English Dictionary: governor's plum | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Goose grass}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Galium} ({G. Aparine}), a favorite food of geese; -- called also {catchweed} and {cleavers}. (b) A species of knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}). (c) The annual spear grass ({Poa annua}). {Goose neck}, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast. {Goose quill}, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a pen made from it. {Goose skin}. See {Goose flesh}, above. {Goose tongue} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands. {Sea goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Phalarope}. {Solan goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gannet}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cleavers \Cleav"ers\, n. [From {Cleave} to stick.] (Bot.) A species of {Galium} ({G. Aparine}), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, {goose grass}, {catchweed}, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gapeworm \Gape"worm`\ (? [or] ?), n. (Zo[94]l.) The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fluting \Flut"ing\, n. Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting of a lady's ruffle. {Fluting iron}, a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; -- called also {Italian iron}, or {gaufering iron}. --Knight. {Fluting lathe}, a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on balusters, table legs, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gauffering \Gauf"fer*ing\, n. A mode of plaiting or fluting. {Gauffering iron}, a kind of fluting iron for fabrics. {Gauffering press} (Flower Manuf.), a press for crimping the leaves and petals into shape. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gauffering \Gauf"fer*ing\, n. A mode of plaiting or fluting. {Gauffering iron}, a kind of fluting iron for fabrics. {Gauffering press} (Flower Manuf.), a press for crimping the leaves and petals into shape. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gauffering \Gauf"fer*ing\, n. A mode of plaiting or fluting. {Gauffering iron}, a kind of fluting iron for fabrics. {Gauffering press} (Flower Manuf.), a press for crimping the leaves and petals into shape. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jamaicine \Ja*ma"i*cine\, n. [From Jamaica.] (Chem.) An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of {Geoffroya inermis}, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam; -- called also {jamacina}. --Watts. | |
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Gephyrean \Ge*phyr"e*an\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Belonging to the Gephyrea. -- n. One of the Gerphyrea. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gibber \Gib"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gibbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gibbering}.] [Akin to jabber, and gabble.] To speak rapidly and inarticulately. --Shak. | |
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Goffer \Gof"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Goffered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Goffering}.] [See {Gauffer}.] To plait, flute, or crimp. See {Gauffer}. --Clarke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Govern \Gov"ern\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Governed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Governing}.] [OF. governer, F. gouverner, fr. L. gubernare to steer, pilot, govern, Gr. kyberna^n. Cf. {Gubernatorial}.] 1. To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority. [bd]Fit to govern and rule multitudes.[b8] --Shak. 2. To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse. Govern well thy appetite. --Milton. 3. (Gram.) To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case. | |
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Govern \Gov"ern\, v. i. To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. --Dryden. | |
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Governability \Gov"ern*a*bil"i*ty\, n. Governableness. | |
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Governable \Gov"ern*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. gouvernable.] Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient. --Locke. | |
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Governableness \Gov"ern*a*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being governable; manageableness. | |
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Governal \Gov"ern*al\, Governail \Gov"ern*ail\, n. [Cf. F. gouvernail helm, rudder, L. gubernaculum.] Management; mastery. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --Spenser. | |
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Governal \Gov"ern*al\, Governail \Gov"ern*ail\, n. [Cf. F. gouvernail helm, rudder, L. gubernaculum.] Management; mastery. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Governance \Gov"ern*ance\, n. [F. gouvernance.] Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement. --Chaucer. --J. H. Newman. | |
