GIRNEL, g[.e]r'nel, _n._ (_Scot._) a granary, meal-chest. [Variant of
_garner_.]
GIRONDIST, ji-rond'ist, _n._ a member of the moderate republican party
during the French Revolution, so called because its earliest leaders,
Vergniaud, Guadet, &c., were sent up to the Legislative Assembly (Oct.
1791) by the _Gironde_ department.--Also GIRON'DIN.
GIRR, gir, _n._ (_Scot._) a hoop.
GIRT, g[.e]rt, _v.t._ to gird.--_pa.p._ of a ship moored so taut by her
cables to two oppositely placed anchors as to be prevented from swinging to
the wind or tide.
GIRTH, g[.e]rth, _n._ belly-band of a saddle: measure round the
waist.--Also GIRT.
GIST, jist, _n._ the main point or pith of a matter. [From an old French
proverb, 'I know where the hare _lies_'--_i.e._ I know the main point--O.
Fr. _gist_ (Fr. _gît_)--O. Fr. _gesir_ (Fr. _gésir_), to lie--L.
_jac[=e]re_.]
GITTERN, git'ern, _n._ a kind of guitar, a cithern.--_v.i._ to play on the
gittern. [Most prob. Old Dut. _ghiterne_--L. _cithara_--Gr. _kithara_. See
GUITAR.]
GIUST, j[=oo]st, _n._ (_Spens._). Same as JOUST.
GIUSTO, j[=u]s't[=o], _adj._ (_mus._) suitable, regular. [It.,--L.
_justus_, just.]
GIVE, giv, _v.t._ to bestow: to impart: to yield: to grant: to permit: to
afford: to furnish: to pay or render, as thanks: to pronounce, as a
decision: to show, as a result: to apply, as one's self: to allow or
admit.--_v.i._ to yield to pressure: to begin to melt: to grow soft: to
open, or give an opening or view, to lead (with _upon_, _on_,
_into_):--_pr.p._ giv'ing; _pa.t._ g[=a]ve; _pa.p._ given
(giv'n).--_p.adj._ GIV'EN, bestowed: specified: addicted, disposed to:
admitted, supposed.--_ns._ GIV'ER, one who gives or bestows; GIV'ING, the
act of bestowing: (_Shak._) an alleging of what is not real.--GIVE AND
TAKE, to give and get fairly, fair measure on both sides; GIVE BIRTH TO, to
bring forth: to originate; GIVE CHASE, to pursue; GIVE EAR, to listen; GIVE
FORTH, to emit, to publish; GIVE GROUND, place, to give way, to yield; GIVE
IN TO, to yield assent or obedience to; GIVE IT TO ONE (_coll._), to scold
or beat anybody severely; GIVE LINE, HEAD, REIN, &c., to give more liberty
or scope--the metaphor from angling and driving; GIVE ONE'S SELF AWAY, to
betray one's secret by a slip of the tongue, &c.; GIVE OUT, to report, to
emit; GIVE OVER, to cease; GIVE THE LIE TO, to charge openly with
falsehood; GIVE TONGUE, to bark; GIVE UP, to abandon; GIVE WAY, to fall
back, to yield, to withdraw: to begin rowing--usually as a command to a
crew. [A.S. _giefan_; Goth. _giban_, Ger. _geben_.]
GIVES, j[=i]vz, _n._ Same as GYVES.
GIZZ, giz, _n._ (_Scot._) the face.
GIZZARD, giz'ard, _n._ the muscular stomach of a bird. [M. E. _giser_--O.
Fr. _gezier_--L. _gigerium_, only in pl. _gigeria_, cooked entrails of
poultry.]
GIZZEN, giz'n, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to shrink from dryness so as to leak: to
wither.--_adj._ leaky.
GLABROUS, gl[=a]'brus, _adj._ smooth: having no hairs or any
unevenness.--_adj._ GL[=A]'BR[=A]TE, smooth, glabrous. [L. _glaber_,
smooth.]
GLACÉ, gla-s[=a]', _adj._ iced: glossy, lustrous, esp. of a thin silk
material. [Fr.]
GLACIAL, gl[=a]'shi-al, _adj._ icy: frozen: pertaining to ice or its
action, esp. to glaciers.--_ns._ GL[=A]'CIALIST, one who attributes the
phenomena of the drift in geology to the action of glaciers;
GL[=A]CI[=A]'TION, the act of freezing: ice: the process of becoming
covered with glaciers. [Fr.,--L. _glacialis_--_glacies_, ice.]
GLACIER, gl[=a]'sh[=e]r, or glas'i-[.e]r, _n._ a field or, more properly, a
slowly moving river of ice, such as is found in the hollows and on the
slopes of lofty mountains. [Fr.,--_glace_, ice--L. _glacies_, ice.]
GLACIS, gl[=a]'sis, or gla-s[=e]', _n._ a gentle slope: (_fort._) a smooth
sloping bank. [Fr.,--O. Fr. _glacer_, to freeze--_glace_, ice.]
GLAD, glad, _adj._ pleased: cheerful: bright: giving pleasure.--_v.t._ to
make glad:--_pr.p._ glad'ding; _pa.p._ glad'ded.--_v.t._ GLAD'DEN, to make
glad: to cheer: to animate.--_adj._ GLAD'FUL (_Spens._).--_n._
GLAD'FULNESS.--_adv._ GLAD'LY.--_n._ GLAD'NESS.--_adj._ GLAD'SOME, glad:
joyous: gay.--_adv._ GLAD'SOMELY.--_n._ GLAD'SOMENESS. [A.S. _glæd_; Ger.
_glatt_, smooth, Ice. _glaðr_, bright, Dan. _glad_.]
GLADE, gl[=a]d, _n._ an open space in a wood.--_adj._ GL[=A]'DY, having
glades. [Scand.; Ice. _glaðr_, bright, Norw. _glette_, a clear spot among
clouds.]
GLADIATOR, glad'i-[=a]-tor, _n._ in ancient Rome, a professional combatant
with men or beasts in the arena.--_adjs._ GLAD'I[=A]TE, sword-shaped;
GLADIAT[=O]'RIAL, GLADI[=A]'TORY, GLADIAT[=O]'RIAN.--_ns._ GLAD'IATORSHIP;
GL[=A]'DIUS, the cuttle-bone or pen of a cuttle-fish. [L., a
swordsman--_gladius_, a sword.]
GLADIOLE, glad'i-[=o]l, GLADIOLUS, gla-d[=i]'o-lus, glad-i-[=o]'lus, _n._
the plant sword-lily:--_pl._ GLAD[=I]'OL[=I]. [L. _gladiolus_, dim. of
_gladius_.]
GLADSTONE, glad'ston, _n._ a four-wheeled two-seated carriage with driver's
seat and dickey: a kind of light travelling-bag, opening wide. [From the
great statesman, W. E. _Gladstone_ (1809-98).]
GLAGOLITIC, glag-o-lit'ik, _adj._ of or pertaining to _Glagol_, an ancient
Slavonic alphabet, apparently derived from the cursive Greek of the 9th
century, only used in the liturgical books of the Dalmatian Slavs. [Old
Bulgarian _glagolu_, a word.]
GLAIKIT, gl[=a]k'it, _adj._ (_Scot._) giddy, foolish.--_ns._ GLAIK, a
deception, a quick glance; GLAIK'ITNESS, levity.--FLING THE GLAIKS IN
FOLK'S EEN (_Scot._), to throw dust in people's eyes. [See GLEEK.]
GLAIR, gl[=a]r, _n._ the clear part of an egg used as varnish: any viscous,
transparent substance: mud.--_v.t._ to varnish with white of eggs.--_adjs._
GLAIR'Y, GLAIR'EOUS, GL[=A]R'EOUS. [Fr. _glaire_--Low L. _clara ovi_, white
of egg--L. _clarus_, clear.]
GLAIVE, gl[=a]v, _n._ a weapon like a halberd, fixed on a long shaft, its
edge on the outer curve.--Also GLAVE. [O. Fr. _glaive_--L. _gladius_, a
sword.]
GLAMOUR, glam'[.e]r, _n._ the supposed influence of a charm on the eyes,
making them see things as fairer than they are: fascination: enchantment.
[Merely a corruption of _gramarye_ or _grammar_, meaning grammar, then
magic.]
GLANCE, glans, _n._ a sudden shoot of light: a darting of the eye: a
momentary view: a term applied to minerals exhibiting a pseudo-metallic
lustre.--_v.i._ to dart a ray of light or splendour: to snatch a momentary
view: to fly off obliquely: to make a passing allusion.--_v.t._ to dart
suddenly or obliquely: to hint.--_n._ GLANCE'-COAL, any hard coal, like
anthracite, so called from its metallic lustre.--_adv._ GLANC'INGLY. [From
a Teut. root seen in Sw. _glans_, Dut. _glans_, Ger. _glanz_, lustre, and
allied to Eng. _glint_.]
GLAND, gland, _n._ a secreting structure, which in various ways alters the
material brought to it by the blood, extracting and excreting waste
products as in the kidneys, or manufacturing valuable by-products, such as
the glycogen and bile of the liver: (_bot._) a small cellular spot which
secretes oil or aroma.--_adjs._ GLANDIF'EROUS, bearing acorns or nuts;
GLAND'IFORM, resembling a gland: nut-shaped; GLAND'[=U]LAR, GLAND'[=U]LOUS,
containing, consisting of, or pertaining to glands.--_n._ GLAND'[=U]LE, a
small gland.--_adj._ GLAND[=U]LIF'EROUS. [F. _glande_--L. _glans_,
_glandis_, an acorn.]
GLANDERS, gland'[.e]rz, _n._ a malignant, contagious, and fatal disease of
the horse or ass, showing itself esp. on the mucous membrane of the nose,
upon the lungs, and on the lymphatic system.--_adj._ GLAND'ERED, affected
with glanders.
GLARE, gl[=a]r, _n._ a clear, dazzling light: overpowering lustre: a
piercing look.--_v.i._ to shine with a clear, dazzling light: to be
ostentatiously splendid: to look with piercing eyes.--_adj._ GLAR'ING,
bright and dazzling: barefaced: notorious.--_adv._ GLAR'INGLY.--_n._
GLAR'INGNESS. [Perh. from A.S. _glær_, a pellucid substance, amber.]
GLAREOUS. See GLAIR.
