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English Dictionary: gloam	by the DICT Development Group
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Galen n Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200)
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galena n soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead
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Galium n annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw; cleavers [syn: Galium, genus Galium]
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galleon n a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries
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Galliano n golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs
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gallina n small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl Synonym(s): jungle fowl, gallina
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gallium n a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores Synonym(s): gallium, Ga, atomic number 31
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gallon n United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters Synonym(s): gallon, gal a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters Synonym(s): gallon, Imperial gallon, congius
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gleam n an appearance of reflected light [syn: gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency] a flash of light (especially reflected light) Synonym(s): gleam, gleaming, glimmer v be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine] shine brightly, like a star or a light Synonym(s): gleam, glimmer appear briefly; "A terrible thought gleamed in her mind"
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glean v gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" [syn: reap, harvest, glean]
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glen n a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
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Glenn n made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-) Synonym(s): Glenn, John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn Jr.
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glioma n a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia
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gloam n the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" Synonym(s): twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
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glom v take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom] seize upon or latch onto something; "The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater"
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gloom n a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom" Synonym(s): gloom, somberness, sombreness a feeling of melancholy apprehension Synonym(s): gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office" Synonym(s): gloom, gloominess, glumness
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gloomy adj depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic" Synonym(s): glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" Synonym(s): gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" Synonym(s): blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
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glum adj moody and melancholic showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" Synonym(s): dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
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glume n small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae
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gluon n a gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks
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goal line n a line marking each end of the playing field or pitch; where the goals stand
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Golan n a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria; "artillery on the Golan Heights can dominate a large area of Israel" Synonym(s): Golan Heights, Golan
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golem n (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means a mechanism that can move automatically Synonym(s): automaton, robot, golem
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Galena \Ga*le"na\, n.[L. galena lead ore, dross that remains       after melting lead: cf. F. gal[8a]ne sulphide of lead ore,       antidote to prison, stillness of the sea, calm, tranquility.]       1. (Med.) A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca. [Obs.]             --Parr.          2. (Min.) Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of             a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in             crystallization and cleavage.          {False galena}. See {Blende}.
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Galleon \Gal"le*on\, n. [Sp. galeon, cf. F. galion; fr. LL.       galeo, galio. See {Galley}.] (Naut.)       A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often       having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The       term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large       sailing vessel.                   The galleons . . . were huge, round-stemmed, clumsy                vessels, with bulwarks three or four feet thick, and                built up at stem and stern, like castles. --Motley.
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Gallian \Gal"li*an\, a. [See {Gallic}.]       Gallic; French. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Gallin \Gal"lin\, n. (Chem.)       A substance obtained by the reduction of galle[8b]n.
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Gallium \Gal"li*um\, n. [NL.; perh. fr. L. Gallia France.]       (Chem.)       A rare metallic element, found combined in certain zinc ores.       It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and       remarkable for its low melting point (86[f8] F., 30[f8] C.).       Symbol, Ga; at. wt., 69.9. Gallium is chiefly trivalent,       resembling aluminium and indium. It was predicted with most       of its properties, under the name eka-aluminium, by       Mendelyeev on the basis of the periodic law. This prediction       was verified in its discovery (in 1875) by its characteristic       spectrum (two violet lines).
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Ekaluminium \Ek*al`u*min"i*um\, n. [Skr. [emac]ka one + E.       aluminium.] (Chem.)       The name given to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered       and called {gallium}. See {Gallium}, and cf. {Ekabor}.
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Gallium \Gal"li*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. Gallia France.] (Chem.)       A rare metallic element, found in certain zinc ores. It is       white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and       remarcable for its low melting point (86[?] F., 30[?]C).       Symbol Ga. Atomic weight 69.9.          Note: The element was predicted with most of its properties,                under the name ekaluminium, by the Russian chemist                Mendelejeff, on the basis of the Periodic law. This                prediction was verified in its discovery by the French                chemist Lecoq de Boisbaudran by its characteristic                spectrum (two violet lines), in an examination of a                zinc blende from the Pyrenees.
