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   G-string
         n 1: minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of
               fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the
               thighs, and is supported by a waistband [syn: {G-string},
               {thong}]

English Dictionary: gathering by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gather in
v
  1. fold up; "take in the sails"
    Synonym(s): take in, gather in
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gathering
n
  1. a group of persons together in one place [syn: gathering, assemblage]
  2. the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly"
    Synonym(s): assembly, assemblage, gathering
    Antonym(s): disassembly, dismantlement, dismantling
  3. the act of gathering something
    Synonym(s): gather, gathering
  4. sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
    Synonym(s): gather, gathering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gathering place
n
  1. a favorite haunt where people gather
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geothermal
adj
  1. of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
    Synonym(s): geothermal, geothermic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geothermal energy
n
  1. energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geothermally
adv
  1. by means of heat from the interior of the earth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geothermic
adj
  1. of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
    Synonym(s): geothermal, geothermic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get around
v
  1. be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning"
    Synonym(s): break, get out, get around
  2. avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"
    Synonym(s): bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around
  3. be a social swinger; socialize a lot
    Synonym(s): swing, get around
  4. move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?"
    Synonym(s): get around, get about
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get around to
v
  1. do something despite obstacles such as lack of time; "He finally got around to painting the windows"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gittern
n
  1. a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
    Synonym(s): cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good turn
n
  1. a favor for someone; "he did me a good turn" [syn: turn, good turn]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grampus \Gram"pus\, n.; pl. {Grampuses}. [Probably corrupted
      from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran
      peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See {Grand}, and {Fish}.
      the animal.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus
            {Grampus}, esp. {G. griseus} of Europe and America, which
            is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty
            feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called
            also {cowfish}. The California grampus is {G. Stearnsii}.
  
      2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gather \Gath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gathered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Gathering}.] [OE. gaderen, AS. gaderian, gadrian, fr.
      gador, geador, together, fr. g[91]d fellowship; akin to E.
      good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte husband, MHG. gate,
      also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a sister's son. [root]29. See
      {Good}, and cf. {Together}.]
      1. To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate
            things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to
            assemble; to muster; to congregate.
  
                     And Belgium's capital had gathered them Her beauty
                     and her chivalry.                              --Byron.
  
                     When he had gathered all the chief priests and
                     scribes of the people together.         --Matt. ii. 4.
  
      2. To pick out and bring together from among what is of less
            value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to
            pick off; to pluck.
  
                     A rose just gathered from the stalk.   --Dryden.
  
                     Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
                                                                              --Matt. vii.
                                                                              16.
  
                     Gather us from among the heathen.      --Ps. cvi. 47.
  
      3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little;
            to amass; to gain; to heap up.
  
                     He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
                     substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity
                     the poor.                                          --Prov.
                                                                              xxviii. 8.
  
                     To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by
                     degrees.                                             --Locke.
  
      4. To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to
            contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or
            plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece
            of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a
            ruffle.
  
                     Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand In
                     act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      5. To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a
            conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments
            that prove; to infer; to conclude.
  
                     Let me say no more[?] Gather the sequel by that went
                     before.                                             --Shak.
  
      6. To gain; to win. [Obs.]
  
                     He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden.
  
      7. (Arch.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry,
            as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to
            the width of the flue, or the like.
  
      8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of
            a rope.
  
      {To be gathered} {to one's people, [or] to one's fathers} to
            die. --Gen. xxv. 8.
  
      {To gather breath}, to recover normal breathing after being
            out of breath; to get breath; to rest. --Spenser.
  
      {To gather one's self together}, to collect and dispose one's
            powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory
            to a leap.
  
      {To gather way} (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with
            increasing speed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, a.
      Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
  
      {Gathering board} (Bookbinding), a table or board on which
            signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
            --Knight.
  
      {Gathering coal}, a lighted coal left smothered in embers
            over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the
            morning.
  
      {Gathering hoop}, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the
            ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped
            over them.
  
      {Gathering peat}.
      (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a
            fire.
      (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the
            Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by
            the Highlanders.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, n.
      1. The act of collecting or bringing together.
  
