-SHOP, a shop where gin is sold; GIN'-SLING, a cold
beverage of gin and water, sweetened and flavoured.
GIN, jin, _n._ the name of a variety of machines, esp. one with pulleys for
raising weights, &c.: a pump worked by rotary sails: (_B._) a trap or
snare.--_v.t._ to trap or snare: to clear cotton of its seeds by a
machine:--_pr.p._ gin'ning; _pa.p._ ginned.--_ns._ GIN'-HORSE, a
mill-horse; GIN'-HOUSE, a place where cotton is ginned. [Contr. from
_engine_.]
GIN, jin, _n._ an Australian native woman.
GIN, gin, _v.i._ to begin.--_n._ GIN'NING, beginning.
GIN, gin, a prov. form of _against_.
GIN, gin, a Scotch form of _gif_=_if_.