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Gallium \Gal"li*um\, n. [NL.; perh. fr. L. Gallia France.]       (Chem.)       A rare metallic element, found combined in certain zinc ores.       It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and       remarkable for its low melting point (86[f8] F., 30[f8] C.).       Symbol, Ga; at. wt., 69.9. Gallium is chiefly trivalent,       resembling aluminium and indium. It was predicted with most       of its properties, under the name eka-aluminium, by       Mendelyeev on the basis of the periodic law. This prediction       was verified in its discovery (in 1875) by its characteristic       spectrum (two violet lines).
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Ekaluminium \Ek*al`u*min"i*um\, n. [Skr. [emac]ka one + E.       aluminium.] (Chem.)       The name given to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered       and called {gallium}. See {Gallium}, and cf. {Ekabor}.
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Gallium \Gal"li*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. Gallia France.] (Chem.)       A rare metallic element, found in certain zinc ores. It is       white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and       remarcable for its low melting point (86[?] F., 30[?]C).       Symbol Ga. Atomic weight 69.9.          Note: The element was predicted with most of its properties,                under the name ekaluminium, by the Russian chemist                Mendelejeff, on the basis of the Periodic law. This                prediction was verified in its discovery by the French                chemist Lecoq de Boisbaudran by its characteristic                spectrum (two violet lines), in an examination of a                zinc blende from the Pyrenees.
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Gallium \Gal"li*um\, n. [NL.; perh. fr. L. Gallia France.]       (Chem.)       A rare metallic element, found combined in certain zinc ores.       It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and       remarkable for its low melting point (86[f8] F., 30[f8] C.).       Symbol, Ga; at. wt., 69.9. Gallium is chiefly trivalent,       resembling aluminium and indium. It was predicted with most       of its properties, under the name eka-aluminium, by       Mendelyeev on the basis of the periodic law. This prediction       was verified in its discovery (in 1875) by its characteristic       spectrum (two violet lines).
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Ekaluminium \Ek*al`u*min"i*um\, n. [Skr. [emac]ka one + E.       aluminium.] (Chem.)       The name given to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered       and called {gallium}. See {Gallium}, and cf. {Ekabor}.
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Gallium \Gal"li*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. Gallia France.] (Chem.)       A rare metallic element, found in certain zinc ores. It is       white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and       remarcable for its low melting point (86[?] F., 30[?]C).       Symbol Ga. Atomic weight 69.9.          Note: The element was predicted with most of its properties,                under the name ekaluminium, by the Russian chemist                Mendelejeff, on the basis of the Periodic law. This                prediction was verified in its discovery by the French                chemist Lecoq de Boisbaudran by its characteristic                spectrum (two violet lines), in an examination of a                zinc blende from the Pyrenees.
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Gallon \Gal"lon\, n. [OF galon, jalon, LL. galo, galona, fr.       galum a liquid measure; cf. F. jale large bowl. Cf. {Gill} a       measure.]       A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for       the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry       measure.          Note: The standart gallon of the Unites States contains 231                cubic inches, or 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of distilled                water at its maximum density, and with the barometer at                30 inches. This is almost exactly equivalent to a                cylinder of seven inches in diameter and six inches in                height, and is the same as the old English wine gallon.                The beer gallon, now little used in the United States,                contains 282 cubic inches. The English imperial gallon                contains 10 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at                62[?] of Fahrenheit, and barometer at 30 inches, equal                to 277.274 cubic inches.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.       imp[82]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,       sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an             imperial government; imperial authority or edict.                         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one             who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. [bd]The imperial             democracy of Athens.[b8] --Mitford.                         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an                      imperial voice.                                 --Shak.                         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These                      are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.                         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line                      of battle.                                          --E. Everett.          3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial             paper; imperial tea, etc.          {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},             etc.          {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old             German empire.          {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having             no head but the emperor.          {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German             empire.          {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.          {Imperial eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eagle}.          {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.          {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.                      {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by             the British Parliament.
