GRUB, grub, _v.i._ to dig in the dirt: to be occupied meanly: (_slang_) to
eat.--_v.t._ to dig or root out of the ground (generally followed by up):
(_slang_) to supply with victuals:--_pr.p._ grub'bing; _pa.p._
grubbed.--_n._ the larva of the beetle, moth, &c.: (_slang_) something to
eat.--_n._ GRUB'BER, he who, or that which, grubs: an agricultural
implement for grubbing out weeds, &c., or for clearing and stirring up the
soil, with obliquely placed _tines_ or teeth set in a frame and moved
forward on wheels.--_v.i._ and _v.t._ GRUB'BLE, to grope.--_n._
GRUB'-STREET, a street in London inhabited by booksellers' hacks and shabby
writers generally.--_adj._ applied to any mean literary production. [Prob.
A.S. _grápian_, to grope.]
GRUDGE, gruj, _v.t._ to murmur at: to look upon with envy: to give or take
unwillingly.--_v.i._ to show discontent.--_n._ secret enmity or envy: an
old cause of quarrel.--_adjs._ GRUDGE'FUL (_Spens._), full of grudge,
envious; GRUDG'ING, given to grudge.--_adv._ GRUDG'INGLY, unwillingly. [M.
E. _grochen_, _grucchen_--O. Fr. _grocer_, _groucer_, from an imitative
root seen in Gr. _gry_, the grunt of a pig; also in _growl_, _grunt_.]
GRUEL, gr[=oo]'el, _n._ a thin food made by boiling oatmeal in water. [O.
Fr. _gruel_ (Fr. _gruau_), groats--Low L. _grutellum_, dim. of _grutum_,
meal--Old Low Ger. _grut_, groats, A.S. _grút_.]
GRUESOME, gr[=oo]'sum, _adj._ horrible: fearful: dismal,
depressing.--_vs.i._ GRUE, GREW, to shudder: to feel horror or
repulsiveness. [Scand.; Dan. _gru_, horror, with suff. _-som_; cf. Dut.
_gruwzaam_, Ger. _grausam_.]
GRUFF, gruf, _adj._ rough, stern, or abrupt in manner: churlish.--_adv._
GRUFF'LY.--_n._ GRUFF'NESS. [Dut. _grof_; cog. with Sw. _grof_, Ger.
_grob_, coarse.]
GRUM, grum, _adj._ morose: surly: deep in the throat, as a sound.--_adv._
GRUM'LY.--_n._ GRUM'NESS. [A.S. _grom_; cf. Dan. _grum_.]
GRUMBLE, grum'bl, _v.i._ to murmur with discontent: to growl: to
rumble.--_n._ the act of grumbling.--_ns._ GRUM'BLER; GRUMBLET[=O]'NIAN,
one of the country party as opposed to the court party, after 1689.--_adv._
GRUM'BLINGLY. [Old Dut. _grommelen_, freq. of _grommen_ to mutter.]
GRUME, gr[=oo]m, _n._ a thick consistence of fluid: a clot, as of
blood.--_adjs._ GRUM'OUS, GRUM'OSE, thick: clotted. [O. Fr. _grume_, a
bunch (Fr. _grumeau_, a clot)--L. _grumus_, a little heap.]
GRUMPH, grumf, _n._ (_Scot._) a grunt.--_v.i._ to grunt.--_n._ GRUMPH'IE, a
sow.
GRUMPY, grum'pi, _adj._ surly: dissatisfied: melancholic.--_adv._
GRUM'PILY. [_Grumble_.]
GRUNDY, grund'i, MRS, the invisible _censor morum_ who is frequently
appealed to in the phrase, 'But what will Mrs Grundy say?' in Thomas
Morton's play, _Speed the Plough_ (1800).
GRUNT, grunt, _v.i._ to make a sound like a pig: to utter guttural
sounds.--_n._ a short, guttural sound, as of a hog.--_ns._ GRUNT'ER;
GRUNT'ING.--_adv._ GRUNT'INGLY. [M. E. _grunten_--A.S. _grunian_; cf. Ger.
