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   gala affair
         n 1: a gay festivity [syn: {gala}, {gala affair}, {jamboree},
               {blowout}]

English Dictionary: gala affair by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Galbraith
n
  1. United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908)
    Synonym(s): Galbraith, John Galbraith, John Kenneth Galbraith
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gall-berry
n
  1. evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries
    Synonym(s): inkberry, gallberry, gall-berry, evergreen winterberry, Ilex glabra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gallberry
n
  1. evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries
    Synonym(s): inkberry, gallberry, gall-berry, evergreen winterberry, Ilex glabra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
galley proof
n
  1. a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Galliformes
n
  1. pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins
    Synonym(s): Galliformes, order Galliformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gallop rhythm
n
  1. cardiac rhythm characterized by the presence of an extra sound; can indicate a heart abnormality
    Synonym(s): gallop rhythm, cantering rhythm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gaolbird
n
  1. a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly [syn: {jail bird}, jailbird, gaolbird]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gaolbreak
n
  1. an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"
    Synonym(s): break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gay liberation movement
n
  1. the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression
    Synonym(s): gay liberation movement, gay lib
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gilbert
n
  1. a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
    Synonym(s): gilbert, Gb, Gi
  2. a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
    Synonym(s): Gilbert, William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert
  3. English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)
    Synonym(s): Gilbert, William Gilbert
  4. English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
    Synonym(s): Gilbert, Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert
  5. United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)
    Synonym(s): Gilbert, Cass Gilbert
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
n
  1. a former British possession in Micronesia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gilbert and Sullivan
n
  1. the music of Gilbert and Sullivan; "he could sing all of Gilbert and Sullivan"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gilbert Charles Stuart
n
  1. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)
    Synonym(s): Stuart, Gilbert Stuart, Gilbert Charles Stuart
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gilbert Islands
n
  1. a group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of Kiribati in 1979
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
n
  1. conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)
    Synonym(s): Chesterton, G. K. Chesterton, Gilbert Keith Chesterton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gilbert Murray
n
  1. British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)
    Synonym(s): Murray, Gilbert Murray, George Gilbert Aime Murphy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gilbert Stuart
n
  1. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)
    Synonym(s): Stuart, Gilbert Stuart, Gilbert Charles Stuart
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gilbertian
adj
  1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert; "Gilbertian libretti"
  2. wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings"- T.C.Worsley
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gill bar
n
  1. one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians
    Synonym(s): gill arch, branchial arch, gill bar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gill-over-the-ground
n
  1. trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta
    Synonym(s): ground ivy, alehoof, field balm, gill-over-the-ground, runaway robin, Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta hederaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glabrescent
adj
  1. lacking hair or a similar growth or tending to become hairless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glabrous
adj
  1. having no hair or similar growth; smooth; "glabrous stems"; "glabrous leaves"; "a glabrous scalp"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Glauber's salt
n
  1. (Na2SO4.10H2O) a colorless salt used as a cathartic [syn: Glauber's salt, Glauber's salts]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Glauber's salts
n
  1. (Na2SO4.10H2O) a colorless salt used as a cathartic [syn: Glauber's salt, Glauber's salts]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
globe artichoke
n
  1. Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
    Synonym(s): artichoke, globe artichoke, artichoke plant, Cynara scolymus
  2. a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
    Synonym(s): artichoke, globe artichoke
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glyburide
n
  1. an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas
    Synonym(s): glyburide, DiaBeta, Micronase
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
golf pro
n
  1. someone who earns a living by playing or teaching golf
    Synonym(s): golf pro, professional golfer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
golf range
n
  1. a practice range for practicing golf shots [syn: {golf range}, driving range]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
golfer
n
  1. someone who plays the game of golf [syn: golfer, {golf player}, linksman]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gulf War
n
  1. a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991
    Synonym(s): Persian Gulf War, Gulf War
  2. a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution
    Synonym(s): Iran-Iraq War, Gulf War
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gulf War syndrome
n
  1. a medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders
    Synonym(s): Gulf War syndrome, Persian Gulf illness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gulliver
n
  1. a fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gulper
n
  1. a drinker who swallows large amounts greedily [syn: gulper, guzzler]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Licorice \Lic"o*rice\ (l[icr]k"[osl]*r[icr]s), n. [OE. licoris,
      through old French, fr. L. liquiritia, corrupted fr.
      glycyrrhiza, Gr. glyky`rriza; glyky`s sweet + "ri`za root.
      Cf. {Glycerin}, {Glycyrrhiza}, {Wort}.] [Written also
      {liquorice}.]
      1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Glycyrrhiza} ({G. glabra}),
            the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much
            used in demulcent compositions.
  