GLASS, glas, _n._ a combination of silica with some alkali or alkaline
earth, such as lime, &c., used for window panes, mirrors, lenses, &c.:
anything made of glass, esp. a drinking-vessel, a mirror, &c.: the quantity
of liquid a glass holds: any fused substance like glass, with a vitreous
fracture: (_pl._) spectacles.--_adj._ made of glass.--_v.t._ to case in
glass.--_ns._ GLASS'-BLOW'ER, one who blows and fashions glass;
GLASS'-BLOW'ING, the process of making glass, by taking a mass of glass
reduced by heat to a viscid state, and inflating it; GLASS'-COACH, a coach
for hire having glazed windows; GLASS'-CRAB, the larval form of rock
lobsters, &c., but formerly regarded as adults, and made into a genus or
even family; GLASS'-CUT'TER; GLASS'-CUT'TING, the act or process of
cutting, shaping, and ornamenting the surface of glass.--_adj._
GLASS'-FACED (_Shak._), reflecting the sentiments of another, as in a
mirror.--_n._ GLASS'FUL, the contents of a glass.--_adj._ GLASS'-GAZ'ING
(_Shak._), addicted to viewing one's self in a mirror.--_ns._
GLASS'-GRIND'ING, the ornamenting of glass by rubbing with sand, emery,
&c.; GLASS'-HOUSE, a glass manufactory: a house made of glass.--_adv._
GLASS'ILY.--_n._ GLASS'INESS.--_adj._ GLASS'-LIKE.--_ns._ GLASS'-PAINT'ING,
the art of producing pictures on glass by means of staining it chemically;
GLASS'-P[=A]'PER, paper coated with finely pounded glass, and used like
sand-paper; GLASS'-SOAP, an oxide of manganese and other substances used by
glass-blowers to remove colouring from glass; GLASS'WARE, articles made of
glass; GLASS'-WORK, articles made of glass; GLASS'WORT, a plant so called
from its yielding soda, used in making glass.--_adjs._ GLASS'Y, made of or
like glass; GLASS'Y-HEAD'ED (_Tenn._), having a bald, shining head.--_ns._
CUT'-GLASS, flint-glass shaped or ornamented by cutting or grinding on a
wheel; GROUND'-GLASS, any glass that has been depolished by a sand-blast,
grinding, or etching with acids, so as to destroy its transparency;
PLATE'-GLASS, glass cast in large thick plates.--LIVE IN A GLASS HOUSE=to
be open to attack or retort.--MUSICAL GLASSES (see HARMONICA).--WATER, or
SOLUBLE, GLASS, the soluble silicate of soda or of potash formed when
silica is fused with an excess of alkali, used for hardening artificial
stone, as a cement, and for rendering calico, &c., uninflammable. [A.S.
_glæs_; Dut., Ger., and Sw. _glas_; cog. with _glow_, _gleam_, _glance_,
_glare_.]
GLASSITE, glas'[=i]t, _n._ one of a religious sect founded by John _Glas_
(1695-1773), a minister of the Church of Scotland, who was deposed in 1730
for maintaining that a congregation with its eldership is, in its
discipline, subject to no jurisdiction but that of Jesus Christ. The sect
is now better known as the Sandemanians, from the name of Glas's
son-in-law.
GLASWEGIAN, glas-w[=e]j'i-an, _n._ and _adj._ a native or citizen of
_Glasgow_.
GLAUBERITE, glaw'ber-[=i]t, _n._ a grayish-white mineral, a compound of the
sulphates of sodium and calcium, found chiefly in rock-salt. [From the
German Johann Rudolf _Glauber_, 1604-68.]
GLAUBER-SALT. See SALT.
GLAUCOMA, glawk-[=o]'ma, _n._ an insidious disease of the eye, marked by
increased tension within the eyeball, growing dimness of vision, and an
excavation of the papilla of the optic nerve--also GLAUC[=O]'SIS.--_adj._
GLAUCOM'ATOUS. [See GLAUCOUS.]
GLAUCONITE, glaw'k[=o]-n[=i]t, _n._ the mineral, a silicate of iron, which
gives a green colour to some of the beds of the greensand strata, whence
their name.--_adj._ GLAUCONIT'IC. [Fr.,--Gr. _glaukos_, bluish-green.]
GLAUCOUS, glaw'kus, _adj._ sea-green: grayish-blue: (_bot._) covered with a
fine green bloom.--_n._ GLAUCES'CENCE.--_adj._ GLAUCES'CENT, somewhat
glaucous. [L. _glaucus_, bluish--Gr. _glaukos_, blue or gray.]
GLAUCUS, glaw'kus, _n._ a genus of Gasteropods, in the warmer parts of the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. [Gr. _glaukos_, a fish--_glaukos_,
bluish-green.]
GLAUM, gläm, _v.i._ and _v.t._ (_Scot._) to grasp eagerly (with _at_).
GLAUR, glär, a Scotch form of _glair_.
GLAUX, gläks, _n._ a genus of _Primulaceæ_, called also _Sea milkwort_ and
_Black saltwort_, common along sea-coasts of northern Europe--formerly used
in soda-making. [L.,--Gr. _glaux_, milk-vetch.]
GLAVE. See GLAIVE.
GLAZE, gl[=a]z, _v.t._ to furnish or set with glass: to cover with a thin
surface of glass or something glassy: to give a glassy surface to.--_n._
the glassy coating put upon pottery: any shining exterior.--_ns._
GL[=A]Z'ER, a workman who glazes pottery, paper, &c.; GL[=A]'ZIER, one who
sets glass in window-frames, &c. (for _glazer_; like _law-y-er_ for
_law-er_); GL[=A]Z'ING, the act or art of setting glass: the art of
covering with a vitreous substance: (_paint._) semi-transparent colours put
thinly over others to modify the effect. [M. E. _glasen_--_glas_, glass.]
GLEAM, gl[=e]m, _v.i._ to glow or shine: to flash.--_n._ a small stream of
light: a beam: brightness.--_n._ GLEAM'ING, a sudden shoot of
light.--_adj._ GLEAM'Y, casting beams or rays of light. [A.S. _gl['æ]m_,
gleam, brightness (see GLIMMER); akin to _glass_, _glow_.]
GLEAN, gl[=e]n, _v.t._ to gather in handfuls after the reapers: to collect
(what is thinly scattered).--_v.i._ to gather the corn left by a
reaper.--_n._ that which is gleaned: the act of gleaning.--_ns._ GLEAN'ER;
GLEAN'ING. [O. Fr. _glener_ (Fr. _glaner_), through Low L. _glen[=a]re_,
_glena_, from Teut.]
GLEBE, gl[=e]b, _n._ the land belonging to a parish church or
ecclesiastical benefice: (_mining_) a piece of earth containing ore:
(_arch._) turf.--ADJS. GLEB'OUS, GLEB'Y, cloddy, turfy. [Fr.,--L. _gleba_,
a clod.]
GLEDE, gl[=e]d, _n._ (_B._) the common kite, a rapacious bird. [A.S.
_glida_, from, _glídan_, to glide.]
GLEDGE, glej, _v.i._ to squint: to look cunningly.--_n._ a knowing look.
[See GLEY.]
GLEE, gl[=e], _n._ joy: mirth and gaiety: (_mus._) a song or catch in
parts.--_adj._ GLEE'FUL, merry.--_ns._ GLEE'MAID'EN, a female minstrel;
GLEE'MAN, a minstrel.--_adj._ GLEE'SOME, merry. [A.S. _gleó_, mirth; Ice.
_glý_.]
GLEED, gl[=e]d, _n._ a hot coal or burning ember. [A.S. _gléd_; cf. Dut.
_gloed_, Ger. _glut_, Sw. _glöd_.]
GLEEK, gl[=e]k, _n._ (_Shak._) a jest or scoff, a trick: an old game at
cards for three, each having twelve, and eight being left for the
stock.--_v.i._ (_Shak._) to gibe or sneer, to spend time in sport or fun.
[Prob. cog. with A.S. _gelác_, play, Ice. _leik_.]
GLEET, gl[=e]t, _n._ a glairy discharge from a mucous surface.--_adj._
GLEET'Y. [O. Fr. _glete_, _glecte_, a flux.]
GLEG, gleg, _adj._ clever: apt: (_Scot._) sharp. [Ice. _glöggr_, clever;
cf. A.S. _gleáw_, wise, Ger. _glau_, clear.]
GLEN, glen, _n._ a narrow valley worn by a river: a depression between
hills. [Celt., as in Gael. and Ir. _gleann_, W. _glyn_.]
GLENE, gl[=e]'n[=e], _n._ the pupil, eyeball: a socket.--_adjs._
GL[=E]'NOID, -AL, slightly cupped. [Gr.]
GLENGARRY, glen-gar'i, _n._ a cap of thick-milled woollen, generally rising
to a point in front, with ribbons hanging down behind--worn by the
Highlanders of Scotland. [_Glengarry_, a glen in West Inverness-shire.]
GLENLIVET, glen-l[=e]v'et, _n._ a good Scotch whisky. [_Glenlivet_, a
valley in Banffshire.]
GLEY, gl[=i], gl[=e], _v.i._ to squint.--_p.adj._ GLEYED (_Scot._),
squint-eyed. [Ice. _gljá_, to glitter; Dan. _glo_.]
GLIADIN. See GLUTIN.
GLIB, glib, _adj._ moving easily: voluble.--_v.i._ to move freely.--_adv._
GLIB'LY.--_n._ GLIB'NESS. [A contr. of Dut. _glibberig_, slippery.]
GLIB, glib, _n._ (_Spens._) a bush of hair hanging over the eyes. [Gael., a
lock of hair.]
GLIB, glib, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to emasculate, to castrate. [Perh. an error
for _lib_, to castrate.]
GLIDE, gl[=i]d, _v.i._ to slide smoothly and easily: to flow gently: to
pass rapidly.--_n._ act of gliding: the joining of two sounds without a
break: a smooth and sliding kind of waltz-step.--_adj._ GLID'DERY,
slippery.--_n._ GL[=I]D'ER, one who, or that which, glides.--_adv._
GL[=I]D'INGLY. [A.S. _glídan_, to slip; Ger. _gleiten_.]
GLIFF, glif, _n._ a fright, a scare: (_Scot._) a moment.--Also GLIFT. [M.
E. _gliffen_, to be terrified.]
GLIM, glim, _n._ (_coll._) a light: (_slang_) an eye. [A.S. _gleomu_; cf.
Ger. _glimm_, a spark.]
