gain
         n 1: a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to
               property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain
               in weight over a period of weeks" [syn: {addition},
               {increase}, {gain}]
         2: the advantageous quality of being beneficial [syn: {profit},
            {gain}]
         3: the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current
            expressed as the ratio of output to input [syn:
            {amplification}, {gain}]
         4: the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its
            cost of operating [ant: {loss}, {red}, {red ink}]
         v 1: obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden" [syn: {derive},
               {gain}]
         2: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing
            knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of
            international finance" [syn: {acquire}, {win}, {gain}] [ant:
            {lose}]
         3: derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast
            experience" [syn: {profit}, {gain}, {benefit}]
         4: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit
            by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made
            it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before
            the weekend starts" [syn: {reach}, {make}, {attain}, {hit},
            {arrive at}, {gain}]
         5: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was
            gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers
            pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one
            playoff berth in the Western Conference" [syn: {gain},
            {advance}, {win}, {pull ahead}, {make headway}, {get ahead},
            {gain ground}] [ant: {drop off}, {fall back}, {fall behind},
            {lose}, {recede}]
         6: rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points
            today" [syn: {advance}, {gain}]
         7: increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum";
            "the car gathers speed" [syn: {gain}, {gather}]
         8: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as
            salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new
            job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought
            in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn:
            {gain}, {take in}, {clear}, {make}, {earn}, {realize},
            {realise}, {pull in}, {bring in}]
         9: increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she
            stopped exercising" [syn: {gain}, {put on}] [ant: {lose
            weight}, {melt off}, {reduce}, {slenderize}, {slim}, {slim
            down}, {thin}]

English Dictionary: go in	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gam n a herd of whales
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game adj disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" Synonym(s): crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game willing to face danger Synonym(s): game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky n a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game" a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games" animal hunted for food or sport (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win; "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game" the flesh of wild animals that is used for food a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start" Synonym(s): plot, secret plan, game the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game; "the child received several games for his birthday" your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz" Synonym(s): game, biz frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games" v place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" Synonym(s): bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gamey adj suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" Synonym(s): blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted Synonym(s): gamey, gamy, high willing to face danger Synonym(s): game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky
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gamma n the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred- thousandth of an oersted Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524) Synonym(s): da Gamma, Vasco da Gamma, Gamma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gammy adj (British informal) sore or lame; "a gammy foot"
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Gamow n United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968) Synonym(s): Gamow, George Gamow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gamy adj suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" Synonym(s): blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted Synonym(s): gamey, gamy, high willing to face danger Synonym(s): game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gawain n (Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table Synonym(s): Gawain, Sir Gawain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gean n wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting Synonym(s): gean, mazzard, mazzard cherry
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Gehenna n a place where the wicked are punished after death [syn: Gehenna, Tartarus]
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gem n art highly prized for its beauty or perfection [syn: gem, treasure] a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones" Synonym(s): gem, gemstone, stone a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry Synonym(s): jewel, gem a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan Synonym(s): muffin, gem a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry Synonym(s): jewel, gem, precious stone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gemma n small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gen n informal term for information; "give me the gen on your new line of computers"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gene n (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors" Synonym(s): gene, cistron, factor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
genie n (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals Synonym(s): genie, jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny, djinn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Genoa n a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria Synonym(s): Genoa, Genova
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
genu n hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella Synonym(s): knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Geum n avens Synonym(s): Geum, genus Geum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ghana n a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British" Synonym(s): Ghana, Republic of Ghana, Gold Coast
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gin n strong liquor flavored with juniper berries a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose Synonym(s): snare, gin, noose a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers Synonym(s): cotton gin, gin a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points Synonym(s): gin, gin rummy, knock rummy v separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin trap with a snare; "gin game"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gm n a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram Synonym(s): gram, gramme, gm, g
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gnaw v bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker" become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" Synonym(s): erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gnu n large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail Synonym(s): gnu, wildebeest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
go home v return home; "After the movie, we went home" [syn: {go home}, head home]
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go in v to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" Synonym(s): enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into Antonym(s): exit, get out, go out, leave
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
go on v continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight" Synonym(s): continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep Antonym(s): discontinue come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" Synonym(s): happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on" Synonym(s): advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on Antonym(s): draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" Synonym(s): continue, go on, carry on, proceed start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up" Synonym(s): go on, come up, come on Antonym(s): go off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Goma n a city in eastern Congo at the northern end of Lake Kivu near the border with Rwanda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gone adj destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: {done for(p)}, kaput(p), gone(a)] dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" Synonym(s): asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" Synonym(s): bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone no longer retained; "gone with the wind"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gonne n Irish patriot and a founder of the Sinn Fein (1865-1953) Synonym(s): Gonne, Maud Gonne
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goon n an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk] an aggressive and violent young criminal Synonym(s): hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gooney n a variety of albatross with black feet [syn: {black-footed albatross}, gooney, gooney bird, goonie, goony, Diomedea nigripes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goonie n a variety of albatross with black feet [syn: {black-footed albatross}, gooney, gooney bird, goonie, goony, Diomedea nigripes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goony n a variety of albatross with black feet [syn: {black-footed albatross}, gooney, gooney bird, goonie, goony, Diomedea nigripes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gown n a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located; "the relations between town and gown are always sensitive" lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women Synonym(s): nightgown, gown, nightie, night- robe, nightdress protective garment worn by surgeons during operations Synonym(s): gown, surgical gown, scrubs outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions Synonym(s): gown, robe v dress in a gown
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guam n the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898 Synonym(s): Guam, GU
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guama n tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations Synonym(s): guama, Inga laurina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guan n any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guano n the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guiana n a geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guinea n a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent Synonym(s): wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958 Synonym(s): Guinea, Republic of Guinea, French Guinea a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world Synonym(s): guinea fowl, guinea, Numida meleagris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gum n a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing Synonym(s): chewing gum, gum the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth Synonym(s): gingiva, gum any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive Synonym(s): glue, gum, mucilage wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum Synonym(s): gumwood, gum any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum Synonym(s): gum tree, gum v cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; "if you gum the tape it is stronger" grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food" Synonym(s): mumble, gum become sticky exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gumma n a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gummy adj having the sticky properties of an adhesive [syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous] covered with adhesive gum Synonym(s): gummed, gummy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gun n a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) large but transportable armament Synonym(s): artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability) Synonym(s): gunman, gun a professional killer who uses a gun Synonym(s): gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine Synonym(s): grease-gun, gun a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" Synonym(s): accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; "two runners started before the gun"; "a twenty gun salute" v shoot with a gun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gunny n coarse jute fabric Synonym(s): burlap, gunny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guyana n a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 Synonym(s): Guyana, Co-operative Republic of Guyana, British Guiana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gwyn n Celtic underworld god
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gwynn n English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687) Synonym(s): Gwynn, Gywn, Gynne, Nell Gwynn, Nell Gywn, Nell Gwynne, Eleanor Gwynn, Eleanor Gwyn, Eleanor Gwynne
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gym n athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training Synonym(s): gymnasium, gym
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gynne n English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687) Synonym(s): Gwynn, Gywn, Gynne, Nell Gwynn, Nell Gywn, Nell Gwynne, Eleanor Gwynn, Eleanor Gwyn, Eleanor Gwynne
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gywn n English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687) Synonym(s): Gwynn, Gywn, Gynne, Nell Gwynn, Nell Gywn, Nell Gwynne, Eleanor Gwynn, Eleanor Gwyn, Eleanor Gwynne
