English Dictionary: Genoese | by the DICT Development Group |
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Houndfish \Hound"fish\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any small shark of the genus {Galeus} or {Mustelus}, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish ({G. canis}), of Europe and America; -- called also {houndshark}, and {dogfish}. Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is {Scyllium canicula}; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is {S. catulus}. The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}), and to the silver gar. | |
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Gainage \Gain"age\ (?, 48), n. [OF. gaignage pasturage, crop, F. gaignage pasturage. See {Gain}, v. t.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage. (b) The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself. --Bouvier. | |
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Gainsay \Gain`say"\ (? [or] ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gainsaid} (? [or] ?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gainsaying}.] [OE. geinseien, ageinseien. See {Again}, and {Say} to utter.] To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. --Luke xxi. 15. The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother, My sacred aunt, should by my mortal sword Be drained. --Shak. | |
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Game \Game\, a. 1. Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky. I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought even to the death. --W. Irving. 2. Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting. {Game bag}, a sportsman's bag for carrying small game captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken. {Game bird}, any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse, partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew, and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and guns. {Game egg}, an egg producing a gamecock. {Game laws}, laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking game for food or for sport. {Game preserver}, a land owner who regulates the killing of game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.] {To be game}. (a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit. (b) To be victor in a game. [Colloq.] {To die game}, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the last; to die fighting. | |
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Peregrine \Per"e*grine\, a. [L. peregrinus. See {Pilgrim}.] Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. [Spelt also {pelegrine}.] [bd]Peregrine and preternatural heat.[b8] --Bacon. {Peregrine falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a courageous and swift falcon ({Falco peregrinus}), remarkable for its wide distribution over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks, white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called also {peregrine hawk}, {duck hawk}, {game hawk}, and {great-footed hawk}. | |
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Olympic \O*lym"pic\, [or] Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\, games \games\ . A modified revival of the ancient Olympian games, consisting of international athletic games, races, etc., now held once in four years, the first having been at Athens in 1896. | |
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Gamic \Gam"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] marriage.] (Biol.) Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements. | |
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Ganch \Ganch\, v. t. [Cf. F. ganche, n., also Sp. & Pg. gancho hook, It. gancio.] To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment. Ganching, which is to let fall from on high upon hooks, and there to hang until they die. --Sandys. | |
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Ganesa \Ga*ne"sa\, n. (Hind. Myth.) The Hindoo god of wisdom or prudence. Note: He is represented as a short, fat, red-colored man, with a large belly and the head of an elephant. --Balfour. | |
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Gang \Gang\, v. i. [AS. gangan, akin to OS. & OHG. gangan, Icel. ganga, Goth. gaggan; cf. Lith. [?]engti to walk, Skr. ja[?]gha leg. [root]48. Cf. {Go}.] To go; to walk. Note: Obsolete in English literature, but still used in the North of England, and also in Scotland. | |
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Gang \Gang\, n. [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G., & Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See {Gang}, v. i.] 1. A going; a course. [Obs.] 2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves. 3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows. 4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays. 5. [Cf. {Gangue}.] (Mining) The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue. {Gang board}, [or] {Gang plank}. (Naut.) (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel. (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on. {Gang cask}, a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck. {Gang cultivator}, {Gang plow}, a cultivator or plow in which several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make two or more furrows at the same time. {Gang days}, Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See {Gang week} (below). {Gang drill}, a drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft. {Gang master}, a master or employer of a gang of workmen. {Gang plank}. See {Gang board} (above). {Gang plow}. See {Gang cultivator} (above). {Gang press}, a press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates. {Gang saw}, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed distances apart. {Gang tide}. See {Gang week} (below). {Gang tooth}, a projecting tooth. [Obs.] --Halliwell. {Gang week}, Rogation week, when formerly processions were made to survey the bounds of parishes. --Halliwell. {Live gang}, [or] {Round gang}, the Western and the Eastern names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the round log into boards at one operation. --Knight. {Slabbing gang}, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick beam. | |
