general
         adj 1: applying to all or most members of a category or group;
                  "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general
                  rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general
                  reader" [ant: {specific}]
         2: not specialized or limited to one class of things; "general
            studies"; "general knowledge"
         3: prevailing among and common to the general public; "the
            general discontent"
         4: affecting the entire body; "a general anesthetic"; "general
            symptoms" [ant: {local}]
         5: somewhat indefinite; "bearing a general resemblance to the
            original"; "a general description of the merchandise"
         6: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of
            cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical
            comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal
            experience" [syn: {cosmopolitan}, {ecumenical},
            {oecumenical}, {general}, {universal}, {worldwide}, {world-
            wide}]
         n 1: a general officer of the highest rank [syn: {general},
               {full general}]
         2: the head of a religious order or congregation [syn:
            {general}, {superior general}]
         3: a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he
            discussed the general but neglected the particular" [ant:
            {particular}, {specific}]
         v 1: command as a general; "We are generaled by an incompetent!"

English Dictionary: generalissimo	by the DICT Development Group
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general agent n someone authorized to transact every kind of business for the principal Synonym(s): universal agent, general agent Antonym(s): special agent an agent who sells insurance Synonym(s): insurance broker, insurance agent, general agent, underwriter
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade n a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas Synonym(s): General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT
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general anaesthesia n a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation) Synonym(s): general anesthesia, general anaesthesia
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general anaesthetic n an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness Synonym(s): general anesthetic, general anaesthetic
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general anatomy n the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals Synonym(s): anatomy, general anatomy
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general anesthesia n a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation) Synonym(s): general anesthesia, general anaesthesia
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general anesthetic n an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness Synonym(s): general anesthetic, general anaesthetic
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General Assembly n the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations persons who make or amend or repeal laws Synonym(s): legislature, legislative assembly, legislative body, general assembly, law-makers
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General Baptist n group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists) Synonym(s): Arminian Baptist, General Baptist
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General Certificate of Secondary Education n the basic level of a subject taken in school [syn: {General Certificate of Secondary Education}, GCSE, O level]
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General Charles de Gaulle n French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970) Synonym(s): de Gaulle, General de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle, Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
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General Custer n United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876) Synonym(s): Custer, George Armstrong Custer, General Custer
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general damages n (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated Synonym(s): actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages
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General de Gaulle n French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970) Synonym(s): de Gaulle, General de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle, Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
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general delivery n the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it Synonym(s): general delivery, poste restante
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general election n a national or state election; candidates are chosen in all constituencies
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General Franco n Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975) Synonym(s): Franco, Francisco Franco, El Caudillo, General Franco
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general headquarters n military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces Synonym(s): command post, general headquarters, GHQ
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general knowledge n knowledge that is available to anyone [syn: {public knowledge}, general knowledge]
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general ledger n the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business; contains offsetting debit and credit accounts (including control accounts)
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general lien n a lien on all the property owned by a debtor and not just a specific property
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general manager n the highest ranking manager
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general medicine n the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults) Synonym(s): internal medicine, general medicine
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general officer n officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel
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general practitioner n a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses Synonym(s): general practitioner, GP
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general relativity n a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) Synonym(s): general relativity, general theory of relativity, general relativity theory, Einstein's general theory of relativity
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general relativity theory n a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) Synonym(s): general relativity, general theory of relativity, general relativity theory, Einstein's general theory of relativity
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General Security Services n the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency; "the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline" Synonym(s): Shin Bet, General Security Services
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General Services Administration n a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management Synonym(s): General Services Administration, GSA
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general staff n military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy
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general store n a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise Synonym(s): country store, general store, trading post
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general theory of relativity n a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) Synonym(s): general relativity, general theory of relativity, general relativity theory, Einstein's general theory of relativity
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general verdict n an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact Antonym(s): special verdict
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general-purpose adj not limited in use or function [syn: general-purpose, all-purpose]
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general-purpose bomb n a large bomb (500 to 2,000 pounds that is 50% explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect Synonym(s): general-purpose bomb, GP bomb
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generalcy n the office and authority of a general [syn: generalship, generalcy]
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generalisation n an idea or conclusion having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities" Synonym(s): generalization, generalisation, generality the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances Synonym(s): abstraction, generalization, generalisation reasoning from detailed facts to general principles Synonym(s): generalization, generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus Synonym(s): generalization, generalisation, stimulus generalization, stimulus generalisation
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generalise v speak or write in generalities [syn: generalize, generalise] Antonym(s): particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify draw from specific cases for more general cases Synonym(s): generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" Synonym(s): popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise become systemic and spread throughout the body; "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system" Synonym(s): generalize, generalise
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generalised adj not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal" Synonym(s): generalized, generalised
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generalissimo n the officer who holds the supreme command; "in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief" Synonym(s): commander in chief, generalissimo
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generalist n a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests; "a statistician has to be something of a generalist" Synonym(s): Renaissance man, generalist Antonym(s): specialiser, specialist, specializer
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generality n an idea or conclusion having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities" Synonym(s): generalization, generalisation, generality the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability Antonym(s): particularity, specialness