      2. The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a
            confection and for medicinal purposes.
  
      {Licorice fern} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of polypody
            which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor.
  
      {Licorice sugar}. (Chem.) See {Glycyrrhizin}.
  
      {Licorice weed} (Bot.), the tropical plant {Scapania dulcis}.
           
  
      {Mountain licorice} (Bot.), a kind of clover ({Trifolium
            alpinum}), found in the Alps. It has large purplish
            flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock.
  
      {Wild licorice}. (Bot.)
            (a) The North American perennial herb {Glycyrrhiza
                  lepidota}.
            (b) Certain broad-leaved cleavers ({Galium circ[91]zans}
                  and {G. lanceolatum}).
            (c) The leguminous climber {Abrus precatorius}, whose
                  scarlet and black seeds are called {black-eyed
                  Susans}. Its roots are used as a substitute for those
                  of true licorice ({Glycyrrhiza glabra}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Glycyrrhiza \[d8]Glyc`yr*rhi"za\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?]
      sweet + [?] root. Cf. {Licorice}.]
      1. (Bot.) A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one
            species of which ({G. glabra}), is the licorice plant, the
            roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste.
  
      2. (Med.) The root of {Glycyrrhiza glabra} (liquorice root),
            used as a demulcent, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Galley-bird \Gal"ley-bird`\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker.
      [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Galliform \Gal"li*form\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Like the Gallinae (or {Galliformes}) in structure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Galloper \Gal"lop*er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, gallops.
  
      2. (Mil.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly
            mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
            --Farrow.
  
      {Galloper gun}, a light gun, supported on a galloper, --
            formerly attached to British infantry regiments.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Galloper \Gal"lop*er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, gallops.
  
      2. (Mil.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly
            mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
            --Farrow.
  
      {Galloper gun}, a light gun, supported on a galloper, --
            formerly attached to British infantry regiments.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gayley process \Gay"ley proc"ess\ (Med.)
      The process of removing moisture from the blast of an iron
      blast furnace by reducing its temperature so far that it will
      not remain suspended as vapor in the blast current, but will
      be deposited as snow in the cooling apparatus. The resultant
      uniformly dehydrated blast effects great economy in fuel
      consumption, and promotes regularity of furnace operation,
      and certainty of furnace control.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gilbbery \Gilb"ber*y\, a.
      1. Slippery; changeable. [Obs.]
  
                     My love is glibbery; there is no hold on't.
                                                                              --Marston.
  
      2. Moving easily; nimble; voluble. [Obs.]
  
                     Thy lubrical and glibbery muse.         --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gill \Gill\, n. [Dan. gi[91]lle, gelle; akin to Sw. g[84]l,
      Icel. gj[94]lnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.]
      1. (Anat.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
  
                     Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills.
                                                                              --Ray.
  
      Note: Gills are usually lamellar or filamentous appendages,
               through which the blood circulates, and in which it is
               exposed to the action of the air contained in the
               water. In vertebrates they are appendages of the
               visceral arches on either side of the neck. In
               invertebrates they occupy various situations.
  
      2. pl. (Bot.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the
            under surface of a mushroom.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a
            fowl; a wattle.
  
      4. The flesh under or about the chin. --Swift.
  
      5. (Spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins
            which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer
            parallel filaments. [Prob. so called from F. aiguilles,
            needles. --Ure.]
  
      {Gill arches}, {Gill bars}. (Anat.) Same as {Branchial
            arches}.
  
      {Gill clefts}. (Anat.) Same as {Branchial clefts}. See under
            {Branchial}.
  
      {Gill cover}, {Gill lid}. See {Operculum}.
  
      {Gill frame}, [or] {Gill head} (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a
            machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills.
            --Knight.
  
      {Gill net}, a flat net so suspended in the water that its
            meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the
            gills when they seek to extricate themselves.
  
