English Dictionary: gubbins | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and other palms, very difficult to penetrate. -- Balfour (Cyc. of India). {Jungle bear} (Zo[94]l.), the aswail or sloth bear. {Jungle cat} (Zo[94]l.), the chaus. {Jungle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of a jungle fowl. {Jungle fowl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any wild species of the genus {Gallus}, of which several species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the fork-tailed jungle fowl ({G. varius}) of Java, {G. Stanleyi} of Ceylon, and {G. Bankiva} of India. Note: The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is supposed to be one of the original species from which the domestic fowl was derived. (b) An Australian grallatorial bird ({Megapodius tumulus}) which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter, where they are hatched by the heat produced by decomposition. | |
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Gabionage \Ga"bi*on*age\, n. [F. gabionnage.] (Mil.) The part of a fortification built of gabions. | |
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Gaff \Gaff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gaffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaffing}.] To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon. | |
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Gape \Gape\ (?; in Eng, commonly ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gaped} (? or ?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaping}] [OE. gapen, AS. geapan to open; akin to D. gapen to gape, G. gaffen, Icel. & Sw. gapa, Dan. gabe; cf. Skr. jabh to snap at, open the mouth. Cf. {Gaby}, {Gap}.] 1. To open the mouth wide; as: (a) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape. --Dryden. (b) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn. She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, And asks if it be time to rise. --Swift. (c) Showing self-forgetfulness in surprise, astonishment, expectation, etc. With gaping wonderment had stared aghast. --Byron. (d) Manifesting a desire to injure, devour, or overcome. They have gaped upon me with their mouth. --Job xvi. 10. 2. To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus. May that ground gape and swallow me alive! --Shak. 3. To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at. The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes. --Denham. Syn: To gaze; stare; yawn. See {Gaze}. | |
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Gapingstock \Gap"ing*stock`\ (? [or] ?), n. One who is an object of open-mouthed wonder. I was to be a gapingstock and a scorn to the young volunteers. --Godwin. | |
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Geoponic \Ge`o*pon"ic\, Geoponical \Ge`o*pon"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]; ge`a, gh^, earth + [?] toilsome, fr. [?] labor: cf. F. g[82]oponique.] Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture. | |
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Geoponic \Ge`o*pon"ic\, Geoponical \Ge`o*pon"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]; ge`a, gh^, earth + [?] toilsome, fr. [?] labor: cf. F. g[82]oponique.] Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture. | |
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Geoponics \Ge`o*pon"ics\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]oponique.] The art or science of cultivating the earth; agriculture. --Evelin. | |
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Gib \Gib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gibbing}.] To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs. {Gibbed lathe}, an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight. | |
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Gibe \Gibe\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gibed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gibing}.] [Cf. Prov. F. giber, equiv. to F. jouer to play, Icel. geipa to talk nonsense, E. jabber.] To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. --Swift. | |
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Gibingly \Gib"ing*ly\, adv. In a gibing manner; scornfully. | |
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Give \Give\ (g[icr]v), v. t. [imp. {Gave} (g[amac]v); p. p. {Given} (g[icr]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Giving}.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[edh]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban. Cf. {Gift}, n.] 1. To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow. For generous lords had rather give than pay. --Young. 2. To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy. What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? --Matt. xvi. 26. 3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks. 4. To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc. 5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission. It is given me once again to behold my friend. --Rowe. Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine. --Pope. 6. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship. 7. To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study. 8. (Logic & Math.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given. 9. To allow or admit by way of supposition. I give not heaven for lost. --Mlton. 10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge. I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover. --Sheridan. 11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain. 12. To pledge; as, to give one's word. 13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc. But there the duke was given to understand That in a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica. --Shak. {To give away}, to make over to another; to transfer. Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our lives, is given away from ourselves. --Atterbury. {To give back}, to return; to restore. --Atterbury. {To give the bag}, to cheat. [Obs.] I fear our ears have given us the bag. --J. Webster. {To give birth to}. (a) To bear or bring forth, as a child. (b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise, idea. {To give chase}, to pursue. {To give ear to}. See under {Ear}. {To give forth}, to give out; to publish; to tell. --Hayward. {To give ground}. See under {Ground}, n. {To give the hand}, to pledge friendship or faith. {To give the hand of}, to espouse; to bestow in marriage. {To give the head}. See under {Head}, n. {To give in}. (a) To abate; to deduct. (b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender; as, to give in one's adhesion to a party. {To give the lie to} (a person), to tell (him) that he lies. {To give line}. See under {Line}. {To give off}, to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc. {To give one's self away}, to make an inconsiderate surrender of one's cause, an unintentional disclosure of one's purposes, or the like. [Colloq.] {To give out}. (a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare. One that gives out himself Prince Florizel. --Shak. Give out you are of Epidamnum. --Shak. (b) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as, a substance gives out steam or odors. {To give over}. (a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon. (b) To despair of. (c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self). The Babylonians had given themselves over to all manner of vice. --Grew. {To give place}, to withdraw; to yield one's claim. {To give points}. (a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a certain advantage; to allow a handicap. (b) To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.] {To give rein}. See under {Rein}, n. {To give the sack}. Same as {To give the bag}. {To give and take}. (a) To average gains and losses. (b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc. {To give time} (Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor. --Abbott. {To give the time of day}, to salute one with the compliment appropriate to the hour, as [bd]good morning.[b8] [bd]good evening[b8], etc. {To give tongue}, in hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of dogs. {To give up}. (a) To abandon; to surrender. [bd]Don't give up the ship.[b8] He has . . . given up For certain drops of salt, your city Rome. --Shak. (b) To make public; to reveal. I'll not state them By giving up their characters. --Beau. & Fl. (c) (Used also reflexively.) {To give up the ghost}. See under {Ghost}. {To give one's self up}, to abandon hope; to despair; to surrender one's self. {To give way}. (a) To withdraw; to give place. (b) To yield to force or pressure; as, the scaffolding gave way. (c) (Naut.) To begin to row; or to row with increased energy. (d) (Stock Exchange). To depreciate or decline in value; as, railroad securities gave way two per cent. {To give way together}, to row in time; to keep stroke. Syn: To {Give}, {Confer}, {Grant}. Usage: To give is the generic word, embracing all the rest. To confer was originally used of persons in power, who gave permanent grants or privileges; as, to confer the order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the giving of something which might have been withheld; as, to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way dependent or inferior. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Giving \Giv"ing\, n. 1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting. 2. A gift; a benefaction. [R.] --Pope. 3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. [bd]Upon the first giving of the weather.[b8] --Addison. {Giving in}, a falling inwards; a collapse. {Giving out}, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving. His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true meant design. --Shak. | |
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Giving \Giv"ing\, n. 1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting. 2. A gift; a benefaction. [R.] --Pope. 3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. [bd]Upon the first giving of the weather.[b8] --Addison. {Giving in}, a falling inwards; a collapse. {Giving out}, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving. His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true meant design. --Shak. | |
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Giving \Giv"ing\, n. 1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting. 2. A gift; a benefaction. [R.] --Pope. 3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. [bd]Upon the first giving of the weather.[b8] --Addison. {Giving in}, a falling inwards; a collapse. {Giving out}, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving. His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true meant design. --Shak. | |
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Gobang \Go*bang"\, n. [Written also {goban}.] [Jap. goban checkerboard, fr. Chino-Jap. go checker + ban board.] A Japanese game, played on a checkerboard, in which the object of the game is to be the first in placing five pieces, or men, in a row in any direction. | |
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Gobbing \Gob"bing\, n. [See lst {Gob}.] (Mining) (a) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also {gob stuff}. --Brande & C. (b) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing. | |
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Gybe \Gybe\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Gybed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gybing}.] [See {Jibe}.] (Naut.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side. [Also {jibe}.] | |
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Gibbonsville, ID Zip code(s): 83463 |