_grunzen_, L._ grunn[=i]re_; all imit.]
GRUTCH, gruch, _v.t._ or _v.i._ (_Spens._) to grudge.
GRUYÈRE, gr[=oo]-y[=a]r', _n._ a famous whole-milk cheese, made at
_Gruyère_ and many other places in the canton of Freiburg, Switzerland.
GRYDE, gr[=i]d, _v.i._ (_Spens._) to gride.
GRYFON, GRYPHON, grif'on, _n._ obsolete forms of _griffin_.--Also GRYPE.
GRYPOSIS, gri-p[=o]'sis, _n._ a curvature, esp. of the nails.
GRYSIE, gr[=i]z'i, _adj._ (_Spens._) grisly: squalid: moist.
GUACHARO, gwä'chä-r[=o], _n._ the oil-bird, a South American nocturnal
frugivorous goatsucker. [Sp.]
GUACHO, gwä'k[=o], _n._ a tropical American climbing composite: the
medicinal substance in the leaves.
GUAIACUM, gw[=a]'ya-kum, _n._ a genus of trees in the West Indies, that
yield a greenish resin used in medicine. [Sp. _guayaco_, from a Haytian
word.]
GUAN, gwän, _n._ the yacou, a South American genus of large arboreal
game-birds, giving loud cries.
GUANACO, gwä-nä'ko, _n._ a cameloid ruminant widely spread in South
America.
GUANO, gwä'n[=o], _n._ the long-accumulated excrement of certain sea-fowl,
found on certain coasts and islands, esp. about South America, much used
for manure.--_adj._ GUANIF'EROUS.--_n._ GUÄ'NIN, a yellowish-white,
amorphous substance, a constituent of guano, also of the liver and pancreas
of mammals. [Sp. _guano_, or _huano_, from Peruv. _huanu_, dung.]
GUARANA, gwä-rä'na, _n._ a paste prepared from the pounded seeds of
_Paullinia sorbilis_, a climbing Brazilian shrub, made in round or oblong
cakes--_Guarana Bread_.
GUARANTEE, gar-an-t[=e]', GUARANTY, gar'an-ti, _n._ a warrant or surety: a
contract to see performed what another has undertaken: the person who makes
such a contract, one responsible for the performance of some action, the
truth of some statement, &c.--_v.t._ to undertake that another shall
perform certain engagements: to make sure:--_pr.p._ guarantee'ing; _pa.p._
guaranteed'.--_n._ GUAR'ANTOR, one who makes a guaranty.--GUARANTEE
ASSOCIATIONS, joint-stock companies on the insurance principle, which
become security for the integrity of cashiers, &c. [O. Fr. _garantie_,
pa.p. of _garantir_, to warrant--_garant_, warrant. See WARRANT.]
GUARD, gärd, _v.t._ to ward, watch, or take care of: to protect from danger
or attack: to protect the edge of, as by an ornamental border.--_v.i._ to
watch: to be wary.--_n._ that which guards from danger: a man or body of
men stationed to protect: one who has charge of a coach or railway-train:
state of caution: posture of defence: part of the hilt of a sword: a
watch-chain: (_pl._) troops attached to the person of a sovereign:
(_cricket_) the pads which protect the legs from swift balls.--_adj._
GUARD'ABLE.--_n._ GUARD'AGE (_Shak._), wardship.--_adjs._ GUARD'ANT
(_her._), having the face turned towards the beholder; GUARD'ED, wary:
cautious: uttered with caution.--_adv._ GUARD'EDLY.--_ns._ GUARD'EDNESS;
GUARD'HOUSE, GUARD'ROOM, a house or room for the accommodation of a guard
of soldiers, where defaulters are confined; GUARD'IAN, one who guards or
takes care of: (_law_) one who has the care of an orphan minor.--_adj._
protecting.--_n._ GUARD'IANSHIP.--_adj._ GUARD'LESS, without a guard:
defenceless.--_ns._ GUARD'SHIP, a ship of war that superintends marine
affairs in a harbour and protects it: (_Swift_) guardianship; GUARDS'MAN, a
soldier of the guards.--GUARDIAN ANGEL, an angel supposed to watch over a
particular person: a person specially devoted to the interests of
another.--MOUNT GUARD, to go on guard-duty; ON, or OFF, ONE'S GUARD, on the
watch, or the opposite; RUN THE GUARD, to get past a guard or sentinel
without detection. [O. Fr. _garder_--Old High Ger. _warten_; A.S.