GLIMMER, glim'[.e]r, _v.i._ to burn or appear faintly.--_n._ a faint light:
feeble rays of light: (_min._) mica.--_ns._ GLIMM'ER-GOWK (_Tenn._), an
owl; GLIMM'ERING, a glimmer: an inkling.--_adv._ GLIMM'ERINGLY. [M. E.
_glimeren_; most prob. directly Scand.; Dan. _glimre_, to glimmer, Sw.
prov. _glim_, a glance.]
GLIMPSE, glimps, _n._ a short gleam: a weak light: transient lustre: a
hurried view: fleeting enjoyment: the exhibition of a faint
resemblance.--_v.i._ to appear by glimpses.--_v.t._ to get a glimpse of.
[M. E. _glimsen_, to glimpse, a variant of _glimmer_.]
GLINT, glint, _v.i._ to shine, gleam: (_Burns_) to move quickly.--_v.t._ to
reflect.--_n._ a gleam. [From Scand.; Old Dan. _glinte_, to shine.]
GLISK, glisk, _n._ (_Scot._) a glimpse. [M. E. _glissen_--A.S. _glisian_,
to glance.]
GLISSADE, glis-[=a]d', _v.i._ to slide or glide down.--_n._ act of sliding
down a slope.
GLIST, glist, _n._ a dark ferruginous mineral found in lodes, micaceous
iron ore.
GLISTEN, glis'n, _v.i._ to glitter or sparkle with light: to shine.--_n._
glitter. [M. E. _glis-ien_, to shine--A.S. _glisnian_, to shine; cf. Dut.
_glinsteren_.]
GLISTER, glis't[.e]r, _v.i._ to sparkle, glitter.--_adj._ GLIS'TERING
(_Shak._), glittering. [M. E. _glistren_; see above.]
GLIT, a Scotch form of _gleet_.
GLITTER, glit'[.e]r, _v.i._ to glisten, to sparkle with light: to be
splendid: to be showy.--_n._ lustre: brilliancy.--_adjs._ GLITT'ERAND
(_Spens._), sparkling, glittering; GLITT'ERING, shining: splendid:
brilliant.--_adv._ GLITT'ERINGLY. [M. E. _gliteren_; cf. Ice. _glitra_,
Mid. High Ger. _glitzern_.]
GLOAMING, gl[=o]m'ing, _n._ twilight, dusk--(_Scot._) GLOAMIN. [A.S.
_glómung_; akin to _gloom_.]
GLOAT, gl[=o]t, _v.i._ to look eagerly, in a bad sense: to view with a
wicked joy. [Ice. _glotta_, to grin.]
GLOBATE, -D, gl[=o]b'[=a]t, -ed, _adj._ like a globe: circular. [L.
_glob[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to form into a ball--_globus_.]
GLOBE, gl[=o]b, _n._ a ball: a round body, a sphere: the earth: a sphere
representing the earth (terrestrial globe) or the heavens (celestial
globe): (_obs._) a group.--_v.t._ to form in a circle.--_ns._ GLOBE'-FISH,
one of a genus of fishes found in warm seas, remarkable for its power of
swelling out its body to a globular form; GLOBE'-FLOW'ER, a small
palæarctic genus of plants of the order _Ranunculaceæ_, with a globe of
large showy sepals enclosing the small inconspicuous linear petals;
GLOBE'-TROT'TER, one who travels for pleasure around the world;
GLOBE'-TROT'TING; GL[=O]'BIN, a proteid constituent of red blood
corpuscles.--_adjs._ GL[=O]BOSE', GL[=O]B'OUS, resembling a globe.--_n._
(_Milt._) a globe.--_n._ GL[=O]BOS'ITY.--_adjs._ GLOB'[=U]LAR,
GLOB'[=U]LOUS, GLOB'[=U]LOSE, like a globe: spherical.--_n._
GLOB[=U]LAR'ITY.--_adv._ GLOB'[=U]LARLY.--_ns._ GLOB'[=U]LE, a little globe
or round particle--also GLOB'[=U]LET; GLOB'[=U]LIN, GLOB'[=U]LINE, a
substance closely allied to albumen, which forms the main ingredient of the
blood globules, and also occurs in the crystalline lens of the eye;
GLOB'[=U]LITE, the name given by Vogelsang to minute crystallites of
spherical, drop-like form.--_adj._ GL[=O]B'Y (_Milt._), round. [O. Fr.,--L.
_globus_; _gleba_, a clod.]
GLOBIGERINA, glob-i-je-r[=i]'na, _n._ a genus typical of _Globigerinidæ_, a
pelagic family of foraminifers.
GLODE, gl[=o]d (_Spens._), _pa.t._ of _glide_.
GLOME, gl[=o]m, _n._ (_bot._) a globular head of flowers.--_adj._
GLOM'EROUS. [L. _glomus_=_globus_.]
GLOMERATE, glom'[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.t._ to gather into a ball: to collect into
a spherical mass.--_adj._ growing in rounded or massive forms:
conglomerate.--_n._ GLOMER[=A]'TION, act of gathering into a ball: a body
formed into a ball. [L. g_lomer[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_glomus_, _glomeris_, a
clew of yarn.]
GLOOM, gl[=oo]m, _n._ partial darkness: cloudiness: heaviness of mind,
sadness: hopelessness: sullenness.--_v.i._ to be sullen or dejected: to be
cloudy or obscure.--_v.t._ to fill with gloom.--_adv._ GLOOM'ILY.--_n._
GLOOM'INESS.--_p.adj._ GLOOM'ING (_Shak._), shining obscurely.--_n._
twilight: gloaming.--_adj._ GLOOM'Y, dim or obscure: dimly lighted: sad,
melancholy. [A.S. _glóm_, gloom; prov. Ger. _glumm_, gloomy.]
GLORIA, gl[=o]'ri-a, _n._ a doxology.--GLORIA IN EXCELSIS, the 'Greater
Doxology'--'Glory be to God on high;' GLORIA PATRI, the 'Lesser
Doxology'--'Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost,
as it was,' &c. [L. _gloria_, glory.]
GLORIFY, gl[=o]'ri-f[=i], _v.t._ to make glorious: to honour: to exalt to
glory or happiness: to ascribe honour to, to worship:--_pa.p._
gl[=o]'rified.--_n._ GLORIFIC[=A]'TION. [L. _gloria_, glory, _fac[)e]re_,
to make.]
GLORY, gl[=o]'ri, _n._ renown: honour: the occasion of praise: an object of
pride: excellency: splendour: brightness: in religious symbolism, a
combination of the nimbus and the aureola, but often erroneously used for
the nimbus: a burst of sunlight: a luminous glow of reflected light upon
clouds: vain-glory: (_B._) the presence of God: the manifestation of God to
the blessed in heaven: heaven.--_v.i._ to boast: to be proud of anything:
to exult:--_pa.p._ gl[=o]'ried.--_adj._ GL[=O]'RIED (_Milt._), illustrious,
honourable.--_ns._ GL[=O]'RIOLE, a halo or glory; GLORI[=O]'SA, a genus of
_Liliaceæ_, of which the best-known species, a native of India, is a
herbaceous perennial, with beautiful red and yellow flowers.--_adj._
GL[=O]'RIOUS, noble, splendid: conferring renown: (_coll._) elated,
tipsy.--_adv._ GL[=O]'RIOUSLY.--_ns._ GL[=O]'RIOUSNESS; GL[=O]'RY-HOLE, an
opening through which to see the inside of a furnace: a place for
concealing articles of value; GL[=O]'RYING, boasting; GL[=O]'RY-PEA, a
leguminous Australian plant with red flowers. [O. Fr. _glorie_--L. _gloria_
(for _cloria_), akin to _clarus_, from root of L. _clu[=e]re_, Gr.
_klu-ein_, to be famed; Eng. _loud_.]
GLOSS, glos, _n._ brightness or lustre, as from a polished surface:
external show.--_v.t._ to give a superficial lustre to: to render
plausible: to palliate. [Ice. _glossi_, brightness, _glóa_, to glow. See
GLASS.]
GLOSS, glos, _n._ a remark to explain a subject: a comment.--_v.i._ to
comment or make explanatory remarks.--_adj._ GLOSS[=A]'RIAL, relating to a
glossary: containing explanation.--_ns._ GLOSS'ARIST, a writer of a
glossary; GLOSS'ARY, a vocabulary of words requiring special explanation: a
dictionary; GLOSS[=A]'TOR, GLOSS'ER, a writer of glosses or comments, a
commentator; GLOSS'IC, a phonetic alphabet devised by Mr A. J. Ellis
(1814-90) for the scientific expression of speech-sounds--to be used
concurrently with the _Nomic_ or existing English orthography;
GLOSS[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the tongue; GLOSS'OCELE, swelled tongue;
GLOSSOG'RAPHER.--_adj._ GLOSSOGRAPH'ICAL.--_n._ GLOSSOG'RAPHY, the writing
of glossaries or comments.--_adj._ GLOSSOLOG'ICAL.--_ns._ GLOSSOL'OGIST;
GLOSSOL'OGY, the science of language, comparative philology: the knowledge
of the definition of technical terms--also GLOTTOL'OGY; GLOSSOT'OMY,
dissection of the tongue. [L. _glossa_, a word requiring explanation--Gr.
_gl[=o]ssa_, the tongue.]
GLOSSY, glos'i, _adj._ smooth and shining: highly polished.--_adv._
GLOSS'ILY.--_n._ GLOSS'INESS.
GLOTTIS, glot'is, _n._ the opening of the larynx or entrance to the
windpipe.--_adj._ GLOTT'AL; GLOTT'IC, pertaining to the tongue or to
glottology. [Gr. _gl[=o]ttis_--_gl[=o]tta_, the tongue.]
GLOTTOLOGY. See GLOSSOLOGY.
GLOUT, glowt, _v.i._ to be sulky.--_n._ a sulky look, the sulks. [See
GLOAT.]
GLOVE, gluv, _n._ a covering for the hand, with a sheath for each finger: a
boxing-glove.--_v.t._ to cover with, or as with, a glove.--_adj._ GLOVED,
covered with a glove.--_ns._ GLOVE'-FIGHT, a boxing-match in which the
hands are gloved; GLOVE'-MON'EY, a gratuity given to servants, officers of
a court, &c.; GLOV'ER, one who makes or sells gloves; GLOVE'-SHIELD, a
shield worn by a knight on the left-hand gauntlet to parry blows;
GLOVE'-STRETCH'ER, a scissors-shaped instrument for inserting into the
fingers of gloves to stretch them.--HANDLE WITHOUT GLOVES, to treat with
vigour or with scant ceremony; THROW DOWN, TAKE UP, THE GLOVE, to offer, or
to accept, a challenge. [A.S. _glóf_; cf. Scot. _loof_, Ice. _lôfi_, palm.]
