Gordie Howe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   garotte
         n 1: an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
               [syn: {garrote}, {garotte}, {garrotte}, {iron collar}]
         v 1: strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during
               the Inquisition in Spain" [syn: {garrote}, {garrotte},
               {garotte}, {scrag}]

English Dictionary: Gordie Howe	by the DICT Development Group
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garret n floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage Synonym(s): loft, attic, garret
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garrote n an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation Synonym(s): garrote, garotte, garrotte, iron collar v strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain" Synonym(s): garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag
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garrotte n an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation Synonym(s): garrote, garotte, garrotte, iron collar v strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain" Synonym(s): garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag
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Garuda n a supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount
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geared adj equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged Antonym(s): ungeared
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Geordie n a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Gerreidae n mojarras [syn: Gerreidae, family Gerreidae, Gerridae, family Gerridae]
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Gerridae n mojarras [syn: Gerreidae, family Gerreidae, Gerridae, family Gerridae] an arthropod family that includes water striders Synonym(s): Gerrididae, family Gerrididae, Gerridae, family Gerridae
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giardia n a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans
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gird v prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" Synonym(s): arm, build up, fortify, gird Antonym(s): demilitarise, demilitarize, disarm put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins" Synonym(s): girdle, gird bind with something round or circular Synonym(s): gird, encircle
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girth n the distance around a person's body stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place Synonym(s): cinch, girth v tie a cinch around; "cinch horses" Synonym(s): cinch, girth
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Gordie Howe n Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928) Synonym(s): Howe, Gordie Howe, Gordon Howe
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gourd n bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd [syn: gourd, calabash] any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds Synonym(s): gourd, gourd vine
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gourde n the basic unit of money in Haiti
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grad n one-hundredth of a right angle Synonym(s): grad, grade a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) Synonym(s): alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad
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grade n a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" Synonym(s): class, form, grade, course a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade" Synonym(s): grade, level, tier the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade" one-hundredth of a right angle Synonym(s): grad, grade a degree of ablaut Synonym(s): grade, gradation a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" Synonym(s): mark, grade, score the height of the ground on which something stands; "the base of the tower was below grade" Synonym(s): grade, ground level a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" Synonym(s): degree, grade, level a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed v assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" Synonym(s): rate, rank, range, order, grade, place level to the right gradient assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" Synonym(s): grade, score, mark determine the grade of or assign a grade to
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grate n a frame of iron bars to hold a fire [syn: grate, grating] a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air Synonym(s): grate, grating v furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace" gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" Synonym(s): eat into, fret, rankle, grate reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface; "grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg" make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger" Synonym(s): grate, grind scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair" Synonym(s): scrape, grate
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gray-white adj of white tinged with grey [syn: grey-white, {gray- white}, greyish-white, grayish-white]
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great adj relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay" of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey" Synonym(s): great, outstanding remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome" very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" Synonym(s): bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script" Synonym(s): capital, great, majuscule in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" Synonym(s): big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p) n a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; "he is one of the greats of American music"
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great toe n the first largest innermost toe [syn: big toe, {great toe}, hallux]
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greed n excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) Synonym(s): avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia
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greedy adj immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" Synonym(s): avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" Synonym(s): avid, devouring(a), esurient, greedy wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"
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greet v express greetings upon meeting someone [syn: greet, recognize, recognise] send greetings to react to in a certain way; "The President was greeted with catcalls" be perceived by; "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"
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grey-white adj of white tinged with grey [syn: grey-white, {gray- white}, greyish-white, grayish-white]
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greyed adj deprived of color; "colors dulled by too much sun"; "greyed with the dust of the road" Synonym(s): dulled, greyed