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Governante \Gov"ern*ante"\, n. [F. gouvernante. See {Govern}.] A governess. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Govern \Gov"ern\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Governed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Governing}.] [OF. governer, F. gouverner, fr. L. gubernare to steer, pilot, govern, Gr. kyberna^n. Cf. {Gubernatorial}.] 1. To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority. [bd]Fit to govern and rule multitudes.[b8] --Shak. 2. To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse. Govern well thy appetite. --Milton. 3. (Gram.) To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Governess \Gov"ern*ess\, n. [Cf. OF. governeresse. See {Governor}.] A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Govern \Gov"ern\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Governed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Governing}.] [OF. governer, F. gouverner, fr. L. gubernare to steer, pilot, govern, Gr. kyberna^n. Cf. {Gubernatorial}.] 1. To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority. [bd]Fit to govern and rule multitudes.[b8] --Shak. 2. To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse. Govern well thy appetite. --Milton. 3. (Gram.) To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Governing \Gov"ern*ing\, a. 1. Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state. --Jay. 2. (Gram.) Requiring a particular case. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Government \Gov"ern*ment\, n. [F. gouvernement. See {Govern}.] 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government. 2. The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law. That free government which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth. --Milton. 3. The right or power of governing; authority. I here resign my government to thee. --Shak. 4. The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration. When we, in England, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being. --Mozley & W. 5. The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe. 6. Management of the limbs or body. --Shak. 7. (Gram.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. | |
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Governmental \Gov"ern*men"tal\, a. [Cf. F. gouvernemental.] Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Governor \Gov"ern*or\, n. [OE. governor, governour, OF. governeor, F. gouverneur, fr. L. gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See {Govern}.] 1. One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania. [bd]The governor of the town.[b8] --Shak. 2. One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian. 3. (Naut.) A pilot; a steersman. [R.] 4. (Mach.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable. Note: The illustration shows a form of governor commonly used for steam engines, in wich a heavy sleeve (a) sliding on a rapidly revolving spindle (b), driven by the engine, is raised or lowered, when the speed varies, by the changing centrifugal force of two balls (c c) to which it is connected by links (d d), the balls being attached to arms (e e) which are jointed to the top of the spindle. The sleeve is connected with the throttle valve or cut-off through a lever (f), and its motion produces a greater supply of steam when the engine runs too slowly and a less supply when too fast. {Governor cut-off} (Steam Engine), a variable cut-off gear in which the governor acts in such a way as to cause the steam to be cut off from entering the cylinder at points of the stroke dependent upon the engine's speed. {Hydraulic governor} (Mach.), a governor which is operated by the action of a liquid in flowing; a cataract. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Governor \Gov"ern*or\, n. [OE. governor, governour, OF. governeor, F. gouverneur, fr. L. gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See {Govern}.] 1. One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania. [bd]The governor of the town.[b8] --Shak. 2. One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian. 3. (Naut.) A pilot; a steersman. [R.] 4. (Mach.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable. Note: The illustration shows a form of governor commonly used for steam engines, in wich a heavy sleeve (a) sliding on a rapidly revolving spindle (b), driven by the engine, is raised or lowered, when the speed varies, by the changing centrifugal force of two balls (c c) to which it is connected by links (d d), the balls being attached to arms (e e) which are jointed to the top of the spindle. The sleeve is connected with the throttle valve or cut-off through a lever (f), and its motion produces a greater supply of steam when the engine runs too slowly and a less supply when too fast. {Governor cut-off} (Steam Engine), a variable cut-off gear in which the governor acts in such a way as to cause the steam to be cut off from entering the cylinder at points of the stroke dependent upon the engine's speed. {Hydraulic governor} (Mach.), a governor which is operated by the action of a liquid in flowing; a cataract. | |