_weardian_, Eng. _ward_.]
GUARISH, g[=a]r'ish, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to heal. [O. Fr. _guarir_ (Fr.
_guérir_), to heal.]
GUAVA, gwä'va, _n._ a genus of trees and shrubs of tropical America, with
yellow, pear-shaped fruit made into jelly. [Sp. _guayaba_--Braz.]
GUBBINS, gub'ins, _n.pl._ a half-savage race in Devonshire, described by
the pastoral poet William Browne and by Fuller in his _Worthies_.
GUBERNATION, g[=u]-b[.e]r-n[=a]'shun, _n._ government, rule.--_adj._
GUBERNAT[=O]'RIAL. [L. _gubern[=a]re_, govern.]
GUDDLE, gud'l _v.t._ (_Scot._) to catch fish with the hands by groping
under the stones or banks of a stream.
GUDGEON, guj'un, _n._ a genus of small, carp-like fishes common in the
fresh waters of Europe--easily caught: a person easily cheated.--_adj._
foolish.--_v.t._ to impose on, cheat. [O. Fr. _goujon_--L. _gobion-em_--Gr.
_k[=o]bios_. See GOBY.]
GUDGEON, guj'un, _n._ the bearing of a shaft, esp. when made of a separate
piece: a metallic journal-piece let into the end of a wooden shaft: a pin.
[O. Fr. _goujon_, the pin of a pulley.]
GUE, g[=u], _n._ a rude kind of violin used in Shetland.
GUEBRE, GUEBER, g[=e]'b[.e]r, _n._ a follower of the ancient Persian
religion as reformed by Zoroaster. [Pers. _gabr_; see GIAOUR; cf. Ar.
_kafir_, unbeliever.]
GUELDER-ROSE, gel'd[.e]r-r[=o]z, _n._ a species of _Viburnum_ with large
white ball-shaped flowers--also called _Snowball-tree_. [From _Gueldres_ in
Holland.]
GUELF, GUELPH, gwelf, _n._ one of a papal and popular party in Italy in the
Middle Ages which was opposed to the emperors.--_adj._ GUELF'IC, belonging
to the Guelfs, in modern times the royal family of Hanover and England.
[The party names _Guelf_ and _Ghibelline_ are from _Welf_ and _Waiblingen_,
two families which in the 12th century were at the head of two rival
parties in the German Empire.]
GUERDON, g[.e]r'dun, _n._ a reward or recompense.--_v.t._ to reward. [O.
Fr. _guerdon_, _guerredon_ (It. _guidardone_)--Low L. _widerdonum_, corr.
from Old High Ger. _widarlón_ (A.S. _wiðerleán_)--_wider_ (A.S. _wiðer_),
against, and _lón_ (A.S. _leán_), reward; or more prob. the latter part of
the word is from L. _donum_, a gift.]
GUEREZA, ger'e-za, _n._ a large, long-haired, black-and-white African
monkey, with a bushy tail.
GUERILLA, GUERRILLA, g[.e]r-ril'a, _n._ a mode of harassing an army by
small bands adopted by the Spaniards against the French in the Peninsular
war: a member of such a band.--_adj._ conducted by or conducting petty
warfare. [Sp. _guerrilla_, dim. of _guerra_ (Fr. _guerre_)--Old High Ger.
_werra_.]
GUERNSEY, g[.e]rn'zi, _n._ a sailor's closely-fitting knitted woollen
shirt: one of a breed of dairy cattle from the island: the red-legged
partridge. [From _Guernsey_ in the Channel Islands.]