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grid n a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region Synonym(s): power system, power grid, grid a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material Synonym(s): grid, storage-battery grid an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube Synonym(s): grid, control grid a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat Synonym(s): grid, gridiron
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griot n a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
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grit n a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone [syn: grit, gritrock, gritstone] fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" Synonym(s): backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption v cover with a grit; "grit roads" clench together; "grit one's teeth"
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gritty adj composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue" Synonym(s): farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy willing to face danger Synonym(s): game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky
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groat n a former English silver coin worth four pennies [syn: fourpence, groat]
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grot n a small cave (usually with attractive features) [syn: grotto, grot]
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grotto n a small cave (usually with attractive features) [syn: grotto, grot]
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grotty adj very unpleasant or offensive ; "a grotty little play"
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grout n a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork v bind with grout; "grout the bathtub"
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growth n (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" Synonym(s): growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis Antonym(s): nondevelopment a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture" a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" Synonym(s): increase, increment, growth Antonym(s): decrease, decrement vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass" the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" Synonym(s): emergence, outgrowth, growth (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) something grown or growing; "a growth of hair"
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Gruidae n cranes Synonym(s): Gruidae, family Gruidae
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guard n a person who keeps watch over something or someone the person who plays that position on a football team; "the left guard was injured on the play" a device designed to prevent injury or accidents Synonym(s): guard, safety, safety device a posture of defence in boxing or fencing; "keep your guard up" the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team a military unit serving to protect some place or person a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down" Synonym(s): precaution, safeguard, guard the duty of serving as a sentry; "he was on guard that night" Synonym(s): guard duty, guard, sentry duty, sentry go (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "guards must be good blockers" a position on a basketball team v to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the horses" watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away" Synonym(s): guard, ward protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks" Synonym(s): defend, guard, hold take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence; "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard against infection"
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gyrate v to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" Synonym(s): gyrate, spiral, coil revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" Synonym(s): spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gard \Gard\, n. [See {Garde}, {Yard}] Garden. [Obs.] [bd]Trees of the gard.[b8] --F. Beaumont.
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Gard \Gard\, v. & n. See {Guard}.
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Garret \Gar"ret\, n. [OE. garite, garette, watchtower, place of lookout, OF. garite, also meaning, a place of refuge, F. gu[82]rite a place of refuge, donjon, sentinel box, fr. OF. garir to preserve, save, defend, F. gu[82]rir to cure; of German origin; cf. OHG. werian to protect, defend, hinder, G. wehren, akin to Goth. warjan to hinder, and akin to E. weir, or perhaps to wary. See {Weir}, and cf. {Guerite}.] 1. A turret; a watchtower. [Obs.] He saw men go up and down on the garrets of the gates and walls. --Ld. Berners. 2. That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic. The tottering garrets which overhung the streets of Rome. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garrot \Gar"rot\, n. [F. Cf. {Garrote}.] (Surg.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
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Garrot \Gar"rot\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European golden-eye.
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Golden-eye \Gold"en-eye`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A duck ({Glaucionetta clangula}), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called {whistler}, {garrot}, {gowdy}, {pied widgeon}, {whiteside}, {curre}, and {doucker}. Barrow's golden-eye of America ({G. Islandica}) is less common.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garrot \Gar"rot\, n. [F. Cf. {Garrote}.] (Surg.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
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Garrot \Gar"rot\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European golden-eye.
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Golden-eye \Gold"en-eye`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A duck ({Glaucionetta clangula}), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called {whistler}, {garrot}, {gowdy}, {pied widgeon}, {whiteside}, {curre}, and {doucker}. Barrow's golden-eye of America ({G. Islandica}) is less common.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garrote \Gar*rote"\, n. [Sp. garrote, from garra claw, talon, of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. & W. gar leg, ham, shank. Cf. {Garrot} stick, {Garter}.] A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garrote \Gar*rote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garroted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Garroting}.] To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
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Garth \Garth\ (g[aum]rth), n. [Icel. gar[edh]r yard. See {Yard}.] 1. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth. A clapper clapping in a garth To scare the fowl from fruit. --Tennyson. 2. A dam or weir for catching fish.