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Point \Point\, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L.       punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See       {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.]       1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything,             esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle             or a pin.          2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle             used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others;             also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point;             -- called also {pointer}.          3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined             termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a             tract of land extending into the water beyond the common             shore line.          4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument,             as a needle; a prick.          5. An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or             supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither             parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has             neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes             conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of             which a line is conceived to be produced.          6. An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant;             hence, the verge.                         When time's first point begun Made he all souls.                                                                               --Sir J.                                                                               Davies.          7. A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the             divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed             in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a             stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence,             figuratively, an end, or conclusion.                         And there a point, for ended is my tale. --Chaucer.                         Commas and points they set exactly right. --Pope.          8. Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative             position, or to indicate a transition from one state or             position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position             or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of             depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by             tenpoints. [bd]A point of precedence.[b8] --Selden.             [bd]Creeping on from point to point.[b8] --Tennyson.                         A lord full fat and in good point.      --Chaucer.          9. That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or             character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a             peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as,             the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story,             etc.                         He told him, point for point, in short and plain.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         In point of religion and in point of honor. --Bacon.                         Shalt thou dispute With Him the points of liberty ?                                                                               --Milton.          10. Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an             argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp.,             the proposition to be established; as, the point of an             anecdote. [bd]Here lies the point.[b8] --Shak.                         They will hardly prove his point.      --Arbuthnot.          11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a             punctilio.                         This fellow doth not stand upon points. --Shak.                         [He] cared not for God or man a point. --Spenser.          12. (Mus.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or             time; as:             (a) (Anc. Mus.) A dot or mark distinguishing or                   characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of                   perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a                   tune. [bd]Sound the trumpet -- not a levant, or a                   flourish, but a point of war.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.             (b) (Mod. Mus.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note,                   to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half,                   as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a                   half note equal to three quarter notes.          13. (Astron.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or             zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the             intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere,             and named specifically in each case according to the             position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the             solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points,             etc. See {Equinoctial Nodal}.          14. (Her.) One of the several different parts of the             escutcheon. See {Escutcheon}.          15. (Naut.)             (a) One of the points of the compass (see {Points of the                   compass}, below); also, the difference between two                   points of the compass; as, to fall off a point.             (b) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See                   {Reef point}, under {Reef}.          16. (Anc. Costume) A a string or lace used to tie together             certain parts of the dress. --Sir W. Scott.          17. Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels             point. See Point lace, below.          18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.]          19. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.             [Cant, U. S.]          20. (Cricket) A fielder who is stationed on the off side,             about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in             advance of, the batsman.          21. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game;             as, the dog came to a point. See {Pointer}.          22. (Type Making) A standard unit of measure for the size of             type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica             type. See {Point system of type}, under {Type}.          23. A tyne or snag of an antler.          24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board.          25. (Fencing) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as,             tierce point.          Note: The word point is a general term, much used in the                sciences, particularly in mathematics, mechanics,                perspective, and physics, but generally either in the                geometrical sense, or in that of degree, or condition                of change, and with some accompanying descriptive or                qualifying term, under which, in the vocabulary, the                specific uses are explained; as, boiling point, carbon                point, dry point, freezing point, melting point,                vanishing point, etc.          {At all points}, in every particular, completely; perfectly.             --Shak.          {At point}, {In point}, {At}, {In}, [or] On, {the point}, as             near as can be; on the verge; about (see {About}, prep.,             6); as, at the point of death; he was on the point of             speaking. [bd]In point to fall down.[b8] --Chaucer.             [bd]Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been taken,             recovered himself so valiantly as brought day on his             side.[b8] --Milton.          {Dead point}. (Mach.) Same as {Dead center}, under {Dead}.          {Far point} (Med.), in ophthalmology, the farthest point at             which objects are seen distinctly. In normal eyes the             nearest point at which objects are seen distinctly; either             with the two eyes together (binocular near point), or with             each eye separately (monocular near point).          {Nine points of the law}, all but the tenth point; the             greater weight of authority.          {On the point}. See {At point}, above.          {Point lace}, lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished             from that made on the pillow.          {Point net}, a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels             lace (Brussels ground).          {Point of concurrence} (Geom.), a point common to two lines,             but not a point of tangency or of intersection, as, for             instance, that in which a cycloid meets its base.          {Point of contrary flexure}, a point at which a curve changes             its direction of curvature, or at which its convexity and             concavity change sides.          {Point of order}, in parliamentary practice, a question of             order or propriety under the rules.          {Point of sight} (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the             point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the             spectator.          {Point of view}, the relative position from which anything is             seen or any subject is considered.          {Points of the compass} (Naut.), the thirty-two points of             division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the             corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is             supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the             directions of east, west, north, and south, are called             cardinal points, and the rest are named from their             respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N.,             N. E., etc. See Illust. under {Compass}.          {Point paper}, paper pricked through so as to form a stencil             for transferring a design.          {Point system of type}. See under {Type}.          {Singular point} (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses             some property not possessed by points in general on the             curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc.          {To carry one's point}, to accomplish one's object, as in a             controversy.          {To make a point of}, to attach special importance to.          {To make}, [or] {gain}, {a point}, accomplish that which was             proposed; also, to make advance by a step, grade, or             position.          {To mark}, [or] {score}, {a point}, as in billiards, cricket,             etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit, run,             etc.          {To strain a point}, to go beyond the proper limit or rule;             to stretch one's authority or conscience.          {Vowel point}, in Hebrew, and certain other Eastern and             ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the             consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or             vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gain \Gain\ (g[amac]n), n. [OE. gain, gein, ga[yogh]hen, gain,       advantage, Icel. gagn; akin to Sw. gagn, Dan. gavn, cf. Goth.       gageigan to gain. The word was prob. influenced by F. gain       gain, OF. gaain. Cf. {Gain}, v. t.]       1. That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase,             profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to {loss}.                         But what things were gain to me, those I counted                      loss for Christ.                                 --Phil. iii.                                                                               7.                         Godliness with contentment is great gain. --1 Tim.                                                                               vi. 6.                         Every one shall share in the gains.   --Shak.          2. The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable             possessions; acquisition; accumulation. [bd]The lust of             gain.[b8] --Tennyson.
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Gain \Gain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gained} (g[amac]nd); p. pr. &       vb. n. {Gaining}.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F.       gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG.       weidin[omac]n, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida       pasturage, G. weide, akin to Icel. vei[edh]r hunting, AS.       w[amac][edh]u, cf. L. venari to hunt, E. venison. See {Gain},       n., profit.]       1. To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by             effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.                         What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole                      world, and lose his own soul?            --Matt. xvi.                                                                               26.                         To gain dominion, or to keep it gained. --Milton.                         For fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease.                                                                               --Pope.          2. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to             obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a             case at law; to gain a prize.          3. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side;             to conciliate.                         If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.                                                                               --Matt. xviii.                                                                               15.                         To gratify the queen, and gained the court.                                                                               --Dryden.          4. To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top             of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.                         Forded Usk and gained the wood.         --Tennyson.          5. To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. [Obs.             or Ironical]                         Ye should . . . not have loosed from Crete, and to                      have gained this harm and loss.         --Acts xxvii.                                                                               21.          {Gained day}, the calendar day gained in sailing eastward             around the earth.          {To gain ground}, to make progress; to advance in any             undertaking; to prevail; to acquire strength or extent.          {To gain over}, to draw to one's party or interest; to win             over.          {To gain the wind} (Naut.), to reach the windward side of             another ship.          Syn: To obtain; acquire; get; procure; win; earn; attain;                achieve.          Usage: See {Obtain}. -- {To Gain}, {Win}. Gain implies only                   that we get something by exertion; win, that we do it                   in competition with others. A person gains knowledge,                   or gains a prize, simply by striving for it; he wins a                   victory, or wins a prize, by taking it in a struggle                   with others.
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Gain \Gain\ (g[amac]n), n. [Cf. W. gan a mortise.] (Arch.)       A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist,       or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive       the end of the floor beam.
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Gain \Gain\, a. [OE. gein, gain, good, near, quick; cf. Icel.       gegn ready, serviceable, and gegn, adv., against, opposite.       Cf. {Ahain}.]       Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy;       profitable; cheap; respectable. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Gain \Gain\, v. i.       To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to       grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to       make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.                   Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by                extortion.                                             --Ezek. xxii.                                                                               12.          {Gaining twist}, in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves,             which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle.          {To gain on} [or] {upon}.       (a) To encroach on; as, the ocean gains on the land.       (b) To obtain influence with.       (c) To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or             contest.       (d) To get the better of; to have the advantage of.                         The English have not only gained upon the Venetians                      in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice                      itself.                                             --Addison.                         My good behavior had so far gained on the emperor,                      that I began to conceive hopes of liberty. --Swift.
