English Dictionary: Gallaudet | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Galeate \Ga"le*ate\, Galeated \Ga"le*a`ted\, a. [L. galeatus, p. p. of galeare helmet.] 1. Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet. 2. (Biol.) Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped. | |
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Geld \Geld\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gelded} or Gelt ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gelding}.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. g[84]lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.] 1. To castrate; to emasculate. 2. To deprive of anything essential. Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. --Shak. 3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Gelidity \Ge*lid"i*ty\, n. The state of being gelid. | |
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Gild \Gild\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gilded} or {Gilt} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gilding}.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. [root]234. See {Gold}.] 1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. [bd]Gilded chariots.[b8] --Pope. No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope. 2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day. --Trumbull. 3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. --Shak. 4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.] This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak. | |
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Gilt-edge \Gilt"-edge`\, Gilt-edged \Gilt"-edged`\, a. 1. Having a gilt edge; as, gilt-edged paper. 2. Of the best quality; -- said of negotiable paper, etc. [Slang, U. S.] | |
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Gilt-edge \Gilt"-edge`\, Gilt-edged \Gilt"-edged`\, a. 1. Having a gilt edge; as, gilt-edged paper. 2. Of the best quality; -- said of negotiable paper, etc. [Slang, U. S.] | |
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Gilthead \Gilt"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A marine fish. The name is applied to two species: (a) The {Pagrus, [or] Chrysophrys, auratus}, a valuable food fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); -- called also {giltpoll}. (b) The {Crenilabrus melops}, of the British coasts; -- called also {golden maid}, {conner}, {sea partridge}. | |
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Glad \Glad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gladded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gladding}.] [AS. gladian. See {Glad}, a., and cf. {Gladden}, v. t.] To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. --Chaucer. That which gladded all the warrior train. --Dryden. Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man. --Pope. | |
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Gladiate \Glad"i*ate\, a. [L. gladius sword.] (Bot.) Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus. | |
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Gladiator \Glad"i*a`tor\, n. [L., fr. gladius sword. See {Glaive}.] 1. Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement. 2. One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy. | |
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Gladiatorial \Glad`i*a*to"ri*al\, Gladiatorian \Glad`i*a*to"ri*an\, a. Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general. | |
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Gladiatorial \Glad`i*a*to"ri*al\, Gladiatorian \Glad`i*a*to"ri*an\, a. Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general. | |
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Gladiatorism \Glad"i*a`tor*ism\, n. The art or practice of a gladiator. | |
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Gladiatorship \Glad"i*a`tor*ship\, n. Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator. | |
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Gladiatory \Glad"i*a*to*ry\, a. [L. gladiatorius.] Gladiatorial. [R.] | |
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Gladiature \Glad"i*a*ture\, n. [L. gladiatura.] Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest. --Gayton. | |
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Locust tree \Lo"cust tree`\ [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A large North American tree of the genus {Robinia} ({R. Pseudacacia}), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called {acacia}. Note: The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus {Hymen[91]a}, of which {H. Courbaril} is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree ({Ceratonia siliqua}), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region. {Honey locust tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Gleditschia} ) {G. triacanthus}), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; -- so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply {honey locust}. {Water locust tree} (Bot.), a small swamp tree ({Gleditschia monosperma}), of the Southern United States. | |
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Water locust \Wa"ter lo"cust\ (Bot.) A thorny leguminous tree ({Gleditschia monosperma}) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley. | |
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Honey \Hon"ey\, n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. h[86]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. [?] dust, Skr. kaa grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb. 2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey. The honey of his language. --Shak. 3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer. Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak. Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust. {Honey ant} (Zo[94]l.), a small ant ({Myrmecocystus melliger}), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest. {Honey badger} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel. {Honey bear}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kinkajou}. {Honey buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus {Pernis}. The European species is {P. apivorus}; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is {P. ptilorhyncha}. They feed upon honey and the larv[91] of bees. Called also {bee hawk}, {bee kite}. {Honey creeper} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family {C[d2]rebid[91]}, abundant in Central and South America. {Honey easter} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family {Meliphagid[91]}, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also {honeysucker}. {Honey flower} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus {Melianthus}, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey. {Honey guide} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of small birds of the family {Indicatorid[91]}, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also {honeybird}, and {indicator}. {Honey harvest}, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. --Dryden. {Honey kite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Honey buzzard} (above). {Honey locust} (Bot.), a North American tree ({Gleditschia triacanthos}), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. {Honey month}. Same as {Honeymoon}. {Honey weasel} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel. | |
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Glide \Glide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gliding}.] [AS. gl[c6]dan; akin to D. glijden, OHG. gl[c6]tan, G. gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to E. glad.] 1. To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice. The river glideth at his own sweet will. --Wordsworth. 2. (Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice. | |
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Gloat \Gloat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gloated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gloating}.] [Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G. glotzen to gloat.] To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice. | |
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Glottic \Glot"tic\, Glottidean \Glot*tid"e*an\, a. Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal. | |
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Glut \Glut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glutting}.] [OE. glotten, fr. OF. glotir, gloutir, L. glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. [?] to eat, Skr. gar. Cf. {Gluttion}, {Englut}.] 1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge. Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at widest to glut him. --Shak. 2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy. His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes. --Dryden. The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace. --C. Kingsley. {To glut the market}, to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it. | |
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Poachard \Poach"ard\, n. [From {Poach} to stab.] [Written also {pocard}, {pochard}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common European duck ({Aythya ferina}); -- called also {goldhead}, {poker}, and {fresh-water, [or] red-headed}, {widgeon}. (b) The American redhead, which is closely allied to the European poachard. {Red-crested poachard} (Zo[94]l.), an Old World duck ({Branta rufina}). {Scaup poachard}, the scaup duck. {Tufted poachard}, a scaup duck ({Aythya, [or] Fuligula cristata}), native of Europe and Asia. | |
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Verdin \Ver"din\, n. [Cf. Sp. verdino bright green, F. verdin the yellow-hammer.] (Zo[94]l.) A small yellow-headed bird ({Auriparus flaviceps}) of Lower California, allied to the titmice; -- called also {goldtit}. | |
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Goldtit \Gold"tit`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Verdin}. | |
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Verdin \Ver"din\, n. [Cf. Sp. verdino bright green, F. verdin the yellow-hammer.] (Zo[94]l.) A small yellow-headed bird ({Auriparus flaviceps}) of Lower California, allied to the titmice; -- called also {goldtit}. | |
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Goldtit \Gold"tit`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Verdin}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gilt Edge, TN (city, FIPS 29160) Location: 35.53282 N, 89.83069 W Population (1990): 447 (180 housing units) Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Gladewater, TX (city, FIPS 29660) Location: 32.54305 N, 94.94507 W Population (1990): 6027 (2699 housing units) Area: 30.4 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75647 | |
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Goldthwaite, TX (city, FIPS 30056) Location: 31.45387 N, 98.57102 W Population (1990): 1658 (878 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76844 |