GLOW, gl[=o], _v.i._ to shine with an intense heat: to feel great heat of
body: to be flushed: to feel the heat of passion: to be ardent.--_n._
shining or white heat: unusual warmth: brightness of colour: vehemence of
passion.--_p.adj._ GLOW'ING, shining with intense light, white with heat:
ardent, fervent, fiery.--_adv._ GLOW'INGLY.--_ns._ GLOW'-LAMP, an
incandescent lamp, usually electric; GLOW'-WORM, a name given to many
beetles in the sub-family _Lampyrides_, having phosphorescent structures on
the abdomen. [A.S. _glówan_, to glow; Ger. _glühen_, Ice. _glóa_, to glow.]
GLOWER, glow'[.e]r, _v.i._ to stare frowningly: to scowl.--_n._ a fierce or
threatening stare.
GLOXINIA, glok-sin'i-a, _n._ a genus of plants of the order _Gesneraceæ_,
almost stemless, with bright bell-shaped flowers. [From _Gloxin_, a German
botanist.]
GLOZE, gl[=o]z, _v.i._ to give a false meaning to: to flatter: to wheedle:
(_obs._) to comment.--_v.t._ to palliate by specious explanation.--_n._
(_obs._) an explanation.--_n._ GL[=O]'ZING, flattery, deceit. [See GLOSS
(2).]
GLUCINUM, gl[=oo]-s[=i]'num, _n._ a white metal prepared from beryl--its
oxide, GLUC[=I]'NA, white, tasteless, insoluble in water.--_adj._
GL[=U]'CIC, pertaining to sugar.--_ns._ GLUCIDE'--Saccharin (q.v.);
GLUCOHÆ'MIA, the presence of an excessive quantity of glucose in the blood;
GLUC[=O]SE', the peculiar kind of sugar in the juice of fruits: the
sugar-syrup obtained by the conversion of starch into sugar by sulphuric
acid--grape-sugar, &c.; GLU'COSIDE, any of those vegetable products which,
on treatment with acids or alkalies, yield a sugar or some closely allied
carbohydrate; GLUCOS[=U]R'IA, the presence of glucose in the urine. [Gr.
_glykys_, sweet.]
GLUE, gl[=oo], _n._ an adhesive substance obtained by boiling the skins,
hoofs, &c. of animals.--_v.t._ to join with glue:--_pr.p._ glu'ing; _pa.p._
glued.--_ns._ GLUE'-POT, a vessel for melting glue; GLU'ER, one who cements
with glue.--_adj._ GLU'EY, containing glue: sticky: viscous.--_n._
GLU'EYNESS.--_adj._ GLU'ISH, having the nature of glue.--_n._ MARINE'-GLUE,
not a glue, but a cementing composition, used in shipbuilding, for paying
seams in ships' decks after being caulked. [Fr. _glu_--Low L. _glus_,
_glutis_--_glu[)e]re_, to draw together.]
GLUM, glum, _adj._ frowning: sullen: gloomy.--_adv._ GLUM'LY.--_n._
GLUM'NESS.--_adj._ GLUMP'ISH, glum.--_n.pl._ GLUMPS, the sulks.--_adj._
GLUMP'Y, sulky. [M. E. _glomben_, _glommen_, to frown: prob. related to Sw.
_glomma_, Low Ger. _glummen_.]
GLUME, gl[=oo]m, _n._ a term applied to certain bracts in grasses and
sedges.--_adjs._ GLUM[=A]'CEOUS, GLU'MAL, GLUMIF'EROUS, GLU'MOSE, GLU'MOUS.
[L. _gluma_, husk--_glub[)e]re_, to peel off bark.]
GLUT, glut, _v.t._ to swallow greedily: to feast to satiety: to supply in
excess:--_pr.p._ glut'ting; _pa.p._ glut'ted.--_n._ an over-supply:
anything that obstructs the passage. [L. _glut[=i]re_, to swallow.]
GLUTÆUS, GLUTEUS, gl[=oo]-t[=e]'us, _n._ one of the natal or buttock
muscles.--_adjs._ GLUT[=E]'AL, GLUT[=E]'AN. [Gr. _gloutos_, the rump.]
GLUTEN, gl[=oo]'ten, _n._ the nitrogenous part of the flour of wheat and
other grains, insoluble in water.--_ns._ GLU'TIN, GL[=I]'ADIN, the
separable viscid constituent of wheat-gluten, soluble in alcohol. [L.
_gluten_, the same as _glus_. See GLUE.]
GLUTINATE, gl[=oo]'tin-[=a]t, _v.t._ to unite, as with glue.--_n._
GLUTIN[=A]'TION.--_adj._ GLU'TINATIVE, having the quality of cementing:
tenacious.--_ns._ GLUTINOS'ITY, GLU'TINOUSNESS.--_adj._ GLU'TINOUS, gluey:
tenacious: (_bot._) covered, as a leaf, with slimy moisture. [L.
_glutin[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_.]
GLUTTON, glut'n, _n._ one who eats to excess: a popular name of the
wolverine, a carnivorous quadruped of the weasel family.--_v.i._
GLUTT'ONISE, to eat to excess, like a glutton.--_adjs._ GLUTT'ONOUS,
GLUTT'ONISH, given to, or consisting in, gluttony.--_adv._
GLUTT'ONOUSLY.--_n._ GLUTT'ONY, excess in eating. [Fr. _glouton_--L.
_gluton-em_--_glutt[=i]re_, to devour.]
GLYCERINE, glis'[.e]r-in, _n._ a colourless, viscid, neutral, inodorous
fluid, of a sweet taste, soluble in water and alcohol. [Fr.,--Gr.
_glykeros_--_glykys_, sweet.]
GLYCOCOLL, gl[=i]'k[=o]-kol, _n._ amido-acetic acid, a crystalline solid of
sweetish taste, very soluble in water, a product of various processes of
decomposition of animal matters.--Also GLY'CIN. [Formed from Gr. _glykys_,
sweet, _kolla_, glue.]
GLYCOGEN, gl[=i]'k[=o]-jen, _n._ animal starch, a substance first
discovered by Claude Bernard in the human liver--when pure, a white,
amorphous, tasteless powder, insoluble in alcohol. [Formed from Gr.
_glykys_, sweet, _gen[=e]s_, producing.]
GLYCOL, gl[=i]'kol, _n._ the type of a class of artificial compounds
forming chemically a link between alcohol and glycerine. [Formed from
_glyc_(erine) and (alcoh)_ol_.]
GLYCONIC, gl[=i]-kon'ik, _adj._ and _n._ of or pertaining to the ancient
Greek poet _Glycon_, or the verse attributed to him, consisting of four
feet--one a dactyl, the others trochees.
GLYPH, glif, _n._ (_archit._) an ornamental channel or fluting, usually
vertical.--_adjs._ GLYPH'IC; GLYPHOGRAPH'IC.--_ns._ GLYPHOG'RAPHY, a
process of taking a raised copy of a drawing by electrotype; GLYPH'OGRAPH,
a plate formed by this process.--_adj._ GLYP'TIC, pertaining to carving on
stone, &c.: (_min._) figured.--_n.pl._ GLYP'TICS, the art of engraving,
esp. on precious stones.--_adj._ GLYPTOGRAPH'IC.--_ns._ GLYPTOG'RAPHY, the
art of engraving on precious stones; GLYPTOTH[=E]'CA, a place for keeping
sculpture. [Gr. _glyph[=e]_--_glyphein_, to carve.]
GLYPTODON, glip'to-don, _n._ a gigantic fossil armadillo of South America
with fluted teeth. [Gr. _glyptos_, carved, _odous_, _odontos_, tooth.]
GMELINA, mel'i-na, _n._ a genus of verbenaceous trees. [From Samuel
Gottlieb _Gmelin_ (1744-74).]
GNAPHALIUM, na-f[=a]'li-um, _n._ a genus of composite herbs of the aster
family, the cudweed or everlasting. [L.,--Gr. _gnaphalion_, a downy plant.]
GNAR, när, _v.i._ to snarl or growl.--Also GNARR, KNAR, GNARL. [From a
Teut. root found in Ger. _knurren_, Dan. _knurre_, to growl; formed from
the sound.]
GNARL, närl, _n._ a twisted knot in wood.--_adj._ GNARLED, knotty, twisted.
[From a Teut. root, as in Ger. _knurren_, Dan. _knort_, a knot, gnarl, and
prob. akin to _gnarl_ in the sense of pressing close together.]
GNASH, nash, _v.t._ to strike the teeth together in rage or pain.--_v.i._
to grind the teeth.--_n._ a sudden snap.--_adv._ GNASH'INGLY. [M. E.
_gnasten_--Sw. _knastra_, to crash; cf. Ger. _knastern_, Dan. _knaske_.]
GNAT, nat, _n._ a genus of dipterous insects of numerous species, esp.
abundant in marshy districts--the female lives on the blood of
animals.--_n._ GNAT'LING. [A.S. _gnæt_; Ice. _gnata_, to clash.]
GNATHIC, nath'ik, _adj._ of the jaws--also GN[=A]'THAL.--_ns._ GNATH'ISM,
the classification of mankind based on measurements of the jaw;
GNATH[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the cheek or upper jaw; GNATHOPLAST'Y, the
formation of a cheek by plastic surgery; GNATHOP'ODA, the xiphosura: the
arthropoda. [Gr. _gnathos_, the jaw.]
GNATHONIC, -AL, nä-thon'ik, -al, _adj._ flattering. [From _Gnatho_, a
character in Terence's _Eunuchus_--Gr. _gnathos_, the jaw.]
GNAW, naw, _v.t._ to bite so as to make a noise with the teeth: to bite off
by degrees: to corrode or wear away: to bite in agony or rage: (_fig._) to
torment.--_v.i._ to use the teeth in biting.--_n._ GNAW'ER, a rodent. [A.S.
_gnagan_; cf. Dut. _knagen_, Ice. _naga_, prov. Eng. _nag_, to tease.]
GNEISS, n[=i]s, _n._ (_geol._) a species of stratified rock composed of
quartz, feldspar, and mica.--_adjs._ GNEISS'OID, having some of the
characters of gneiss; GNEISS'OSE, having the structure of gneiss. [Ger.
