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   Giovanni da Verrazano
         n 1: Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of
               North America (circa 1485-1528) [syn: {Verrazano},
               {Giovanni da Verrazano}, {Verrazzano}, {Giovanni da
               Verrazzano}]

English Dictionary: give notice by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Giovanni da Verrazzano
n
  1. Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528)
    Synonym(s): Verrazano, Giovanni da Verrazano, Verrazzano, Giovanni da Verrazzano
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Giovanni de'Medici
n
  1. son of Lorenzo de'Medici and pope from 1513 to 1521 who excommunicated Martin Luther and who in 1521 bestowed on Henry VIII the title of Defender of the Faith (1475-1521)
    Synonym(s): Leo X, Giovanni de'Medici
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Giovanni di Bernardone
n
  1. (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226)
    Synonym(s): Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis, St. Francis, Giovanni di Bernardone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
give and take
v
  1. make mutual concessions; "In life you have to give and take"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
give notice
v
  1. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
    Synonym(s): displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
    Antonym(s): employ, engage, hire
  2. inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"
    Synonym(s): advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
give-and-go
n
  1. a basketball maneuver; one offensive player passes the ball to another, then runs toward the basket to take a return pass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
give-and-take
n
  1. an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"
    Synonym(s): discussion, give-and-take, word
  2. light teasing repartee
    Synonym(s): banter, raillery, give-and- take, backchat
  3. mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
    Synonym(s): interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guevina heterophylla
n
  1. Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut
    Synonym(s): Chilean nut, Chile nut, Chile hazel, Chilean hazelnut, Guevina heterophylla, Guevina avellana
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: The common species of Northern Africa ({Gazella
               dorcas}); the Arabian gazelle, or ariel ({G. Arabica});
               the mohr of West Africa ({G. mohr}); the Indian ({G.
               Bennetti}); the {ahu} or Persian ({G. subgutturosa});
               and the springbok or tsebe ({G. euchore}) of South
               Africa, are the best known.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gabionade \Ga`bi*on*ade"\, n. [F. gabionnade.]
      1. (Fort.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on
            their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire.
  
      2. A structure of gabions sunk in lines, as a core for a sand
            bar in harbor improvements.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gabioned \Ga"bi*oned\, p. a.
      Furnished with gabions.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gepound \Ge*pound"\, n.
      See {Gipoun}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gib \Gib\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
      A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a
      machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind
      them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually
      held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw.
  
      {Gib and key}, [or] {Gib and cotter} (Steam Engine), the
            fixed wedge or gib, and the driving wedge,key, or cotter,
            used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at
            the end of a connecting rod.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gib \Gib\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
      A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a
      machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind
      them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually
      held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw.
  
      {Gib and key}, [or] {Gib and cotter} (Steam Engine), the
            fixed wedge or gib, and the driving wedge,key, or cotter,
            used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at
            the end of a connecting rod.
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