      {Gill opening}, [or] {Gill slit} (Anat.), an opening behind
            and below the head of most fishes, and some amphibians, by
            which the water from the gills is discharged. In most
            fishes there is a single opening on each side, but in the
            sharks and rays there are five, or more, on each side.
  
      {Gill rakes}, [or] {Gill rakers} (Anat.), horny filaments, or
            progresses, on the inside of the branchial arches of
            fishes, which help to prevent solid substances from being
            carried into gill cavities.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gill \Gill\, n. [Dan. gi[91]lle, gelle; akin to Sw. g[84]l,
      Icel. gj[94]lnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.]
      1. (Anat.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
  
                     Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills.
                                                                              --Ray.
  
      Note: Gills are usually lamellar or filamentous appendages,
               through which the blood circulates, and in which it is
               exposed to the action of the air contained in the
               water. In vertebrates they are appendages of the
               visceral arches on either side of the neck. In
               invertebrates they occupy various situations.
  
      2. pl. (Bot.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the
            under surface of a mushroom.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a
            fowl; a wattle.
  
      4. The flesh under or about the chin. --Swift.
  
      5. (Spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins
            which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer
            parallel filaments. [Prob. so called from F. aiguilles,
            needles. --Ure.]
  
      {Gill arches}, {Gill bars}. (Anat.) Same as {Branchial
            arches}.
  
      {Gill clefts}. (Anat.) Same as {Branchial clefts}. See under
            {Branchial}.
  
      {Gill cover}, {Gill lid}. See {Operculum}.
  
      {Gill frame}, [or] {Gill head} (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a
            machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills.
            --Knight.
  
      {Gill net}, a flat net so suspended in the water that its
            meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the
            gills when they seek to extricate themselves.
  
      {Gill opening}, [or] {Gill slit} (Anat.), an opening behind
            and below the head of most fishes, and some amphibians, by
            which the water from the gills is discharged. In most
            fishes there is a single opening on each side, but in the
            sharks and rays there are five, or more, on each side.
  
      {Gill rakes}, [or] {Gill rakers} (Anat.), horny filaments, or
            progresses, on the inside of the branchial arches of
            fishes, which help to prevent solid substances from being
            carried into gill cavities.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gill \Gill\, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.]
      1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
            [bd]Each Jack with his Gill.[b8] --B. Jonson.
  
      2. (Bot.) The ground ivy ({Nepeta Glechoma}); -- called also
            {gill over the ground}, and other like names.
  
      3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
  
      {Gill ale}.
            (a) Ale flavored with ground ivy.
            (b) (Bot.) Alehoof.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glabrate \Gla"brate\, a. [L. glabrare, fr. glaber smooth.]
      (Bot.)
      Becoming smooth or glabrous from age. --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glabreate \Gla"bre*ate\, Glabriate \Gla"bri*ate\, v. t. [See
      {Glabrate}.]
      To make smooth, plain, or bare. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glabreate \Gla"bre*ate\, Glabriate \Gla"bri*ate\, v. t. [See
      {Glabrate}.]
      To make smooth, plain, or bare. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glabrity \Glab"ri*ty\, n. [L. glabritas.]
      Smoothness; baldness. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glabrous \Gla"brous\, a. [L. glaber; cf. Gr. [?] hollow, smooth,
      [?] to hollow.]
      Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glauberite \Glau"ber*ite\, n. [From Glauber, a German chemist,
      died 1668: cf. F. glaub[82]rite, G. glauberit.] (Min.)
      A mineral, consisting of the sulphates of soda and lime.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout,
      G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. [?], Russ.
      sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf.
      {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.]
      1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning
            food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found
            native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation
            and crystallization, from sea water and other water
            impregnated with saline particles.
  
      2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
  
                     Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . .
                     . we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak.
  
      3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
  
      4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
  
                     I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen
                     of silver salts.                                 --Pepys.
  
      5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]
  
                     Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing
                     and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne.
  
      6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an
            acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the
            salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
  
      Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking,
               it is the acid radical which unites with the base or
               basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of
               water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In
               the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic
               and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary
               in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or
               acid salts. See Phrases below.
  
      7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that
            which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an
            allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken
            with a grain of salt.
  
                     Ye are the salt of the earth.            --Matt. v. 13.
  
      8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic,
            especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
  
      9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Above the salt}, {Below the salt}, phrases which have
            survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank,
            of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long
            table, the places above which were assigned to the guests
            of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors,
            and poor relations. See {Saltfoot}.
  
