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   gate-crash
         v 1: enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!" [syn:
               {barge in}, {crash}, {gate-crash}]

English Dictionary: get to grips by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gatecrasher
n
  1. someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying
    Synonym(s): gatecrasher, crasher, unwelcome guest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gaudi i Cornet
n
  1. Spanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926)
    Synonym(s): Gaudi, Antonio Gaudi, Gaudi i Cornet, Antonio Gaudi i Cornet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get across
v
  1. communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well"
    Synonym(s): get across, put over
  2. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
    Synonym(s): click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place
  3. travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
    Synonym(s): traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get cracking
v
  1. start to be active; "Get cracking, please!" [syn: {get cracking}, bestir oneself, get going, get moving, get weaving, get started, get rolling]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get to grips
v
  1. deal with (a problem or a subject); "I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents"
    Synonym(s): come to grips, get to grips
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goat grass
n
  1. European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock
    Synonym(s): goat grass, Aegilops triuncalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goat's rue
n
  1. perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
    Synonym(s): catgut, goat's rue, wild sweet pea, Tephrosia virginiana
  2. tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally
    Synonym(s): goat's rue, goat rue, Galega officinalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gothic arch
n
  1. a pointed arch; usually has a joint (instead of a keystone) at the apex
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gothic architecture
n
  1. a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
    Synonym(s): Gothic, Gothic architecture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gothic romance
n
  1. a romance that deals with desolate and mysterious and grotesque events
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gothic romancer
n
  1. a writer of Gothic romances
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Gatch \[d8]Gatch\, n. [Per. gach mortar.]
      Plaster as used in Persian architecture and decorative art.
  
      {Gatch decoration}, decoration in plaster often producing
            design of great beauty.
  
      {Gatch work}, work in which gatch is employed; also, articles
            of gatch ornamentation collectively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gaudygreen \Gaud"y*green`\, a. [or] n. [OE. gaude grene.]
      Light green. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rue \Rue\, n. [F. rue, L. ruta, akin to Gr. [?]; cf. AS.
      r[?]de.]
      1. (Bot.) A perennial suffrutescent plant ({Ruta
            graveolens}), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter
            taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.
  
                     Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve,
                     for he had much to see.                     --Milton.
  
                     They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy
                     water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as
                     we suppose, came to be called herb of grace. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
      2. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
  
      {Goat's rue}. See under {Goat}.
  
      {Rue anemone}, a pretty springtime flower ({Thalictrum
            anemonides}) common in the United States.
  
      {Wall rue}, a little fern ({Asplenium Ruta-muraria}) common
            on walls in Europe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goat \Goat\, n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[be]t; akin to D. geit,
      OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth.
      gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus {Capra}, of several
      species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat ({C. hircus}),
      which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
  
      Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have
               long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile
               fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat ({Capra [91]gagrus}),
               of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its
               stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species
               ofthe domestic goat. The Rocky Montain goat
               ({Haplocercus montanus}) is more nearly related to the
               antelopes. See {Mazame}.
  
      {Goat antelope} (Zo[94]l), one of several species of
            antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having
            recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short,
            flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.
  
      {Goat fig} (Bot.), the wild fig.
  
      {Goat house}.
      (a) A place for keeping goats.
      (b) A brothel. [Obs.]
  
      {Goat moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Cossus}, esp.
            the large European species ({C. ligniperda}), the larva of
            which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three
            years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the
            he-goat.
  
      {Goat weed} (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus
            {Capraria} ({C. biflora}).
  
      {Goat's bane} (Bot.), a poisonous plant ({Aconitum
            Lucoctonum}), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from
            Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.
  
      {Goat's beard} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Tragopogon}; --
            so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One
            species is the salsify or oyster plant.
  
      {Goat's foot} (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel ({Oxalis
            caprina}) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.
  
      {Goat's rue} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Galega officinalis}
            of Europe, or {Tephrosia Virginiana} in the United
            States).
  
      {Goat's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Astragalus
            Tragacanthus}), found in the Levant.
  
      {Goat's wheat} (Bot.), the genus {Tragopyrum} (now referred
            to {Atraphaxis}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      6. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness;
            commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.
  