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Gang \Gang\, n. [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G., & Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See {Gang}, v. i.] 1. A going; a course. [Obs.] 2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves. 3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows. 4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays. 5. [Cf. {Gangue}.] (Mining) The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue. {Gang board}, [or] {Gang plank}. (Naut.) (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel. (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on. {Gang cask}, a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck. {Gang cultivator}, {Gang plow}, a cultivator or plow in which several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make two or more furrows at the same time. {Gang days}, Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See {Gang week} (below). {Gang drill}, a drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft. {Gang master}, a master or employer of a gang of workmen. {Gang plank}. See {Gang board} (above). {Gang plow}. See {Gang cultivator} (above). {Gang press}, a press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates. {Gang saw}, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed distances apart. {Gang tide}. See {Gang week} (below). {Gang tooth}, a projecting tooth. [Obs.] --Halliwell. {Gang week}, Rogation week, when formerly processions were made to survey the bounds of parishes. --Halliwell. {Live gang}, [or] {Round gang}, the Western and the Eastern names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the round log into boards at one operation. --Knight. {Slabbing gang}, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick beam. | |
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{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
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Gange \Gange\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ganged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ganging}.] [Of uncertain origin.] 1. To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire. 2. To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting the line around the shank of the hook. | |
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Gangue \Gangue\, n. [F. gangue, fr. G. gang a metallic vein, a passage. See {Gang}, n.] (Mining) The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore. | |
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Gangway \Gang"way`\, n. [See {Gang}, v. i.] 1. A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks. 2. In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition. 3. (Naut.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it. 4. (Naut.) That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist. --Totten. {Gangway ladder}, a ladder rigged on the side of a vessel at the gangway. {To bring to the gangway}, to punish (a seaman) by flogging him at the gangway. | |
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Ganja \Gan"ja\, n. [Hind. g[be]njh[be].] The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating. | |
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Ganza \Gan"za\, n. [Sp. gansa, ganso, goose; of Gothic origin. See {Gannet}, {Goose}.] A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world. [Also {gansa}.] --Johnson. | |
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Gansa \Gan"sa\, n. Same as {Ganza}. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Ganza \Gan"za\, n. [Sp. gansa, ganso, goose; of Gothic origin. See {Gannet}, {Goose}.] A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world. [Also {gansa}.] --Johnson. | |
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Gansa \Gan"sa\, n. Same as {Ganza}. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Ganza \Gan"za\, n. [Sp. gansa, ganso, goose; of Gothic origin. See {Gannet}, {Goose}.] A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world. [Also {gansa}.] --Johnson. | |
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Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack}, {skopster}, {lizard fish}, and {Egypt herring}. | |
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Gayness \Gay"ness\, n. Gayety; finery. [R.] | |
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Gee \Gee\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Geed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Geeing}.] 1. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq. or Prov. Eng.] --Forby. 2. [Cf. G. j[81], interj., used in calling to a horse, It. gi[95], F. dia, used to turn a horse to the left.] To turn to the off side, or from the driver (i.e., in the United States, to the right side); -- said of cattle, or a team; used most frequently in the imperative, often with off, by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw, or hoi. [Written also {jee}.] Note: In England, the teamster walks on the right-hand side of the cattle; in the United States, on the left-hand side. In all cases, however, gee means to turn from the driver, and haw to turn toward him. {Gee ho}, [or] {Gee whoa}. Same as {Gee}. | |
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Gemmeous \Gem"me*ous\, a. [L. gemmeus. See {Gem}.] Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems. --Pennant. | |
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Gems \Gems\, n. [G.] (Zo[94]l.) The chamois. | |