GUESS, ges, _v.t._ to form an opinion on uncertain knowledge: to
conjecture, to think.--_v.i._ to judge on uncertain knowledge: to
conjecture rightly.--_n._ judgment or opinion without sufficient evidence
or grounds.--_adj._ GUESS'ABLE, that may be guessed.--_n._ GUESS'ER, one
who guesses or conjectures.--_adv._ GUESS'INGLY, by way of
conjecture.--_n._ GUESS'WORK, work done by guess: random action. [M. E.
_gessen_; cog. with Dut. _gissen_; Dan. _gisse_, Ice. _giska_, for
_gitska_--_geta_, to get, think, A.S. _gitan_, whence Eng. _get_. See
FORGET.]
GUEST, gest, _n._ a visitor received and entertained.--_n._ GUEST'-CHAM'BER
(_B._), a chamber or room for the accommodation of guests.--_v.i._ GUEST'EN
(_Scot._), to stay as a guest.--_adv._ GUEST'WISE, in the manner or
capacity of a guest. [A.S. _gest_, _gæst_; allied to Dut. and Ger. _gast_,
L. _hostis_, stranger, enemy.]
GUEUX, g[=u], _n.pl._ the name assumed by the confederation (1565) of
nobles and others to resist the introduction of the Inquisition into the
Low Countries by Philip II. of Spain. [Fr., 'beggars.']
GUFFAW, guf-faw', _v.i._ to laugh loudly.--_n._ a loud laugh. [From the
sound.]
GUGGLE, gug'l, _v.i._ to make a noise with the mouth or throat, to gurgle.
[Formed from _gurgle_.]
GUICOWAR. Same as GAIKWAR.
GUIDE, g[=i]d, _v.t._ to lead or direct: to regulate: to influence.--_n._
he who, or that which, guides: one who directs another in his course of
life: a soldier or other person employed to obtain information for an army:
a guide-book: anything calculated to maintain in a certain direction or
position.--_adj._ GUID'ABLE.--_ns._ GUID'AGE, guidance; GUID'ANCE,
direction: government; GUIDE'-BOOK, a book of information for
tourists.--_adj._ GUIDE'LESS, having no guide.--_ns._ GUIDE'POST, a post
erected at a roadside to guide the traveller; GUID'ER, one who guides, a
director; GUID'ON, a forked guide-flag carried by a cavalry company or
mounted battery, also the officer bearing it. [O. Fr. _guider_; prob. from
a Teut. root, as in A.S. _witan_, to know, _wís_, wise, Ger. _weisen_, to
show, conn. with _wit_, _wise_.]
GUILD, GILD, gild, _n._ an association of men for mutual aid: a
corporation: (_orig._) an association in a town where payment was made for
mutual support and protection.--_ns._ GUILD'-BROTH'ER, a fellow-member of a
guild; GUILD'HALL, the hall of a guild, esp. in London; GUILD'RY (_Scot._),
a guild, the members of such. [A.S. _gild_, money--_gildan_, to pay.]
GUILDER, GILDER, gild'[.e]r, _n._ an old Dutch and German gold coin: now a
silver coin=1s. 8d.: (_Shak._) money generally. [Dut. _gulden_--Ger.
_gulden_, gold.]
GUILE, g[=i]l, _n._ wile, jugglery: cunning: deceit.--_v.t._ (_Spens._) to
beguile.--_p.adj._ GUILED, armed with deceit: treacherous.--_adj._
GUILE'FUL, crafty: deceitful.--_adv._ GUILE'FULLY.--_n._
GUILE'FULNESS.--_adj._ GUILE'LESS, without deceit: artless.--_adv._
GUILE'LESSLY.--_ns._ GUILE'LESSNESS; GUIL'ER (_Spens._), a deceiver. [O.
Fr. _guile_, deceit; from a Teut. root, as in A.S. _wíl_, Ice. _vel_, a
trick.]
