gimlet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   geniality
         n 1: a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk
               to) [syn: {affability}, {affableness}, {amiability},
               {amiableness}, {bonhomie}, {geniality}]

English Dictionary: gimlet	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gimlet n a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice hand tool for boring holes Synonym(s): auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gynaeolatry n the worship of women [syn: gyneolatry, gynaeolatry, woman-worship]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gyneolatry n the worship of women [syn: gyneolatry, gynaeolatry, woman-worship]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gemmulation \Gem`mu*la"tion\, n. [From L. gemmula, dim. of gemma bud.] (Biol.) See {Gemmation}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geniality \Ge`nial"ity\, n. [L. genialitas.] The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gimlet \Gim"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gimleted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gimleting}.] 1. To pierce or make with a gimlet. 2. (Naut.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gimlet \Gim"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gimleted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gimleting}.] 1. To pierce or make with a gimlet. 2. (Naut.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gimlet \Gim"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gimleted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gimleting}.] 1. To pierce or make with a gimlet. 2. (Naut.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}). {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]}, {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.} (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gyneolatry \Gyn`eol"atry\, n. [Gr. [?] a woman + [?] worship.] The adoration or worship of woman. The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin-deep. --Lowell.