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generalization n reasoning from detailed facts to general principles [syn: generalization, generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning] an idea or conclusion having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities" Synonym(s): generalization, generalisation, generality the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances Synonym(s): abstraction, generalization, generalisation (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus Synonym(s): generalization, generalisation, stimulus generalization, stimulus generalisation
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generalize v draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn: generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer] speak or write in generalities Synonym(s): generalize, generalise Antonym(s): particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" Synonym(s): popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise become systemic and spread throughout the body; "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system" Synonym(s): generalize, generalise
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generalized adj not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal" Synonym(s): generalized, generalised
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generalized anxiety disorder n an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months Synonym(s): generalized anxiety disorder, GAD, anxiety reaction
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generalized epilepsy n epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking Synonym(s): grand mal epilepsy, grand mal, generalized epilepsy, epilepsia major
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generalized seizure n a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body Synonym(s): grand mal, generalized seizure, epilepsia major
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generally adv usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here" Synonym(s): by and large, generally, more often than not, mostly without distinction of one from others; "he is interested in snakes in general" Synonym(s): generally, in general, in the main Antonym(s): specifically without regard to specific details or exceptions; "he interprets the law broadly" Synonym(s): broadly, loosely, broadly speaking, generally Antonym(s): narrowly
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generally accepted accounting principles n a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures Synonym(s): generally accepted accounting principles, GAAP
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generalship n the leadership ability of a military general the office and authority of a general Synonym(s): generalship, generalcy
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gnarl n something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" Synonym(s): knot, gnarl v twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree" make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" Synonym(s): murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl
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gnarled adj used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" Synonym(s): gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed
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gnarly adj used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" Synonym(s): gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gamboge \Gam*boge"\, n.       A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species       of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in       masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, --       whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact       texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally,       it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic. [Written also       {camboge}.]          Note: There are several kinds of gamboge, but all are derived                from species of {Garcinia}, a genus of trees of the                order {Guttifer[91]}. The best Siam gamboge is thought                to come from {Garcinia Hanburii}. Ceylon gamboge is                from {G. Morella}. {G. pictoria}, of Western India,                yields {gamboge}, and also a kind of oil called                {gamboge butter}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, n. [F. g[82]n[82]ral. See {General}., a.]       1. The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to             all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular.                         In particulars our knowledge begins, and so spreads                      itself by degrees to generals.            --Locke.          2. (Mil.) One of the chief military officers of a government             or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not             less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest             military rank next below field marshal.          Note: In the United States the office of General of the Army                has been created by temporary laws, and has been held                only by Generals U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, and P. H.                Sheridan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Average \Av"er*age\, n. [OF. average, LL. averagium, prob. fr.       OF. aver, F. avoir, property, horses, cattle, etc.; prop.       infin., to have, from L. habere to have. Cf. F. av[82]rage       small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage       to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perh. the       service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for       carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in       proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf.       {Aver}, n., {Avercorn}, {Averpenny}.]       1. (OLd Eng. Law) That service which a tenant owed his lord,             to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the             carriage of wheat, turf, etc.          2. [Cf. F. avarie damage to ship or cargo.] (Com.)             (a) A tariff or duty on goods, etc. [Obs.]             (b) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for                   freight of goods shipped.             (c) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been                   imposed upon one of several for the general benefit;                   damage done by sea perils.             (d) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss                   or expense among all interested.          {General average}, a contribution made, by all parties             concerned in a sea adventure, toward a loss occasioned by             the voluntary sacrifice of the property of some of the             parties in interest for the benefit of all. It is called             general average, because it falls upon the gross amount of             ship, cargo, and freight at risk and saved by the             sacrifice. --Kent.          {Particular average} signifies the damage or partial loss             happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight, in             consequence of some fortuitous or unavoidable accident;             and it is borne by the individual owners of the articles             damaged, or by their insurers.          {Petty averages} are sundry small charges, which occur             regularly, and are necessarily defrayed by the master in             the usual course of a voyage; such as port charges, common             pilotage, and the like, which formerly were, and in some             cases still are, borne partly by the ship and partly by             the cargo. In the clause commonly found in bills of             lading, [bd]primage and average accustomed,[b8] average             means a kind of composition established by usage for such             charges, which were formerly assessed by way of average.             --Arnould. --Abbott. --Phillips.          3. A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of             unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if             A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the             average 10.          4. Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a             comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual             size, quantity, quality, rate, etc. [bd]The average of             sensations.[b8] --Paley.          5. pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the             several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.          {On an average}, taking the mean of unequal numbers or             quantities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
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Gross \Gross\, a. [Compar. {Grosser}; superl. {Grossest}.] [F.       gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.       crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.       Cf. {Engross}, {Grocer}, {Grogram}.]       1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.             [bd]A gross fat man.[b8] --Shak.                         A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.          2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.          3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception             or feeling; dull; witless.                         Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.                                                                               --Milton.          4. Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual             appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.                         The terms which are delicate in one age become gross                      in the next.                                       --Macaulay.          5. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.          6. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross             mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.          7. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross             sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to             {net.}          {Gross adventure} (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.             e., on a mortgage of a ship.          {Gross average} (Law), that kind of average which falls upon             the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --             commonly called {general average}. --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {Gross receipts}, the total of the receipts, before they are             diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --             distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.          {Gross weight} the total weight of merchandise or goods,             without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --             distinguished from {neat, [or] net, weight}.