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Garth \Garth\, n. [{Girth}.] A hoop or band. [Prov. Eng.]
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Gear \Gear\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Geared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gearing}.] 1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness. 2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing. {Double geared}, driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.
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Geordie \Geor"die\, n. A name given by miners to George Stephenson's safety lamp. --Raymond.
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Gird \Gird\, n. [See {Yard} a measure.] 1. A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang. Conscience . . . is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels. --Tillotson. 2. A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer. I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio. --Shak.
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Gird \Gird\, v. t. [See {Gird}, n., and cf. {Girde}, v.] 1. To strike; to smite. [Obs.] To slay him and to girden off his head. --Chaucer. 2. To sneer at; to mock; to gibe. Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods. --Shak.
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Gird \Gird\, v. i. To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms. Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gird \Gird\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girt}or {Girded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Girding}.] [OE. girden, gurden, AS. gyrdan; akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G. g[81]rten, Icel. gyr[?]a, Sw. gjorda, Dan. giorde, Goth. biga[a1]rdan to begird, and prob. to E. yard an inclosure. Cf. {Girth}, n. & v., {Girt}, v. t.] 1. To encircle or bind with any flexible band. 2. To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc. 3. To surround; to encircle, or encompass. That Nyseian isle, Girt with the River Triton. --Milton. 4. To clothe; to swathe; to invest. I girded thee about with fine linen. --Ezek. xvi. 10. The Son . . . appeared Girt with omnipotence. --Milton. 5. To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest. Thou hast girded me with strength. --Ps. xviii. 39. {To gird on}, to put on; to fasten around or to one securely, like a girdle; as, to gird on armor or a sword. Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. --1 Kings xx. 11. {To gird up}, to bind tightly with a girdle; to support and strengthen, as with a girdle. He girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab. --1 Kings xviii. 46. Gird up the loins of your mind. --1 Pet. i. 13. {Girt up}; prepared or equipped, as for a journey or for work, in allusion to the ancient custom of gathering the long flowing garments into the girdle and tightening it before any exertion; hence, adjectively, eagerly or constantly active; strenuous; striving. [bd]A severer, more girt-up way of living.[b8] --J. C. Shairp.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gird \Gird\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girt}or {Girded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Girding}.] [OE. girden, gurden, AS. gyrdan; akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G. g[81]rten, Icel. gyr[?]a, Sw. gjorda, Dan. giorde, Goth. biga[a1]rdan to begird, and prob. to E. yard an inclosure. Cf. {Girth}, n. & v., {Girt}, v. t.] 1. To encircle or bind with any flexible band. 2. To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc. 3. To surround; to encircle, or encompass. That Nyseian isle, Girt with the River Triton. --Milton. 4. To clothe; to swathe; to invest. I girded thee about with fine linen. --Ezek. xvi. 10. The Son . . . appeared Girt with omnipotence. --Milton. 5. To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest. Thou hast girded me with strength. --Ps. xviii. 39. {To gird on}, to put on; to fasten around or to one securely, like a girdle; as, to gird on armor or a sword. Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. --1 Kings xx. 11. {To gird up}, to bind tightly with a girdle; to support and strengthen, as with a girdle. He girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab. --1 Kings xviii. 46. Gird up the loins of your mind. --1 Pet. i. 13. {Girt up}; prepared or equipped, as for a journey or for work, in allusion to the ancient custom of gathering the long flowing garments into the girdle and tightening it before any exertion; hence, adjectively, eagerly or constantly active; strenuous; striving. [bd]A severer, more girt-up way of living.[b8] --J. C. Shairp.
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Girt \Girt\, imp. & p. p. of {Gird}.
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Girt \Girt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Girting}.] [From {Girt}, n., cf. {Girth}, v.] To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree. We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk, And girt thee with the sword. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Girt \Girt\, a. (Naut.) Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.