                     His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is
                     beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the
                     salt.                                                --B. Jonson.
  
      {Acid salt} (Chem.)
            (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several
                  replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially
                  exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as,
                  acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt.
            (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives
                  an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is
                  composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is
                  an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is
                  a neutral salt.
  
      {Alkaline salt} (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline
            reaction, as sodium carbonate.
  
      {Amphid salt} (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly
            regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic
            oxide. [Obsolescent]
  
      {Basic salt} (Chem.)
            (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent
                  than is required to neutralize the acid.
            (b) An alkaline salt.
  
      {Binary salt} (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently
            regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a
            haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical.
  
      {Double salt} (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union
            of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium
            sulphate. See under {Double}.
  
      {Epsom salts}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Essential salt} (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by
            crystallizing plant juices.
  
      {Ethereal salt}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}.
  
      {Glauber's salt} [or] {salts}. See in Vocabulary.
  
      {Haloid salt} (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as
            sodium chloride.
  
      {Microcosmic salt}. (Chem.). See under {Microcosmic}.
  
      {Neutral salt}. (Chem.)
            (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory)
                  neutralize each other.
            (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction.
  
      {Oxy salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid.
  
      {Per salt} (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a
            peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.]
  
      {Permanent salt}, a salt which undergoes no change on
            exposure to the air.
  
      {Proto salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or
            analogous compound.
  
      {Rochelle salt}. See under {Rochelle}.
  
      {Salt of amber} (Old Chem.), succinic acid.
  
      {Salt of colcothar} (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate
            of iron.
  
      {Salt of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.)
            (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride.
            (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. {Spirit of hartshorn}, under
                  {Hartshorn}.
  
      {Salt of lemons}. (Chem.) See {Salt of sorrel}, below.
  
      {Salt of Saturn} (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; --
            the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
  
      {Salt of Seignette}. Same as {Rochelle salt}.
  
      {Salt of soda} (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate.
  
      {Salt of sorrel} (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or
            potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains;
            -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also
            sometimes inaccurately called {salt of lemon}.
  
      {Salt of tartar} (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so
            called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar,
            or potassium tartrate. [Obs.]
  
      {Salt of Venus} (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate;
            -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus.
  
      {Salt of wisdom}. See {Alembroth}.
  
      {Sedative salt} (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid.
  
      {Sesqui salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base
            or analogous compound.
  
      {Spirit of salt}. (Chem.) See under {Spirit}.
  
      {Sulpho salt} (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but
            containing sulphur in place of oxygen.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sodium sulphate \So"di*um sul"phate\
      A salt well known as a catharic under the name of {Glauber's
      salt}, which term is properly applied to the hydrate,
      {Na2SO4.10H2O}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glauber's salt \Glau"ber's salt`\[or] Glauber's salts
   \Glau"ber's salts`\ [G. glaubersalz, from Glauber, a German
      chemist who discovered it. See {Glauberite}.]
      Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white
      crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste,
      and is commonly called [bd]salts.[b8]
  
      Note: It occurs naturally and abundantly in some mineral
               springs, and in many salt deposits, as the mineral
               mirabilite. It is manufactured in large quantities as
               an intermediate step in the [bd]soda process,[b8] and
               also for use in glass making.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glauber's salt \Glau"ber's salt`\[or] Glauber's salts
   \Glau"ber's salts`\ [G. glaubersalz, from Glauber, a German
      chemist who discovered it. See {Glauberite}.]
      Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white
      crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste,
      and is commonly called [bd]salts.[b8]
  
      Note: It occurs naturally and abundantly in some mineral
               springs, and in many salt deposits, as the mineral
               mirabilite. It is manufactured in large quantities as
               an intermediate step in the [bd]soda process,[b8] and
               also for use in glass making.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glaver \Glav"er\, v. i. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glafr
      flattery.]
      1. To prate; to jabber; to babble. [Obs.]
  
                     Here many, clepid filosophirs, glavern diversely.
                                                                              --Wyclif.
  
      2. To flatter; to wheedle. [Obs.]
  
                     Some slavish, glavering, flattering parasite.
                                                                              --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glaverer \Glav"er*er\, n.
      A flatterer. [Obs.] --Mir. for Mag.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glib \Glib\, a. [Compar. {Glibber}; superl. {Glibbest}.] [Prob.
      fr. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig,
      glib, slippery.]
      1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.]
  