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Average \Av"er*age\, n. [OF. average, LL. averagium, prob. fr.       OF. aver, F. avoir, property, horses, cattle, etc.; prop.       infin., to have, from L. habere to have. Cf. F. av[82]rage       small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage       to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perh. the       service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for       carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in       proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf.       {Aver}, n., {Avercorn}, {Averpenny}.]       1. (OLd Eng. Law) That service which a tenant owed his lord,             to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the             carriage of wheat, turf, etc.          2. [Cf. F. avarie damage to ship or cargo.] (Com.)             (a) A tariff or duty on goods, etc. [Obs.]             (b) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for                   freight of goods shipped.             (c) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been                   imposed upon one of several for the general benefit;                   damage done by sea perils.             (d) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss                   or expense among all interested.          {General average}, a contribution made, by all parties             concerned in a sea adventure, toward a loss occasioned by             the voluntary sacrifice of the property of some of the             parties in interest for the benefit of all. It is called             general average, because it falls upon the gross amount of             ship, cargo, and freight at risk and saved by the             sacrifice. --Kent.          {Particular average} signifies the damage or partial loss             happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight, in             consequence of some fortuitous or unavoidable accident;             and it is borne by the individual owners of the articles             damaged, or by their insurers.          {Petty averages} are sundry small charges, which occur             regularly, and are necessarily defrayed by the master in             the usual course of a voyage; such as port charges, common             pilotage, and the like, which formerly were, and in some             cases still are, borne partly by the ship and partly by             the cargo. In the clause commonly found in bills of             lading, [bd]primage and average accustomed,[b8] average             means a kind of composition established by usage for such             charges, which were formerly assessed by way of average.             --Arnould. --Abbott. --Phillips.          3. A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of             unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if             A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the             average 10.          4. Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a             comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual             size, quantity, quality, rate, etc. [bd]The average of             sensations.[b8] --Paley.          5. pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the             several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.          {On an average}, taking the mean of unequal numbers or             quantities.
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General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gross \Gross\, a. [Compar. {Grosser}; superl. {Grossest}.] [F.       gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.       crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.       Cf. {Engross}, {Grocer}, {Grogram}.]       1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.             [bd]A gross fat man.[b8] --Shak.                         A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.          2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.          3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception             or feeling; dull; witless.                         Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.                                                                               --Milton.          4. Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual             appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.                         The terms which are delicate in one age become gross                      in the next.                                       --Macaulay.          5. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.          6. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross             mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.          7. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross             sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to             {net.}          {Gross adventure} (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.             e., on a mortgage of a ship.          {Gross average} (Law), that kind of average which falls upon             the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --             commonly called {general average}. --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {Gross receipts}, the total of the receipts, before they are             diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --             distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.          {Gross weight} the total weight of merchandise or goods,             without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --             distinguished from {neat, [or] net, weight}.