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Girt \Girt\ (g[etil]rt), n. Same as {Girth}.
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Girth \Girth\ (g[etil]rth), n. [Icel. gj[94]r[edh] girdle, or ger[edh] girth; akin to Goth. ga[a1]rda girdle. See {Gird} to girt, and cf. {Girdle}, n.] 1. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse. 2. The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything. He's a lu sty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth. --Addison. 3. A small horizontal brace or girder.
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Girth \Girth\, v. t. [From {Girth}, n., cf. {Girt}, v. t.] To bind as with a girth. [R.] --Johnson.
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Gord \Gord\, n. [Written also {gourd}.] [Perh. hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.] An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Gore \Gore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Goring}.] [OE. gar spear, AS. g[?]r. See 2d {Gore}.] To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab. The low stumps shall gore His daintly feet. --Coleridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gord \Gord\, n. [Written also {gourd}.] [Perh. hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.] An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gourd \Gourd\, n. A false die. See {Gord}.
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Gourd \Gourd\, Gourde \Gourde\ n. [Sp. gordo large.] A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. --Simmonds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gourd \Gourd\, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. {Cucurbite}.] 1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order {Cucurbitace[91]}; and especially the bottle gourd ({Lagenaria vulgaris}) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes. 2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer. {Bitter gourd}, colocynth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gord \Gord\, n. [Written also {gourd}.] [Perh. hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.] An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Gourd \Gourd\, n. A false die. See {Gord}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gourd \Gourd\, Gourde \Gourde\ n. [Sp. gordo large.] A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. --Simmonds.
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Gourd \Gourd\, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. {Cucurbite}.] 1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order {Cucurbitace[91]}; and especially the bottle gourd ({Lagenaria vulgaris}) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes. 2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer. {Bitter gourd}, colocynth.
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Gourd \Gourd\, Gourde \Gourde\ n. [Sp. gordo large.] A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. --Simmonds.
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Gourdy \Gourd"y\, a. [Either fr. {gourd}, or fr. F. gourd benumbed.] (Far.) Swelled in the legs.
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Grade \Grade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grading}.] 1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc. 2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road. 3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.
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Grade \Grade\, n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. {Congress}, {Degree}, {Gradus}.] 1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour. They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure, teachers of every grade. --Buckle. 2. In a railroad or highway: (a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264. (b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient. 3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade. {At grade}, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are on the same level at the point of crossing. {Down grade}, a descent, as on a graded railroad. {Up grade}, an ascent, as on a graded railroad. {Equating for grades}. See under {Equate}. {Grade crossing}, a crossing at grade.
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Grade \Grade\, n. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating. The grade of hatchets fiercely thrown. On wigwam log, and tree, and stone. --Whittier.
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Graith \Graith\, v. t. [Obs.] See {Greith.} --Chaucer.
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Graith \Graith\, n. Furniture; apparatus or accouterments for work, traveling, war, etc. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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Grate \Grate\, v. i. 1. To make a harsh sound by friction. I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned, Or a dry wheel grate on the exletree. --Shak. 2. To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity. This grated harder upon the hearts of men. --South.
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Grate \Grate\, a. [L. gratus agreeable, grateful: cf. It. & Sp. grato. See Grace, and cf. Agree.] Serving to gratify; agreeable. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.
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Grate \Grate\, n. [LL. grata, fr. L. crates hurdle; or It. grata, of the same origin. Sae Crate, Hurdle.] 1. A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters. [bd]A secret grate of iron bars.[b8] --Shak. 2. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning. {Grate surface} (Steam, Boiler) the area of the surface of the grate upon which the fuel lies in the furnace.
