English Dictionary: globe | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ibis \I"bis\, n. [L. ibis, Gr. [?]; of Egyptian origin.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the genus {Ibis} and several allied genera, of the family {Ibid[91]}, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles. Note: The sacred ibis of the ancient Egyptians ({Ibis [92]thiopica}) has the head and neck black, without feathers. The plumage of the body and wings is white, except the tertiaries, which are lengthened and form a dark purple plume. In ancient times this bird was extensively domesticated in Egypt, but it is now seldom seen so far north. The glossy ibis ({Plegadis autumnalis}), which is widely distributed both in the Old World and the New, has the head and neck feathered, except between the eyes and bill; the scarlet ibis ({Guara rubra}) and the white ibis ({G. alba}) inhabit the West Indies and South America, and are rarely found in the United States. The wood ibis ({Tantalus loculator}) of America belongs to the Stork family ({Ciconid[91]}). See {Wood ibis}. | |
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Gallop \Gal"lop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Galloped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Galloping}.] [OE. galopen, F. galoper, of German origin; cf. assumed Goth. ga-hlaupan to run, OHG. giloufen, AS. gehle[a0]pan to leap, dance, fr. root of E. leap, and a prefix; or cf. OFlem. walop a gallop. See {Leap}, and cf. 1st {Wallop}.] 1. To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed. But gallop lively down the western hill. --Donne. | |
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Gallop \Gal"lop\, n. [Cf. F. galop. See {Gallop}, v. i., and cf. {Galop}.] A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds. {Hand gallop}, a slow or gentle gallop. | |
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Gallop \Gal"lop\, v. t. To cause to gallop. | |
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Galop \Gal"op\, n. [F.] (Mus.) A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance. | |
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Galpe \Galpe\, v. i. To gape,; to yawn. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Glaive \Glaive\, n. [F. glaive, L. gladius; prob. akin to E. claymore. Cf. {Gladiator}.] 1. A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also, a light lance with a long sharp-pointed head. --Wilhelm. 2. A sword; -- used poetically and loosely. The glaive which he did wield. --Spenser. | |
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Glave \Glave\, n. See {Glaive}. | |
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Gleba \Gle"ba\, n.; pl. {Gleb[91]}. [L., a clod.] (Bot.) The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of the sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc. | |
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Gleba \Gle"ba\, n.; pl. {Gleb[91]}. [L., a clod.] (Bot.) The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of the sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc. | |
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Glebe \Glebe\, n. [F. gl[8a]be, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land, soil.] 1. A lump; a clod. 2. Turf; soil; ground; sod. Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine. --Milton. 3. (Eccl. Law) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice. | |
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Glebous \Gleb"ous\, Gleby \Gleb"y\, a. [Cf. L. glaebosus cloddy.] Pertaining to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful. [bd]Gleby land.[b8] --Prior. | |
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Glib \Glib\, a. [Compar. {Glibber}; superl. {Glibbest}.] [Prob. fr. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig, glib, slippery.] 1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.] 2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech. I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not. --Shak. Syn: Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant. | |
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Glib \Glib\, n. [Ir. & Gael. glib a lock of hair.] A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes. [Obs.] The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long glibs, which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them. --Spenser. Their wild costume of the glib and mantle. --Southey. | |
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Glib \Glib\, v. t. To make glib. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Glib \Glib\, v. t. [Cf. O. & Prov. E. lib to castrate, geld, Prov. Dan. live, LG. & OD. lubben.] To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Gliff \Gliff\, n. [Cf. OE. gliffen, gliften, to look with fear at.] 1. A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell. 2. A moment: as, for a gliff. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mound \Mound\ (mound), n. [F. monde the world, L. mundus. See {Mundane}.] A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also {globe}. | |
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Globe \Globe\, n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.] 1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere. 2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp. 3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article. --Locke. 4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also {artificial globe}. 5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square. Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton. {Globe amaranth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gomphrena} ({G. globosa}), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered. {Globe animalcule}, a small, globular, locomotive organism ({Volvox globator}), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[91]. {Globe of compression} (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a wide crater; -- called also {overcharged mine}. {Globe daisy} (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus {Globularing}, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads. {Globe sight}, a form of front sight placed on target rifles. {Globe slater} (Zo[94]l.), an isopod crustacean of the genus {Spheroma}. {Globe thistle} (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads ({Cynara Scolymus}); also, certain species of the related genus {Echinops}. {Globe valve}. (a) A ball valve. (b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Globe \Globe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Globed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Globing}.] To gather or form into a globe. | |
