English Dictionary: gainful | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gainable \Gain"a*ble\, a. [CF. F. gagnable. See {Gain}, v. t.] Capable of being obtained or reached. --Sherwood. | |
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Gainful \Gain"ful\, a. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. [bd]A gainful speculation.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Gain"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Gain"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Gainful \Gain"ful\, a. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. [bd]A gainful speculation.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Gain"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Gain"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Gainful \Gain"ful\, a. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. [bd]A gainful speculation.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Gain"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Gain"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Gamble \Gam"ble\, n. An act of gambling; a transaction or proceeding involving gambling; hence, anything involving similar risk or uncertainty. [Colloq.] | |
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Gamble \Gamble\, v. t. To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away. [bd]Bankrupts or sots who have gambled or slept away their estates.[b8] --Ames. | |
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Gamble \Gam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gambling}.] [Dim. of game. See 2d {Game}.] To play or game for money or other stake. | |
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Gamble \Gam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gambling}.] [Dim. of game. See 2d {Game}.] To play or game for money or other stake. | |
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Gambler \Gam"bler\, n. One who gambles. | |
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Gamble \Gam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gambling}.] [Dim. of game. See 2d {Game}.] To play or game for money or other stake. | |
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Gambol \Gam"bol\ (g[acr]m"b[ocr]l), n. [OE. gambolde, gambaulde, F. gambade, gambol, fr. It. gambata kick, fr. L. gamba leg, akin to F. jambe, OF. also, gambe, fr. L. gamba, hoof or perh. joint: cf. Gr. kamph` a binding, winding, W., Ir. & Gael. cam crooked; perh. akin to E. chamber: cf.F. gambiller to kick about. Cf. {Jamb}, n., {Gammon} ham, {Gambadoes}.] A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank. --Dryden. | |
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Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamboled}, or {Gambolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gamboling} or {Gambolling}.] To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs. | |
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Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamboled}, or {Gambolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gamboling} or {Gambolling}.] To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs. | |
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Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamboled}, or {Gambolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gamboling} or {Gambolling}.] To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs. | |
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Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamboled}, or {Gambolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gamboling} or {Gambolling}.] To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs. | |
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Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamboled}, or {Gambolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gamboling} or {Gambolling}.] To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs. | |
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Game fowl \Game" fowl`\ (-foul`). (Zo[94]l.) A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males. | |
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Gameful \Game"ful\ (-f[usdot]l), a. Full of game or games. | |
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Gamophyllous \Ga*moph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. [?] marriage + [?] leaf.] (Bot.) Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent). --Gray. | |
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Gemmiflorate \Gem`mi*flo"rate\, a. [L. gemma bud + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.) Having flowers like buds. | |
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Genuflect \Gen`u*flect"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Genuflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Genuflecting}.] [See {Genuflection}.] To bend the knee, as in worship. | |
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Genuflect \Gen`u*flect"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Genuflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Genuflecting}.] [See {Genuflection}.] To bend the knee, as in worship. | |
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Genuflect \Gen`u*flect"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Genuflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Genuflecting}.] [See {Genuflection}.] To bend the knee, as in worship. | |
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Genuflection \Gen`u*flec"tion\, n. [F. g[82]nuflexion, fr. LL. genuflexio, fr. L. genu knee + flexio a bending, fr. flectere, flexum, to bend. See {Knee}, {Flexible}.] The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship. --Bp. Stillingfleet. | |
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Gimbal \Gim"bal\, [or] Gimbals \Gim"bals\, n. [See {Gimmal}, n.] A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. {Gimbal joint} (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal. {Gimbal ring}, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle. | |
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Gimbal \Gim"bal\, [or] Gimbals \Gim"bals\, n. [See {Gimmal}, n.] A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. {Gimbal joint} (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal. {Gimbal ring}, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle. | |