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Governor general \Gov"ern*or gen"er*al\ A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India. | |
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Governorship \Gov"ern*or*ship\, n. The office of a governor. | |
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Gubernance \Gu"ber*nance\, n. Government. [Obs.] | |
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Gubernate \Gu"ber*nate\, v. t. [L. gubernatus, p. p. of gubernare. See {Govern}.] To govern. [Obs.] --Cockeram. | |
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Gubernation \Gu"ber*na`tion\, n. [L. gubernatio.] The act of governing; government [Obs.] --I. Watts. | |
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Gubernative \Gu"ber*na*tive\, a. Governing. [Obs.] | |
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Gubernatorial \Gu"ber*na*to`ri*al\, a. [L. gubernator governor. See {Gabernate}.] Pertaining to a governor, or to government. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gouverneur, NY (village, FIPS 29597) Location: 44.33660 N, 75.46616 W Population (1990): 4604 (1940 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13642 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Governors Island, NY Zip code(s): 10004 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Government OSI Profile specific to US Government procurements, designed to maximize {interoperability} in areas where plain OSI standards are ambiguous or allow excessive options. (1995-12-13) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Government of God See {PROVIDENCE}. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Governments (1 Cor. 12:28), the powers which fit a man for a place of influence in the church; "the steersman's art; the art of guiding aright the vessel of church or state." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Governor (1.) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace (2 Chr. 28:7; comp. 1 Kings 4:6), chief of the temple (1 Chr. 9:11; Jer. 20:1), the leader of the Aaronites (1 Chr. 12:27), keeper of the sacred treasury (26:24), captain of the army (13:1), the king (1 Sam. 9:16), the Messiah (Dan. 9:25). (2.) Heb. nasi, raised; exalted. Used to denote the chiefs of families (Num. 3:24, 30, 32, 35); also of tribes (2:3; 7:2; 3:32). These dignities appear to have been elective, not hereditary. (3.) Heb. pakid, an officer or magistrate. It is used of the delegate of the high priest (2 Chr. 24:11), the Levites (Neh. 11:22), a military commander (2 Kings 25:19), Joseph's officers in Egypt (Gen. 41:34). (4.) Heb. shallit, one who has power, who rules (Gen. 42:6; Ezra 4:20; Eccl. 8:8; Dan. 2:15; 5:29). (5.) Heb. aluph, literally one put over a thousand, i.e., a clan or a subdivision of a tribe. Used of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen. 36), and of the Jewish chiefs (Zech. 9:7). (6.) Heb. moshel, one who rules, holds dominion. Used of many classes of rulers (Gen. 3:16; 24:2; 45:8; Ps. 105:20); of the Messiah (Micah 5:2); of God (1 Chr. 29:12; Ps. 103:19). (7.) Heb. sar, a ruler or chief; a word of very general use. It is used of the chief baker of Pharaoh (Gen. 40:16); of the chief butler (40:2, etc. See also Gen. 47:6; Ex. 1:11; Dan. 1:7; Judg. 10:18; 1 Kings 22:26; 20:15; 2 Kings 1:9; 2 Sam. 24:2). It is used also of angels, guardian angels (Dan. 10:13, 20, 21; 12:1; 10:13; 8:25). (8.) Pehah, whence _pasha_, i.e., friend of the king; adjutant; governor of a province (2 Kings 18:24; Isa. 36:9; Jer. 51: 57; Ezek. 23:6, 23; Dan. 3:2; Esther 3: 12), or a perfect (Neh. 3:7; 5:14; Ezra 5:3; Hag. 1:1). This is a foreign word, Assyrian, which was early adopted into the Hebrew idiom (1 Kings 10:15). (9.) The Chaldean word _segan_ is applied to the governors of the Babylonian satrapies (Dan. 3:2, 27; 6:7); the prefects over the Magi (2:48). The corresponding Hebrew word _segan_ is used of provincial rulers (Jer. 51:23, 28, 57); also of chiefs and rulers of the people of Jerusalem (Ezra 9:2; Neh. 2:16; 4:14, 19; 5:7, 17; 7:5; 12:40). In the New Testament there are also different Greek words rendered thus. (1.) Meaning an ethnarch (2 Cor. 11:32), which was an office distinct from military command, with considerable latitude of application. (2.) The procurator of Judea under the Romans (Matt. 27:2). (Comp. Luke 2:2, where the verb from which the Greek word so rendered is derived is used.) (3.) Steward (Gal. 4:2). (4.) Governor of the feast (John 2:9), who appears here to have been merely an intimate friend of the bridegroom, and to have presided at the marriage banquet in his stead. (5.) A director, i.e., helmsman; Lat. gubernator, (James 3:4). |