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Mound \Mound\ (mound), n. [F. monde the world, L. mundus. See {Mundane}.] A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also {globe}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Globe \Globe\, n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.] 1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere. 2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp. 3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article. --Locke. 4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also {artificial globe}. 5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square. Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton. {Globe amaranth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gomphrena} ({G. globosa}), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered. {Globe animalcule}, a small, globular, locomotive organism ({Volvox globator}), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[91]. {Globe of compression} (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a wide crater; -- called also {overcharged mine}. {Globe daisy} (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus {Globularing}, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads. {Globe sight}, a form of front sight placed on target rifles. {Globe slater} (Zo[94]l.), an isopod crustacean of the genus {Spheroma}. {Globe thistle} (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads ({Cynara Scolymus}); also, certain species of the related genus {Echinops}. {Globe valve}. (a) A ball valve. (b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Globe \Globe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Globed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Globing}.] To gather or form into a globe. | |
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Globy \Glob"y\, a. Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular. [bd]The globy sea.[b8] --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glove \Glove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gloved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gloving}.] To cover with, or as with, a glove. | |
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Glove \Glove\ (gl[ucr]v), n. [OE. glove, glofe, AS. gl[omac]f; akin to Icel. gl[omac]fi, cf. Goth. l[omac]fa palm of the hand, Icel. l[omac]fi.] 1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten. 2. A boxing glove. {Boxing glove}. See under {Boxing}. {Glove fight}, a pugilistic contest in which the fighters wear boxing gloves. {Glove} {money [or] silver}. (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a county to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to be executed. {Glove sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a fine and soft variety of commercial sponges ({Spongia officinalis}). {To be hand and glove with}, to be intimately associated or on good terms with. [bd]Hand and glove with traitors.[b8] --J. H. Newman. {To handle without gloves}, | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glyph \Glyph\, n. (Arch[91]ol.) A carved figure or character, incised or in relief; a carved pictograph; hence, a pictograph representing a form originally adopted for sculpture, whether carved or painted. | |
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Glyph \Glyph\ (gl[icr]f), n. [Gr. glyfh` carving, fr. gly`fein to carve: cf. F. glyphe. Cf. {Cleave} to split.] (Arch.) A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See {Triglyph}. | |
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Golf \Golf\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Golfed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Golfing}.] To play at golf. Last mystery of all, he learned to golf. --Kipling. | |
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Golf \Golf\, n. [D. kolf club or bat, also a Dutch game played in an inclosed area with clubs and balls; akin to G. kolben club, but end, Icel. k[?]lfr tongue of a bell. bolt, Sw. kolf bolt, dart, but end, Dan. kolv bolt, arrow. Cf. {Club}, {Globe}.] A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner. [Scot.] --Strutt. | |
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Guelph \Guelph\, Guelf \Guelf\ (gw[ecr]lf), n. [It. Guelfo, from Welf, the name of a German family.] (Hist.) One of a faction in Germany and Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and the pope, and opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors. | |
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Guelph \Guelph\, Guelf \Guelf\ (gw[ecr]lf), n. [It. Guelfo, from Welf, the name of a German family.] (Hist.) One of a faction in Germany and Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and the pope, and opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors. | |
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Gulf \Gulf\, n. [F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. [?] bosom, bay, gulf, LGr. [?].] 1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin, He then surveyed Hell and the gulf between. --Milton. Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. --Luke xvi. 26. 2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. --Shak. A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold. --Tennyson. 4. (Geog.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico. 5. (Mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode. {Gulf Stream} (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic. Note: It originates in the westward equatorial current, due to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St. Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to the coast of North America, turning eastward off the island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific. {Gulf weed} (Bot.), a branching seaweed ({Sargassum bacciferum}, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea, and elsewhere. | |