_gneiss_, a miners' word of unknown origin.]
GNOME, n[=o]m, _n._ a pithy and sententious saying, generally in verse,
embodying some moral sentiment or precept.--GNOMIC POETS, a class of
writers of this form in Greek literature. [Gr. _gn[=o]m[=e]_, an
opinion--_gn[=o]nai_, _gign[=o]skein_, to know.]
GNOME, n[=o]m, _n._ a sprite guarding the inner parts of the earth and its
treasures: a dwarf or goblin. [Fr.,--a word traced by Littré to Paracelsus,
and perh. formed from Gr. _gn[=o]m[=e]_, intelligence.]
GNOMON, n[=o]'mon, _n._ the pin of a dial, whose shadow points to the hour:
the index of the hour-circle of a globe: (_geom._) the name given to the
sum of any three of the parts of a rectangle when divided into four parts
by cross-lines parallel to its sides: interpreter, as in Bengel's _Gnomon
Novi Testamenti_.--_adjs._ GNOMON'IC, -AL, pertaining to the art of
dialling.--_adv._ GNOMON'ICALLY.--_ns._ GNOMON'ICS, the art of dialling;
GNOMONOL'OGY, a treatise on dialling. [Gr. _gn[=o]m[=o]n_, an
interpreter--_gn[=o]nai_, to know.]
GNOSTIC, nos'tik, _n._ (_theol._) one of a sect in the beginning of the
Christian era which maintained that knowledge (_gn[=o]sis_) and not faith
(_pistis_) was the way of salvation, allegorised away the great facts of
Christ's person and work, and represented individual life as the result of
a process of emanation from the original essence.--_adj._ having knowledge:
knowing, cunning: pertaining to the Gnostics.--_ns._ GN[=O]'SIS, knowledge:
mystical knowledge; GNOS'TICISM, the eclectic doctrines of the Gnostics.
[Gr. _gn[=o]stikos_, good at knowing--_gign[=o]skein_, to know.]
GNU, n[=u], _n._ a genus of antelopes native to South Africa, of which the
best-known species has characters of the ox, buffalo, and horse.
[Hottentot.]
GO, g[=o], _v.i._ to pass from one place to another: to be in motion: to
proceed: to walk: to depart from: to lead in any direction: to extend: to
tend: to be about to do: to pass in report: to pass, as in payment: to be
accounted in value: to happen in a particular way: to turn out: to fare: to
give way:--_pr.p._ g[=o]'ing; _pa.t._ went; _pa.p._ gone (gon).--_n._
affair, matter, as in 'a pretty go:' fashion, as in 'all the go:' energy,
activity.--_adj._ GO'-AHEAD', dashing, energetic.--_ns._ GO'-BETWEEN',
G[=O]'ER-BETWEEN' (_Shak._), one who is agent between two parties; GO'-BY,
escape by artifice: evasion: any intentional disregard: in coursing, the
act of passing by or ahead in motion.--_adj._ GO-TO-MEET'ING (_coll._),
used of clothes, good and fit for public use.--GO ABOUT (_B._), to set
one's self about: to seek: to endeavour; GO ABOUT ONE'S BUSINESS, to attend
to one's duties: to be off; GO ABROAD, to go to a foreign country: to leave
one's house; GO AGAINST, to invade: to be repugnant to; GO ASIDE, to err:
to withdraw, retire; GO AT, to attack; GO BEYOND (_B._), to overreach; GO
DOWN, to sink, decline: to be believed or accepted; GO FAR, to last long;
GO FOR, to pass for: to attack: to take up a line of policy; GO FOR
NOTHING, to have no value; GO HARD WITH, to be in real difficulty or
danger; GO IN AND OUT, to come and go freely; GO IN FOR, to be in favour
of: to aim after; GO IN UNTO, to have sexual intercourse with; GO IT, to
act in a striking or dashing manner--often in _imperative_ by way of
encouragement; GO OFF, to leave: to die: to explode: to fade; GO ON, to
proceed; GO ONE BETTER, to take a bet and add another more to it: to excel
another in fitness for some purpose; GO ONE'S WAY, to depart; GO OUT, to
become extinct or expire; GO OVER, to study, to examine; GO THE WHOLE HOG,
to go to the fullest extent; GO THROUGH, to perform thoroughly, to
accomplish; GO THROUGH FIRE AND WATER, to undertake any trouble or risks
for one's end (from the usage in ancient ordeals); GO TO, come now (a kind
of interjection, like the L. _agedum_, the Gr. [Greek: age nun]); GO TO
PIECES, to break up entirely, to be dismembered; GO TO THE WALL, to be
pushed aside, passed by; GO UNDER, to be called by some title or character:
to be overwhelmed or ruined, to die; GO WELL, to prosper; GO WITH, to
accompany: to agree, accord; GO WITHOUT SAYING, to be plainly self-evident
(Fr. _Cela va sans dire_).--GREAT GO, a degree examination, compared with
LITTLE GO, a preliminary examination in the university of Cambridge; LET
GO, to release, to quit hold of; NO GO, not possible: of no use. [A.S.
_gán_, contr. for _gangan_, to go; cf. Ger. _gehen_, Dut. _gaan_.]
GOAD, g[=o]d, _n._ a sharp-pointed stick, often shod with iron, for driving
oxen: a stimulus.--_v.t._ to drive with a goad: to urge forward. [A.S.
_gád_, a goad; cf. Ice. _gaddr_, a goad.]
GOAF, g[=o]f, _n._ a rick: the coal-waste left in old workings.
GOAL, g[=o]l, _n._ a mark set up to bound a race: the winning-post--also
the starting-post: the end aimed at: the two upright posts between which
the ball is kicked in the game of football: the act of sending the ball
between or over the goal-posts: an end or aim. [Fr. _gaule_, a pole; prob.
of Teut. origin, as Old Fris. _walu_, a staff, Goth. _walus_; but acc. to
Littré from L. _vallus_, a stake.]
GOAT, g[=o]t, _n._ the well-known quadruped, allied to the sheep.--_ns._
GOAT'CH[=A]FER, the dor or dung-beetle; GOAT[=EE]', a beard left on the
chin, while the rest of the face is shaven; GOAT'-HERD, one who tends
goats.--_adj._ GOAT'ISH, resembling a goat, esp. in smell: lustful:
wanton.--_ns._ GOAT'ISHNESS; GOAT'-MOTH, a large moth common throughout
Europe and Asia, having a thick heavy body, and measuring three inches or
more across the wings; GOAT'S'-BEARD, GOAT'S'-RUE, GOAT'S'-THORN, names of
plants; GOAT'SKIN, the skin of the goat, leather made from it; GOAT'SUCKER,
a kind of swallow erroneously thought to suck goats. [A.S. _gát_; Ger.
_geiss_, Dut. _geit_.]
GOB, gob, _n._ the mouth: a mouthful, lump: refuse coal.--_v.i._ to pack
away such as a support to the walls.--_ns._ GOB'BING, GOB'BIN, coal refuse.
GO-BANG, g[=o]-bang', _n._ a game played on a checker-board of 256 squares,
with fifty coloured counters, the object being to get five counters in a
row. [Jap. _goban_.]
GOBBET, gob'et, _n._ a mouthful: (_obs._) a little lump.--GOBE MOUCHE, a
silly credulous fellow. [O. Fr. _gobet_, from Celt.; Gael. _gob_, the
mouth.]
GOBBLE, gob'l, _v.t._ to swallow in lumps: to swallow hastily.--_v.i._ to
make a noise in the throat, as a turkey.--_n._ (_golf_) a rapid straight
_putt_ so strongly played that if the ball had not gone into the hole, it
would have gone a long way past.--_n._ GOBB'LER, a turkey-cock. [O. Fr.
_gober_, to devour; Celt.]
GOBELIN, gob'e-lin, _n._ a rich French tapestry. [From the _Gobelins_, a
famous family of French dyers settled in Paris as early as the 15th
century.]
GOBLET, gob'let, _n._ a large drinking-cup without a handle. [O. Fr.
_gobelet_, dim. of _gobel_--Low L. _cupellus_, a dim. of L. _cupa_, a cask.
See Cup.]
GOBLIN, gob'lin, _n._ a frightful phantom: a fairy: a mischievous sprite.
[O. Fr. _gobelin_--Low L. _gobelinus_--Gr. _kobalos_, a mischievous
spirit.]
GOBY, g[=o]'bi, _n._ a genus of small carnivorous sea-fishes, with nests of
seaweed. [L. _gobius_--Gr. _k[=o]bios_.]
GO-CART, g[=o]'-kärt, _n._ a wheeled apparatus for teaching children to
walk.
GOD, god, _n._ the Supreme Being: the Creator and Preserver of the world:
an object of worship, an idol: (_B._) a ruler:--_fem._ GOD'DESS: (_pl._)
the occupants of the gallery of a theatre.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to
deify.--_interj._ GOD'-A-MER'CY (_Shak._), probably a corruption of 'God
have mercy!'--_ns._ GOD'CHILD; GOD'DAUGHTER; GOD'DESS-SHIP (_Byron_), state
or quality of a goddess; GOD'FATHER, GOD'MOTHER, the persons who, at
baptism, guarantee a child's religious education.--_adjs._ GOD'-FORSAK'EN,
miserable, as if forsaken by God; GOD'-FEAR'ING, reverencing God.--_n._
GOD'HEAD, state of being a god: deity: divine nature--also rarely
GOD'HOOD.--_adj._ GOD'LESS, living without God: impious:
atheistical.--_adv._ GOD'LESSLY.--_n._ GOD'LESSNESS.--_adj._ GOD'LIKE, like
God: divine.--_ns._ GODLI'NESS; GOD'LING (_Dryden_), a little god.--_adj._
GOD'LY, like God in character: pious: according to God's law.--_advs._
GOD'LY, GOD'LILY.--_ns._ GOD'LY-HEAD (_Spens._), goodness; GOD'SEND, an
unexpected piece of good fortune; GOD'SHIP, the rank or character of a god:
a divinity; GOD'-SMITH (_Dryden_), a maker of idols; GOD'SON; GOD'SPEED, a
wish for good speed or success.--_adv._ GOD'WARD, toward God.--GOD'S ACRE,
a burial-ground (imitated from Ger. _Gottesacker_); GOD'S TRUTH, an
absolute truth--an emphatic asseveration.--HOUSEHOLD GODS, among the
Romans, the special gods presiding over the family: anything bound up with
home interests. [A.S. _god_; Ger. _gott_, Goth. _guth_, Dut. _god_; all
from a Teut. root _gutha_, God, and quite distinct from _good_.]