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Gimbal \Gim"bal\, [or] Gimbals \Gim"bals\, n. [See {Gimmal}, n.] A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. {Gimbal joint} (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal. {Gimbal ring}, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle. | |
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Gimbal \Gim"bal\, [or] Gimbals \Gim"bals\, n. [See {Gimmal}, n.] A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. {Gimbal joint} (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal. {Gimbal ring}, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle. | |
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Gimlet \Gim"let\, n. [Also written and pronounced {gimbled}] [OF. guimbelet, guibelet, F. gibelet, prob. fr. OD. wimpel, weme, a bore, wemelen to bore, to wimble. See {Wimble}, n.] A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. {Gimlet eye}, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] --Wright. | |
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Gimblet \Gim"blet\, n. & v. See {Gimlet}. | |
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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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Gonfalon \Gon"fa*lon\, Gonfanon \Gon"fa*non\, n. [OE. gonfanoun, OF. gonfanon, F. gonfalon, the same word as F. confalon, name of a religious brotherhood, fr. OHG. gundfano war flag; gund war (used in comp., and akin to AS. g[d4][eb]) + fano cloth, flag; akin to E. vane; cf. AS. g[d4][eb]fana. See {Vane}, and cf. {Confalon}.] 1. The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the medi[91]val republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope. 2. A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself. Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear, Stream in the air. --Milton. | |
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Gonfalonier \Gon`fa*lon*ier"\, n. [F. gonfalonier: cf. It. gonfaloniere.] He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer; as: (a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church. (b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in medi[91]veal Italy. (c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper. | |
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Gonoblastid \Gon`o*blas"tid\, n. [See {Gonoblastidium}.] (Zo[94]l.) A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore. | |
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d8Gonoblastidium \[d8]Gon`o*blas*tid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Gonoblastidia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] offspring + [?] to bud.] (Zo[94]l.) A blastostyle. | |
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Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[icr]n"[esl]), n. 1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named. 2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings. --Pinkerton. {Guinea corn}. (Bot.) See {Durra}. {Guinea Current} (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea. {Guinea dropper} one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. [Obs.] --Gay. {Guinea fowl}, {Guinea hen} (Zo[94]l.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus {Numida}, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species ({N. meleagris}), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl ({N. cristata}) is a finer species. {Guinea grains} (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See {Amomum}. {Guinea grass} (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum jumentorum}) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States. {Guinea-hen flower} (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria Meleagris}) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen. {Guinea peach}. See under {Peach}. {Guinea pepper} (Bot.), the pods of the {Xylopia aromatica}, a tree of the order {Anonace[91]}, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of {Piper [92]thiopicum}. {Guinea pig}. [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.] (a) (Zo[94]l.) A small Brazilian rodent ({Cavia cobaya}), about seven inches in length and usually of a white color, with spots of orange and black. | |
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are some of the best known. Note: Among the true plums are; {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}. {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its round red drupes. {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other genera than {Prunus}, are; {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of the same family with the persimmon. {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}. {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}. {Date plum}. See under {Date}. {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium macrophyllum}. {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime. {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}. {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}. 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it. {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European bullfinch. {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}. | |
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{Guinea plum} (Bot.), the fruit of {Parinarium excelsum}, a large West African tree of the order {Chrysobalane[91]}, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called {gray plum} and {rough-skin plum}. {Guinea worm} (Zo[94]l.), a long and slender African nematoid worm ({Filaria Medinensis}) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores. | |
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Gumboil \Gum"boil\, n. (Med.) A small suppurting inflamed spot on the gum. | |
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Gunflint \Gun"flint`\, n. A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps. | |
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d8Tubularida \[d8]Tu"bu*lar`i*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; -- called also {Athecata}, {Gymnoblastea}, and {Tubulari[91]}. | |
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Gymnoblastic \Gym"no*blas"tic\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea. | |
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Gymnoplast \Gym"no*plast\, n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + pla`ssein to shape, mold.] (Biol.) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle. | |
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