                     Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and
                     secures them longer, than any thing else. --Hazlitt.
  
                     I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and
                     the grace of the gift.                        --Longfellow.
  
      7. pl. (Myth.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister
            goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the
            attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They
            were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely,
            Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the
            inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to
            wisdom, love, and social intercourse.
  
                     The Graces love to weave the rose.      --Moore.
  
                     The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. --Prior.
  
      8. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and
            formerly of the king of England.
  
                     How fares your Grace !                        --Shak.
  
      9. (Commonly pl.) Thanks. [Obs.]
  
                     Yielding graces and thankings to their lord
                     Melibeus.                                          --Chaucer.
  
      10. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks
            rendered, before or after a meal.
  
      11. pl. (Mus.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either
            introduced by the performer, or indicated by the
            composer, in which case the notation signs are called
            grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.
  
      12. (Eng. Universities) An act, vote, or decree of the
            government of the institution; a degree or privilege
            conferred by such vote or decree. --Walton.
  
      13. pl. A play designed to promote or display grace of
            motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one
            player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of
            each. Called also {grace hoop} or {hoops}.
  
      {Act of grace}. See under {Act}.
  
      {Day of grace} (Theol.), the time of probation, when the
            offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted.
  
                     That day of grace fleets fast away.   --I. Watts.
  
      {Days of grace} (Com.), the days immediately following the
            day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are
            allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. In
            Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are
            three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants
            being different.
  
      {Good graces}, favor; friendship.
  
      {Grace cup}.
            (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after
                  grace.
            (b) A health drunk after grace has been said.
  
                           The grace cup follows to his sovereign's
                           health.                                       --Hing.
  
      {Grace drink}, a drink taken on rising from the table; a
            grace cup.
  
                     To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the
                     custom of the grace drink, she having established it
                     as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till
                     grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. --Encyc.
                                                                              Brit.
  
      {Grace hoop}, a hoop used in playing graces. See {Grace}, n.,
            13.
  
      {Grace note} (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See {Appoggiatura}, and
            def. 11 above.
  
      {Grace stroke}, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace.
           
  
      {Means of grace}, means of securing knowledge of God, or
            favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc.
  
      {To do grace}, to reflect credit upon.
  
                     Content to do the profession some grace. --Shak.
  
      {To say grace}, to render thanks before or after a meal.
  
      {With a good grace}, in a fit and proper manner grace fully;
            graciously.
  
      {With a bad grace}, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory
            manner; ungraciously.
  
                     What might have been done with a good grace would at
                     least be done with a bad grace.         --Macaulay.
  
      Syn: Elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy.
  
      Usage: {Grace}, {Mercy}. These words, though often
                  interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar
                  meaning. Grace, in the strict sense of the term, is
                  spontaneous favor to the guilty or undeserving; mercy
                  is kindness or compassion to the suffering or
                  condemned. It was the grace of God that opened a way
                  for the exercise of mercy toward men. See {Elegance}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Amaurosis \[d8]Am`au*ro"sis\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] dark, dim.]
      (Med.)
      A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic
      nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; --
      called also {gutta serena}, the [bd]{drop serene}[b8] of
      Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Gutta \[d8]Gut"ta\, n.; pl. {Gutt[92]}. [L.]
      1. A drop.
  
      2. (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a
            frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the
            triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in
            the Doric order; -- called also {campana}, and {drop}.
  
      {Gutta serena} [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.),
            amaurosis.
  
      {Gutt[91] band}> (Arch.), the listel or band from which the
            gutt[91] hang.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Amaurosis \[d8]Am`au*ro"sis\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] dark, dim.]
      (Med.)
      A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic
      nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; --
      called also {gutta serena}, the [bd]{drop serene}[b8] of
      Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Gutta \[d8]Gut"ta\, n.; pl. {Gutt[92]}. [L.]
      1. A drop.
  
      2. (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a
            frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the
            triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in
            the Doric order; -- called also {campana}, and {drop}.
  
      {Gutta serena} [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.),
            amaurosis.
  
      {Gutt[91] band}> (Arch.), the listel or band from which the
            gutt[91] hang.
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