GOWK, GOUK, gowk, _n._ a stupid fellow, a fool.
GOWL, gowl, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to cry or howl. [M. E. _goulen_--Scand., Ice.
_gaula_, to bellow.]
GOWN, gown, _n._ a woman's upper garment: a long loose robe worn officially
by clergymen, lawyers, college lecturers, &c.--_v.t._ to invest with the
gown.--_adj._ GOWNED, dressed in a gown.--_ns._ GOWN'MAN, GOWNS'MAN, one
whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and esp. a
member of an English university. [M. E. _goune_--W. _gwn_, akin to _gwnio_,
to stitch; Ir. _gunn_, Gael. _gun_.]
GOWPEN, gowp'en, _n._ (_Scot._) the hollow of the hand or of the two hands
held together: a handful. [Scand.; Ice. _gaupn_, Sw. _göpen_, Dan. _gövn_;
Low Ger. _göpse_, _göpsch_, Ger. dial. _gauf_, _gaufel_.]
GRAAFIAN, grä'fi-an, _adj._ pertaining to the follicle or little sac in the
ovary in which an ovum matures--in mammals. [Named from the discoverer of
these, Regnier de _Graaf_, 1641-73.]
GRAAL. Same as GRAIL, a dish.
GRAB, grab, _n._ a vessel on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
GRAB, grab, _v.t._ (_coll._) to seize or grasp suddenly: to lay hands
on:--_pr.p._ grab'bing; _pa.p._ grabbed.--_n._ a sudden grasp or catch,
acquisition by violent or unjust means: that which is seized: a simple card
game.--_ns._ GRAB'-BAG, a bag containing a variety of articles to be
obtained by putting in the hand and seizing one, as at charity bazaars,
&c.: any dishonest means of seizing such profit or spoil as comes handiest;
GRAB'BER. [Scand.; Sw. _grabba_, to grasp; Ger. _greifen_, to seize.]