GOD-DEN, a variant of _good-den_.
GODROON, go-dr[=oo]n', _n._ (_archit._) an inverted fluting or beading.
[Fr. _godron_, a plait.]
GODWIT, god'wit, _n._ a genus of birds of the snipe family, with long bill
and long slender legs, with a great part of the tibia bare. [Perh. from
A.S. _gód_, good, _wiht_, creature.]
GOËL, g[=o]'[=a]l, _n._ the avenger of blood among the Hebrews, the nearest
relative whose duty it was to hunt down the murderer. [Heb.]
GOER, g[=o]'[.e]r, _n._ one who, or that which, goes: a horse, considered
in reference to his gait.
GOETY, g[=o]'[=e]-ti, _n._ black magic.--_adj._ GOET'IC. [Gr., _go[=e]s_, a
sorcerer.]
GOFF, a variant of _golf_.
GOFFER, gof'[.e]r, _v.t._ to plait or crimp.--_n._ GOFF'ERING, plaits or
ruffles, or the process of making them; indented tooling on the edge of a
book. [O. Fr. _gauffrer_--_goffre_, a wafer.]
GOGGLE, gog'l, _v.i._ to strain or roll the eyes.--_adj._ rolling: staring:
prominent.--_n._ a stare or affected rolling of the eye: (_pl._) spectacles
with projecting eye-tubes: blinds for shying horses.--_adj._ GOGG'LE-EYED,
having prominent, distorted, or rolling eyes. [Prob. related to Ir. and
Gael. _gog_, to nod.]
GOGLET, gog'let, _n._ a water-cooler.
GOING, g[=o]'ing, _n._ the act of moving: departure: (_B._) course of
life.--GOING FORTH (_B._), an outlet; GOINGS, or GOINGS OUT (_B._), utmost
extremity: departures or journeys; GOINGS ON, behaviour.
GOITRE, GOITER, goi't[.e]r, _n._ a tumour on the forepart of the throat,
being an enlargement of one of the glands (see CRETINISM).--_adjs._
GOI'TRED, GOI'TERED, affected with goitre; GOI'TROUS, pertaining to goitre.
[Fr. _goître_--L. _guttur_, the throat.]
GOLD, g[=o]ld, _n._ one of the precious metals much used for coin: money:
riches: anything very precious: yellow, gold colour.--_adj._ made of or
like gold.--_ns._ GOLD'-BEAT'ER, one whose trade is to beat gold into
gold-leaf; GOLD'-BEAT'ERS'-SKIN, the outer coat of the cæcum of the ox;
GOLD'-BEAT'ING.--_adj._ GOLD'-BOUND (_Shak._), encompassed with
gold.--_ns._ GOLD'-CLOTH, cloth woven with threads of gold; GOLD'-CREST, a
golden-crested bird of genus _Regulus_; GOLD'-DIG'GER, one who digs for or
mines gold, esp. a placer-miner; GOLD'-DUST, gold in dust or very fine
particles, as it is sometimes found in rivers.--_adj._ GOLD'EN, made of
gold: of the colour of gold: bright: most valuable: happy: highly
favourable.--_v.t._ to become golden.--_ns._ GOLD'EN-AGE, an early period
in history, a time of innocence and happiness; GOLD'EN-EYE, a species of
oceanic ducks which breed in the Arctic regions, and are winter visitants
of Britain.--_adj._ GOLD'EN-HILT'ED (_Tenn._), having a hilt made of, or
mounted with, gold.--_adv._ GOLD'ENLY (_Tenn._), splendidly,
delightfully.--_ns._ GOLD'EN-ROD, any herb of the genus _Solidago_, of the
aster family; GOLD'-F[=E]'VER, a mania for seeking gold; GOLD'-FIELD, a
region where gold is found; GOLD'FINCH, the most beautiful of English
finches, with very handsome plumage, in which black, crimson-red, yellow,
and white are, in the adult male, exquisitely mingled; GOLD'FISH, a Chinese
and Japanese fresh-water fish, nearly allied to the carp--in its native
waters it is brownish, but when domesticated becomes golden-yellow;
GOLD'-FOIL, gold beaten into thin sheets, used by dentists; GOLD'ILOCKS,
GOLD'YLOCKS, a common name for Ranunculus (q.v.); GOLD'-LACE, lace made of
gold-thread; GOLD'-LEAF, gold beaten extremely thin, or into leaves;
GOLD'-LIL'Y, the yellow lily; GOLD'-MINE, a mine from which gold is dug;
GOLD'-PLATE, vessels and utensils of gold collectively; GOLD'SMITH, a
worker in gold and silver; GOLD'SPINK (_Scot._), the goldfinch; GOLD'STICK,
the colonel of a regiment of life-guards who attends the sovereign on state
occasions--he receives a gold rod with his commission; GOLD'-THREAD, a
ranunculaceous plant found from Denmark to Siberia, with evergreen leaves,
resembling those of the strawberry: a thread formed of a strip of gold-leaf
laid over a thread of silk; GOLD'-WASH'ER, one who obtains gold by washing
it from sand and GRAVEL: a cradle or other implement for washing gold from
auriferous dirt; GOLD'-WIRE, wire made of or covered with gold.--Golden
beetle, the name popularly given to many members of the _Chrysomela_ genus
of coleopterous insects, marked by their metallic splendour of colour;
GOLDEN BULL (L. _bulla_ _aurea_), an edict issued by the Emperor Charles
IV. in 1356, mainly for the purpose of settling the law of imperial
elections; GOLDEN FLEECE, in Greek mythology, the fleece of the ram
Chrysomallus, the recovery of which was the object of the famous expedition
of the Argonauts--it gave its name to a celebrated order of knighthood in
Austria and Spain, founded in 1429; GOLDEN HORDE, the Kipchaks, a Turkic
people, whose empire was founded in central and southern Russia by Batu in
the 13th century; GOLDEN LEGEND (L. _aurea legenda_), a celebrated medieval
collection of lives of the greater saints, the work of Jacobus de Voragine
(1230-98); GOLDEN NUMBER for any year, the number of that year in the
Metonic Cycle, and as this cycle embraces nineteen years, the golden
numbers range from one to nineteen; GOLDEN ROSE, a rose formed of wrought
gold, and blessed by the Pope in person on the fourth Sunday in Lent,
usually presented to some Catholic prince. [A.S. _gold_; Ice. _gull_, Ger.
_gold_, Goth. _gulth_, Russ. _zlato_, Gr. _chrysos_.]
GOLF, golf, _n._ a game played with a club and ball, in which he who drives
the ball into a series of small holes in the ground with fewest strokes is
the winner.--_ns._ GOLF'ER; GOLF'ING. [Dut. _kolf_, a club; cf. Ger.
_kolbe_, Ice. _kólfr_.]
GOLGOTHA, gol'go-tha, _n._ the scene of our Lord's crucifixion, near
Jerusalem: a charnel-house. [Heb.]
GOLIARD, gol'yard, _n._ a medieval monk who amused his superiors at table
by merry jests.--_n._ GOL'IARDERY.--_adj._ GOLIAR'DIC.--_n._ GOL'IAS, the
title assumed by the authors of several medieval satirical poems--Walter
Map makes 'Bishop Golias' the type of the ribald priest. [O. Fr.]
GOLIATH, g[=o]-l[=i]'ath, _n._ a giant.--_v.i._ to exaggerate
extravagantly.--_n._ GOL[=I]'ATH-BEE'TLE, a genus of tropical beetles of
very large size, the male sometimes measuring about four inches. [From
_Goliath_, the Philistine giant in 1 Sam. xvii.]
GOLLAR, gol'ar, _v.i._ (prov.) to scold or speak loudly.
GOLOE-SHOES. See GALOSH.
GOLOMYNKA, g[=o]-l[=o]-ming'ka, _n._ a fish found only in Lake Baikal,
resembling the gobies.
GOLOSH, go-losh', _n._ Same as GALOSH.
GOMARIST, g[=o]'mar-ist, _n._ a follower of Francis _Gomarus_ (1563-1641),
a vehement opponent of the Arminians, who mainly through his influence were
expelled from the Reformed Church at the Synod of Dort in 1618.
GOMBEENISM, gom-b[=e]n'izm, _n._ the practice of depending on
money-lenders.--_n._ GOMBEEN'MAN, a grasping and usurious money-lender in
Ireland.
GOMERIL, gom'[.e]r-il, _n._ (_Scot._) a stupid fellow.
GOMPHIASIS, gom-f[=i]'a-sis, _n._ looseness of the teeth, esp. the
molars.--_n._ GOMPH[=O]'SIS, a kind of synarthrosis or immovable
articulation, as of the teeth in the jaw. [Gr., _gomphios_, a tooth.]
GOMUTI, g[=o]-m[=oo]'ti, _n._ the sago-palm: the black fibre it
yields.--Also GOMU'TO. [Malay.]
GONAD, gon'ad, _n._ (_biol._) a mass of undifferentiated generative tissue.
GONAGRA, gon'a-gra, _n._ gout in the knee.--_ns._ GONAL'GIA, any painful
affection of the knee; GONARTHR[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the knee-joint.
[Gr. _gony_, knee, _agra_, a taking, _algos_, pain.]
GONDOLA, gon'do-la, _n._ a long, narrow boat (averaging 30 feet by 4) used
chiefly on the canals of Venice--(_Spens._) GON'DELAY.--_n._ GONDOLIER
(gon'dol-[=e]r), one who rows a gondola. [It., a dim. of _gonda_--Gr.
_kondy_--a drinking-vessel, said to be a Pers. word.]
GONE, gon, _pa.p._ of go, lost, passed beyond help: weak, faint, feeling a
sinking sensation: wide of the mark, of an arrow: (_slang_) entirely given
up to (with on).--_ns._ GONE'NESS, a sinking sensation; GON'ER (_slang_),
one ruined beyond recovery.
GONFALON, gon'fa-lon, _n._ an ensign or standard with streamers--also
GON'FANON.--_n._ GONFALONIER', one who bears a gonfalon: the chief
magistrate in many Italian cities because of his bearing this flag. [O. Fr.
_gonfanon_--Mid. High Ger. _gundfano_--_gund_, battle, _fano_ (Ger.
_fahne_), a flag.]
GONG, gong, _n._ a Chinese instrument of percussion, made of a mixture of
metals, and shaped into a basin-like form, flat and large, with a rim a few
inches deep. [Malay.]