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Point \Point\, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L.       punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See       {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.]       1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything,             esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle             or a pin.          2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle             used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others;             also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point;             -- called also {pointer}.          3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined             termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a             tract of land extending into the water beyond the common             shore line.          4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument,             as a needle; a prick.          5. An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or             supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither             parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has             neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes             conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of             which a line is conceived to be produced.          6. An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant;             hence, the verge.                         When time's first point begun Made he all souls.                                                                               --Sir J.                                                                               Davies.          7. A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the             divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed             in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a             stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence,             figuratively, an end, or conclusion.                         And there a point, for ended is my tale. --Chaucer.                         Commas and points they set exactly right. --Pope.          8. Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative             position, or to indicate a transition from one state or             position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position             or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of             depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by             tenpoints. [bd]A point of precedence.[b8] --Selden.             [bd]Creeping on from point to point.[b8] --Tennyson.                         A lord full fat and in good point.      --Chaucer.          9. That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or             character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a             peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as,             the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story,             etc.                         He told him, point for point, in short and plain.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         In point of religion and in point of honor. --Bacon.                         Shalt thou dispute With Him the points of liberty ?                                                                               --Milton.          10. Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an             argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp.,             the proposition to be established; as, the point of an             anecdote. [bd]Here lies the point.[b8] --Shak.                         They will hardly prove his point.      --Arbuthnot.          11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a             punctilio.                         This fellow doth not stand upon points. --Shak.                         [He] cared not for God or man a point. --Spenser.          12. (Mus.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or             time; as:             (a) (Anc. Mus.) A dot or mark distinguishing or                   characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of                   perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a                   tune. [bd]Sound the trumpet -- not a levant, or a                   flourish, but a point of war.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.             (b) (Mod. Mus.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note,                   to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half,                   as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a                   half note equal to three quarter notes.          13. (Astron.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or             zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the             intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere,             and named specifically in each case according to the             position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the             solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points,             etc. See {Equinoctial Nodal}.          14. (Her.) One of the several different parts of the             escutcheon. See {Escutcheon}.          15. (Naut.)             (a) One of the points of the compass (see {Points of the                   compass}, below); also, the difference between two                   points of the compass; as, to fall off a point.             (b) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See                   {Reef point}, under {Reef}.          16. (Anc. Costume) A a string or lace used to tie together             certain parts of the dress. --Sir W. Scott.          17. Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels             point. See Point lace, below.          18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.]          19. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.             [Cant, U. S.]          20. (Cricket) A fielder who is stationed on the off side,             about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in             advance of, the batsman.          21. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game;             as, the dog came to a point. See {Pointer}.          22. (Type Making) A standard unit of measure for the size of             type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica             type. See {Point system of type}, under {Type}.          23. A tyne or snag of an antler.          24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board.          25. (Fencing) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as,             tierce point.          Note: The word point is a general term, much used in the                sciences, particularly in mathematics, mechanics,                perspective, and physics, but generally either in the                geometrical sense, or in that of degree, or condition                of change, and with some accompanying descriptive or                qualifying term, under which, in the vocabulary, the                specific uses are explained; as, boiling point, carbon                point, dry point, freezing point, melting point,                vanishing point, etc.          {At all points}, in every particular, completely; perfectly.             --Shak.          {At point}, {In point}, {At}, {In}, [or] On, {the point}, as             near as can be; on the verge; about (see {About}, prep.,             6); as, at the point of death; he was on the point of             speaking. [bd]In point to fall down.[b8] --Chaucer.             [bd]Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been taken,             recovered himself so valiantly as brought day on his             side.[b8] --Milton.          {Dead point}. (Mach.) Same as {Dead center}, under {Dead}.          {Far point} (Med.), in ophthalmology, the farthest point at             which objects are seen distinctly. In normal eyes the             nearest point at which objects are seen distinctly; either             with the two eyes together (binocular near point), or with             each eye separately (monocular near point).          {Nine points of the law}, all but the tenth point; the             greater weight of authority.          {On the point}. See {At point}, above.          {Point lace}, lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished             from that made on the pillow.          {Point net}, a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels             lace (Brussels ground).          {Point of concurrence} (Geom.), a point common to two lines,             but not a point of tangency or of intersection, as, for             instance, that in which a cycloid meets its base.          {Point of contrary flexure}, a point at which a curve changes             its direction of curvature, or at which its convexity and             concavity change sides.          {Point of order}, in parliamentary practice, a question of             order or propriety under the rules.          {Point of sight} (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the             point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the             spectator.          {Point of view}, the relative position from which anything is             seen or any subject is considered.          {Points of the compass} (Naut.), the thirty-two points of             division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the             corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is             supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the             directions of east, west, north, and south, are called             cardinal points, and the rest are named from their             respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N.,             N. E., etc. See Illust. under {Compass}.          {Point paper}, paper pricked through so as to form a stencil             for transferring a design.          {Point system of type}. See under {Type}.          {Singular point} (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses             some property not possessed by points in general on the             curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc.          {To carry one's point}, to accomplish one's object, as in a             controversy.          {To make a point of}, to attach special importance to.          {To make}, [or] {gain}, {a point}, accomplish that which was             proposed; also, to make advance by a step, grade, or             position.          {To mark}, [or] {score}, {a point}, as in billiards, cricket,             etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit, run,             etc.          {To strain a point}, to go beyond the proper limit or rule;             to stretch one's authority or conscience.          {Vowel point}, in Hebrew, and certain other Eastern and             ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the             consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or             vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant.
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Gain \Gain\ (g[amac]n), n. [OE. gain, gein, ga[yogh]hen, gain,       advantage, Icel. gagn; akin to Sw. gagn, Dan. gavn, cf. Goth.       gageigan to gain. The word was prob. influenced by F. gain       gain, OF. gaain. Cf. {Gain}, v. t.]       1. That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase,             profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to {loss}.                         But what things were gain to me, those I counted                      loss for Christ.                                 --Phil. iii.                                                                               7.                         Godliness with contentment is great gain. --1 Tim.                                                                               vi. 6.                         Every one shall share in the gains.   --Shak.          2. The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable             possessions; acquisition; accumulation. [bd]The lust of             gain.[b8] --Tennyson.
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Gain \Gain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gained} (g[amac]nd); p. pr. &       vb. n. {Gaining}.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F.       gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG.       weidin[omac]n, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida       pasturage, G. weide, akin to Icel. vei[edh]r hunting, AS.       w[amac][edh]u, cf. L. venari to hunt, E. venison. See {Gain},       n., profit.]       1. To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by             effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.                         What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole                      world, and lose his own soul?            --Matt. xvi.                                                                               26.                         To gain dominion, or to keep it gained. --Milton.                         For fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease.                                                                               --Pope.          2. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to             obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a             case at law; to gain a prize.          3. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side;             to conciliate.                         If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.                                                                               --Matt. xviii.                                                                               15.                         To gratify the queen, and gained the court.                                                                               --Dryden.          4. To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top             of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.                         Forded Usk and gained the wood.         --Tennyson.          5. To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. [Obs.             or Ironical]                         Ye should . . . not have loosed from Crete, and to                      have gained this harm and loss.         --Acts xxvii.                                                                               21.          {Gained day}, the calendar day gained in sailing eastward             around the earth.          {To gain ground}, to make progress; to advance in any             undertaking; to prevail; to acquire strength or extent.          {To gain over}, to draw to one's party or interest; to win             over.          {To gain the wind} (Naut.), to reach the windward side of             another ship.          Syn: To obtain; acquire; get; procure; win; earn; attain;                achieve.          Usage: See {Obtain}. -- {To Gain}, {Win}. Gain implies only                   that we get something by exertion; win, that we do it                   in competition with others. A person gains knowledge,                   or gains a prize, simply by striving for it; he wins a                   victory, or wins a prize, by taking it in a struggle                   with others.
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Gain \Gain\ (g[amac]n), n. [Cf. W. gan a mortise.] (Arch.)       A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist,       or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive       the end of the floor beam.
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Gain \Gain\, a. [OE. gein, gain, good, near, quick; cf. Icel.       gegn ready, serviceable, and gegn, adv., against, opposite.       Cf. {Ahain}.]       Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy;       profitable; cheap; respectable. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Gain \Gain\, v. i.       To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to       grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to       make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.                   Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by                extortion.                                             --Ezek. xxii.                                                                               12.          {Gaining twist}, in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves,             which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle.          {To gain on} [or] {upon}.       (a) To encroach on; as, the ocean gains on the land.       (b) To obtain influence with.       (c) To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or             contest.       (d) To get the better of; to have the advantage of.                         The English have not only gained upon the Venetians                      in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice                      itself.                                             --Addison.                         My good behavior had so far gained on the emperor,                      that I began to conceive hopes of liberty. --Swift.
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Gam \Gam\, n. [Orig. uncert.] (Naut.)             (a) A herd, or school, of whales.             (b) A visit between whalers at sea; a holding of social                   intercourse between those on different vessels at sea,                   or (Local U. S.) between persons ashore.
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Gam \Gam\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gammed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Gam"ming}.] (Naut.)             (a) To gather in a gam; -- said of whales.             (b) To engage in a gam, or (Local, U. S.) in social                   intercourse anywhere.
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Gam \Gam\, v. t. (Naut.)       To have a gam with; to pay a visit to, esp. among whalers at       sea.
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Game \Game\, a. [Cf. W. cam crooked, and E. gambol, n.]       Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. [Colloq.]