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Genius \Gen"ius\, n.; pl. E. {Geniuses}; in sense 1, L. {Genii}. [L. genius, prop., the superior or divine nature which is innate in everything, the spirit, the tutelar deity or genius of a person or place, taste, talent, genius, from genere, gignere, to beget, bring forth. See {Gender}, and cf. {Engine}.] 1. A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. {Jinnee}. The unseen genius of the wood. --Milton. We talk of genius still, but with thought how changed! The genius of Augustus was a tutelary demon, to be sworn by and to receive offerings on an altar as a deity. --Tylor. 2. The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting. 3. Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language. 4. Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius. Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual intensity of the modifyng power. --Coleridge. 5. A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius. Syn: {Genius}, {Talent}. Usage: Genius implies high and peculiar gifts of nature, impelling the mind to certain favorite kinds of mental effort, and producing new combinations of ideas, imagery, etc. Talent supposes general strength of intellect, with a peculiar aptitude for being molded and directed to specific employments and valuable ends and purposes. Genius is connected more or less with the exercise of imagination, and reaches its ends by a kind of intuitive power. Talent depends more on high mental training, and a perfect command of all the faculties, memory, judgment, sagacity, etc. Hence we speak of a genius for poetry, painting. etc., and a talent for business or diplomacy. Among English orators, Lord Chatham was distinguished for his genius; William Pitt for his pre[89]minent talents, and especially his unrivaled talent for debate. | |
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Genoese \Gen`o*ese"\, a. Of or pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the people of Genoa. | |
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-genous \-ge*nous\ [-gen + -ous.] A suffix signifying producing, yielding; as, alkaligenous; endogenous. | |
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Genus \Ge"nus\ (j[emac]"n[ucr]s), n.; pl. {Genera}. [L., birth, race, kind, sort; akin to Gr. [?]. See {Gender}, and cf. {Benign}.] 1. (Logic) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms. 2. (Biol.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus. Note: Thus in the animal kingdom the lion, leopard, tiger, cat, and panther are species of the Cat kind or genus, while in the vegetable kingdom all the species of oak form a single genus. Some genera are represented by a multitude of species, as Solanum (Nightshade) and Carex (Sedge), others by few, and some by only one known species. {Subaltern genus} (Logic), a genus which may be a species of a higher genus, as the genus denoted by quadruped, which is also a species of mammal. {Summum genus} [L.] (Logic), the highest genus; a genus which can not be classed as a species, as being. | |
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Gin \Gin\, n. [A contraction of engine.] 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer. Spenser. 2. (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc. (b) (Mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim. 3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin. Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary sails. {Gin block}, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel, over which a rope runs; -- called also {whip gin}, {rubbish pulley}, and {monkey wheel}. {Gin power}, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin. {Gin race}, [or] {Gin ring}, the path of the horse when putting a gin in motion. --Halliwell. {Gin saw}, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper. {Gin wheel}. (a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint. (b) (Mining) the drum of a whim. | |
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Ging \Ging\, n. Same as {Gang}, n., 2. [Obs.] There is a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy against me. --Shak. | |
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Ginhouse \Gin"house`\, n. A building where cotton is ginned. | |
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Ginkgo \Gink"go\, n.; pl. {Ginkgoes}. [Chin., silver fruit.] (Bot.) A large ornamental tree ({Ginkgo biloba}) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of {Conifer[91]}. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the {maidenhair tree}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gnash \Gnash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gnashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gnashing}.] [OE. gnasten, gnaisten, cf. Icel. gnastan a gnashing, gn[?]sta to gnash, Dan. knaske, Sw. gnissla, D. knarsen, G. knirschen.] To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gnash \Gnash\, v. i. To grind or strike the teeth together. There they him laid, Gnashing for anguish, and despite, and shame. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gneiss \Gneiss\ (n[imac]s), n. [G.] (Geol.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called {hornblendic [or] syenitic gneiss}. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Going \Go"ing\, p. pr. of {Go}. Specif.: (a) That goes; in existence; available for present use or enjoyment; current; obtainable; also, moving; working; in operation; departing; as, he is of the brightest men going; going prices or rate. (b) Carrying on its ordinary business; conducting business, or carried on, with an indefinite prospect of continuance; -- chiefly used in the phrases {a going business}, {concern}, etc. (c) Of or pert. to a going business or concern; as, the going value of a company. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Going \Go"ing\, n. 1. The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad. 2. Departure. --Milton. 3. Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. --Crew. 4. pl. Course of life; behavior; doings; ways. His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. --Job xxxiv. 21. {Going barrel}. (Horology) (a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth on its periphery to drive the train. (b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is being wound up. {Going forth}. (Script.) (a) Outlet; way of exit. [bd]Every going forth of the sanctuary.[b8] --Ezek. xliv. 5. (b) A limit; a border. [bd]The going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea.[b8] --Num. xxxiv. 