GONGORISM, gong'gor-izm, _n._ a florid, inverted, and pedantic style of
writing, introduced by the Spanish poet Luis de _Góngora_ y Argote
(1561-1627), some of whose distinctive features reappeared in Euphuism.
GONGYLUS, gon'ji-lus, _n._ a round deciduous body connected with the
reproduction of certain seaweeds. [Gr., 'round.']
GONIATITES, g[=o]-ni-a-t[=i]'t[=e]z, _n._ a genus of fossil cephalopodous
mollusca, kindred to the Ammonites. [Gr. _gonia_, an angle, _lithos_, a
stone.]
GONIDIA, g[=o]-nid'i-a, _n.pl._ an old term in lichenology for the green
cells (algal constituents) of the thallus:--_sing._ GONID'IUM, a naked or
membranous-coated propagative cell produced asexually. [Formed from Gr.
_gon[=e]_, generation, seed.]
GONIOMETER, g[=o]-ni-om'e-t[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for measuring solid
angles, indispensable to the crystallographer. [_G[=o]nia_, an angle,
_metron_, measure.]
GONOPHORE, gon'o-f[=o]r, _n._ the ultimate generative zooid of a hydrozoan,
originating directly the generative elements. [Gr. _gonos_, seed,
_pherein_, to bear.]
GONORRHEA, gon-or-r[=e]'a, _n._ a specific contagious inflammatory
discharge of mucus from the membrane of the urethra or vagina. [Gr.
_gonorrhoia_--_gonos_, seed, _rheein_, to flow.]
GOOD, good, _adj._ having qualities, whether physical or moral, desirable
or suitable to the end proposed: promoting success, welfare, or happiness:
virtuous: pious: kind: benevolent: proper: fit: competent: satisfactory:
sufficient: valid: sound: serviceable: beneficial: real: serious, as in
'good earnest:' not small, considerable, as in 'good deal:' full, complete,
as in 'good measure:' unblemished, honourable, as in 'good name:'--_comp._
bett'er; _superl._ best.--_n._ that which promotes happiness, success,
&c.--opp. to _Evil_: prosperity: welfare: advantage, temporal or spiritual:
moral qualities: virtue: (_B._) possessions: (_pl._) household furniture:
movable property: merchandise (in composition, the equivalent of U.S.
_freight_).--_interj._ well! right!--_adv._ well.--_ns._ GOOD'-BREED'ING,
polite manners formed by a good breeding or education; GOOD'-BROTH'ER
(_Scot._), a brother-in-law.--_n._ or _interj._ GOOD'-BYE, contracted from
'God be with you:' farewell, a form of address at parting.--_adj._
GOOD'-CONDI'TIONED, being in a good state.--_ns._ or _interjs._ GOOD'-DAY,
a common salutation, a contraction of 'I wish you a good day;' GOOD'-DEN, a
corruption of _good-e'en_; GOOD'-E'EN, GOOD'-[=E]V'EN, GOOD'-[=E]VE'NING, a
salutation on meeting or parting in the evening.--_adj._ GOOD'-FACED
(_Shak._), having a handsome face.--_ns._ GOOD'-FELL'OW, a jolly or boon
companion: a reveller; GOOD'-FELL'OWSHIP, merry or pleasant company:
conviviality.--_n.pl._ GOOD'-FOLK, a euphemism for the fairies, of whom it
is best to speak respectfully.--_adj._ GOOD'-FOR-NOTH'ING, worthless,
useless.--_n._ an idle person.--_ns._ GOOD'-FR[=I]'DAY, a fast in memory of
our Lord's crucifixion, held on the Friday of Passion-week;
GOOD'-H[=U]'MOUR, a cheerful temper, from the old idea that temper depended
on the humours of the body.--_adj._ GOOD'-H[=U]'MOURED.--_adv._
GOOD'-H[=U]'MOUREDLY.--_n._ GOOD'INESS, weak, priggish, or canting
goodness.--_adj._ GOOD'ISH, pretty good, of fair quality or
quantity.--_interj._ GOOD'-LACK, an expression of surprise or pity--a
variation of 'Good Lord,' under the influence of _alack_.--_n._
GOOD'LINESS.--_adv._ GOOD'LY (_Spens._), excellently, kindly.--_adj._
good-like: good-looking: fine: excellent:--_comp._ GOOD'LIER; _superl._
GOOD'LIEST.--_ns._ GOOD'LYHEAD (_Spens._), goodness; GOOD'LYHOOD, grace;
GOODMAN' (_B._), the man or master of the house--the correlative to it is
GOODWIFE'.--_ns._ and _interjs._ GOOD'-MORN'ING, GOOD'-MORR'OW, a
salutation at meeting in the morning.--_n._ GOOD'-N[=A]'TURE, natural
goodness and mildness of disposition.--_adj._ GOOD'-N[=A]'TURED.--_adv._
GOOD'-N[=A]'TUREDLY.--_n._ GOOD'NESS, virtue: excellence: benevolence: a
term of emphasis, as in 'For goodness' sake;' 'Oh, goodness!'--_n._ and
_interj._ GOOD'-NIGHT, a common salutation, a contraction of 'I wish you a
good night.'--_interj._ GOOD'-NOW, an exclamation of wonder, surprise, or
entreaty.--_ns._ GOODS'-EN'GINE, an engine used for drawing goods-trains;
GOOD'-SENSE, sound judgment; GOOD'-SPEED, a contraction of 'I wish you good
speed;' GOODS'-TRAIN, a train of goods wagons.--_adj._ GOOD'-TEM'PERED,
possessing a good temper.--_ns._ GOOD'-WIFE, the mistress of a family;
GOOD'-WILL, benevolence; well-wishing: the established custom or popularity
of any business or trade--often appearing as one of its assets, with a
marketable money value; GOOD'Y, good-wife: good-woman: probably formed from
_good-wife_.--_adj._ GOOD'Y, mawkishly good: weakly benevolent or
pious--also GOOD'Y-GOOD'Y.--_n._ a sweetmeat.--GOOD FOR ANYTHING, ready for
any kind of work; GOODMAN'S CROFT, a strip of ground, or corner of a field,
once left untilled in Scotland, to avert the malice of the devil from the
crop.--GOOD TEMPLAR, a member of a temperance society founded in the United
States in 1852, and introduced into England in 1868, its organisation
modelled on that of the Freemasons, with lodges, passwords and grips, and
insignia.--AS GOOD AS, the same as, no less than; BE AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD,
to be depended on; FOR GOOD, FOR GOOD AND ALL, finally, in conclusion, to
end the whole matter; Make good, to fulfil, perform; STAND GOOD, to be
lastingly good: to remain; THINK GOOD, to be disposed, to be willing. [A.S.
_gód_; closely akin to Dut. _goed_, Ger. _gut_, Ice. _góðr_, Goth. _gods_.]
GOORKHA, g[=oo]r'kä, _n._ one of the dominant race in Nepal, descended from
Hindu immigrants, and claiming a Rajput origin, short, thick-set men,
making excellent soldiers.
GOOROO. See GURU.
GOOSANDER, g[=oo]s-an'd[.e]r, _n._ a web-footed bird in the duck family, in
the same genus as the Mergansers, a native of the Arctic regions. [Formed
from _goose_ and _gander_.]
GOOSE, g[=oo]s, _n._ (_pl._ GEESE) a web-footed animal like a duck, but
larger and stronger: a tailor's smoothing-iron, from the likeness of the
handle to the neck of a goose: a stupid, silly person: a game of chance
once common in England, in which the players moved counters forward from
one compartment on a board to another, the right to a double move being
secured when the card bearing the picture of a goose was reached.--_v.t._
(_slang_) to hiss off the stage.--_ns._ GOOSE'-CAP, a silly person;
GOOSE'-CORN, a coarse rush; GOOSE'-EGG, a zero, denoting a miss or failure
to score at an athletic or other contest; GOOSE'-FISH, a common name in
America for the angler-fish (see ANGLER); GOOSE'-FLESH, a puckered
condition of the skin, like that of a plucked goose, through cold, fear,
&c.; GOOSE'-FOOT, pigweed; GOOSE'-GRASS, a species of Bedstraw (q.v.), a
common weed in hedges and bushy places in Britain, Europe, and America;
GOOSE'-NECK, an iron swivel forming the fastening between a boom and a
mast: a bent pipe or tube with a swivel-joint; GOOSE'-QUILL, one of the
quills or large wing-feathers of a goose, used as pens; GOOS'ERY, a place
for keeping geese: stupidity; GOOSE'-SKIN, a kind of thin soft leather;
GOOSE'-STEP (_mil._), the marking of time by raising the feet alternately
without making progress; GOOSE'-WING, one of the clews or lower corners of
a ship's mainsail or foresail when the middle part is furled or tied up to
the yard.--_adj._ GOOSE'-WINGED, having only one clew set: in fore-and-aft
rigged vessels, having the mainsail on one side and the foresail on the
other, so as to sail wing-and-wing.--_n._ GOOS'EY, a goose: a blockhead.
[A.S. _gós_; Ice. _gás_, Ger. _gans_, L. _anser_, Gr. _ch[=e]n_, Sans.
_hamsa_.]
GOOSEBERRY, g[=oo]z'ber-i, _n._ the berry or fruit of a shrub of the same
name.--PLAY GOOSEBERRY, to accompany lovers, &c., for propriety. [Prof.
Skeat says _goose-_ is for _grose-_ or _groise-_, which appears in O. Fr.
_groisele_, _grosele_, gooseberry, Scot. _grossart_, from the Mid. High
Ger. _krus_ (Ger. _kraus_), crisp, curled.]
GOOSEBERRY-FOOL, _n._ See FOOL (2).
GOPHER, g[=o]'f[.e]r, _n._ a name in America applied to the prairie dog,
the pouched rat, and to the land tortoise of the southern states.--_v.i._
to burrow, to mine in a small way. [Fr. _gaufre_.]
GOPHER, g[=o]'f[.e]r, _n._ (_B._) a kind of wood, generally supposed
identical with cypress. [Heb.]
GOPURA, g[=o]'p[=oo]-ra, _n._ in Southern India, a pyramidal tower over the
gateway of a temple.
GORAL, g[=o]'ral, _n._ a Himalayan goat-antelope.
GORAMY, g[=o]'ra-mi, _n._ a fish found in the Eastern Archipelago, highly
esteemed for the table, and used in Mauritius, the West Indies, &c.--Also
GOU'RAMI.