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Confession \Con*fes"sion\, n. [F. confession, L. confessio.]       1. Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining             to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or             crime.                         With a crafty madness keeps aloof, When we would                      bring him on to some confession Of his true state.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.                         With the mouth confession is made unto salvation.                                                                               --Rom. x. 10.          3. (Eccl.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest             in order to obtain sacramental absolution.                         Auricular confession . . . or the private and                      special confession of sins to a priest for the                      purpose of obtaining his absolution.   --Hallam.          4. A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised;             a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to             admission to membership of a church; a confession of             faith.          5. (Law) An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed,             in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the             issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may             be explained or rebutted. --Wharton.          {Confession and avoidance} (Law), a mode of pleading in which             the party confesses the facts as stated by his adversary,             but alleges some new matter by way of avoiding the legal             effect claimed for them. --Mozley & W.          {Confession of faith}, a formulary containing the articles of             faith; a creed.          {General confession}, the confession of sins made by a number             of persons in common, as in public prayer.          {Westminster Confession}. See {Westminster Assembly}, under             {Assembly}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
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Court \Court\ (k?rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. co[?]r, LL.       cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis,       chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng;       co- + a root akin to Gr. [?][?][?][?] inclosure, feeding       place, and to E. garden, yard, orchard. See {Yard}, and cf.       {Cohort}, {Curtain}.]       1. An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in             by the walls of a building, or by different building;             also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded             by houses; a blind alley.                         The courts the house of our God.         --Ps. cxxxv.                                                                               2.                         And round the cool green courts there ran a row Cf                      cloisters.                                          --Tennyson.                         Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court.                                                                               --Macaulay.          2. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether             dignitary; a palace.                         Attends the emperor in his royal court. --Shak.                         This our court, infected with their manners, Shows                      like a riotous inn.                           --Shak.          3. The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a             sovereign or person high in authority; all the             surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.                         My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door                      would speak with you.                        --Shak.                         Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. --Sir. W.                                                                               Scott.          4. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as,             to hold a court.                         The princesses held their court within the fortress.                                                                               --Macaulay.          5. Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or             address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners;             civility; compliment; flattery.                         No solace could her paramour intreat Her once to                      show, ne court, nor dalliance.            --Spenser.                         I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of                      Newcastle.                                          --Evelyn.          6. (Law)             (a) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is                   administered.             (b) The persons officially assembled under authority of                   law, at the appropriate time and place, for the                   administration of justice; an official assembly,                   legally met together for the transaction of judicial                   business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or                   trial of causes.             (c) A tribunal established for the administration of                   justice.             (d) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel                   or jury, or both.                               Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the                            judgment.                                    --Shak.          7. The session of a judicial assembly.          8. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.          9. A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one             of the divisions of a tennis court.          {Christian court}, the English ecclesiastical courts in the             aggregate, or any one of them.          {Court breeding}, education acquired at court.          {Court card}. Same as {Coat card}.          {Court circular}, one or more paragraphs of news respecting             the sovereign and the royal family, together with the             proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied             to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with             such duty. [Eng.] --Edwards.          {Court day}, a day on which a court sits to administer             justice.          {Court dress}, the dress prescribed for appearance at the             court of a sovereign.          {Court fool}, a buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes             and nobles for their amusement.          {Court guide}, a directory of the names and adresses of the             nobility and gentry in a town.          {Court hand}, the hand or manner of writing used in records             and judicial proceedings. --Shak.          {Court lands} (Eng. Law), lands kept in demesne, -- that is,             for the use of the lord and his family.          {Court marshal}, one who acts as marshal for a court.          {Court party}, a party attached to the court.          {Court rolls}, the records of a court. See{Roll}.          {Court in banc}, [or] {Court in bank}, The full court sitting             at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon             questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi             prius.          {Court of Arches}, {audience}, etc. See under {Arches},             {Audience}, etc.          {Court of Chancery}. See {Chancery}, n.          {Court of Common pleas}. (Law) See {Common pleas}, under             {Common}.          {Court of Equity}. See under {Equity}, and {Chancery}.          {Court of Inquiry} (Mil.), a court appointed to inquire into             and report on some military matter, as the conduct of an             officer.          {Court of St. James}, the usual designation of the British             Court; -- so called from the old palace of St. James,             which is used for the royal receptions, levees, and             drawing-rooms.          {The court of the Lord}, the temple at Jerusalem; hence, a             church, or Christian house of worship.          {General Court}, the legislature of a State; -- so called             from having had, in the colonial days, judicial power; as,             the General Court of Massachusetts. [U.S.]          {To pay one's court}, to seek to gain favor by attentions.             [bd]Alcibiades was assiduous in paying his {court} to             Tissaphernes.[b8] --Jowett.          {To put out of court}, to refuse further judicial hearing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Custom \Cus"tom\ (k[ucr]s"t[ucr]m), n. [OF. custume, costume,       Anglo-Norman coustome, F. coutume, fr. (assumed) LL.       consuetumen custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr.       consuescere to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere to be       accustomed; con- + suere to be accustomed, prob. originally,       to make one's own, fr. the root of suus one's own; akin to E.       so, adv. Cf. {Consuetude}, {Costume}.]       1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common             to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method             of doing or living.                         And teach customs which are not lawful. --Acts xvi.                                                                               21.                         Moved beyond his custom, Gama said.   --Tennyson.                         A custom More honored in the breach than the                      observance.                                       --Shak.          2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a             shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving             orders; business support.                         Let him have your custom, but not your votes.                                                                               --Addison.          