      2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity;
            fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.
  
                     I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose
                     not.                                                   --Shak.
  
      Syn: Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Globard \Glo"bard\, n. [OE. globerde, from glow.]
      A glowworm. [>Obs.] --Holland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glover \Glov"er\, n.
      One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves.
  
      {Glover's} {suture [or] stitch}, a kind of stitch used in
            sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately
            through each side from within outward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glover \Glov"er\, n.
      One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves.
  
      {Glover's} {suture [or] stitch}, a kind of stitch used in
            sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately
            through each side from within outward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suture \Su"ture\, n. [L. sutura, fr. suere, sutum, to sew or
      stitch: cf. F. suture. See {Sew} to unite with thread.]
      1. The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things
            or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a
            seam, or that which resembles a seam.
  
      2. (Surg.)
            (a) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.
            (b) The stitch by which the parts are united.
  
      3. (Anat.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable
            articulation, like those between the bones of the skull;
            also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See
            {Harmonic suture}, under {Harmonic}.
  
      4. (Bot.)
            (a) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins
                  in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a
                  legume.
            (b) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a
                  legume, which really corresponds to a midrib.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are
                  sometimes confluent.
            (b) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of
                  a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve
                  shell.
  
      {Glover's suture}, {Harmonic suture}, etc. See under
            {Glover}, {Harmonic}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tower \Tow"er\, n. [OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin
      to Gr. [?]; cf. W. twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr
      a tower, castle. Cf. {Tor}, {Turret}.]
      1. (Arch.)
            (a) A mass of building standing alone and insulated,
                  usually higher than its diameter, but when of great
                  size not always of that proportion.
            (b) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification,
                  for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the
                  same height as the curtain wall or higher.
            (c) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special
                  purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in
                  proportion to its width and to the height of the rest
                  of the edifice; as, a church tower.
  
      2. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
  
                     Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower
                     from the enemy.                                 --Ps. lxi. 3.
  
      3. A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about
            the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also,
            any high headdress.
  
                     Lay trains of amorous intrigues In towers, and
                     curls, and periwigs.                           --Hudibras.
  
      4. High flight; elevation. [Obs.] --Johnson.
  
      {Gay Lussac's tower} (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used
            in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb (by means of
            concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may
            be returned to the Glover's tower to be reemployed. See
            {Sulphuric acid}, under {Sulphuric}, and {Glover's tower},
            below.
  
      {Glover's tower} (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in
            the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude
            acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous
            fumes. These fumes, as a catalytic, effect the conversion
            of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. See {Sulphuric acid},
            under {Sulphuric}, and {Gay Lussac's tower}, above.
  
      {Round tower}. See under {Round}, a.
  
      {Shot tower}. See under {Shot}.
  
      {Tower bastion} (Fort.), a bastion of masonry, often with
            chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior
            polygon of some works.
  
      {Tower mustard} (Bot.), the cruciferous plant {Arabis
            perfoliata}.
  
      {Tower of London}, a collection of buildings in the eastern
            part of London, formerly containing a state prison, and
            now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects
            of public interest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glowbard \Glow"bard\, n. [See {Globard}.]
      The glowworm. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Golfer \Golf"er\, n.
      One who plays golf. [Scot.]

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   Gauley Bridge, WV (town, FIPS 30364)
      Location: 38.16829 N, 81.20170 W
      Population (1990): 691 (357 housing units)
      Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 25085

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   Gilbert, AR (town, FIPS 26800)
      Location: 35.99019 N, 92.71821 W
      Population (1990): 43 (26 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Gilbert, AZ (town, FIPS 27400)
      Location: 33.33203 N, 111.76419 W
      Population (1990): 29188 (10655 housing units)
      Area: 70.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 85234
   Gilbert, IA (city, FIPS 30630)
      Location: 42.10742 N, 93.64751 W
      Population (1990): 796 (285 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Gilbert, LA (village, FIPS 28940)
      Location: 32.05062 N, 91.65537 W
      Population (1990): 704 (272 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 71336
   Gilbert, MN (city, FIPS 23714)
      Location: 47.49186 N, 92.46052 W
      Population (1990): 1934 (940 housing units)
      Area: 30.5 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 55741
   Gilbert, PA
      Zip code(s): 18331
   Gilbert, SC (town, FIPS 29050)
      Location: 33.92356 N, 81.39424 W
      Population (1990): 324 (123 housing units)
      Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 29054
   Gilbert, WV (town, FIPS 30772)
      Location: 37.61439 N, 81.86737 W
      Population (1990): 456 (217 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 25621