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Game \Game\, n. [OE. game, gamen, AS. gamen, gomen, play, sport;       akin to OS., OHG., & Icel. gaman, Dan. gammen mirth,       merriment, OSw. gamman joy. Cf. {Gammon} a game,       {Backgammon}, {Gamble} v. i.]       1. Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.                         We have had pastimes here, and pleasant game.                                                                               --Shak.          2. A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules,             for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a             game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.                         But war's a game, which, were their subject wise,                      Kings would not play at.                     --Cowper.          Note: Among the ancients, especially the Greeks and Romans,                there were regularly recurring public exhibitions of                strength, agility, and skill under the patronage of the                government, usually accompanied with religious                ceremonies. Such were the Olympic, the Pythian, the                Nemean, and the Isthmian games.          3. The use or practice of such a game; a single match at             play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.                         Talk the game o'er between the deal.   --Lloyd.          4. That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the             number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a             game; as, in short whist five points are game.          5. (Card Playing) In some games, a point credited on the             score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.          6. A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or             purpose; method of procedure; projected line of             operations; plan; project.                         Your murderous game is nearly up.      --Blackw. Mag.                         It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the                      greatest literary champion of the cause he had set                      himself to attack.                              --Saintsbury.          7. Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats             designed for, or served at, table.                         Those species of animals . . . distinguished from                      the rest by the well-known appellation of game.                                                                               --Blackstone.          {Confidence game}. See under {Confidence}.          {To make game of}, to make sport of; to mock. --Milton.
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Game \Game\, a.       1. Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock;             ready to fight to the last; plucky.                         I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought                      even to the death.                              --W. Irving.          2. Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game,             or to the act or practice of hunting.          {Game bag}, a sportsman's bag for carrying small game             captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken.          {Game bird}, any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse,             partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore             or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew,             and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily             restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and             guns.          {Game egg}, an egg producing a gamecock.          {Game laws}, laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking             game for food or for sport.          {Game preserver}, a land owner who regulates the killing of             game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.]          {To be game}.             (a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit.             (b) To be victor in a game. [Colloq.]          {To die game}, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the             last; to die fighting.
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Game \Game\ (g[amac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamed} (g[amac]md);       p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaming}.] [OE. gamen, game[?]en, to rejoice,       AS. gamenian to play. See {Game}, n.]       1. To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English,             impersonally with dative. [Obs.]                         God loved he best with all his whole hearte At alle                      times, though him gamed or smarte.      --Chaucer.          2. To play at any sport or diversion.          3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice,             billiards, or other instruments, according to certain             rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon             the issue of the contest; to gamble.
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Gamma \Gam"ma\, n.       The third letter ([GAMMA], [gamma] = Eng. G) of the Greek       alphabet.
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Gamy \Gam"y\, a.       1. (Cookery) Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept             uncooked till near the condition of tainting;             high-flavored.          2. (Sporting) Showing an unyielding spirit to the last;             plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout.
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Gan \Gan\, imp. of {Gin}. [See {Gin}, v.]       Began; commenced.
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Gin \Gin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gan}, {Gon} ([?]), [or] {Gun}       ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ginning}.] [OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan       (in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan       to begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. g[c6]nan to       yawn, and E. yawn. [?] See {Yawn}, v. i., and cf. {Begin}.]       To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as,       gan tell. See {Gan}. [Obs. or Archaic] [bd]He gan to       pray.[b8] --Chaucer.
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Gane \Gane\, v. i. [See {Yawn}.]       To yawn; to gape. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Gawn \Gawn\, n. [Corrupted fr. gallon.]       A small tub or lading vessel. [Prov. Eng.] --Johnson.
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Gayne \Gayne\, v. i. [See {Gain}.]       To avail. [Obs.]
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Gean \Gean\, n. [F. guigne the fruit of the gean; cf. OHG.       w[c6]hsila, G. weichsel.] (Bot.)       A species of cherry tree common in Europe ({Prunus avium});       also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color.
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Gehenna \Ge*hen"na\ (g[esl]*h[ecr]n"n[adot]), n. [L. Gehenna,       Gr. Ge`enna, Heb. G[emac] Hinn[omac]m.] (Jewish Hist.)       The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the       Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on       this account, was afterward regarded as a place of       abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the       city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent       pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is       transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell.                   The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence And black                Gehenna called, the type of Hell.            --Milton.
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Gein \Ge"in\, n. [Gr. [?] earth.] (Chem.)       See {Humin}.
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Humin \Hu"min\, n. [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.)       A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted       from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids       on certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also {humic       acid}, {ulmin}, {gein}, {ulmic} or {geic acid}, etc.
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Gein \Ge"in\, n. [Gr. [?] earth.] (Chem.)       See {Humin}.
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Humin \Hu"min\, n. [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.)       A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted       from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids       on certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also {humic       acid}, {ulmin}, {gein}, {ulmic} or {geic acid}, etc.
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Gem \Gem\, n. [OE. gemme precious stone, F. gemme, fr. L. gemma       a precious stone, bud.]       1. (Bot.) A bud.                         From the joints of thy prolific stem A swelling knot                      is raised called a gem.                     --Denham.          2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz,             sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and             polished for ornament; a jewel. --Milton.          3. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits,             which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or             value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or             wise saying.          {Artificial gem}, an imitation of a gem, made of glass             colored with metallic oxide. Cf. {Paste}, and {Strass}.
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Gem \Gem\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Gemming}]       1. To put forth in the form of buds. [bd]Gemmed their             blossoms.[b8] [R.] --Milton.          2. To adorn with gems or precious stones.          3. To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed             with dewdrops.                         England is . . . gemmed with castles and palaces.                                                                               --W. Irving.
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d8Gemma \[d8]Gem"ma\, n.; pl. {Gemm[91]}. [L., a bud.]       1. (Bot.) A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.          2. (Biol.) A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in             the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one             at a time from the parent cell.
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Gemmy \Gem"my\, a. [From {Gem}, n.]       1. Full of gems; bright; glittering like a gem.                         The gemmy bridle glittered free.         --Tennyson.          2. Spruce; smart. [Colloq. Eng.]
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-gen \-gen\ [(1) From Gr. -gen-, from the same root as ge`nos       race, stock (see {Genus}). (2) From Gr. suffix -genh`s born.       Cf. F. -g[8a]ne.]       1. A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of             producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen.          2. A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen.
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Genius \Gen"ius\, n.; pl. E. {Geniuses}; in sense 1, L. {Genii}.       [L. genius, prop., the superior or divine nature which is       innate in everything, the spirit, the tutelar deity or genius       of a person or place, taste, talent, genius, from genere,       gignere, to beget, bring forth. See {Gender}, and cf.       {Engine}.]       1. A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients             to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity;             a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. {Jinnee}.                         The unseen genius of the wood.            --Milton.                         We talk of genius still, but with thought how                      changed! The genius of Augustus was a tutelary                      demon, to be sworn by and to receive offerings on an                      altar as a deity.                              --Tylor.          2. The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual             is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind             which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for             certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit;             special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius             for history, for poetry, or painting.          3. Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a             religion, a language.          4. Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual             power; especially, superior power of invention or             origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations;             as, a man of genius.                         Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual                      intensity of the modifyng power.         --Coleridge.          5. A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of             superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a             rare genius.          Syn: {Genius}, {Talent}.          Usage: Genius implies high and peculiar gifts of nature,                   impelling the mind to certain favorite kinds of mental                   effort, and producing new combinations of ideas,                   imagery, etc. Talent supposes general strength of                   intellect, with a peculiar aptitude for being molded                   and directed to specific employments and valuable ends                   and purposes. Genius is connected more or less with                   the exercise of imagination, and reaches its ends by a                   kind of intuitive power. Talent depends more on high                   mental training, and a perfect command of all the                   faculties, memory, judgment, sagacity, etc. Hence we                   speak of a genius for poetry, painting. etc., and a                   talent for business or diplomacy. Among English                   orators, Lord Chatham was distinguished for his                   genius; William Pitt for his pre[89]minent talents,                   and especially his unrivaled talent for debate.
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d8Genu \[d8]Ge"nu\, n.; pl. {Genua}. [L., the knee.] (Anat.)       (a) The knee.       (b) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum             of the brain.
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Gim \Gim\, a. [Cf. {Gimp}, a.]       Neat; spruce. [Prov.]
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Gin \Gin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ginned}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ginning}.]       1. To catch in a trap. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.          2. To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.
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Gin \Gin\, n. [Contr. from Geneva. See 2d {Geneva}.]       A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and       flavored with juniper berries; -- also called {Hollands} and       {Holland gin}, because originally, and still very       extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually       flavored with turpentine.