GUILLEMOT, gil'e-mot, _n._ a genus of diving birds of the Auk family, with
long, straight, feathered bill and very short tail. [Fr., prob. Celt.;
Bret. _gwelan_, gull, and O. Fr. _moette_, a sea-mew, from Teut.]
GUILLOCHE, gil-losh', _n._ an ornament formed of two or more bands
intertwining in a continued series.--_v.t._ to decorate with intersecting
curved lines. [Fr.; said to be from the name of its inventor, _Guillot_.]
GUILLOTINE, gil'[=o]-t[=e]n, _n._ an instrument for beheading--consisting
of an upright frame down which a sharp heavy axe descends on the neck of
the victim--adopted during the French Revolution, and named after Joseph
Ignace _Guillotin_ (1738-1814), a physician, who first proposed its
adoption: a machine for cutting paper, straw, &c.: a surgical instrument
for cutting the tonsils.--_v.t._ to behead with the guillotine.--_n._
GUILL'OTINEMENT, death by the guillotine.
GUILT, gilt, _n._ punishable conduct: the state of having broken a law:
crime: wickedness.--_adv._ GUILT'ILY.--_n._ GUILT'INESS.--_adj._
GUILT'LESS, free from crime: innocent.--_adv._ GUILT'LESSLY.--_n._
GUILT'LESSNESS.--_adj._ GUILT'Y, justly chargeable with a crime: wicked:
pertaining to guilt.--_adv._ GUILT'Y-LIKE (_Shak._), guiltily.--GUILTY OF
(sometimes in _B._), deserving. [Orig. a payment or fine for an offence;
A.S. _gylt_, guilt--_gildan_, to pay, to atone.]
GUILT, gilt, _p.adj._ (_Spens._) gilded.
GUINEA, gin'i, _n._ an English gold coin, no longer used=21s., so called
because first made of gold brought from _Guinea_, in Africa.--_ns._
GUIN'EA-CORN, a cereal extensively cultivated in Central Africa and
India--also _Indian millet_; GUIN'EA-FOWL, a genus of African birds in the
pheasant family, having dark-gray plumage with round spots of white,
generally larger on the back and under surface; GUIN'EA-GRASS, a grass of
the same genus with millet, a native of _Guinea_ and Senegal; GUIN'EA-HEN
(_Shak._), a courtesan; GUIN'EA-PEPP'ER (see PEPPER); GUIN'EA-PIG, a small
South American rodent, somewhat resembling a small pig, the cavy: (_slang_)
a professional company director, without time or real qualifications for
the duties; GUIN'EA-WORM, a very slender thread-like nematode worm common
in tropical Africa.
GUIPURE, g[=e]-p[=oo]r', _n._ a kind of lace having no ground or mesh, the
pattern fixed by interlacing threads: a species of gimp. [Fr. _guipure_--O.
Fr. _guiper_, prob. Teut.; cf. Goth. _veipan_, to weave.]
GUISE, g[=i]z, _n._ manner, behaviour: external appearance: dress.--_v.t._
(_arch._) to dress.--_v.i._ to act as a guiser.--_ns._ GUIS'ER (_Scot._),
GUIS'ARD, a person in disguise: a Christmas mummer. [O. Fr. _guise_; from
Old High Ger. _wísa_ (Ger. _weise_), a way, guise, which is cog. with A.S.
_wíse_, way, _wís_, wise.]
GUITAR, gi-tär', _n._ a six-stringed musical instrument, somewhat like the
lute, well adapted for accompanying the voice. [Fr. _guitare_--L.
_cithara_--Gr. _kithara_, a lyre or lute. See CITHERN.]
GULA, g[=u]'la, _n._ a piece in some insects, esp. in the beetles, &c.,
forming the lower surface of the head, behind the mentum, bounded laterally
by the genæ or cheeks: the upper part of a bird's throat, between mentum
and jugulum.--_adj._ G[=U]'LAR. [L., 'throat.']