4. {Going out}, [or] {Goings out}. (Script.) (a) The utmost extremity or limit. [bd]The border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea.[b8] --Num. xxxiv. 12. (b) Departure or journeying. [bd]And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys.[b8] --Num. xxxiii. 2. {Goings on}, behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad sense. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Go \Go\, v. i. [imp. {Went} (w[ecr]nt); p. p. {Gone} (g[ocr]n; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Going}. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See {Wend}, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. g[be]n, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g[emac]n, g[be]n, SW. g[aring], Dan. gaae; cf. Gr. kicha`nai to reach, overtake, Skr. h[be] to go, AS. gangan, and E. gang. The past tense in AS., eode, is from the root i to go, as is also Goth. iddja went. [root]47a. Cf. {Gang}, v. i., {Wend}.] 1. To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; -- used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied. 2. To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely. Note: In old writers go is much used as opposed to run, or ride. [bd]Whereso I go or ride.[b8] --Chaucer. You know that love Will creep in service where it can not go. --Shak. Thou must run to him; for thou hast staid so long that going will scarce serve the turn. --Shak. He fell from running to going, and from going to clambering upon his hands and his knees. --Bunyan. Note: In Chaucer go is used frequently with the pronoun in the objective used reflexively; as, he goeth him home. 3. To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded. The man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. --1 Sa. xvii. 12. [The money] should go according to its true value. --Locke. 4. To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out. How goes the night, boy ? --Shak. I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of man enough. --Arbuthnot. Whether the cause goes for me or against me, you must pay me the reward. --I Watts. 5. To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; -- often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show. Against right reason all your counsels go. --Dryden. To master the foul flend there goeth some complement knowledge of theology. --Sir W. Scott. 6. To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake. Seeing himself confronted by so many, like a resolute orator, he went not to denial, but to justify his cruel falsehood. --Sir P. Sidney. Note: Go, in this sense, is often used in the present participle with the auxiliary verb to be, before an infinitive, to express a future of intention, or to denote design; as, I was going to say; I am going to begin harvest. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gonakie \Go"na*kie\, n. (Bot.) An African timber tree ({Acacia Adansonii}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gong \Gong\, n. [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See {Gang}.] A privy or jakes. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Gong farmer}, {Gong man}, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gong \Gong\, n. 1. [Malayan (Jav.) g[omac]ng.] An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise. O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong. --Longfellow. 2. (Mach.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also {gong bell}. {Gong metal}, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from which Oriental gongs are made. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Guanaco \Gua*na"co\ (gw[adot]*n[aum]"k[osl]), n.; pl. {Guanacos} (-k[omac]z). [Sp. guanaco, Peruv. huanacu. Cf. {Huanaco}.] (Zo[94]l.) A South American mammal ({Auchenia huanaco}), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state. [Written also {huanaco}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Guano \Gua"no\, n.; pl. {Guanos}. [Sp. guano, fr. Peruv. huanu dung.] A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gummous \Gum"mous\, a. [L. gummosus; cf. F. gommeux.] 1. Gumlike, or composed of gum; gummy. 2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to a gumma. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gunnage \Gun"nage\, n. The number of guns carried by a ship of war. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Guy \Guy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guying}.] To steady or guide with a guy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gymnasium \Gym*na"si*um\n.; pl. E. {Gymnasiums}, L. {Gymnasia}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to exercise (naked), fr. [?] naked.] 1. A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics. 2. A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind. More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than universities. --Hallam. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gymnic \Gym"nic\, n. Athletic exercise. [Obs.] --Burton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gymnic \Gym"nic\, Gymnical \Gym"nic*al\a. [L. gymnicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. gymnique. See {Gymmasium}.] Athletic; gymnastic. [Obs.] Have they not swordplayers, and every sort Of gymnic artists, wrestlers, riders, runners ? --Milton. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gaines, MI (village, FIPS 31200) Location: 42.87228 N, 83.91175 W Population (1990): 427 (159 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48436 Gaines, PA Zip code(s): 16921 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gans, OK (town, FIPS 28350) Location: 35.38699 N, 94.69479 W Population (1990): 218 (89 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Genesee, CO (CDP, FIPS 29625) Location: 39.68575 N, 105.27219 W Population (1990): 2737 (1105 housing units) Area: 17.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Genesee, ID (city, FIPS 30160) Location: 46.55121 N, 116.92797 W Population (1990): 725 (302 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83832 Genesee, PA Zip code(s): 16941 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Geneseo, IL (city, FIPS 28846) Location: 41.44719 N, 90.15451 W Population (1990): 5990 (2590 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61254 Geneseo, KS (city, FIPS 26075) Location: 38.51679 N, 98.15405 W Population (1990): 382 (206 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67444 Geneseo, ND Zip code(s): 58053 Geneseo, NY (village, FIPS 28618) Location: 42.79833 N, 77.81057 W Population (1990): 7187 (1635 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14454 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gheens, LA Zip code(s): 70355 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gonic, NH Zip code(s): 03839 | |