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Gin \Gin\, n. [A contraction of engine.]       1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer.             Spenser.          2.             (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights,                   consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the                   top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.             (b) (Mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.          3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton             gin.          Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture                worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary                sails.          {Gin block}, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel,             over which a rope runs; -- called also {whip gin},             {rubbish pulley}, and {monkey wheel}.          {Gin power}, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin.                      {Gin race}, [or] {Gin ring}, the path of the horse when             putting a gin in motion. --Halliwell.          {Gin saw}, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers             through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper.          {Gin wheel}.             (a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through                   the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint.             (b) (Mining) the drum of a whim.
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Gin \Gin\, prep. [AS. ge[a0]n. See {Again}.]       Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. [Scot.] --A. Ross       (1778).
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Gin \Gin\, conj. [See {Gin}, prep.]       If. [Scotch] --Jamieson.
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Gin \Gin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gan}, {Gon} ([?]), [or] {Gun}       ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ginning}.] [OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan       (in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan       to begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. g[c6]nan to       yawn, and E. yawn. [?] See {Yawn}, v. i., and cf. {Begin}.]       To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as,       gan tell. See {Gan}. [Obs. or Archaic] [bd]He gan to       pray.[b8] --Chaucer.
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Ginnee \Gin"nee\, n.; pl. {Ginn}.       See {Jinnee}.
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Ginnee \Gin"nee\, n.; pl. {Ginn}.       See {Jinnee}.
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Gnaw \Gnaw\, v. i.       To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as       in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly,       or unmanageable.                   I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain                that ties me.                                          --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.
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Gnaw \Gnaw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gnawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Gnawing}.] [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D. knagen, OHG.       gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan. gnave, nage.       Cf. {Nag} to tease.]       1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily             separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with             effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous             biting with the teeth; to nibble at.                         His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. To bite in agony or rage.                         They gnawed their tongues for pain.   --Rev. xvi.                                                                               10.          3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
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Gnew \Gnew\ (n[umac]), obs.       imp. of {Gnaw}. --Chaucer.
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Gnu \Gnu\, n. [Hottentot gnu, or nju: cf. F. gnou.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of two species of large South African antelopes of the       genus {Catoblephas}, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved       horns in both sexes. [Written also {gnoo}.]          Note: The common gnu or wildebeest ({Catoblephas gnu}) is                plain brown; the brindled gnu or blue wildebeest ({C.                gorgon}) is larger, with transverse stripes of black on                the neck and shoulders.
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Gnow \Gnow\, obs. imp. of {Gnaw}.       Gnawed. --Chaucer.
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Gnu \Gnu\, n. [Hottentot gnu, or nju: cf. F. gnou.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of two species of large South African antelopes of the       genus {Catoblephas}, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved       horns in both sexes. [Written also {gnoo}.]          Note: The common gnu or wildebeest ({Catoblephas gnu}) is                plain brown; the brindled gnu or blue wildebeest ({C.                gorgon}) is larger, with transverse stripes of black on                the neck and shoulders.
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Goen \Go"en\,       p. p. of Go. [Obs.]
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Gome \Gome\, n. [AS. guma; akin to Goth. guma, L. homo. See       {Bridegroom}.]       A man. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
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Gome \Gome\, n. [Cf. Icel. gormr ooze, mud.]       The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; --       called also {gorm}. See {Gorm}. [Prov. Eng.]
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Gon \Gon\,       imp. & p. p. of {Go}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Gin \Gin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gan}, {Gon} ([?]), [or] {Gun}       ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ginning}.] [OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan       (in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan       to begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. g[c6]nan to       yawn, and E. yawn. [?] See {Yawn}, v. i., and cf. {Begin}.]       To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as,       gan tell. See {Gan}. [Obs. or Archaic] [bd]He gan to       pray.[b8] --Chaucer.
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Gone \Gone\,       p. p. of {Go}.
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Go \Go\, v. i. [imp. {Went} (w[ecr]nt); p. p. {Gone} (g[ocr]n;       115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Going}. Went comes from the AS,       wendan. See {Wend}, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. g[be]n, akin to       D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g[emac]n, g[be]n, SW. g[aring],       Dan. gaae; cf. Gr. kicha`nai to reach, overtake, Skr. h[be]       to go, AS. gangan, and E. gang. The past tense in AS., eode,       is from the root i to go, as is also Goth. iddja went.       [root]47a. Cf. {Gang}, v. i., {Wend}.]       1. To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be             in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to             advance; to make progress; -- used, in various             applications, of the movement of both animate and             inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the             movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.          2. To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to             walk step by step, or leisurely.          Note: In old writers go is much used as opposed to run, or                ride. [bd]Whereso I go or ride.[b8] --Chaucer.                            You know that love Will creep in service where it                         can not go.                                    --Shak.                            Thou must run to him; for thou hast staid so long                         that going will scarce serve the turn. --Shak.                            He fell from running to going, and from going to                         clambering upon his hands and his knees.                                                                               --Bunyan.          Note: In Chaucer go is used frequently with the pronoun in                the objective used reflexively; as, he goeth him home.          3. To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to             circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken,             accepted, or regarded.                         The man went among men for an old man in the days of                      Saul.                                                --1 Sa. xvii.                                                                               12.                         [The money] should go according to its true value.                                                                               --Locke.          4. To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move             on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue             or result; to succeed; to turn out.                         How goes the night, boy ?                  --Shak.                         I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of                      man enough.                                       --Arbuthnot.                         Whether the cause goes for me or against me, you                      must pay me the reward.                     --I Watts.          5. To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or             product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to             avail; to apply; to contribute; -- often with the             infinitive; as, this goes to show.                         Against right reason all your counsels go. --Dryden.                         To master the foul flend there goeth some complement                      knowledge of theology.                        --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          6. To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.                         Seeing himself confronted by so many, like a                      resolute orator, he went not to denial, but to                      justify his cruel falsehood.               --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.          Note: Go, in this sense, is often used in the present                participle with the auxiliary verb to be, before an                infinitive, to express a future of intention, or to                denote design; as, I was going to say; I am going to                begin harvest.
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Goldin \Gold"in\, Golding \Gold"ing\, n. (Bot.) [From the golden       color of the blossoms.]       A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold       ({Chrysanthemum segetum}). [This word is variously corrupted       into {gouland}, {gools}, {gowan}, etc.]
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Gowan \Gow"an\, n. [Scot., fr. Gael. gugan bud, flower, daisy.]       1. The daisy, or mountain daisy. [Scot.]                         And pu'd the gowans fine.                  --Burns.          2. (Min.) Decomposed granite.
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Goldin \Gold"in\, Golding \Gold"ing\, n. (Bot.) [From the golden       color of the blossoms.]       A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold       ({Chrysanthemum segetum}). [This word is variously corrupted       into {gouland}, {gools}, {gowan}, etc.]
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Gowan \Gow"an\, n. [Scot., fr. Gael. gugan bud, flower, daisy.]       1. The daisy, or mountain daisy. [Scot.]                         And pu'd the gowans fine.                  --Burns.          2. (Min.) Decomposed granite.
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Gowany \Gow"an*y\, a.       Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies. [Scot.]                   Sweeter than gowany glens or new-mown hay. --Ramsay.
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Gown \Gown\, n. [OE. goune, prob. from W. gwn gown, loose robe,       akin to Ir. gunn, Gael. g[97]n; cf. OF. gone, prob. of the       same origin.]       1. A loose, flowing upper garment; especially:             (a) The ordinary outer dress of a woman; as, a calico or                   silk gown.             (b) The official robe of certain professional men and                   scholars, as university students and officers,                   barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace;                   the dress of civil officers, in distinction from                   military.                               He Mars deposed, and arms to gowns made yield.                                                                               --Dryden.             (c) A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a                   dressing gown.          2. Any sort of dress or garb.                         He comes . . . in the gown of humility. --Shak.
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Guan \Guan\ (gw[aum]n), n. ((Zo[94]l.)       Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of       Central and South America, belonging to {Penelope}, {Pipile},       {Ortalis}, and allied genera. Several of the species are       often domesticated.
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Guana \Gua"na\ (gw[aum]"n[adot]), n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Iguana}.
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Guano \Gua"no\, n.; pl. {Guanos}. [Sp. guano, fr. Peruv. huanu       dung.]       A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or       islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of       their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is       used as a powerful fertilizer.