GULCH, gulch, _n._ (_U.S._) a ravine or narrow rocky valley, a
gully.--_v.t._ (_prov._) to swallow greedily. [Prob. the _n._ and _v._ are
connected.]
GULDEN, g[=oo]l'den, _n._ a certain gold or silver coin in Germany in the
Middle Ages: the unit of account in Austria, having the value of about 2s.
[Ger.]
GULES, g[=u]lz, _n._ (_her._) a red colour, marked in engraved figures by
perpendicular lines.--_adj._ G[=U]'LY. [O. Fr. _gueules_; acc. to Brachet,
from Pers. _ghul_, a rose; acc. to others, from L. _gula_, the throat.]
GULF, gulf, _n._ a hollow or indentation in the sea-coast: a deep place in
the earth: an abyss: a whirlpool: anything insatiable: in Oxford and
Cambridge examinations, the place of those next to the pass, but not bad
enough to fail.--_v.t._ to engulf.--_n._ GULF'-WEED, a large olive-brown
sea-weed with stalked air-bladders.--_adj._ GULF'Y, full of gulfs or
whirlpools.--GULF STREAM, a great current of warm water flowing out of the
Gulf of Mexico through the Strait of Florida, along the eastern coast of
the United States of America, then deflected near the banks of Newfoundland
diagonally across the Atlantic. [O. Fr. _golfe_--Late Gr. _kolphos_--Gr.
_kolpos_, the bosom.]
GULL, gul, _n._ a web-footed sea-fowl belonging to the family _Laridæ_.
[Celt.; Corn. _gullan_, W. _gwylan_, Bret. _gwelan_--_gwela_, to weep, to
cry.]
GULL, gul, _v.t._ to beguile: to deceive.--_n._ a trick: one easily
cheated: (_Shak._) a nestling.--_ns._ GULL'-CATCH'ER (_Shak._), a cheat;
GULL'ER; GULL'ERY, imposture; GULLIBIL'ITY.--_adj._ GULL'IBLE, easily
deceived.--_n._ GULLOS'ITY. [Same word as _gull_, a seafowl, the bird being
thought stupid.]
GULLET, gul'et, _n._ the throat: the passage in the neck by which food is
taken into the stomach.--_n._ GULOS'ITY, gluttony. [O. Fr. _goulet_, dim.
of O. Fr. _goule_ (Fr. _gueule_)--L. _gula_, the throat.]
GULLY, gul'i, _n._ (_Scot._) a big knife.--Also GULL'EY.
GULLY, gul'i, _n._ a channel worn by running water: a ditch: a
ravine.--_v.t._ to wear a gully or channel in.--_p.adj._ GULL'IED.--_ns._
GULL'Y-HOLE, a manhole into a drain, &c.; GULL'Y-HUNT'ER, one who picks up
things from gutters. [Prob. _gullet_.]
GULP, gulp, _v.t._ to swallow eagerly or in large draughts.--_n._ a
swallow: as much as is swallowed at once. [Dut. _gulpen_--_gulp_, a great
draught.]
GUM, gum, _n._ the firm fleshy tissue which surrounds the teeth: (_slang_)
insolence.--_n._ GUM'BOIL, a boil or small abscess on the gum. [A.S.
_góma_, jaws; Ice. _gómr_, Ger. _gaumen_, palate.]
GUM, gum, _n._ a substance which exudes from certain trees and plants, and
hardens on the surface, including those containing arabin, bassorin, and
gum-resins.--_v.t._ to smear or unite with gum:--_pr.p._ gum'ming; _pa.p._
gummed.--_ns._ GUM'-AR'ABIC, a gum obtained from various species of acacia;
GUM'-DRAG'ON, tragacanth; GUM'-ELAS'TIC, india-rubber or caoutchouc;
GUM'-JU'NIPER, sandarac.--_adj._ GUMMIF'EROUS, producing gum.--_ns._
GUM'MINESS; GUM'MING, act of fastening with gum, esp. the application of
gum-water to a lithographic stone: a disease, marked by a discharge of gum,
affecting stone-fruit; GUMMOS'ITY, gumminess.--_adjs._ GUM'MOUS, GUM'MY,
consisting of or resembling gum: producing or covered with gum.--_ns._
GUM'-RASH, red-gum; GUM'-RES'IN, a vegetable secretion formed of resin
mixed with more or less gum or mucilage; GUM'-TREE, a name applied to
various American and Australian trees; CHEW'ING-GUM (see CHEW). [O. Fr.