GOR-BELLIED, gor'-bel-id, _adj._ (_Shak._) big-bellied, gluttonous. [Obs.
_gore_--A.S. _gor_, filth, and _belly_.]
GORCOCK, gor'kok, _n._ the moorcock or red grouse:--_fem._ GOR'HEN.
[_Gor-_, from _gorse_, furze; or imit.]
GORCROW, gor'kr[=o], _n._ the carrion-crow. [A.S. _gor_, filth, carrion,
and _crow_.]
GORDIAN, gord'yan, _adj._ intricate: difficult.--_v.t._ (_Keats_) to tie
up, knot.--CUT THE GORDIAN KNOT, to overcome a difficulty by violent
measures--Alexander, unable to untie the fateful knot tied by _Gordius_,
king of Phrygia, having cut it through with his sword.
GORDIUS, gor'di-us, _n._ a genus typical of _Gordiidæ_, a family of
nematode worms with a hair-like body.
GORE, g[=o]r, _n._ clotted blood: blood.--_adv._ GOR'ILY (_Tenn._), in a
gory or bloody manner or state.--_adj._ GOR'Y, covered with gore:
bloody.--GORY DEW, a dark-red slimy film sometimes seen on damp walls and
in shady places. [A.S. _gor_, blood, dung; Sw. _gorr_, Ice. _gor_, gore.]
GORE, g[=o]r, _n._ a triangular piece let into a garment to widen it: a
triangular piece of land.--_v.t._ to shape like or furnish with gores: to
pierce with anything pointed, as a spear or horns.--_n._ GOR'ING, a piece
of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.--_adj._ cut
gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing--of a
sail. [A.S. _gára_, a pointed triangular piece of land--_gár_, a spear with
triangular blade.]
GORGE, gorj, _n._ the throat: a narrow pass among hills: (_fort._) the
entrance to an outwork.--_v.t._ to swallow greedily: to glut.--_v.i._ to
feed.--_adj._ GORGED, having a gorge or throat: glutted: (_her._) having a
crown or coronet about the neck.--_n._ GORG'ET, a piece of armour for the
throat: a military ornament round the neck (see ARMOUR).--HAVE ONE'S GORGE
RISE, to be disgusted or irritated; HEAVE THE GORGE, to retch. [O. Fr.,--L.
_gurges_, a whirlpool.]
GORGEOUS, gor'jus, _adj._ showy: splendid: magnificent.--_adv._
GOR'GEOUSLY.--_n._ GOR'GEOUSNESS. [O. Fr. _gorgias_, gaudy--_gorgias_, a
ruff--_gorge_, the throat.]
GORGON, gor'gun, _n._ one of three fabled female monsters (Stheno, Euryale,
and Medusa), of horrible aspect, winged, with hissing serpents for
hair--every one who looked on Medusa was turned to stone: anything very
ugly.--_adjs._ GOR'GON, GORG[=O]'NEAN, GORGONESQUE', GORG[=O]'NIAN, like a
gorgon: very ugly or terrific.--_n._ GORGONEI'ON, a mask of the
gorgon.--_v.t._ GOR'GONISE (_Tenn._), to turn to stone. [L. _gorgon_--Gr.
_gorg[=o]_--_gorgos_, grim.]
GORGONZOLA, gor-gon-z[=o]'la, _n._ a highly esteemed cheese.
GORILLA, gor-il'a, _n._ a great African ape, the largest known anthropoid,
generally referred to the same genus with the chimpanzee. [African.]
GORMAND, older form of _gourmand_.--_v.i._ GOR'MAND[=I]SE, to eat hastily
or voraciously.--_ns._ GOR'MAND[=I]SER; GOR'MAND[=I]SING, the act or habit
of eating voraciously; GOR'MANDISM, gluttony.
GORSE, gors, _n._ a prickly shrub growing on waste places, the furze or
whin.--_adj._ GORS'Y. [A.S. _gorst_.]
GOSHAWK, gos'hawk, _n._ a short-winged hawk, once used for hunting
wild-geese and other fowl, not having a toothed bill, like the falcons
proper. [A.S. _góshafoc_--_gós_, goose, _hafoc_, hawk.]
GOSLING, goz'ling, _n._ a young goose. [A.S. _gós_, goose, double dim.
_-l-ing_.]
GOSPEL, gos'pel, _n._ the Christian revelation: the narrative of the life
of Christ, as related by Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John: the stated portion
of these read at service: the teaching of Christ: a system of religious
truth: absolute truth.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to instruct in the gospel.--_n._
GOS'PELLER, a preacher: an evangelist.--_v.t._ GOS'PELLISE, to square with
the gospel. [A.S. _godspell_; commonly derived from A.S. _gód_, good, and
_spell_, story, and so a translation of Gr. _eu-anggelion_, good news; but
more prob. from _god_, God, and _spell_, a narrative, God-story; so also
the Ice. is _guðspjall_, God-story, and not _góðspjall_, good-story; and
the Old High Ger. was _gotspell_, _got_ (God) _-spel_, not _guot_ (good)
_-spel_.]
GOSS, gos, _n._ (_Shak._). See GORSE.
GOSSAMER, gos'a-m[.e]r, _n._ very fine spider-threads which float in the
air or form webs on bushes in fine weather: any thin material.--_adj._
light, flimsy.--_adj._ GOSS'AMERY, like gossamer: flimsy. [M. E.
_gossomer_; Prof Skeat thinks it is a corr. of 'goose-summer' or
'summer-goose,' from the downy appearance of the film. Ger. _sommer-fäden_,
summer-threads, also _mädchen-sommer_, maiden-summer.]
GOSSAN, gos'an, _n._ (_prov._) decomposed rock, usually ferruginous,
forming the upper part of a metallic vein.--Also GOZZ'AN.
GOSSIP, gos'ip, _n._ one who runs about telling and hearing news: idle
talk: a familiar acquaintance: a boon-companion.--_v.i._ to run about
telling idle tales: to talk much: to chat: (_Shak._) to stand godfather
to.--_n._ GOSS'IPING, the act or practice of one who gossips or
tattles.--_p.adj._ having the character of one who gossips: tattling.--_n._
GOSS'IPRY.--_adj._ GOSS'IPY. [Orig. a sponsor in baptism, or one related in
the service of _God_; M. E. _gossib_ (earlier form, _godsib_)--_God_, and
_sib_, related; cf. Ger. _sippe_, Ice. _sif_, affinity, Scot. _sib_,
related.]
GOSSOON, go-s[=oo]n', _n._ a boy-servant in Ireland. [From Fr. _garçon_, a
boy.]
GOSSYPIUM, go-sip'i-um, _n._ a malvaceous genus of herbs and shrubs, native
to the tropics, yielding the cotton of commerce. [L. _gossypion_.]
GOT, GOTTEN. See under GET.
GOTH, goth, _n._ one of an ancient Teutonic nation, originally settled on
the southern coasts of the Baltic, which migrated to Dacia in the 3d
century, and later founded kingdoms in Italy, southern France, and Spain: a
rude or uncivilised person, a barbarian.--_adj._ GOTH'IC, belonging to the
Goths or their language: barbarous: romantic: denoting a style of
architecture with high-pointed arches, clustered columns, &c. (applied in
reproach at the time of the Renaissance).--_v.t._ GOTH'ICISE, to make
Gothic: to bring back to barbarism.--_n._ GOTH'ICISM, a Gothic idiom or
style of building: rudeness of manners. [The native names _Gutans_ (sing.
_Guta_) and _Gutôs_ (sing. _Guts_), _Gutthiuda_, 'people of the Goths;'
Latinised as _Gothi_, _Gotthi_.]
GOTHAMITE, goth'a-m[=i]t, GOTHAMIST, goth'a-mist, _n._ a simpleton: a
wiseacre. [From _Gotham_, a village of Nottinghamshire, with which name are
connected many of the simpleton stories of immemorial antiquity. So of
Gordon in Scotland, Kampan in Holland, the Schildburgers in Germany, &c.]
GOUACHE, gwash, _n._ a method of water-colour painting with opaque colours,
mixed with water, honey, and gum, presenting a dead surface: work painted
according to this method. [Fr.]
GOUDA, gow'da, _n._ a kind of cheese from _Gouda_.
GOUGE, gowj, or g[=oo]j, _n._ a chisel, with a hollow blade, for cutting
grooves or holes.--_v.t._ to scoop out, as with a gouge: to force out, as
the eye with the thumb. [O. Fr.,--Low L. _guvia_, a kind of chisel.]
GOUJEERS, g[=oo]'j[=e]rz, _n._ (_Shak._) venereal disease.--_Goujere_,
often GOOD YEAR, used as a slight imprecation, as pox; cf. 2 _Henry IV._,
II. iv. 64. [Perh. Fr. _gouge_, a prostitute, _goujat_, a blackguard.]
GOURA, gow'ra, _n._ a genus of beautifully crested, ground-loving pigeons,
native to New Guinea.
GOURAMI. See GORAMY.
GOURD, g[=o]rd, or g[=oo]rd, _n._ a large fleshy fruit: rind of a gourd
used as a drinking-cup: the gourd plant: (_pl._) hollow dice used by
cheating gamblers.--_ns._ GOURD'INESS; GOURD'-WORM, a fluke or trematode
worm, esp. the liver-fluke.--_adj._ GOURD'Y, having the legs swollen--of a
horse. [O. Fr. _gourde_, contr. from _cougourde_--L. _cucurbita_, a gourd.]
GOURMAND, g[=oo]r'mand, _n._ one who eats greedily: a glutton.--_adj._
voracious: gluttonous--also GOR'MAND.--_n._ GOURMET (goor-m[=a]', or
-met'), an epicure, originally one with a delicate taste in wines. [Fr.
_gourmand_, a glutton; origin unknown.]
GOUSTY, gows'ti, _adj._ dreary.--_adj._ GOUS'TROUS, stormy: (_Scot._) rude.
[Same as GUSTY.]
GOUT, gowt, _n._ an acute inflammation of the smaller joints, and esp. of
the great toe, in persons of luxurious habits and past middle life:
(_obs._) a drop.--_adv._ GOUT'ILY.--_ns._ GOUT'INESS; GOUT'WORT, GOUT'WEED,
an umbelliferous European plant, long supposed to be good for gout.--_adj._
GOUT'Y, relating to gout: diseased with or subject to gout. [O. Fr.
_goutte_--L. _gutta_, a drop, the disease supposed to be caused by a
defluxion of humours.]