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   give a damn
         v 1: show no concern or interest; always used in the negative;
               "I don't give a hoot"; "She doesn't give a damn about her
               job" [syn: {care a hang}, {give a hoot}, {give a hang},
               {give a damn}]

English Dictionary: give tongue to by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
give thanks
v
  1. express gratitude or show appreciation to [syn: thank, give thanks]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
give the once over
v
  1. look at with a critical eye; "When the movie star entered, all the women gave him the once over"
    Synonym(s): give the eye, give the once over
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
give tongue to
v
  1. articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
    Synonym(s): express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
go-between
n
  1. a negotiator who acts as a link between parties [syn: mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary, intercessor]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gibbet \Gib"bet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gibbeted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Gibbeting}.]
      1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
  
      2. To expose to infamy; to blacken.
  
                     I'll gibbet up his name.                     --Oldham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gift \Gift\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gifted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Gifting}.]
      To endow with some power or faculty.
  
               He was gifted . . . with philosophical sagacity. --I.
                                                                              Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Go-between \Go"-be*tween`\, n.
      An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a
      disparaging sense. --Shak.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Gibbethon
      a height, a city of the Philistines in the territory of Dan,
      given to the Kohathites (Josh. 19:44; 21:23). Nadab the king of
      Israel, while besieging it, was slain under its walls by Baasha,
      one of his own officers (1 Kings 15:27). It was in the
      possession of the Philistines after the secession of the ten
      tribes (2 Chr. 11:13, 14).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Gibbethon, a back; a high house
  
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