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Grate \Grate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grated}; p. pr. &. vb. n. {Grating}.] To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
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Grate \Grate\, v. t. [OF grater to scrape, scratch, F. gratter, LL. gratare, cratare; of German origin; cf. OHG. chrazz[omac]n G. kratzen, D. krassen, Sw. Kratta, and perh. E. scratch.] 1. To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing. On their hinges grate Harsh thunder. --Milton. 2. To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg. 3. To fret; to irritate; to offend. News, my good lord Rome . . . grates me. --Shak.
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Mogul \Mo*gul"\, n. [From the Mongolian.] 1. A person of the Mongolian race. 2. (Railroad) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled truck. {Great}, [or] {Grand}, {Mogul}, the sovereign of the empire founded in Hindostan by the Mongols under Baber in the sixteenth century. Hence, a very important personage; a lord; -- sometimes only {mogul}.
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Great \Great\, a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[aacute]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[omac]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[omac]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length. 2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc. 3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval. 4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings. 5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc. 6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc. He doth object I am too great of birth. --Shak. 7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle. 8. Pregnant; big (with young). The ewes great with young. --Ps. lxxviii. 71. 9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain. We have all Great cause to give great thanks. --Shak. 10. (Genealogy) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc. {Great bear} (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major. {Great cattle} (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and yearlings. --Wharton. {Great charter} (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta. {Great circle of a sphere}, a circle the plane of which passes through the center of the sphere. {Great circle sailing}, the process or art of conducting a ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc between two places. {Great go}, the final examination for a degree at the University of Oxford, England; -- called also {greats}. --T. Hughes. {Great guns}. (Naut.) See under Gun. {The Great Lakes} the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on the northern borders of the United States. {Great master}. Same as {Grand master}, under {Grand}. {Great organ} (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has the middle position. {The great powers} (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy. {Great primer}. See under {Type}. {Great scale} (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest to highest. {Great sea}, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black and the Mediterranean seas are so called. {Great seal}. (a) The principal seal of a kingdom or state. (b) In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is custodian of this seal); also, his office.
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Great \Great\, n. The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
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Greed \Greed\, n. [Akin to Goth. gr?dus hunger, Icel. gr[amac][edh]r. [root]34. See {Greedy.}] An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
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Greedy \Greed"y\, a. [Compar. {Greedier} (-[icr]-[etil]r); superl. {Greediest}.] [OE. gredi, AS. gr?dig, gr?dig; akin to D. gretig, OS. gr?dag, OHG. gr?tag, Dan. graadig, OSw. gradig, gr?dig, Icel. gra?ugr, Goth. gr?dags greedy, gr?d?n to be hungry; cf. Skr. grdh to be greedy. Cf. {Greed.}] 1. Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey. 2. Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, {greedy} of gain.
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Greet \Greet\, v. i. To meet and give salutations. There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. --Shak.
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Greet \Greet\, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. gr[aemac]tan, gr[emac]tan; akin to Icel. gr[amac]ta, Sw. gr[aring]ta, Dan. gr[91]de, Goth. gr[emac]ctan; cf. Skr. hr[amac]d to sound, roar. [root]50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also {greit}.] --Spenser.
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Greet \Greet\, a. Great. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Greet \Greet\, n. Mourning. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Greet \Greet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Greeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Greeting}.] [OE. greten, AS. gr[emac]tan to address, approach; akin to OS. gr[omac]tian, LG. gr[94]ten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. gr[81]ssen. [root]50.] 1. To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token. My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you. --Shak. 2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad. In vain the spring my senses greets. --Addison. 3. To accost; to address. --Pope.
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Greet \Greet\, n. Greeting. [Obs.] --F. Beaumont.
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Greet \Greet\, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. gr[aemac]tan, gr[emac]tan; akin to Icel. gr[amac]ta, Sw. gr[aring]ta, Dan. gr[91]de, Goth. gr[emac]ctan; cf. Skr. hr[amac]d to sound, roar. [root]50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also {greit}.] --Spenser.
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Greit \Greit\, v. i. See {Greet}, to weep.