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Peach \Peach\, n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[88]che,       fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a       peach. Cf. {Persian}, and {Parsee}.] (Bot.)       A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two       seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree       which bears it ({Prunus, [or] Amygdalus Persica}). In the       wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.          {Guinea}, [or] {Sierra Leone}, {peach}, the large edible             berry of the {Sarcocephalus esculentus}, a rubiaceous             climbing shrub of west tropical Africa.          {Palm peach}, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris             speciosa}).          {Peach color}, the pale red color of the peach blossom.          {Peach-tree borer} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a clearwing moth             ({[92]geria, [or] Sannina, exitiosa}) of the family             {[92]geriid[91]}, which is very destructive to peach trees             by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the             moth itself. See Illust. under {Borer}.
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Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[icr]n"[esl]), n.       1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for             its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea             fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.          2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings             sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the             issue of sovereigns in 1817.                         The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of                      which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663,                      and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went                      for less than twenty-one shillings.   --Pinkerton.          {Guinea corn}. (Bot.) See {Durra}.          {Guinea Current} (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean             setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of             Guinea.          {Guinea dropper} one who cheats by dropping counterfeit             guineas. [Obs.] --Gay.          {Guinea fowl}, {Guinea hen} (Zo[94]l.), an African             gallinaceous bird, of the genus {Numida}, allied to the             pheasants. The common domesticated species ({N.             meleagris}), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the             head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small             white spots. The crested Guinea fowl ({N. cristata}) is a             finer species.          {Guinea grains} (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See             {Amomum}.          {Guinea grass} (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum             jumentorum}) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies             and Southern United States.          {Guinea-hen flower} (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria             Meleagris}) with petals spotted like the feathers of the             Guinea hen.          {Guinea peach}. See under {Peach}.          {Guinea pepper} (Bot.), the pods of the {Xylopia aromatica},             a tree of the order {Anonace[91]}, found in tropical West             Africa. They are also sold under the name of {Piper             [92]thiopicum}.          {Guinea pig}. [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.]             (a) (Zo[94]l.) A small Brazilian rodent ({Cavia cobaya}),                   about seven inches in length and usually of a white                   color, with spots of orange and black.
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Kauri resin \Kauri resin\, gum \gum\, [or] copal \copal\       A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow       or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It       is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
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Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gome, AS. gama palate; akin Co G. gaumen,       OHG. goumo, guomo, Icel. g[?]mr, Sw. gom; cf. Gr. [?] to       gape.]       The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the       adjacent parts of the jaws.          {Gum rash} (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum.                      {Gum stick}, a smooth hard substance for children to bite             upon while teething.
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Gum \Gum\, v. t.       To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn       saw). See {Gummer}.
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Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis,       fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It.       {gomma}.]       1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens             when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic;             gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with             less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water;             as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.          2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}.          3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any             roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow             log. [Southern U. S.]          4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]          {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under             {Black}, {Blue}, etc.          {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass             tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}).          {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so             called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}.          {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}.          {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of             {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in             Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}.             East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange             family which bears the elephant apple.          {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea             frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning             and in precipitating indigo.          {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus             ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.          {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}.          {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}.          {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}.          {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}.          {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}.          {Gum lac}. See {Lac}.          {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental             species of Cistus or rock rose.          {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the             parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]},             {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum.          {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and             mixing other ingredients.          {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by             exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures             of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin             containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.          {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}.          {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees             ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the             Senegal country, West Africa.          {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}.          {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and             Australia:             (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest                   trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue                   fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the                   large trees become hollow.             (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.}             (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar                   styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with                   pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It                   exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice.          {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.                      {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the             {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gum \Gum\, v. i.       To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gum \Gum\, v. t. [imp. &. p. {Gummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Gumming}.]       To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by       gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike       substance.                   He frets likke a gummed velvet.Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kauri resin \Kauri resin\, gum \gum\, [or] copal \copal\       A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow       or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It       is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gome, AS. gama palate; akin Co G. gaumen,       OHG. goumo, guomo, Icel. g[?]mr, Sw. gom; cf. Gr. [?] to       gape.]       The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the       adjacent parts of the jaws.          {Gum rash} (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum.                      {Gum stick}, a smooth hard substance for children to bite             upon while teething.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gum \Gum\, v. t.       To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn       saw). See {Gummer}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis,       fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It.       {gomma}.]       1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens             when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic;             gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with             less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water;             as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.          2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}.          3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any             roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow             log. [Southern U. S.]          4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]          {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under             {Black}, {Blue}, etc.          {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass             tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}).          {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so             called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}.          {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}.          {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of             {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in             Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}.             East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange             family which bears the elephant apple.          {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea             frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning             and in precipitating indigo.          {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus             ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.          {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}.          {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}.          {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}.          {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}.          {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}.          {Gum lac}. See {Lac}.          {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental             species of Cistus or rock rose.          {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the             parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]},             {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum.          {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and             mixing other ingredients.          {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by             exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures             of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin             containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.          {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}.          {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees             ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the             Senegal country, West Africa.          {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}.          {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and             Australia:             (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest                   trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue                   fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the                   large trees become hollow.             (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.}             (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar                   styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with                   pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It                   exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice.          {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.                      {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the             {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gum \Gum\, v. i.       To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gum \Gum\, v. t. [imp. &. p. {Gummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Gumming}.]       To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by       gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike       substance.                   He frets likke a gummed velvet.Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gummy \Gum"my\, a. [Compar. {Gummer} ([?]); superl. {Gummirst}.]       Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing       gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.                   Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine.   --Milton.                   Then rubs his gummy eyes.                        --Dryden.          {Gummy tumor} (Med.), a gumma.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gin \Gin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gan}, {Gon} ([?]), [or] {Gun}       ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ginning}.] [OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan       (in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan       to begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. g[c6]nan to       yawn, and E. yawn. [?] See {Yawn}, v. i., and cf. {Begin}.]       To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as,       gan tell. See {Gan}. [Obs. or Archaic] [bd]He gan to       pray.[b8] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gun \Gun\, n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir.,       {Gael}.) A LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L.       canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.       mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]       1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;             any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the             explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel             closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with             an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various             means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are             smaller guns, for hand use, and are called {small arms}.             Larger guns are called {cannon}, {ordnance},             {fieldpieces}, {carronades}, {howitzers}, etc. See these             terms in the Vocabulary.                         As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in                      the powder runne.                              --Chaucer.                         The word gun was in use in England for an engine to                      cast a thing from a man long before there was any                      gunpowder found out.                           --Selden.          2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a             cannon.          3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.          Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or                manner of loading as {rifled} or {smoothbore},                {breech-loading} or {muzzle-loading}, {cast} or                {built-up guns}; or according to their use, as {field},                {mountain}, {prairie}, {seacoast}, and {siege guns}.          {Armstrong gun}, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named             after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.          {Great gun}, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig.), a             person superior in any way.          {Gun barrel}, the barrel or tube of a gun.          {Gun carriage}, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or             moved.          {Gun cotton} (Chem.), a general name for a series of             explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping             cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are             formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the             results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It             burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly             and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.             Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are             insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the             highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See {Pyroxylin}, and             cf. {Xyloidin}. The gun cottons are used for blasting and             somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded             with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for             making collodion. See {Celluloid}, and {Collodion}. Gun             cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose.             It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric             acid.          {Gun deck}. See under {Deck}.          {Gun fire}, the time at which the morning or the evening gun             is fired.          {Gun metal}, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of             copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is             also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.          {Gun port} (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a             cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.          {Gun tackle} (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the             side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from             the gun port.          {Gun tackle purchase} (Naut.), a tackle composed of two             single blocks and a fall. --Totten.          {Krupp gun}, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named             after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.          {Machine gun}, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,             mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a             reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the             gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in             volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several             hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim.             The {Gatling gun}, {Gardner gun}, {Hotchkiss gun}, and             {Nordenfelt gun}, named for their inventors, and the             French {mitrailleuse}, are machine guns.          {To blow great guns} (Naut.), to blow a gale. See {Gun}, n.,             3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gun \Gun\, v. i.       To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in       participial form; as, to go gunning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gunnie \Gun"nie\, n. (Mining.)       Space left by the removal of ore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gunny \Gun"ny\, n., Gunny cloth \Gun"ny cloth`\ [Hind. gon,       gon[?],, a sack, sacking.]       A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers       (called jute) of two plants of the genus {Corchorus} ({C.       olitorius} and {C. capsularis}), of India. The fiber is also       used in the manufacture of cordage.          {Gunny bag}, a sack made of gunny, used for coarse             commodities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gyn \Gyn\, v. i.       To begin [Obs.] See {Gin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gynno \Gyn"no\, v. i.       To begin. See {Gin}. [Obs.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gahanna, OH (city, FIPS 29106)       Location: 40.02503 N, 82.87500 W       Population (1990): 27791 (9921 housing units)       Area: 34.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43230
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gann, OH (village, FIPS 29288)       Location: 40.46911 N, 82.19031 W       Population (1990): 179 (68 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gem, KS (city, FIPS 26050)       Location: 39.42577 N, 100.89681 W       Population (1990): 104 (47 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 67734    Gem, WV       Zip code(s): 26335
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Genoa, CO (town, FIPS 29680)       Location: 39.27844 N, 103.49941 W       Population (1990): 167 (83 housing units)       Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 80818    Genoa, IL (city, FIPS 28898)       Location: 42.09765 N, 88.68989 W       Population (1990): 3083 (1226 housing units)       Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 60135    Genoa, NE (city, FIPS 18475)       Location: 41.44591 N, 97.73285 W       Population (1990): 1082 (451 housing units)       Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68640    Genoa, NY       Zip code(s): 13071    Genoa, OH (village, FIPS 29722)       Location: 41.51842 N, 83.36101 W       Population (1990): 2262 (834 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43430    Genoa, WI (village, FIPS 28625)       Location: 43.57339 N, 91.22580 W       Population (1990): 266 (115 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 54632
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gheen, MN       Zip code(s): 55740
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gowen, MI       Zip code(s): 49326
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Guin, AL (town, FIPS 32224)       Location: 33.96609 N, 87.91055 W       Population (1990): 2464 (1069 housing units)       Area: 24.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 35563
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Guion, AR (town, FIPS 29080)       Location: 35.92913 N, 91.94006 W       Population (1990): 93 (70 housing units)       Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72540
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gu-Win, AL (town, FIPS 32536)       Location: 33.95823 N, 87.87166 W       Population (1990): 243 (97 housing units)       Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gwinn, MI (CDP, FIPS 35760)       Location: 46.29093 N, 87.43931 W       Population (1990): 2370 (992 housing units)       Area: 13.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gwynn, VA       Zip code(s): 23066
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
gen /jen/ n.,v.   Short for {generate}, used frequently in both    spoken and written contexts.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
GNU /gnoo/, _not_ /noo/   1. [acronym: `GNU's Not Unix!', see    {{recursive acronym}}] A Unix-workalike development effort of the    Free Software Foundation headed by Richard Stallman    <>.   GNU EMACS and the GNU C compiler, two tools    designed for this project, have become very popular in hackerdom and    elsewhere.   The GNU project was designed partly to proselytize for    RMS's position that information is community property and all    software source should be shared.   One of its slogans is "Help stamp    out software hoarding!"   Though this remains controversial (because    it implicitly denies any right of designers to own, assign, and sell    the results of their labors), many hackers who disagree with RMS    have nevertheless cooperated to produce large amounts of    high-quality software for free redistribution under the Free    Software Foundation's imprimatur.   The GNU project has a web page at    `http://www.gnu.org'.   See {EMACS}, {copyleft}, {General Public    Virus}, {Linux}.   2. Noted Unix hacker John Gilmore <>,       founder of Usenet's anarchic alt.* hierarchy.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
gun vt.   [ITS, now rare: from the `:GUN' command] To forcibly    terminate a program or job (computer, not career).   "Some idiot left    a background process running soaking up half the cycles, so I gunned    it."   Usage: now rare.   Compare {can}, {blammo}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GAMMA          1. A language for matrices and generation of       mathematical programming reports.          ["GAMMA 3.3 for MPS/MPSX, IBM System:/360", Bonnor & Moore       Assocs (Mar 1975)].          2. A high-level parallel language.          [Research No definitions found for "GEM" No definitions found for "gen" Directions in High-Level Parallel Languages,       LeMetayer ed, Springer 1992].          (1994-11-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GAN          Generating and Analyzing Networks.   "GAN - A System for       Generating and Analyzing Activity Networks", A. Schurmann,       CACM 11(10) (Oct 1968).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GIM-1          Generalized Information Management Language.   Nelson, Pick,       Andrews.   Proc SJCC 29:169-73, AFIPS (Fall 1966).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GIN          A special-purpose {macro assembler} used to build the {GEORGE       3} {operating system} for {ICL1900} series computers.          (1994-11-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GINA          Generic Interactive Application.   An {application framework}       based on {Common Lisp} and {OSF}/{Motif}, designed to simplify       the construction of graphical interactive applications.          GINA consists of {CLM} - a language binding for {OSF}/{Motif}       in {Common Lisp}; the GINA application framework - a {class       library} in {CLOS}; the GINA interface builder - an       interactive tool implemented with GINA to design {Motif}       windows.          Version 2.2 requires {OSF}/{Motif} 1.1 or better, {Common       Lisp} with {CLX}, {CLOS}, {PCL} and processes.   It runs with       {Franz Allegro}, {Lucid}, {CMU CL} and {Symbolics} {Genera}.          {Germany (ftp://ftp.gmd.de/gmd/gina)}.   {N. America       (ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/)}.   Mailing list:       gina-users-request@gmdzi.gmd.de.          (1994-11-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
gm          The {country code} for Gambia.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
gn          The {country code} for Guinea.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GNN          {Global Network Navigator}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GNU          /g*noo/ 1. A {recursive acronym}:       "GNU's Not Unix!".   The {Free Software Foundation}'s project       to provide a freely distributable replacement for {Unix}.   The       GNU Manifesto was published in the March 1985 issue of       Dr. Dobb's Journal but the GNU project started a year and a       half earlier when {Richard Stallman} was trying to get funding       to work on his freely distributable editor, {Emacs}.          {Emacs} and the GNU {C} compiler, {gcc}, two tools designed       for this project, have become very popular.   GNU software is       available from many {GNU archive site}s.          See also {Hurd}.          2. {John Gilmore}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1997-04-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GNU E          A persistent C++ variant          Version 2.3.3          compiler          {(ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/exodus/E/)}.          GNU E is a persistent, object oriented programming language       developed as part of the Exodus project.   GNU E extends C++       with the notion of persistent data, program level data objects       that can be transparently used across multiple executions of a       program, or multiple programs, without explicit input and       output operations.          GNU E's form of {persistence} is based on extensions to the       C++ type system to distinguish potentially persistent data       objects from objects that are always memory resident.   An       object is made persistent either by its declaration (via a new       "persistent" storage class qualifier) or by its method of       allocation (via persistent dynamic allocation using a special       overloading of the new operator).   The underlying object       storage system is the Exodus storage manager, which provides       concurrency control and recovery in addition to storage for       persistent data.          restriction: Copyleft; not all run-time sources are available       (yet)          requires: release 2.1.1 of the Exodus storage manager          E-mail: .          (1993/01/20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GOM          Good Old MAD.          Don Boettner, U Mich.   MAD for the IBM 360.   Parts of the MTS       {time-sharing} system were written in GOM.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GSM          {Global System for Mobile Communications}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