      2. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together;
            as:
            (a) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation.
            (b) A charitable contribution; a collection.
            (c) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, a.
      Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
  
      {Gathering board} (Bookbinding), a table or board on which
            signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
            --Knight.
  
      {Gathering coal}, a lighted coal left smothered in embers
            over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the
            morning.
  
      {Gathering hoop}, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the
            ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped
            over them.
  
      {Gathering peat}.
      (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a
            fire.
      (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the
            Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by
            the Highlanders.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, a.
      Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
  
      {Gathering board} (Bookbinding), a table or board on which
            signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
            --Knight.
  
      {Gathering coal}, a lighted coal left smothered in embers
            over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the
            morning.
  
      {Gathering hoop}, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the
            ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped
            over them.
  
      {Gathering peat}.
      (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a
            fire.
      (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the
            Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by
            the Highlanders.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, a.
      Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
  
      {Gathering board} (Bookbinding), a table or board on which
            signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
            --Knight.
  
      {Gathering coal}, a lighted coal left smothered in embers
            over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the
            morning.
  
      {Gathering hoop}, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the
            ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped
            over them.
  
      {Gathering peat}.
      (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a
            fire.
      (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the
            Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by
            the Highlanders.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, a.
      Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
  
      {Gathering board} (Bookbinding), a table or board on which
            signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
            --Knight.
  
      {Gathering coal}, a lighted coal left smothered in embers
            over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the
            morning.
  
      {Gathering hoop}, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the
            ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped
            over them.
  
      {Gathering peat}.
      (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a
            fire.
      (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the
            Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by
            the Highlanders.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geothermometer \Ge`o*ther*mom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the
      earth + E. thermometer.] (Physics)
      A thermometer specially constructed for measuring
      temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gittern \Git"tern\, n. [OE. giterne, OF. guiterne, ultimately
      from same source as E. guitar. See {Guitar}, and cf.
      {Cittern}.]
      An instrument like a guitar. [bd]Harps, lutes, and
      giternes.[b8] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gittern \Git"tern\, v. i.
      To play on gittern. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Godroon \Go*droon"\, n. [F. godron a round plait, godroon.]
      (Arch.)
      An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded
      molding.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Good \Good\, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words,
      though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are
      from a different root.] [AS. G[omac]d, akin to D. goed, OS.
      g[omac]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[omac][edh]r, Sw. & Dan.
      god, Goth. g[omac]ds; prob. orig., fitting, belonging
      together, and akin to E. gather. [root]29 Cf. {Gather}.]
      1. Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end
            designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness;
            serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable;
            commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive,
            or troublesome, etc.
  
                     And God saw everything that he had made, and behold,
                     it was very good.                              --Gen. i. 31.
  
                     Good company, good wine, good welcome. --Shak.
  
      2. Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious;
            religious; -- said of persons or actions.
  
                     In all things showing thyself a pattern of good
                     works.                                                --Tit. ii. 7.
  
      3. Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite;
            propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by
            to or toward, also formerly by unto.
  
                     The men were very good unto us.         --1 Sam. xxv.
                                                                              15.
  
      4. Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be
            relied upon; -- followed especially by for.
  
                     All quality that is good for anything is founded
                     originally in merit.                           --Collier.
  
      5. Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed
            especially by at.
  
                     He . . . is a good workman; a very good tailor.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Those are generally good at flattering who are good
                     for nothing else.                              --South.
  
      6. Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious;
            valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the
            discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary
            ability; of unimpaired credit.
  
                     My reasons are both good and weighty. --Shak.
  
                     My meaning in saying he is a good man is . . . that
                     he is sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      7. Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest;
            in good sooth.
  
                     Love no man in good earnest.               --Shak.
  
      8. Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable;
            esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good
            degree, a good share or part, etc.
  
      9. Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
  
                     Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and
                     running over.                                    --Luke vi. 38.
  
      10. Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied;
            as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good
            repute, etc.
  
                     A good name is better than precious ointment.
                                                                              --Eccl. vii.
                                                                              1.
  
      {As good as}. See under {As}.
  
      {For good}, [or] {For good and all}, completely and finally;
            fully; truly.
  