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Greet \Greet\, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. gr[aemac]tan, gr[emac]tan; akin to Icel. gr[amac]ta, Sw. gr[aring]ta, Dan. gr[91]de, Goth. gr[emac]ctan; cf. Skr. hr[amac]d to sound, roar. [root]50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also {greit}.] --Spenser.
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Greit \Greit\, v. i. See {Greet}, to weep.
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Greith \Greith\, v. t. [Icel. grei[edh]a: cf. AS. ger[aemac]dan to arrange; pref. ge- + r[aemac]de ready. Cf. {Ready.}] To make ready; -- often used reflexively. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Greith \Greith\, n. [Icel. grei[edh]i. See {Greith}, v.] Goods; furniture. [Obs.] See {Graith}.
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Gret \Gret\, Grete \Grete\, a. Great. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Gret \Gret\, Grete \Grete\, a. Great. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Gretto \Gret"to\, obs. imp. of {Greet}, to salute.
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Grid \Grid\, n. (Elec.) A plate or sheet of lead with perforations, or other irregularities of surface, by which the active material of a secondary battery or accumulator is supported.
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Grid \Grid\, n. A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.
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Gride \Gride\, e. i. [imp. & p. p. {Grided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Griding}.] [For gird, properly, to strike with a rod. See {Yard} a measure, and cf. {Grid} to strike, sneer.] To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword. --Milton. That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride. --Spenser.
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Grit \Grit\ (gr[icr]t), v. i. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind. The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread. --Goldsmith.
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Grit \Grit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gritted}; p. pr. &, vb. n. {Gritting}.] To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth. [Collog.]
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Grit \Grit\, n. [OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. gre[a2]t grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grj[d3]t, and to E. groats, grout. See {Groats}, {Grout}, and cf. {Grail} gravel.] 1. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles. 2. The coarse part of meal.
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Grith \Grith\ (gr[icr]th), n. [AS. gri[eb] peace; akin to Icel. grid.] Peace; security; agreement. [Obs.] --Gower.
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Gritty \Grit"ty\ (-t[ycr]), a. 1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. 2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding. [Colloq., U. S.]
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Groat \Groat\, n. [LG. gr[d3]te, orig., great, that is, a great piece of coin, larger than other coins in former use. See {Great}.] 1. An old English silver coin, equal to four pence. 2. Any small sum of money.
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Grot \Grot\, n. [F. grotte, It. grotta. See {Grotto}.] A grotto. [Poetic] --Milton.
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Grot \Grot\, Grote \Grote\, n. A groat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Grot \Grot\, Grote \Grote\, n. A groat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Grotto \Grot"to\, n.; pl. {Grottoes}. [Formerly grotta, fr. It. grotta, LL. grupta, fr. L. crypta a con cealed subterranran passage vault, cavern, Gr. [?], fr. [?] concealed, fr. [?] to conceal. Cf. {Grot}, {Crypt}.] A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment.
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Grout \Grout\, n. [AS. grut; akin to grytt, G. gr[81]tze, griess, Icel. grautr, Lith. grudas corn, kernel, and Z. groats.] 1. Coarse meal; ground malt; pl. groats. 2. Formerly, a kind of beer or ale. [Eng.] 3. pl. Lees; dregs; grounds. [Eng.] [bd]Grouts of tea.[b8] --Dickens. 4. A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in finishing the best ceilings. Gwilt.
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Grout \Grout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grouted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grouting}.] To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones.
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Grouty \Grout"y\, a. Cross; sulky; sullen. [Colloq.]
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Growth \Growth\, n. [Icel. gro[?]r, gr[?][?]i. See {Grow}.] 1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth. --Shak. 2. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result. Nature multiplies her fertile growth. --Milton.
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Gryde \Gryde\, v. i. To gride. See {Gride}. --Spenser.