_gomme_--L. _gummi_--Gr. _kommi_; prob. Coptic _kom[=e]_, gum.]
GUMBO, gum'b[=o], _n._ the okra or its mucilaginous pods: a soup of which
okra is an ingredient, also a dish of okra-pods seasoned: Creole patois in
Louisiana.
GUMPTION, gump'shun, _n._ sense: shrewdness: common-sense.--_adj._
GUMP'TIOUS. [Doubtless conn. with A.S. _gýman_, to observe; cf. Goth.
_gaumjan_.]
GUN, gun, _n._ a firearm or weapon, from which balls or other projectiles
are discharged, usually by means of gunpowder--now generally applied to
cannon: one who carries a gun, a member of a shooting-party.--_v.i._
(_Amer._) to shoot with a gun.--_ns._ GUN'-BARR'EL, the barrel or tube of a
gun; GUN'BOAT, a boat or small vessel of light draught, fitted to carry one
or more guns; GUN'-CARR'IAGE, a carriage on which a gun or cannon is
supported; GUN'-COTT'ON, an explosive prepared by saturating cotton with
nitric acid; GUN'-FIRE (_mil._), the hour at which the morning or evening
gun is fired; GUN'-FLINT, a piece of flint fitted to the hammer of a
flint-lock musket; GUN'-MET'AL, an alloy of copper and tin in the
proportion of 9 to 1, used in making guns; GUN'NAGE, the number of guns
carried by a ship of war; GUN'NER, one who works a gun or cannon: (_naut._)
a petty officer who has charge of the ordnance on board ship; GUN'NERY, the
art of managing guns, or the science of artillery; GUN'NING, shooting game;
GUN'-PORT, a port-hole; GUN'POWDER, an explosive powder used for guns and
firearms; GUN'-ROOM, the apartment on board ship occupied by the gunner, or
by the lieutenants as a mess-room; GUN'SHOT, the distance to which shot can
be thrown from a gun.--_adj._ caused by the shot of a gun.--_adj._
GUN'-SHY, frightened by guns (of a sporting dog).--_ns._ GUN'SMITH, a smith
or workman who makes or repairs guns or small-arms; GUN'STICK, a ramrod;
GUN'STOCK, the stock or piece of wood on which the barrel of a gun is
fixed; GUN'STONE (_Shak._), a stone, formerly used as shot for a gun;
GUN'-TACK'LE (_naut._), the tackle used on board ship by which the guns are
run to and from the port-holes; GUN'-WAD, a wad for a gun; GAT'LING-GUN, a
revolving battery-gun, invented by R. J. _Gatling_ about 1861, usually
having ten parallel barrels, capable of firing 1200 shots a minute;
MACHINE'-GUN (see MACHINE).--AS SURE AS A GUN, quite sure, certainly; BLOW
GREAT GUNS, to blow tempestuously--of wind; GREAT GUN, a cannon: (_coll._)
a person of great importance; SON OF A GUN, a rogue, rascal. [M. E.
_gonne_, from W. _gwn_, a bowl, a gun, acc. to Skeat.]
GUNNEL, gun'l, _n._ Same as GUNWALE.
GUNNY, gun'i, _n._ a strong coarse cloth manufactured in India from jute,
and used as sacking. [Hind. _gon_, _goní_, sacking--Sans. _goní_, a sack.]
GUNTER'S SCALE. See SCALE.
GUNWALE, GUNNEL, gun'el, _n._ the wale or upper edge of a ship's side next
to the bulwarks, so called because the upper guns are pointed from it.