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English Dictionary: git by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
git
n
  1. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"
    Synonym(s): rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geat \Geat\, n. [See {Gate} a door.] (Founding)
      The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a
      mold in casting. [Written also {git}, {gate}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gate \Gate\ (g[amac]t), n. [OE. [yogh]et, [yogh]eat, giat, gate,
      door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat
      opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v.
      Cf. {Gate} a way, 3d {Get}.]
      1. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an
            inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.;
            also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by
            which the passage can be closed.
  
      2. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or
            barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens
            a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance
            or of exit.
  
                     Knowest thou the way to Dover? Both stile and gate,
                     horse way and footpath.                     --Shak.
  
                     Opening a gate for a long war.            --Knolles.
  
      3. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage
            of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
  
      4. (Script.) The places which command the entrances or
            access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
  
                     The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
                                                                              --Matt. xvi.
                                                                              18.
  
      5. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt
            to pass through or into.
  
      6. (Founding)
            (a) The channel or opening through which metal is poured
                  into the mold; the ingate.
            (b) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue
                  or sullage piece. [Written also {geat} and {git}.]
  
      {Gate chamber}, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock,
            which receives the opened gate.
  
      {Gate channel}. See {Gate}, 5.
  
      {Gate hook}, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge.
  
      {Gate money}, entrance money for admission to an inclosure.
           
  
      {Gate tender}, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad
            crossing.
  
      {Gate valva}, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate
            which affords a straight passageway when open.
  
      {Gate vein} (Anat.), the portal vein.
  
      {To break gates} (Eng. Univ.), to enter a college inclosure
            after the hour to which a student has been restricted.
  
      {To stand in the} {gate, [or] gates}, to occupy places or
            advantage, power, or defense.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Git \Git\, n. (Founding)
      See {Geat}.
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