3. (Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten             law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See             {Usage}, and {Prescription}.          Note: Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no                custom without usage, though there may be usage without                custom. --Wharton.          4. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.]                         Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her                      infinite variety.                              --Shak.          {Custom of merchants}, a system or code of customs by which             affairs of commerce are regulated.          {General customs}, those which extend over a state or             kingdom.          {Particular customs}, those which are limited to a city or             district; as, the customs of London.          Syn: Practice; fashion. See {Habit}, and {Usage}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Homology \Ho*mol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] agreement. See       {Homologous}.]       1. The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation;             as, the homologyof similar polygons.          2. (Biol.) Correspondence or relation in type of structure in             contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the             relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or             that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse,             the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these             organs being modifications of one type of structure.          Note: Homology indicates genetic relationship, and according                to Haeckel special homology should be defined in terms                of identity of embryonic origin. See {Homotypy}, and                {Homogeny}.          3. (Chem.) The correspondence or resemblance of substances             belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of             composition varying by a small, regular difference, and             usually attended by a regular variation in physical             properties; as, there is an homology between methane,             {CH4}, ethane, {C2H6}, propane, {C3H8}, etc., all members             of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is             applied to the relation between chemical elements of the             same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said to             be in homology with each other. Cf. {Heterology}.          {General homology} (Biol.), the higher relation which a             series of parts, or a single part, bears to the             fundamental or general type on which the group is             constituted. --Owen.          {Serial homology} (Biol.), representative or repetitive             relation in the segments of the same organism, -- as in             the lobster, where the parts follow each other in a             straight line or series. --Owen. See {Homotypy}.          {Special homology} (Biol.), the correspondence of a part or             organ with those of a different animal, as determined by             relative position and connection. --Owen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metaphysics \Met`a*phys"ics\, n. [Gr. [?] [?] [?] after those       things which relate to external nature, after physics, fr.       [?] beyond, after + [?] relating to external nature, natural,       physical, fr. [?] nature: cf. F. m[82]taphysique. See       {Physics}. The term was first used by the followers of       Aristotle as a name for that part of his writings which came       after, or followed, the part which treated of physics.]       1. The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal             being; ontology; also, the science of being, with             reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as             distinguished from the science of determined or concrete             being; the science of the conceptions and relations which             are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being;             phylosophy in general; first principles, or the science of             first principles.          Note: Metaphysics is distinguished as general and special.                {General metaphysics} is the science of all being as                being. {Special metaphysics} is the science of one kind                of being; as, the metaphysics of chemistry, of morals,                or of politics. According to Kant, a systematic                exposition of those notions and truths, the knowledge                of which is altogether independent of experience, would                constitute the science of metaphysics.                            Commonly, in the schools, called metaphysics, as                         being part of the philosophy of Aristotle, which                         hath that for title; but it is in another sense:                         for there it signifieth as much as [bd]books                         written or placed after his natural                         philosophy.[b8] But the schools take them for                         [bd]books of supernatural philosophy;[b8] for the                         word metaphysic will bear both these senses.                                                                               --Hobbes.                            Now the science conversant about all such                         inferences of unknown being from its known                         manifestations, is called ontology, or                         metaphysics proper.                        --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.                            Metaphysics are [is] the science which determines                         what can and what can not be known of being, and                         the laws of being, a priori.         --Coleridge.          2. Hence: The scientific knowledge of mental phenomena;             mental philosophy; psychology.                         Metaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken,                      is a science or complement of sciences exclusively                      occupied with mind.                           --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.                         Whether, after all, A larger metaphysics might not                      help Our physics.                              --Mrs.                                                                               Browning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Officer \Of"fi*cer\, n. [F. officier. See {Office}, and cf.       {Official}, n.]       1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with             an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as,             a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. [bd]I             am an officer of state.[b8] --Shak.          2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in             distinction from a warrant officer.          {Field officer}, {General officer}, etc. See under {Field},             {General}. etc.          {Officer of the day} (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day,             has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and             police of the post or camp.          {Officer of the deck}, [or] {Officer of the watch} (Naut.),             the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel,             esp. a war vessel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction             or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons             or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as,             the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.                         Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to                      associate me.                                    --Shak.                         The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir                                                                               W. Scott.          10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or             bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often             used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy             orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.          11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component             parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in             classical architecture; hence (as the column and             entablature are the characteristic features of classical             architecture) a style or manner of architectural             designing.          Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to                distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans                added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is                hardly recognizable, and also used a modified                Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on                architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or                classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan,                Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of {Capital}.          12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain             important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and             Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.          Note: The Linn[91]an artificial orders of plants rested                mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or                agreement in some one character. Natural orders are                groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of                their flowers and fruit. A natural order is usually (in                botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several                tribes.          13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in             such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or             clearness of expression.          14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or             surface is the same as the degree of its equation.          {Artificial order} [or] {system}. See {Artificial             classification}, under {Artificial}, and Note to def. 12             above.          {Close order} (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a             distance of about half a pace between them; with a             distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open             order}.          {The four Orders}, {The Orders four}, the four orders of             mendicant friars. See {Friar}. --Chaucer.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders issued which concern the             whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction             from special orders.          {Holy orders}.             (a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian                   ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10                   above.             (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring                   a special grace on those ordained.          {In order to}, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to.                         The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use                      in order to our eternal happiness.      --Tillotson.          {Minor orders} (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in             sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader,             doorkeeper.          {Money order}. See under {Money}.          {Natural order}. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note.          {Order book}.             (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered.             (b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all                   orders are recorded for the information of officers                   and men.             (c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed                   orders must be entered. [Eng.]          {Order in Council}, a royal order issued with and by the             advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain]          {Order of battle} (Mil.), the particular disposition given to             the troops of an army on the field of battle.          {Order of the day}, in legislative bodies, the special             business appointed for a specified day.          {Order of a differential equation} (Math.), the greatest             index of differentiation in the equation.          {Sailing orders} (Naut.), the final instructions given to the             commander of a ship of war before a cruise.          {Sealed orders}, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a             certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a             ship is at sea.          {Standing order}.             (a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of                   parliamentary business.             (b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer                   temporarily in command.          {To give order}, to give command or directions. --Shak.          {To take order for}, to take charge of; to make arrangements             concerning.                         Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak.          Syn: Arrangement; management. See {Direction}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Practitioner \Prac*ti"tion*er\, n. [From {Practician}.]       1. One who is engaged in the actual use or exercise of any             art or profession, particularly that of law or medicine.             --Crabbe.          2. One who does anything customarily or habitually.          3. A sly or artful person. --Whitgift.          {General practitioner}. See under {General}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a             ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale.          {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the             government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a             ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C.          {General ship}. See under {General}.          {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard;             -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}.          {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship             boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak.          {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for             further use.          {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and             selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in             transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port.                      {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing             vessels.          {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a             shipwright.          {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other,             furniture of vessels.          {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler             deals; also, the business of a ship chandler.          {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also             {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}.          {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships.          {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet.                      {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on             the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of             England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for             the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to             revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden,             and was one of the causes which led to the death of             Charles. It was finally abolished.          {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}.          {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent             of the rolling and pitching of a vessel.          {Ship railway}.             (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of                   which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for                   repairs.             (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels                   overland between two water courses or harbors.          {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel.          {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or             unloading.          {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}.          {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is             required by law to be provided, and the production of             which may be required on certain occasions. Among these             papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter             party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll,             bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent.          {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel.
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General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
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General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
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Warrant \War"rant\, n. [OE. warant, OF. warant a warrant, a       defender, protector, F. garant, originally a p. pr. pf German       origin, fr. OHG. wer[emac]n to grant, warrant, G.       gew[84]hren; akin to OFries. wera. Cf. {Guarantee}.]       1. That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving             authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act,             instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes             another to do something which he has not otherwise a right             to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or             authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage;             commission; authority. Specifically:             (a) A writing which authorizes a person to receive money                   or other thing.             (b) (Law) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an                   officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or                   do other acts incident to the administration of                   justice.             (c) (Mil. & Nav.) An official certificate of appointment                   issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned                   officer. See {Warrant officer}, below.          2. That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty;             security.                         I give thee warrant of thy place.      --Shak.                         His worth is warrant for his welcome hither. --Shak.          3. That which attests or proves; a voucher.          4. Right; legality; allowance. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Bench warrant}. (Law) See in the Vocabulary.          {Dock warrant} (Com.), a customhouse license or authority.          {General warrant}. (Law) See under {General}.          {Land warrant}. See under {Land}.          {Search warrant}. (Law) See under {Search}, n.          {Warrant of attorney} (Law), written authority given by one             person to another empowering him to transact business for             him; specifically, written authority given by a client to             his attorney to appear for him in court, and to suffer             judgment to pass against him by confession in favor of             some specified person. --Bouvier.          {Warrant officer}, a noncommissioned officer, as a sergeant,             corporal, bandmaster, etc., in the army, or a             quartermaster, gunner, boatswain, etc., in the navy.          {Warrant to sue and defend}.             (a) (O. Eng. Law) A special warrant from the crown,                   authorizing a party to appoint an attorney to sue or                   defend for him.             (b) A special authority given by a party to his attorney                   to commence a suit, or to appear and defend a suit in                   his behalf. This warrant is now disused. --Burrill.
