English Dictionary: gleaming | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gallomania \Gal`lo*ma"ni*a\, n. [L. Galli Gauls + mania madness.] An excessive admiration of what is French. -- {Gal`lo*ma"ni*ac}, n. | |
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Gallomania \Gal`lo*ma"ni*a\, n. [L. Galli Gauls + mania madness.] An excessive admiration of what is French. -- {Gal`lo*ma"ni*ac}, n. | |
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Gila monster \Gi"la mon"ster\ (Zo[94]l.) A large tuberculated lizard ({Heloderma suspectum}) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth. | |
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Gleam \Gleam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gleamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gleaming}.] 1. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east. 2. To shine; to cast light; to glitter. Syn: To {Gleam}, {Glimmer}, {Glitter}. Usage: To gleam denotes a faint but distinct emission of light. To glimmer describes an indistinct and unsteady giving of light. To glitter imports a brightness that is intense, but varying. The morning light gleams upon the earth; a distant taper glimmers through the mist; a dewdrop glitters in the sun. See {Flash}. | |
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Gleaning \Glean"ing\, n. The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning. Glenings of natural knowledge. --Cook. | |
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Glean \Glean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gleaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gleaning}.] [OE. glenen, OF. glener, glaner, F. glaner, fr. LL. glenare; cf. W. glan clean, glanh[?]u to clean, purify, or AS. gelm, gilm, a hand[?]ul.] 1. To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. --Shak. 2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left. 3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain. Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments. --Locke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gleeman \Glee"man\, n.; pl. {Gleemen}. [Glee + man; AS. gle[a2]man.] A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician. | |
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Gleeman \Glee"man\, n.; pl. {Gleemen}. [Glee + man; AS. gle[a2]man.] A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gloaming \Gloam"ing\, n. [See {Gloom}.] 1. Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening. [Scot. & North of Eng., and in poetry.] --Hogg. 2. Sullenness; melancholy. [Obs.] --J. Still. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nitroglycerin \Ni`tro*glyc"er*in\, n. [Nitro- + glycerinn.] (Chem.) A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called {glycerin nitrate}. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of {glonion}. [Written also {nitroglycerine}.] Note: A great number of explosive compounds have been produced by mixing nitroglycerin with different substances; as, dynamite, or giant powder, nitroglycerin mixed with siliceous earth; lithofracteur, nitroglycerin with gunpowder, or with sawdust and nitrate of sodium or barium; Colonia powder, gunpowder with nitroglycerin; dualin, nitroglycerin with sawdust, or with sawdust and nitrate of potassium and some other substances; lignose, wood fiber and nitroglycerin. | |
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Glonoin \Glon"o*in\ Glonoine \Glon"o*ine\, n. [Glycerin + oxygen + nitrogen + -in, -ine.] 1. Same as {Nitroglycerin}; -- called also {oil of glonoin}. [Obs.] 2. (Med.) A dilute solution of nitroglycerin used as a neurotic. | |
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Glonoin \Glon"o*in\ Glonoine \Glon"o*ine\, n. [Glycerin + oxygen + nitrogen + -in, -ine.] 1. Same as {Nitroglycerin}; -- called also {oil of glonoin}. [Obs.] 2. (Med.) A dilute solution of nitroglycerin used as a neurotic. | |
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Gloominess \Gloom"i*ness\, n. State of being gloomy. --Addison. | |
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Glooming \Gloom"ing\, n. [Cf. {Gloaming}.] Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming. When the faint glooming in the sky First lightened into day. --Trench. The balmy glooming, crescent-lit. --Tennyson. | |
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Gloom \Gloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gloomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glooming}.] 1. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer. 2. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight. The black gibbet glooms beside the way. --Goldsmith. [This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom. --Spenser. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gilman, CT Zip code(s): 06336 Gilman, IA (city, FIPS 30900) Location: 41.87861 N, 92.78783 W Population (1990): 586 (248 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50106 Gilman, IL (city, FIPS 29275) Location: 40.76594 N, 87.99613 W Population (1990): 1816 (781 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60938 Gilman, MN (city, FIPS 23804) Location: 45.73526 N, 93.95012 W Population (1990): 192 (75 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56333 Gilman, VT Zip code(s): 05904 Gilman, WI (village, FIPS 29175) Location: 45.16692 N, 90.80688 W Population (1990): 412 (189 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54433 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gilman City, MO (city, FIPS 27064) Location: 40.13833 N, 93.87237 W Population (1990): 393 (201 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64642 | |
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Gilman Hot Sprin, CA Zip code(s): 92583 | |
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Gilmanton, NH Zip code(s): 03237 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gilmanton Iron W, NH Zip code(s): 03837 | |
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Glenham, SD (town, FIPS 24620) Location: 45.53332 N, 100.27033 W Population (1990): 134 (58 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57631 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Glenmont, NY Zip code(s): 12077 Glenmont, OH (village, FIPS 30506) Location: 40.51705 N, 82.09274 W Population (1990): 233 (107 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44628 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Glenoma, WA Zip code(s): 98336 |