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Gallon \Gal"lon\, n. [OF galon, jalon, LL. galo, galona, fr.       galum a liquid measure; cf. F. jale large bowl. Cf. {Gill} a       measure.]       A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for       the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry       measure.          Note: The standart gallon of the Unites States contains 231                cubic inches, or 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of distilled                water at its maximum density, and with the barometer at                30 inches. This is almost exactly equivalent to a                cylinder of seven inches in diameter and six inches in                height, and is the same as the old English wine gallon.                The beer gallon, now little used in the United States,                contains 282 cubic inches. The English imperial gallon                contains 10 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at                62[?] of Fahrenheit, and barometer at 30 inches, equal                to 277.274 cubic inches.
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Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.       imp[82]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,       sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an             imperial government; imperial authority or edict.                         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one             who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. [bd]The imperial             democracy of Athens.[b8] --Mitford.                         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an                      imperial voice.                                 --Shak.                         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These                      are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.                         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line                      of battle.                                          --E. Everett.          3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial             paper; imperial tea, etc.          {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},             etc.          {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old             German empire.          {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having             no head but the emperor.          {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German             empire.          {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.          {Imperial eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eagle}.          {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.          {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.                      {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by             the British Parliament.
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Galloon \Gal*loon"\, n. [From F. or Sp. galon. See {Gala}. ]       1. A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes,             etc., -- sometimes made ornamental.          2. A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as             gold lace.                         Silver and gold galloons, with the like glittering                      gewgaws.                                             --Addison.
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Gillian \Gil"li*an\, n. [OE. Gillian, a woman's name, for       Julian, Juliana. Cf. {Gill} a girl.]       A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Glaum \Glaum\, v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.]       To grope with the hands, as in the dark. [Scot.]          {To glaum at}, to grasp or snatch at; to aspire to.                         Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three.            --Burns.
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Gleam \Gleam\, v. t.       To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).                   Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights. --Shak.
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Gleam \Gleam\, v. i. [Cf. OE. glem birdlime, glue, phlegm, and       E. englaimed.] (Falconry)       To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
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Gleam \Gleam\, n. [OE. glem, gleam, AS. gl[91]m, prob. akin to       E. glimmer, and perh. to Gr. [?] warm, [?] to warm. Cf.       {Glitter}.]       1. A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray;             a glimpse.                         Transient unexpected gleams of joi.   --Addison.                         At last a gleam Of dawning light turned thitherward                      in haste His [Satan's] traveled steps. --Milton.                         A glimmer, and then a gleam of light. --Longfellow.          2. Brightness; splendor.                         In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen.                                                                               --Pope.
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Gleam \Gleam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gleamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Gleaming}.]       1. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn,             light gleams in the east.          2. To shine; to cast light; to glitter.          Syn: To {Gleam}, {Glimmer}, {Glitter}.          Usage: To gleam denotes a faint but distinct emission of                   light. To glimmer describes an indistinct and unsteady                   giving of light. To glitter imports a brightness that                   is intense, but varying. The morning light gleams upon                   the earth; a distant taper glimmers through the mist;                   a dewdrop glitters in the sun. See {Flash}.
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Gleamy \Gleam"y\, a.       Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing;       coruscating.                   In brazed arms, that cast a gleamy ray, Swift through                the town the warrior bends his way.         --Pope.
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Glean \Glean\, n.       Cleaning; afterbirth. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Glean \Glean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gleaned}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Gleaning}.] [OE. glenen, OF. glener, glaner, F. glaner, fr.       LL. glenare; cf. W. glan clean, glanh[?]u to clean, purify,       or AS. gelm, gilm, a hand[?]ul.]       1. To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or             fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or             grapes left after the gathering.                         To glean the broken ears after the man That the main                      harvest reaps.                                    --Shak.          2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.          3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to             obtain.                         Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments.                                                                               --Locke.
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Glean \Glean\, v. i.       1. To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.                         And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field                      after the reapers.                              --Ruth ii. 3.          2. To pick up or gather anything by degrees.                         Piecemeal they this acre first, then that; Glean on,                      and gather up the whole estate.         --Pope.
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Glean \Glean\, n.       A collection made by gleaning.                   The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs.                                                                               --Dryden.
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Gleen \Gleen\, v. i. [Cf. {Glance}, {Glint}.]       To glisten; to gleam. [Obs.] --Prior.
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Glen \Glen\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glyn a deep valley,       Ir. & Gael. gleann valley, glen.]       A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between       hills.                   And wooes the widow's daughter of the glen. --Spenser.