                     The good woman never died after this, till she came
                     to die for good and all.                     --L'Estrange.
  
      {Good breeding}, polite or polished manners, formed by
            education; a polite education.
  
                     Distinguished by good humor and good breeding.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      {Good cheap}, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap.
  
      {Good consideration} (Law).
            (a) A consideration of blood or of natural love and
                  affection. --Blackstone.
            (b) A valuable consideration, or one which will sustain a
                  contract.
  
      {Good fellow}, a person of companionable qualities.
            [Familiar]
  
      {Good folk}, {or Good people}, fairies; brownies; pixies,
            etc. [Colloq. Eng. & Scot.]
  
      {Good for nothing}.
            (a) Of no value; useless; worthless.
            (b) Used substantively, an idle, worthless person.
  
                           My father always said I was born to be a good
                           for nothing.                              --Ld. Lytton.
  
      {Good Friday}, the Friday of Holy Week, kept in some churches
            as a fast, in memoory of our Savior's passion or
            suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion.
  
      {Good humor}, [or] {Good-humor}, a cheerful or pleasant
            temper or state of mind.
  
      {Good nature}, [or] {Good-nature}, habitual kindness or
            mildness of temper or disposition; amiability; state of
            being in good humor.
  
                     The good nature and generosity which belonged to his
                     character.                                          --Macaulay.
  
                     The young count's good nature and easy
                     persuadability were among his best characteristics.
                                                                              --Hawthorne.
  
      {Good people}. See {Good folk} (above).
  
      {Good speed}, good luck; good success; godspeed; -- an old
            form of wishing success. See {Speed}.
  
      {Good turn}, an act of kidness; a favor.
  
      {Good will}.
            (a) Benevolence; well wishing; kindly feeling.
            (b) (Law) The custom of any trade or business; the
                  tendency or inclination of persons, old customers and
                  others, to resort to an established place of
                  business; the advantage accruing from tendency or
                  inclination.
  
                           The good will of a trade is nothing more than
                           the probability that the old customers will
                           resort to the old place.            --Lord Eldon.
  
      {In good time}.
            (a) Promptly; punctually; opportunely; not too soon nor
                  too late.
            (b) (Mus.) Correctly; in proper time.
  
      {To hold good}, to remain true or valid; to be operative; to
            remain in force or effect; as, his promise holds good; the
            condition still holds good.
  
      {To make good}, to fulfill; to establish; to maintain; to
            supply (a defect or deficiency); to indemmify; to prove or
            verify (an accusation); to prove to be blameless; to
            clear; to vindicate.
  
                     Each word made good and true.            --Shak.
  
                     Of no power to make his wishes good.   --Shak.
  
                     I . . . would by combat make her good. --Shak.
  
                     Convenient numbers to make good the city. --Shak.
  
      {To think good}, to approve; to be pleased or satisfied with;
            to consider expedient or proper.
  
                     If ye think good, give me my price; and if not,
                     forbear.                                             --Zech. xi.
                                                                              12.
  
      Note: Good, in the sense of wishing well, is much used in
               greeting and leave-taking; as, good day, good night,
               good evening, good morning, etc.

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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gutter \Gut*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guttered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Guttering}.]
      1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to
            channel. --Shak.
  
      2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [R.] --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gutturine \Gut"tur*ine\, a. [L. guttur throat.]
      Pertaining to the throat. [Obs.] [bd]Gutturine tumor.[b8]
      --Ray.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Gadarenes
      the inhabitants of Gadara, in Revised Version "Gerasenes" (Mark
      5:1; Luke 8:26, 37). In Matt. 8:28 they are called Gergesenes,
      Revised Version "Gadarenes."
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Gath-rimmon
      press of the pomegranate. (1.) A Levitical city in the tribe of
      Dan (Josh. 19:45; 21:24; 1 Chr. 6:69).
     
         (2.) Another city of the same name in Manasseh, west of the
      Jordan (Josh. 21:25), called also Bileam (1 Chr. 6:70).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Gadarenes, men of Gadara, i.e., a place surrounded or walled
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Gath-rimmon, the high wine-press
  
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