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   Gilbert Creek, WV (CDP, FIPS 30777)
      Location: 37.57574 N, 81.89503 W
      Population (1990): 1784 (666 housing units)
      Area: 65.8 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

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   Gilberton, PA (borough, FIPS 29088)
      Location: 40.79656 N, 76.22328 W
      Population (1990): 953 (480 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

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   Gilbertown, AL (town, FIPS 29704)
      Location: 31.87568 N, 88.31878 W
      Population (1990): 235 (105 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 36908

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   Gilberts, IL (village, FIPS 29171)
      Location: 42.10165 N, 88.36720 W
      Population (1990): 987 (295 housing units)
      Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 60136

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   Gilbertsville, KY
      Zip code(s): 42044
   Gilbertsville, NY (village, FIPS 28959)
      Location: 42.46942 N, 75.32136 W
      Population (1990): 388 (188 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13776
   Gilbertsville, PA (CDP, FIPS 29096)
      Location: 40.32283 N, 75.60904 W
      Population (1990): 3994 (1519 housing units)
      Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 19525

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   Gilbertville, IA (city, FIPS 30675)
      Location: 42.41870 N, 92.21373 W
      Population (1990): 748 (279 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Gilbertville, MA
      Zip code(s): 01031

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   Gilford, NH
      Zip code(s): 03246

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   Gilford Park, NJ (CDP, FIPS 26160)
      Location: 39.95410 N, 74.13017 W
      Population (1990): 8668 (4213 housing units)
      Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)

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   Glover, VT
      Zip code(s): 05839

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   Gloversville, NY (city, FIPS 29443)
      Location: 43.05022 N, 74.34700 W
      Population (1990): 16656 (7596 housing units)
      Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 12078

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   Gloverville, SC (CDP, FIPS 29410)
      Location: 33.52808 N, 81.81395 W
      Population (1990): 2753 (1190 housing units)
      Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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   Guilford, CT
      Zip code(s): 06437
   Guilford, IN
      Zip code(s): 47022
   Guilford, ME (CDP, FIPS 30060)
      Location: 45.17132 N, 69.39181 W
      Population (1990): 1082 (525 housing units)
      Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 04443
   Guilford, MO (town, FIPS 29692)
      Location: 40.16894 N, 94.73609 W
      Population (1990): 93 (46 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64457
   Guilford, NY
      Zip code(s): 13780
   Guilford, PA (CDP, FIPS 31716)
      Location: 39.91551 N, 77.59935 W
      Population (1990): 1618 (657 housing units)
      Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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   Guilford Center, CT (CDP, FIPS 35020)
      Location: 41.28035 N, 72.67701 W
      Population (1990): 2588 (1253 housing units)
      Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

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   Guilford County, NC (county, FIPS 81)
      Location: 36.07865 N, 79.78858 W
      Population (1990): 347420 (146812 housing units)
      Area: 1683.8 sq km (land), 19.7 sq km (water)

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   Gulf Breeze, FL (city, FIPS 28000)
      Location: 30.36900 N, 87.17616 W
      Population (1990): 5530 (2365 housing units)
      Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 48.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 32561

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   Gulf Park Estates, MS (CDP, FIPS 29660)
      Location: 30.37919 N, 88.75850 W
      Population (1990): 2314 (867 housing units)
      Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

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      Location: 40.80895 N, 91.08359 W
      Population (1990): 209 (123 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 2.4 sq km (water)

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      Location: 27.74635 N, 82.71020 W
      Population (1990): 11727 (7077 housing units)
      Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water)
   Gulfport, MS (city, FIPS 29700)
      Location: 30.38610 N, 89.06768 W
      Population (1990): 40775 (18236 housing units)
      Area: 58.6 sq km (land), 17.8 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 39501, 39503, 39507

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      Location: 41.61321 N, 86.24521 W
      Population (1990): 2788 (1095 housing units)
      Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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      Zip code(s): 49840
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