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General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g[82]n[82]ral, fr. L. generalis. See       {Genus}.]       1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class             or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable             economy.          2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or             particular; including all particulars; as, a general             inference or conclusion.          3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not             specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a             loose and general expression.          4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;             prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general             opinion; a general custom.                         This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your                      wisdom and your love to Richard.         --Shak.          5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,             our general sire. --Milton.          6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.                         His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.          7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or             method.          Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually                denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;                adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster                general; vicar-general, etc.          {General agent} (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to             transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act             in his affairs generally.          {General assembly}. See the Note under {Assembly}.          {General average}, {General Court}. See under {Average},             {Court}.          {General court-martial} (Mil.), the highest military and             naval judicial tribunal.          {General dealer} (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all             articles in common use.          {General demurrer} (Law), a demurrer which objects to a             pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without             specifying the defects. --Abbott.          {General epistle}, a canonical epistle.          {General guides} (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and             the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and             left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy             in marching. --Farrow.          {General hospitals} (Mil.), hospitals established to receive             sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.          {General issue} (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which             traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,             without offering any special matter to evade it.             --Bouvier. --Burrill.          {General lien} (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,             until payment is made of any balance due on a general             account.          {General officer} (Mil.), any officer having a rank above             that of colonel.          {General orders} (Mil.), orders from headquarters published             to the whole command.          {General practitioner}, in the United States, one who             practices medicine in all its branches without confining             himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices             both as physician and as surgeon.          {General ship}, a ship not chartered or let to particular             parties.          {General term} (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general             conception or notion.          {General verdict} (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict             in civil actions, [bd]for the plaintiff[b8] or [bd]for the             defendant[b8]. --Burrill.          {General warrant} (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend             suspected persons, without naming individuals.          Syn: Syn. {General}, {Common}, {Universal}.          Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and                   hence, that which is often met with. General is                   stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority                   of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.                   Universal, that which pertains to all without                   exception. To be able to read and write is so common                   an attainment in the United States, that we may                   pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
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Generalissimo \Gen`er*al*is"si*mo\, n. [It., superl. of generale       general. See {General}, a.]       The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in       chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions       under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign       countries.
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Generality \Gen`er*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Generalities}. [L.       generalitas: cf. F. g[82]n[82]ralit[82]. Cf. {Generalty}.]       1. The state of being general; the quality of including             species or particulars. --Hooker.          2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness,             practicalness, or application; a general or vague             statement or phrase.                         Let us descend from generalities to particulars.                                                                               --Landor.                         The glittering and sounding generalities of natural                      right which make up the Declaration of Independence.                                                                               --R. Choate.          3. The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the             generality of a nation, or of mankind.
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Generality \Gen`er*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Generalities}. [L.       generalitas: cf. F. g[82]n[82]ralit[82]. Cf. {Generalty}.]       1. The state of being general; the quality of including             species or particulars. --Hooker.          2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness,             practicalness, or application; a general or vague             statement or phrase.                         Let us descend from generalities to particulars.                                                                               --Landor.                         The glittering and sounding generalities of natural                      right which make up the Declaration of Independence.                                                                               --R. Choate.          3. The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the             generality of a nation, or of mankind.
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Generalizable \Gen"er*al*i`za*ble\, a.       Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of       statement, or brought under a general rule.                   Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. --Coleridge
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Generalization \Gen`er*al*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F.       g[82]n[82]ralisation.]       1. The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing             individuals or particulars under a genus or class;             deduction of a general principle from particulars.                         Generalization is only the apprehension of the one                      in the many.                                       --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          2. A general inference.
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Generalize \Gen"er*al*ize\, v. i.       To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a       genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.
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Generalize \Gen"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Generalized};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Generalizing}.] [Cf. F. g[82]n[82]raliser.]       1. To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in             relation to a genus or to genera.                         Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by                      merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton                      generalized them still more by referring this last                      to the motion of a stone through the air. --W.                                                                               Nicholson.          2. To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more             extensive application; to extend so as to include all             special cases; to make universal in application, as a             formula or rule.                         When a fact is generalized, our discontent is                      quited, and we consider the generality itself as                      tantamount to an explanation.            --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          3. To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general             principle) from particulars.                         A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude                      of facts.                                          --Coleridge.