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Guard \Guard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guarded}; p. pr. &, vb. n. {Gurding}.] [OF. guarder, garder, warder, F. garder, fr. OHG. wart[?]n to be on the watch, await, G. marten. See {Ward}, v. & n., and cf. {Guard}, n.] 1. To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for. For Heaven still guards the right. --Shak. 2. To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like. 3. To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
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Guard \Guard\ (g[aum]rd), v. i. To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes.
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Guard \Guard\, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf. OHG. wart, marto, one who watches, mata a watching, Goth. wardja watchman. See {Guard}, v. t.] 1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection. His greatness was no guard to bar heaven's shaft. --Shak. 2. A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel. The guard which kept the door of the king's house. --Kings xiv. 27. 3. One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor. [Eng.] 4. Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss; as: (a) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand. (b) Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment. (c) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress. (d) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel. (e) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision. (f) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger. (g) (Bookbinding) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled. 5. A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise. 6. An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure. They have expressed themselves with as few guards and restrictions as I. --Atterbury. 7. Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard. 8. (Zo[94]l.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites. Note: Guard is often used adjectively or in combination; as, guard boat or guardboat; guardroom or guard room; guard duty. {Advanced guard}, {Coast guard}, etc. See under {Advanced}, {Coast}, etc. {Grand guard} (Mil.), one of the posts of the second line belonging to a system of advance posts of an army. --Mahan. {Guard boat}. (a) A boat appointed to row the rounds among ships of war in a harbor, to see that their officers keep a good lookout. (b) A boat used by harbor authorities to enforce the observance of quarantine regulations. {Guard cells} (Bot.), the bordering cells of stomates; they are crescent-shaped and contain chlorophyll. {Guard chamber}, a guardroom. {Guard detail} (Mil.), men from a company regiment etc., detailed for guard duty. {Guard duty} (Mil.), the duty of watching patrolling, etc., performed by a sentinel or sentinels. {Guard lock} (Engin.), a tide lock at the mouth of a dock or basin. {Guard of honor} (Mil.), a guard appointed to receive or to accompany eminent persons. {Guard rail} (Railroads), a rail placed on the inside of a main rail, on bridges, at switches, etc., as a safeguard against derailment. {Guard ship}, a war vessel appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbor, and also, in the English service, to receive seamen till they can be distributed among their respective ships. {Life guard} (Mil.), a body of select troops attending the person of a prince or high officer. {Off one's guard}, in a careless state; inattentive; unsuspicious of danger. {On guard}, serving in the capacity of a guard; doing duty as a guard or sentinel; watching. {On one's guard}, in a watchful state; alert; vigilant. {To mount guard} (Mil.), to go on duty as a guard or sentinel. {To run the guard}, to pass the watch or sentinel without leave. Syn: Defense; shield; protection; safeguard; convoy; escort; care; attention; watch; heed.
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Guerite \Guer"ite\, n. [F. gu[82]rite.] (Fort.) A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions.
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Gurt \Gurt\, n. (Mining) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift. --Page.
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Gyrate \Gy"rate\, a. [L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare.] Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.
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Gyrate \Gy"rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gyrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gyrating}.] [L. gyratus, p. p. of gyrare to gyrate. See {Gyre}, n.] To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
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Garita, NM Zip code(s): 88421
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Garrett, IL (village, FIPS 28742) Location: 39.79682 N, 88.42533 W Population (1990): 169 (71 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Garrett, IN (city, FIPS 26386) Location: 41.34990 N, 85.12773 W Population (1990): 5349 (2080 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46738 Garrett, KY Zip code(s): 41630 Garrett, PA (borough, FIPS 28520) Location: 39.86417 N, 79.06165 W Population (1990): 520 (218 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15542 Garrett, TX (town, FIPS 29036) Location: 32.36084 N, 96.65175 W Population (1990): 340 (123 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Garrett, WA (CDP, FIPS 26245) Location: 46.06137 N, 118.38331 W Population (1990): 1004 (414 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Garrett, WY Zip code(s): 82058
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Garwood, NJ (borough, FIPS 25800) Location: 40.65125 N, 74.32407 W Population (1990): 4227 (1748 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07027 Garwood, TX Zip code(s): 77442
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Gerty, OK (town, FIPS 29150) Location: 34.83597 N, 96.28962 W Population (1990): 95 (49 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Gordo, AL (city, FIPS 30736) Location: 33.32134 N, 87.90371 W Population (1990): 1918 (809 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35466
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
go root vi. [Unix; common] To temporarily enter {root mode} in order to perform a privileged operation. This use is deprecated in Australia, where v. `root' is a synonym for "fuck".