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Gulfy \Gulf"y\, a. Full of whirlpools or gulfs. --Chapman. | |
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Gulp \Gulp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gulped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gulping}.] [D. gulpen, cf. OD. golpe gulf.] To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow. He does not swallow, but he gulps it down. --Cowper. The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole narrative. --Fielding. {To gulp up}, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gulp \Gulp\, n. 1. The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once. 2. A disgorging. [Colloq.] | |
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Gulph \Gulph\, n. [Obs.] See {Gulf}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gallup, NM (city, FIPS 28460) Location: 35.52043 N, 108.73536 W Population (1990): 19154 (6706 housing units) Area: 28.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 87301 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Galva, IA (city, FIPS 29595) Location: 42.50625 N, 95.41625 W Population (1990): 398 (186 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51020 Galva, IL (city, FIPS 28430) Location: 41.16659 N, 90.03891 W Population (1990): 2742 (1296 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61434 Galva, KS (city, FIPS 25200) Location: 38.38209 N, 97.53798 W Population (1990): 651 (272 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67443 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gilboa, NY Zip code(s): 12076 Gilboa, OH (village, FIPS 30114) Location: 41.01891 N, 83.92136 W Population (1990): 208 (84 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45875 Gilboa, WV Zip code(s): 26671 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gilby, ND (city, FIPS 30180) Location: 48.08375 N, 97.46820 W Population (1990): 262 (117 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Globe, AZ (city, FIPS 28030) Location: 33.38281 N, 110.75431 W Population (1990): 6062 (2615 housing units) Area: 21.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85501 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Golf, FL (village, FIPS 26550) Location: 26.50520 N, 80.11020 W Population (1990): 234 (167 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Golf, IL (village, FIPS 30328) Location: 42.05880 N, 87.78652 W Population (1990): 454 (158 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Golfview, FL (town, FIPS 26625) Location: 26.68910 N, 80.11156 W Population (1990): 153 (58 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Golva, ND (city, FIPS 31420) Location: 46.73460 N, 103.98258 W Population (1990): 101 (62 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58632 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Guelph, ND Zip code(s): 58474 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
glob /glob/, _not_ /glohb/ v.,n. [Unix; common] To expand special characters in a wildcarded name, or the act of so doing (the action is also called `globbing'). The Unix conventions for filename wildcarding have become sufficiently pervasive that many hackers use some of them in written English, especially in email or news on technical topics. Those commonly encountered include the following: * wildcard for any string (see also {UN*X}) ? wildcard for any single character (generally read this way only at the beginning or in the middle of a word) [] delimits a wildcard matching any of the enclosed characters {} alternation of comma-separated alternatives; thus, `foo{baz,qux}' would be read as `foobaz' or `fooqux' Some examples: "He said his name was [KC]arl" (expresses ambiguity). "I don't read talk.politics.*" (any of the talk.politics subgroups on {Usenet}). Other examples are given under the entry for {X}. Note that glob patterns are similar, but not identical, to those used in {regexp}s. Historical note: The jargon usage derives from `glob', the name of a subprogram that expanded wildcards in archaic pre-Bourne versions of the Unix shell. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
GLB {greatest lower bound} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
glob /glob/, *not* /glohb/ To expand {wild card} characters in a {path name}. In {Unix} the {file name} wild cards are: * = zero or more characters (E.g. {UN*X}) ? = any single character [] any of the enclosed characters {} indicate alternation of comma-separated alternatives, thus foo{baz,qux} would expand to "foobaz" or "fooqux". This syntax generates a list of all possible expansions, rather than matching one. These have become sufficiently pervasive that hackers use them in written English, especially in {electronic mail} or {Usenet} news on technical topics. E.g. "He said his name was [KC]arl" (expresses ambiguity). "I don't read talk.politics.*" (any of the talk.politics subgroups on {Usenet}). Other examples are given under the entry for {X}. Note that glob patterns are similar, but not identical, to those used in {regexps}. "glob" was a subprogram that expanded wild cards in archaic pre-{Bourne} versions of the {Unix} {shell}. (1997-07-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
glyph {characters}; roughly speaking, how a character looks. A {font} is a set of glyphs. In the simple case, for a given {font} ({typeface} and size), each character corresponds to a single glyph but this is not always the case, especially in a language with a large alphabet where one character may correspond to several glyphs or several characters to one glyph (a {character encoding}). Usually used in reference to {outline fonts}, in particular {TrueType}. (1998-05-31) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Gilboa boiling spring, a mountain range, now Jebel Fukua', memorable as the scene of Saul's disastrous defeat by the Philistines. Here also his three sons were slain, and he himself died by his own hand (1 Sam. 28:4; 31:1-8; 2 Sam. 1:6-21; 21:12; 1 Chr. 10:1, 8). It was a low barren range of mountains bounding the valley of Esdraelon (Jezreel) on the east, between it and the Jordan valley. When the tidings of this defeat were conveyed to David, he gave utterance to those pathetic words in the "Song of the Bow" (2 Sam. 1:19-27). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Gilboa, revolution of inquiry |