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Gwynn Oak, MD Zip code(s): 21207 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
gonk /gonk/ vi.,n. 1. To prevaricate or to embellish the truth beyond any reasonable recognition. In German the term is (mythically) `gonken'; in Spanish the verb becomes `gonkar'. "You're gonking me. That story you just told me is a bunch of gonk." In German, for example, "Du gonkst mich" (You're pulling my leg). See also {gonkulator}. 2. [British] To grab some sleep at an odd time; compare {gronk out}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
gonzo /gon'zoh/ adj. [from Hunter S. Thompson] 1. With total commitment, total concentration, and a mad sort of panache. (Thompson's original sense.) 2. More loosely: Overwhelming; outrageous; over the top; very large, esp. used of collections of source code, source files, or individual functions. Has some of the connotations of {moby} and {hairy}, but without the implication of obscurity or complexity. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
gunch /guhnch/ vt. [TMRC] To push, prod, or poke at a device that has almost (but not quite) produced the desired result. Implies a threat to {mung}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
games {Bertrand Russell}. Here are some games-related pages on the {Web}: {Imperial Nomic (http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/achmed/fascist/)}, {Thoth's games and recreations page (http://www.cis.ufl.edu/~thoth/library/recreation.html)}, {Games Domain (http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain)}, {Zarf's List of Games on the Web (http://www.leftfoot.com/games.html)}, {Dave's list of pointers to games resources (http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/~djh/index.html)}, {Collaborative Fiction (http://asylum.cid.com/fiction/fiction.html)}. See also {3DO}, {ADL}, {ADVENT}, {ADVSYS}, {alpha/beta pruning}, {Amiga}, {CHIP-8}, {Core Wars}, {DROOL}, {empire}, {I see no X here.}, {Infocom}, {Inglish}, {initgame}, {life}, {minimax}, {moria}, {mudhead}, {multi-user Dimension}, {nethack}, {ogg}, {plugh}, {rogue}, {SPACEWAR}, {virtual reality}, {wizard mode}, {wumpus}, {xyzzy}, {ZIL}, {zorkmid}. See also {game theory}. (1996-03-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
GAMS {Guide to Available Mathematical Software} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Genesia An {expert system} developed by Electricite de France and commercialised by {STERIA} (Paris). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
GEN-X An expert system developed by General Electric. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
GNU awk {gawk} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
GNU C (1997-09-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
GNUS A {GNU} {Emacs} subsystem for reading and sending {Usenet} {news}, written by Masanobu Umeda You can use GNUS to browse through news groups, look at summaries of articles in a specific group, and read articles of interest. You can respond to authors or write articles or replies to all the readers of a news group. GNUS can be configured to use the {NNTP} {protocol} to get news from a remove {server} or it can read it from local news {spool} files. {Usenet} newsgorup: {news:gnu.emacs.gnus}. (1995-05-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
gonk beyond any reasonable recognition. In German the term is (mythically) "gonken"; in Spanish the verb becomes "gonkar". "You're gonking me. That story you just told me is a bunch of gonk." In German, for example, "Du gonkst mir" (You're pulling my leg). See also {gonkulator}. 2. (British) To grab some sleep at an odd time. Compare {gronk out}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
gunch /guhnch/ that has almost (but not quite) produced the desired result. Implies a threat to {mung}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-27) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Games (1.) Of children (Zech. 8:5; Matt. 11:16). The Jewish youth were also apparently instructed in the use of the bow and the sling (Judg. 20:16; 1 Chr. 12:2). (2.) Public games, such as were common among the Greeks and Romans, were foreign to the Jewish institutions and customs. Reference, however, is made to such games in two passages (Ps. 19:5; Eccl. 9:11). (3.) Among the Greeks and Romans games entered largely into their social life. (a) Reference in the New Testament is made to gladiatorial shows and fights with wild beasts (1 Cor. 15:32). These were common among the Romans, and sometimes on a large scale. (b) Allusion is frequently made to the Grecian gymnastic contests (Gal. 2:2; 5:7; Phil. 2:16; 3:14; 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 12:1, 4, 12). These were very numerous. The Olympic, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian games were esteemed as of great national importance, and the victors at any of these games of wrestling, racing, etc., were esteemed as the noblest and the happiest of mortals. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Gimzo a place fertile in sycamores, a city in the plain of Judah, the villages of which were seized by the Philistines (2 Chr. 28:18). It is now called Jimzu, about 3 miles south-east of Ludd, i.e., Lydda. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Gnash Heb. harak, meaning "to grate the teeth", (Job 16:9; Ps. 112:10; Lam. 2:16), denotes rage or sorrow. (See also Acts 7:54; Mark 9:18.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Gimzo, that bulrush |