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Generalized \Gen"er*al*ized\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Comprising structural characters which are separated in more       specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
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Generalize \Gen"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Generalized};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Generalizing}.] [Cf. F. g[82]n[82]raliser.]       1. To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in             relation to a genus or to genera.                         Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by                      merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton                      generalized them still more by referring this last                      to the motion of a stone through the air. --W.                                                                               Nicholson.          2. To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more             extensive application; to extend so as to include all             special cases; to make universal in application, as a             formula or rule.                         When a fact is generalized, our discontent is                      quited, and we consider the generality itself as                      tantamount to an explanation.            --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          3. To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general             principle) from particulars.                         A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude                      of facts.                                          --Coleridge.
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Generalizer \Gen"er*al*i`zer\, n.       One who takes general or comprehensive views. --Tyndall.
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Generalize \Gen"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Generalized};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Generalizing}.] [Cf. F. g[82]n[82]raliser.]       1. To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in             relation to a genus or to genera.                         Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by                      merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton                      generalized them still more by referring this last                      to the motion of a stone through the air. --W.                                                                               Nicholson.          2. To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more             extensive application; to extend so as to include all             special cases; to make universal in application, as a             formula or rule.                         When a fact is generalized, our discontent is                      quited, and we consider the generality itself as                      tantamount to an explanation.            --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          3. To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general             principle) from particulars.                         A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude                      of facts.                                          --Coleridge.
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Generally \Gen"er*al*ly\, adv.       1. In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally;             most frequently.          2. In a general way, or in general relation; in the main;             upon the whole; comprehensively.                         Generally speaking, they live very quietly.                                                                               --Addison.          3. Collectively; as a whole; without omissions. [Obs.]                         I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto                      thee.                                                --2 Sam. xvii.                                                                               ll.
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Generalness \Gen"er*al*ness\, n.       The condition or quality of being general; frequency;       commonness. --Sir P. Sidney.
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Generalship \Gen"er*al*ship\, n.       1. The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of             a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the             personality of a general.                         Your generalship puts me in mind of Prince Eugene.                                                                               --Goldsmith.          2. Military skill in a general officer or commander.          3. Fig.: Leadership; management.                         An artful stroke of generalship in Trim to raise a                      dust.                                                --Sterne.
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Generalty \Gen"er*al*ty\, n.       Generality. [R.] --Sir M. Hale.
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Gnarl \Gnarl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gnarled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Gnarling}.] [From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf.       G. knarren, knurren. D. knorren, Sw. knorra, Dan. knurre.]       To growl; to snarl.                   And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first.                                                                               --Shak.
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Gnarl \Gnarl\, n. [See {Gnar}, n.]       a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with       twisted grain, on a tree.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gnarled \Gnarled\, a.       Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.                   The unwedgeable and gnarl[82]d oak.         --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gnarl \Gnarl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gnarled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Gnarling}.] [From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf.       G. knarren, knurren. D. knorren, Sw. knorra, Dan. knurre.]       To growl; to snarl.                   And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first.                                                                               --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gnarly \Gnarl"y\, a.       Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gonorrheal \Gon`or*rhe"al\, Gonorrhd2al \Gon`or*rh[d2]"al\, a.       (Med.)       Of or pertaining to gonorrhea; as, gonorrheal rheumatism.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
General Appearance          Intelligent.   Scruffy.   Intense.   Abstracted.   Surprisingly for a    sedentary profession, more hackers run to skinny than fat; both    extremes are more common than elsewhere.   Tans are rare.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
General Public Virus n.   Pejorative name for some versions of    the {GNU} project {copyleft} or General Public License (GPL), which    requires that any tools or {app}s incorporating copylefted code must    be source-distributed on the same anti-proprietary terms as GNU    stuff.   Thus it is alleged that the copyleft `infects' software    generated with GNU tools, which may in turn infect other software    that reuses any of its code.   The Free Software Foundation's    official position as of January 1991 is that copyright law limits    the scope of the GPL to "programs textually incorporating    significant amounts of GNU code", and that the `infection' is not    passed on to third parties unless actual GNU source is transmitted.    Nevertheless, widespread suspicion that the {copyleft} language is    `boobytrapped' has caused many developers to avoid using GNU tools    and the GPL.   Changes in the language of the version 2.0 GPL did not    eliminate this problem.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
gnarly /nar'lee/ adj.   Both {obscure} and {hairy} (sense 1).    "{Yow!} -- the tuned assembler implementation of BitBlt is really    gnarly!"   From a similar but less specific usage in surfer slang.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
gnarly          /nar'lee/ Both obscure and {hairy}.   "{Yow}! - the       tuned {assembler} implementation of {BitBlt} is really       gnarly!"   From a similar but less specific usage in surfer       slang.          [{Jargon File}]          (1996-09-17)