English Dictionary: Grillkette | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Garlic \Gar"lic\, n. [OE. garlek, AS. g[be]rle[a0]c; gar spear, lance + le[a0]c leek. See {Gar}, n., and {Leek}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. sativum} is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable. 2. A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.] --Taylor (1630). {Garlic mustard}, a European plant of the Mustard family ({Alliaria officinalis}) which has a strong smell of garlic. {Garlic pear tree}, a tree in Jamaica ({Crat[91]va gynandra}), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste. | |
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Garlic \Gar"lic\, n. [OE. garlek, AS. g[be]rle[a0]c; gar spear, lance + le[a0]c leek. See {Gar}, n., and {Leek}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. sativum} is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable. 2. A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.] --Taylor (1630). {Garlic mustard}, a European plant of the Mustard family ({Alliaria officinalis}) which has a strong smell of garlic. {Garlic pear tree}, a tree in Jamaica ({Crat[91]va gynandra}), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste. | |
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Garlic \Gar"lic\, n. [OE. garlek, AS. g[be]rle[a0]c; gar spear, lance + le[a0]c leek. See {Gar}, n., and {Leek}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. sativum} is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable. 2. A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.] --Taylor (1630). {Garlic mustard}, a European plant of the Mustard family ({Alliaria officinalis}) which has a strong smell of garlic. {Garlic pear tree}, a tree in Jamaica ({Crat[91]va gynandra}), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste. | |
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Garlicky \Gar"lick*y\, a. Like or containing garlic. | |
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Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. [?] voice, [?] to speak, sing. Cf. {Call}.] 1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. The most garrulous people on earth. --De Quincey. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller. Syn: {Garrulous}, {Talkative}, {Loquacious}. Usage: A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in his dotage is garrulous. -- {Gar"ru*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Gar"ru*lous*ness}, n. | |
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Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. [?] voice, [?] to speak, sing. Cf. {Call}.] 1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. The most garrulous people on earth. --De Quincey. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller. Syn: {Garrulous}, {Talkative}, {Loquacious}. Usage: A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in his dotage is garrulous. -- {Gar"ru*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Gar"ru*lous*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. [?] voice, [?] to speak, sing. Cf. {Call}.] 1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. The most garrulous people on earth. --De Quincey. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller. Syn: {Garrulous}, {Talkative}, {Loquacious}. Usage: A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in his dotage is garrulous. -- {Gar"ru*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Gar"ru*lous*ness}, n. | |
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Jay \Jay\, n. [F. geai, OF. gai, jaj, perh. fr. OHG. g[be]hi. Cf. {Gay}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to {Garrulus}, {Cyanocitta}, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually have a crest. Note: The European jay ({Garrulus glandarius}) is a large and handsomely colored species, having the body pale reddish brown, lighter beneath; tail and wing quills blackish; the primary coverts barred with bright blue and black; throat, tail coverts, and a large spot on the wings, white. Called also {jay pie}, {Jenny jay}, and {k[91]}. The common blue jay ({Cyanocitta cristata}.), and the related species, are brilliantly colored, and have a large erectile crest. The California jay ({Aphelocoma Californica}), the Florida jay ({A. Floridana}), and the green jay ({Xanthoura luxuosa}), of Texas and Mexico, are large, handsome, crested species. The Canada jay ({Perisoreus Canadensis}), and several allied species, are much plainer and have no crest. See {Blue jay}, and {Whisky jack}. {Jay thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any one several species of Asiatic singing birds, of the genera {Garrulax}, {Grammatoptila}, and related genera of the family {Crateropodid[91]}; as, the white-throated jay thrush ({G. albogularis}), of India. | |
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Girlish \Girl"ish\, a. Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief. -- {Girl"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Girl"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Girlish \Girl"ish\, a. Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief. -- {Girl"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Girl"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Girlish \Girl"ish\, a. Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief. -- {Girl"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Girl"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Grallic \Gral"lic\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the Grall[91]. | |
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Gralloch \Gral"loch\, n. Offal of a deer. -- v. t. To remove the offal from (a deer). | |
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Graylag \Gray"lag`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The common wild gray goose ({Anser anser}) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of {Goose}. | |
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Greylag \Grey"lag`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See Graylag. | |
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Grillage \Gril"lage\, n. [F.] (Hydraulic Eagin.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil. | |
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Grilse \Grilse\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) A young salmon after its first return from the sea. | |
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Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.] 1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country. 2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture. Fields which promise corn and wine. --Byron. 3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself. In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak. What though the field be lost? --Milton. 4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.: (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected. (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one view. Without covering, save yon field of stars. --Shak. Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope. 5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver). 6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room. Afforded a clear field for moral experiments. --Macaulay. 7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting. 8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also {outfield}. Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with reference to the operations and equipments of an army during a campaign away from permanent camps and fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes investigations or collections out of doors. A survey uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e., measurment, observations, etc., made in field work (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick. Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc. {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}. {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army. {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}. {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors. {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes. {Field day}. (a) A day in the fields. (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for instruction in evolutions. --Farrow. (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day. {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the driving of stray cattle to the pound. {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}), found in Southern Europe. {Field glass}. (Optics) (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a race glass. (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches long, and having 3 to 6 draws. (c) See {Field lens}. {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The skylark. (b) The tree pipit. {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called also {field glass}. {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in dyeing. {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred in the British and other European armies. {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer mouse}. {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain and below that of general. {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial consisting of one field officer empowered to try all cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison and regimental courts. --Farrow. {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}). {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting small game. {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}). (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.] {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to hold a lighted match for discharging a gun. {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse. {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack. {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope, the entire space within which objects are seen. {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}. {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}. {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}. (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign. (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers. {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a horse, etc.) against all comers. {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
--Simonds. {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides and a roof; a box car. {House of correction}. See {Correction}. {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the loud chirping or stridulation of the males. {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house. {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion. {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a merchant vessel belongs. {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc. {House of God}, a temple or church. {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a. {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also {house swallow}, and {window martin}. {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}). {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital or other public institution. {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake. {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}. {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}. {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital. {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and loud musical notes. See {Wren}. {Religious house}, a monastery or convent. {The White House}, the official residence of the President of the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of President. | |
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Cricket \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a cricket. See {Creak}.] (Zo[94]l.) An orthopterous insect of the genus {Gryllus}, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings. Note: The common European cricket is {Gryllus domesticus}; the common large black crickets of America are {G. niger}, {G. neglectus}, and others. {Balm cricket}. See under {Balm}. {Cricket bird}, a small European bird ({Silvia locustella}); -- called also {grasshopper warbler}. {Cricket frog}, a small American tree frog ({Acris gryllus}); -- so called from its chirping. | |
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Gerlach, NV Zip code(s): 89412 | |
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Greeley Center, NE (village, FIPS 20050) Location: 41.54821 N, 98.52998 W Population (1990): 562 (228 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Greeley County, KS (county, FIPS 71) Location: 38.47280 N, 101.80436 W Population (1990): 1774 (801 housing units) Area: 2015.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Greeley County, NE (county, FIPS 77) Location: 41.56254 N, 98.51541 W Population (1990): 3006 (1284 housing units) Area: 1476.0 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water) | |
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Greilickville, MI (CDP, FIPS 35300) Location: 44.79913 N, 85.64580 W Population (1990): 1165 (504 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 6.2 sq km (water) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Garlic (Heb. shum, from its strong odour), mentioned only once (Num. 11:5). The garlic common in Eastern countries is the Allium sativum or Allium Ascalonicum, so called from its having been brought into Europe from Ascalon by the Crusaders. It is now known by the name of "shallot" or "eschalot." |