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Glim \Glim\, n.       1. Brightness; splendor. [Obs.]          2. A light or candle. [Slang] --Dickens.          {Douse the glim}, put out the light. [Slang]
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Gloam \Gloam\, v. i. [See {Gloom}, {Glum}.]       1. To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.          2. To be sullen or morose. [Obs.]
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Gloam \Gloam\, n.       The twilight; gloaming. [R.] --Keats.
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Glombe \Glombe\, Glome \Glome\, v. i.       To gloom; to look gloomy, morose, or sullen. [Obs.] --Surrey.
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Glome \Glome\, n.       Gloom. [Obs.]
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Glome \Glome\, n. [L. glomus a ball. Cf. {Globe}.] (Anat.)       One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the       frog of the horse's foot.
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Gloom \Gloom\ (gl[oomac]m), n. [AS. gl[omac]m twilight, from the       root of E. glow. See {Glow}, and cf. {Glum}, {Gloam}.]       1. Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the             gloom of a forest, or of midnight.          2. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.                         Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. --Tennyson                                                                               .          3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of             sorrow; low spirits; dullness.                         A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by                      fits.                                                --Burke.          4. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.          Syn: Darkness; dimness; obscurity; heaviness; dullness;                depression; melancholy; dejection; sadness. See                {Darkness}.
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Gloom \Gloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gloomed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Glooming}.]       1. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.          2. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or             sad; to come to the evening twilight.                         The black gibbet glooms beside the way. --Goldsmith.                         [This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom.                                                                               --Spenser.
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Gloom \Gloom\, v. t.       1. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.                         A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. --Walpole.                         A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. --Tennyson.          2. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.                         Such a mood as that which lately gloomed Your fancy.                                                                               --Tennison.                         What sorrows gloomed that parting day. --Goldsmith.
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Gloomy \Gloom"y\, a. [Compar. {Gloomier}; superl. {Gloomiest}.]       1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or             darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.             [bd]Though hid in gloomiest shade.[b8] --Milton.          2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected;             as, a gloomy temper or countenance.          Syn: Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose;                melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected;                disheartened.
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Glum \Glum\, n. [See {Gloom}.]       Sullenness. [Obs.] --Skelton.
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Glum \Glum\, a.       Moody; silent; sullen.                   I frighten people by my glun face.         --Thackeray.
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Glum \Glum\, v. i.       To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.       [Obs.] --Hawes.
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Glume \Glume\, n. [L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or       peel: cf. F. glume or gloume.] (Bot.)       The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and       grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt. --Gray.
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Glummy \Glum"my\, a. [See {Gloom}.]       dark; gloomy; dismal. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glyn \Glyn\, Glynne \Glynne\, n.       A glen. See {Glen}.          Note: [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in                Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.]                            He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut                         them up within those narrow corners and glyns                         under the mountain's foot.            --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glyn \Glyn\, Glynne \Glynne\, n.       A glen. See {Glen}.          Note: [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in                Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.]                            He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut                         them up within those narrow corners and glyns                         under the mountain's foot.            --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D.       zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. &       Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.]       Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but       not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the       seashore.                   Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.                                                                               --Tennyson.                   A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing                trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only                herbage, plants, and mosses.                  --Farming                                                                               Encyc. (E.                                                                               Edwards,                                                                               Words).          {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing}       (b) .          {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage.          {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus             Duvaucelli}) of India.          {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus});             -- called also {goollema}.       (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis});             -- called also {little swamp hen}.       (c) The European purple gallinule.          {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or]             Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with             fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with             rose; -- called also {swamp pink}.          {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling             logs. Cf. {Cant hook}.          {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}.          {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small             leaves with the lower surface glaucous.          {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}.          {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak             which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak             ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}),             swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}).          {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite.          {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian             game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria},             allied to the European partridges.          {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink.          {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the             genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and             fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet             bay}.          {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow             ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely             resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy             places.          {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Galena, AK (city, FIPS 27530)       Location: 64.74077 N, 156.81986 W       Population (1990): 833 (286 housing units)       Area: 42.8 sq km (land), 16.6 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 99741    Galena, IL (city, FIPS 28300)       Location: 42.42075 N, 90.42735 W       Population (1990): 3647 (1732 housing units)       Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61036    Galena, IN (CDP, FIPS 26206)       Location: 38.35034 N, 85.93940 W       Population (1990): 1231 (417 housing units)       Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Galena, KS (city, FIPS 25100)       Location: 37.07503 N, 94.63534 W       Population (1990): 3308 (1442 housing units)       Area: 11.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 66739    Galena, MD (town, FIPS 31225)       Location: 39.34331 N, 75.87916 W       Population (1990): 324 (142 housing units)       Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 21635    Galena, MO (city, FIPS 26254)       Location: 36.80459 N, 93.47013 W       Population (1990): 401 (191 housing units)       Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 65656    Galena, OH (village, FIPS 29148)       Location: 40.22050 N, 82.88208 W       Population (1990): 361 (145 housing units)       Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43021
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Galien, MI (village, FIPS 31300)       Location: 41.80164 N, 86.49971 W       Population (1990): 596 (233 housing units)       Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 49113
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Galion, OH (city, FIPS 29162)       Location: 40.73172 N, 82.79047 W       Population (1990): 11859 (5169 housing units)       Area: 12.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 44833
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Galliano, LA (CDP, FIPS 28065)       Location: 29.43098 N, 90.30274 W       Population (1990): 4294 (1624 housing units)       Area: 21.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 70354
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gallina, NM       Zip code(s): 87017
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gallion, AL       Zip code(s): 36742
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gillham, AR (town, FIPS 27010)       Location: 34.16787 N, 94.31351 W       Population (1990): 210 (86 housing units)       Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71841
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gilliam, LA (village, FIPS 29010)       Location: 32.82726 N, 93.84272 W       Population (1990): 202 (82 housing units)       Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71029    Gilliam, MO (town, FIPS 27028)       Location: 39.23277 N, 93.00366 W       Population (1990): 212 (97 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 65330
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glen, MS       Zip code(s): 38846    Glen, NH       Zip code(s): 03838    Glen, WV       Zip code(s): 25088
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glenn, CA       Zip code(s): 95943    Glenn, GA       Zip code(s): 30217
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glennie, MI       Zip code(s): 48737
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Glynn, LA       Zip code(s): 70736
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
gillion /gil'y*n/ or /jil'y*n/ n.   [formed from {giga-} by    analogy with mega/million and tera/trillion] 10^9. Same as an    American billion or a British `milliard'.   How one pronounces this    depends on whether one speaks {giga-} with a hard or soft `g'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
gillion          /gil'y*n/ or /jil'y*n/ (From {giga-} by analogy with       mega/million and tera/trillion) 10^9.          Same as an American billion or a British "milliard".   How one       pronounces this depends on whether one speaks {giga-} with a       hard or soft "g".          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-03-17)
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
gallium    Symbol: Ga    Atomic number: 31    Atomic weight: 69.72    Soft silvery metallic element, belongs to group 13 of the periodic table.    The two stable isotopes are Ga-69 and Ga-71. Eight radioactive isotopes    are known, all having short half-lives. Gallium Arsenide is used as a    semiconductor. Corrodes most other metals by diffusing into their lattice.    First identified by Francois Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Gallim       heaps, (1 Sam. 25:44; Isa. 10:30). The native place of Phalti,       to whom Michal was given by Saul. It was probably in Benjamin,       to the north of Jerusalem.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Glean       The corners of fields were not to be reaped, and the sheaf       accidentally left behind was not to be fetched away, according       to the law of Moses (Lev. 19:9; 23:22; Deut. 24:21). They were       to be left for the poor to glean. Similar laws were given       regarding vineyards and oliveyards. (Comp. Ruth 2:2.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Golan       exile, a city of Bashan (Deut. 4:43), one of the three cities of       refuge east of Jordan, about 12 miles north-east of the Sea of       Galilee (Josh. 20:8). There are no further notices of it in       Scripture. It became the head of the province of Gaulanitis, one       of the four provinces into which Bashan was divided after the       Babylonish captivity, and almost identical with the modern       Jaulan, in Western Hauran, about 39 miles in length and 18 in       breath.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Gallim, who heap up; who cover
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Golan, passage; revolution