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   gather up
         v 1: take and lift upward [syn: {pick up}, {lift up}, {gather
               up}]
         2: gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She
            picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up
            our trash twice a week" [syn: {collect}, {pick up}, {gather
            up}, {call for}]

English Dictionary: Gterflsse by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geotropism
n
  1. an orienting response to gravity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guide rope
n
  1. a rope used to guide the movement of the load of a crane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guitar pick
n
  1. a plectrum used to pluck a guitar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guitar player
n
  1. a musician who plays the guitar [syn: guitarist, {guitar player}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guitarfish
n
  1. primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gutter press
n
  1. press that engages in sensational journalism (especially concerning the private lives of public figures)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,
      the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. [?], OPers. Hindu,
      name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.
      Cf. {Hindoo}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,
            or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of
            America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
  
      3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian
            meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]
  
      {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}).
  
      {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.
  
      {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}.
  
      {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}.
  
      {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for
            gymnastic exercise.
  
      {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut
            husk.
  
      {Indian corn} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zea} ({Z. Mays});
            the maize, a native of America. See {Corn}, and {Maize}.
           
  
      {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2.
  
      {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola} ({M.
            Virginica}), a common in woods in the United States. The
            white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.
  
      {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus
            {Symphoricarpus} ({S. vulgaris}), bearing small red
            berries.
  
      {Indian dye}, the puccoon.
  
      {Indian fig}. (Bot.)
            (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}.
            (b) The prickly pear.
  
      {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row
            following one after another, the usual way among Indians
            of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.
  
      {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,
            and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.
  
      {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon
            nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United
            States; wood grass. --Gray.
  
      {Indian hemp}. (Bot.)
            (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({A. cannabinum}),
                  having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark,
                  whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is
                  both emetic and cathartic in properties.
            (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from
                  which hasheesh is obtained.
  
      {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon
            Avicenn[91]}). See {Abutilon}.
  
      {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]
  
      {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum
            vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom
            corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It
            is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}.
  
      {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu.
  
      {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}.
  
      {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}.
  
      {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus
            {Gillenia} ({G. trifoliata}, and {G. stipulacea}), common
            in the United States, the roots of which are used in
            medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also {American
            ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray.
  
      {Indian pink}. (Bot.)
            (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[d2]a Quamoclit}); -- so called
                  in the West Indies.
            (b) See {China pink}, under {China}.
  
      {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa
            uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having
            scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole
            plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.
  
      {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of
            the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white
            flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
            --Gray.
  
      {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white
            hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}).
  
      {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients
            are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.
  
      {Indian purple}.
            (a) A dull purple color.
            (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and
                  black.
  
      {Indian red}.
            (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate
                  of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the
                  Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}.
            (b) See {Almagra}.
  
      {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}.
  
      {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({C.
            Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
            See {Canna}.
  
      {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and
            pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under
            {Summer}.
  
      {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See
            {Lobelia}.
  
      {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus
            {Aris[91]ma}. {A. triphyllum} has a wrinkled farinaceous
            root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid
            juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and {Wake-robin}.
  
      {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn.
  
      {Indian yellow}.
            (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but
                  less pure than cadmium.
            (b) See {Euxanthin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gatherable \Gath"er*a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from
      premises. [R.] --Godwin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geotropic \Ge`o*trop"ic\, a. [See {Geotropism}.] (Biol.)
      Relating to, or showing, geotropism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geotropism \Ge*ot"ro*pism\, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + [?]
      to turn.] (Biol.)
      A disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the
      influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth
      of an organ.
  
      Note: In plants, organs which grow towards the center of the
               earth are said to be positively geotropic, and those
               growing in the opposite direction negatively geotropic.
               In animals, geotropism is supposed by some to have an
               influence either direct or indirect on the plane of
               division of the ovum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L.
      taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}),
      which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also
      applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called
      also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug},
      {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Getterup \Get"ter*up`\, n.
      One who contrives, makes, or arranges for, anything, as a
      book, a machine, etc. [Colloq.]
  
               A diligent getter-up of miscellaneous works. --W.
                                                                              Irving.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plantain \Plan"tain\, n. [F., fr. L. plantago. Cf. {Plant}.]
      (Bot.)
      Any plant of the genus {Plantago}, but especially the {P.
      major}, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and
      slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe,
      but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all
      parts of the world.
  
      {Indian plantain}. (Bot.) See under {Indian}.
  
      {Mud plantain}, a homely North American aquatic plant
            ({Heteranthera reniformis}), having broad, reniform
            leaves.
  
      {Rattlesnake plantain}, an orchidaceous plant ({Goodyera
            pubescens}), with the leaves blotched and spotted with
            white.
  
      {Ribwort plantain}. See {Ribwort}.
  
      {Robin's plantain}, the {Erigeron bellidifolium}, a common
            daisylike plant of North America.
  
      {Water plantain}, a plant of the genus {Alisma}, having acrid
            leaves, and formerly regarded as a specific against
            hydrophobia. --Loudon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guide rope \Guide rope\ (A[89]ronautics)
      A rope hung from a balloon or dirigible so as trail along the
      ground for about half its length, used to preserve altitude
      automatically, by variation of the length dragging on the
      ground, without loss of ballast or gas.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gutter \Gut"ter\, n. [OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. goutti[8a]re,
      fr. OF. gote, goute, drop, F. goutte, fr. L. gutta.]
      1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the
            rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
  
      2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off
            surface water.
  
                     Gutters running with ale.                  --Macaulay.
  
      3. Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by
            erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
  
      {Gutter member} (Arch.), an architectural member made by
            treating the outside face of the gutter in a decorative
            fashion, or by crowning it with ornaments, regularly
            spaced, like a diminutive battlement.
  
      {Gutter plane}, a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for
            planing out gutters.
  
      {Gutter snipe}, a neglected boy running at large; a street
            Arab. [Slang]
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