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
go root [Unix] To temporarily enter {root mode} in order to perform a privileged operation. This use is deprecated in Australia, where the verb "root" refers to animal sex. See {su}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Grinning, running and ducking. See {emoticon}. (1995-03-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
guard 1. In {functional programming}, a {Boolean} expression attached to a function definition specifying when (for what arguments) that definition is appropriate. 2. In (parallel) {logic programming}, a Boolean expression which is used to select a {clause} from several alternative matching clauses. See {Guarded Horn Clauses}. 3. In {parallel} languages, a {Boolean} expression which specifies when an message may be sent or received. (1995-05-09)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Gourd (1.) Jonah's gourd (Jonah 4:6-10), bearing the Hebrew name _kikayon_ (found only here), was probably the kiki of the Egyptians, the croton. This is the castor-oil plant, a species of ricinus, the palma Christi, so called from the palmate division of its leaves. Others with more probability regard it as the cucurbita the el-keroa of the Arabs, a kind of pumpkin peculiar to the East. "It is grown in great abundance on the alluvial banks of the Tigris and on the plain between the river and the ruins of Nineveh." At the present day it is trained to run over structures of mud and brush to form boots to protect the gardeners from the heat of the noon-day sun. It grows with extraordinary rapidity, and when cut or injured withers away also with great rapidity. (2.) Wild gourds (2 Kings 4:38-40), Heb. pakkuoth, belong to the family of the cucumber-like plants, some of which are poisonous. The species here referred to is probably the colocynth (Cucumis colocynthus). The LXX. render the word by "wild pumpkin." It abounds in the desert parts of Syria, Egypt, and Arabia. There is, however, another species, called the Cucumis prophetarum, from the idea that it afforded the gourd which "the sons of the prophets" shred by mistake into their pottage.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Grate a network of brass for the bottom of the great altar of sacrifice (Ex. 27:4; 35:16; 38:4, 5, 30).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Guard (1.) Heb. tabbah (properly a "cook," and in a secondary sense "executioner," because this office fell to the lot of the cook in Eastern countries), the bodyguard of the kings of Egypt (Gen. 37:36) and Babylon (2 Kings 25:8; Jer. 40:1; Dan. 2:14). (2.) Heb. rats, properly a "courier," one whose office was to run before the king's chariot (2 Sam. 15:1; 1 Kings 1:5). The couriers were also military guards (1 Sam. 22:17; 2 Kings 10:25). They were probably the same who under David were called Pelethites (1 Kings 14:27; 2 Sam. 15:1). (3.) Heb. mishmereth, one who watches (Neh. 4:22), or a watch-station (7:3; 12:9; Job 7:12). In the New Testament (Mark 6:27) the Authorized Version renders the Greek _spekulator_ by "executioner," earlier English versions by "hangman," the Revised Version by "soldier of his guard." The word properly means a "pikeman" or "halberdier," of whom the bodyguard of kings and princes was composed. In Matt. 27:65, 66; 28:11, the Authorized Version renders the Greek _kustodia_ by "watch," and the Revised Version by "guard," the Roman guard, which consisted of four soldiers, who were relieved every three hours (Acts 12:4). The "captain of the guard" mentioned Acts 28:16 was the commander of the Praetorian troops, whose duty it was to receive and take charge of all prisoners from the provinces.