gun          ({ITS}, from the ":GUN" command) To forcibly       terminate a program or job (computer, not career).   "Some       idiot left a background process running soaking up half the       cycles, so I gunned it."          Compare {can}.          (1995-02-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GWM          Generic Window Manager.   An extensible window manager for the       {X Window System}.   It is built on top of an {interpreter} for       the {WOOL} language.          {(ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/gwm)},       {(ftp://avahi.inria.fr/contrib/gwm)}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Gehenna       (originally Ge bene Hinnom; i.e., "the valley of the sons of       Hinnom"), a deep, narrow glen to the south of Jerusalem, where       the idolatrous Jews offered their children in sacrifice to       Molech (2 Chr. 28:3; 33:6; Jer. 7:31; 19:2-6). This valley       afterwards became the common receptacle for all the refuse of       the city. Here the dead bodies of animals and of criminals, and       all kinds of filth, were cast and consumed by fire kept always       burning. It thus in process of time became the image of the       place of everlasting destruction. In this sense it is used by       our Lord in Matt. 5:22, 29, 30; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mark       9:43, 45, 47; Luke 12:5. In these passages, and also in James       3:6, the word is uniformly rendered "hell," the Revised Version       placing "Gehenna" in the margin. (See {HELL}; {HINNOM}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Gihon       a stream. (1.) One of the four rivers of Eden (Gen. 2:13). It       has been identified with the Nile. Others regard it as the Oxus,       or the Araxes, or the Ganges. But as, according to the sacred       narrative, all these rivers of Eden took their origin from the       head-waters of the Euphrates and the Trigris, it is probable       that the Gihon is the ancient Araxes, which, under the modern       name of the Arras, discharges itself into the Caspian Sea. It       was the Asiatic and not the African "Cush" which the Gihon       compassed (Gen. 10:7-10). (See {EDEN}.)                (2.) The only natural spring of water in or near Jerusalem is       the "Fountain of the Virgin" (q.v.), which rises outside the       city walls on the west bank of the Kidron valley. On the       occasion of the approach of the Assyrian army under Sennacherib,       Hezekiah, in order to prevent the besiegers from finding water,       "stopped the upper water course of Gihon, and brought it       straight down to the west side of the city of David" (2 Chr.       32:30; 33:14). This "fountain" or spring is therefore to be       regarded as the "upper water course of Gihon." From this       "fountain" a tunnel cut through the ridge which forms the south       part of the temple hill conveys the water to the Pool of Siloam,       which lies on the opposite side of this ridge at the head of the       Tyropoeon ("cheesemakers'") valley, or valley of the son of       Hinnom, now filled up by rubbish. The length of this tunnel is       about 1,750 feet. In 1880 an inscription was accidentally       discovered on the wall of the tunnel about nineteen feet from       where it opens into the Pool of Siloam. This inscription was       executed in all probability by Hezekiah's workmen. It briefly       narrates the history of the excavation. It may, however, be       possible that this tunnel was executed in the time of Solomon.       If the "waters of Shiloah that go softly" (Isa. 8:6) refers to       the gentle stream that still flows through the tunnel into the       Pool of Siloam, then this excavation must have existed before       the time of Hezekiah.                In the upper part of the Tyropoeoan valley there are two pools       still existing, the first, called Birket el-Mamilla, to the west       of the Jaffa gate; the second, to the south of the first, called       Birket es-Sultan. It is the opinion of some that the former was       the "upper" and the latter the "lower" Pool of Gihon (2 Kings       18:17; Isa. 7:3; 36:2; 22:9). (See {CONDUIT}; {SILOAM}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Gin       a trap. (1.) Ps. 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used,       _mokesh_, means a noose or "snare," as it is elsewhere rendered       (Ps. 18:5; Prov. 13:14, etc.).                (2.) Job 18:9, Isa. 8:14, Heb. pah, a plate or thin layer; and       hence a net, a snare, trap, especially of a fowler (Ps. 69: 22,       "Let their table before them become a net;" Amos 3:5, "Doth a       bird fall into a net [pah] upon the ground where there is no       trap-stick [mokesh] for her? doth the net [pah] spring up from       the ground and take nothing at all?", Gesenius.)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Gihon, valley of grace
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Guni, a garden; a covering
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Ghana       Ghana:Geography       Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between    Cote d'Ivoire and Togo       Map references: Africa       Area:    total area: 238,540 sq km    land area: 230,020 sq km    comparative area: slightly smaller than Oregon       Land boundaries: total 2,093 km, Burkina 548 km, Cote d'Ivoire 668 km,    Togo 877 km       Coastline: 539 km       Maritime claims:    contiguous zone: 24 nm    continental shelf: 200 nm    exclusive economic zone: 200 nm    territorial sea: 12 nm       International disputes: none       Climate: tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast;    hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north       Terrain: mostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central    area       Natural resources: gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite,    manganese, fish, rubber       Land use:    arable land: 5%    permanent crops: 7%    meadows and pastures: 15%    forest and woodland: 37%    other: 36%       Irrigated land: 80 sq km (1989)       Environment:    current issues: recent drought in north severely affecting    agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion;    poaching and habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water    pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water    natural hazards: dry, dusty, harmattan winds occur from January to    March; droughts    international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Endangered Species,    Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone    Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands;    signed, but not ratified - Climate Change, Desertification, Marine    Life Conservation       Note: Lake Volta is the world's largest artificial lake; northeasterly    harmattan wind (January to March)       Ghana:People       Population: 17,763,138 (July 1995 est.)       Age structure:    0-14 years: 46% (female 4,030,154; male 4,069,945)    15-64 years: 51% (female 4,638,451; male 4,494,533)    65 years and over: 3% (female 276,186; male 253,869) (July 1995 est.)       Population growth rate: 3.06% (1995 est.)       Birth rate: 43.57 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Death rate: 12.02 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Net migration rate: -0.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Infant mortality rate: 81.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)       Life expectancy at birth:    total population: 55.85 years    male: 53.88 years    female: 57.88 years (1995 est.)       Total fertility rate: 6.09 children born/woman (1995 est.)       Nationality:    noun: Ghanaian(s)    adjective: Ghanaian       Ethnic divisions: black African 99.8% (major tribes - Akan 44%,    Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga 8%), European and other 0.2%       Religions: indigenous beliefs 38%, Muslim 30%, Christian 24%, other 8%       Languages: English (official), African languages (including Akan,    Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)       Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)    total population: 60%    male: 70%    female: 51%       Labor force: 3.7 million    by occupation: agriculture and fishing 54.7%, industry 18.7%, sales    and clerical 15.2%, services, transportation, and communications 7.7%,    professional 3.7%       Ghana:Government       Names:    conventional long form: Republic of Ghana    conventional short form: Ghana    former: Gold Coast       Digraph: GH       Type: constitutional democracy       Capital: Accra       Administrative divisions: 10 regions; Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central,    Eastern, Greater Accra, Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Volta,    Western       Independence: 6 March 1957 (from UK)       National holiday: Independence Day, 6 March (1957)       Constitution: new constitution approved 28 April 1992       Legal system: based on English common law and customary law; has not    accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction       Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal       Executive branch:    chief of state and head of government: President Jerry John RAWLINGS    (since 3 November 1992) election last held 3 November 1992 (next to be    held November 1996); results - opposition boycotted the election, the    National Democratic Congress won 198 of the total 200 seats and 2    seats were won by independents    cabinet: Cabinet; president nominates members subject to approval by    the Parliament       Legislative branch: unicameral    National Assembly: elections last held 29 December 1992 (next to be    held December 1996); results - opposition boycotted the election; the    National Democratic Congress won 198 0f 200 total seats and    independents won 2       Judicial branch: Supreme Court       Political parties and leaders: National Democratic Congress, Jerry    John RAWLINGS; New Patriotic Party, Albert Adu BOAHEN; People's    Heritage Party, Alex ERSKINE; various other smaller parties       Member of: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-24, G-77, GATT,    IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,    INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, MINURSO, NAM, OAU, UN,    UNAMIR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UNPROFOR, UNU, UPU,    WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO       Diplomatic representation in US:    chief of mission: Ambassador Ekwow SPIO-GARBRAH    chancery: 3512 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008    telephone: [1] (202) 686-4520    FAX: [1] (202) 686-4527    consulate(s) general: New York       US diplomatic representation:    chief of mission: Ambassador Kenneth L. BROWN (scheduled to leave in    June 1995)    embassy: Ring Road East, East of Danquah Circle, Accra    mailing address: P. O. Box 194, Accra    telephone: [233] (21) 775348, 775349, 775297, 775298    FAX: [233] (21) 776008       Flag: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green    with a large black five-pointed star centered in the gold band; uses    the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of    Bolivia, which has a coat of arms centered in the yellow band       Economy       Overview: Well endowed with natural resources, Ghana is relatively    well off, having twice the per capita output of the poorer countries    in West Africa. Heavily reliant on international assistance, Ghana has    made steady progress in liberalizing its economy since 1983. Overall    growth continued at a rate of approximately 5% in 1994, due largely to    increased gold, timber, and cocoa production - major sources of    foreign exchange. The economy, however, continues to revolve around    subsistence agriculture, which accounts for 45% of GDP and employs 55%    of the work force, mainly small landholders. Public sector wage    increases, regional peacekeeping commitments, and the containment of    internal unrest in the underdeveloped north have placed substantial    demands on the government's budget and have led to inflationary    deficit financing and a 27% depreciation of the cedi in 1994.       National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $22.6 billion (1994    est.)       National product real growth rate: 5% (1994 est.)       National product per capita: $1,310 (1994 est.)       Inflation rate (consumer prices): 25% (1993 est.)       Unemployment rate: 10% (1991)       Budget:    revenues: $1.05 billion    expenditures: $1.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $178    million (1993)       Exports: $1 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)    commodities: cocoa 40%, gold, timber, tuna, bauxite, and aluminum    partners: Germany 31%, US 12%, UK 11%, Netherlands 6%, Japan 5% (1991)       Imports: $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1993 est.)    commodities: petroleum 16%, consumer goods, foods, intermediate goods,    capital equipment    partners: UK 22%, US 11%, Germany 9%, Japan 6%       External debt: $4.6 billion (December 1993 est.)       Industrial production: growth rate 3.4% in manufacturing (1993);    accounts for almost 15% of GDP       Electricity:    capacity: 1,180,000 kW    production: 6.1 billion kWh    consumption per capita: 323 kWh (1993)       Industries: mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum, food    processing       Agriculture: accounts for almost 50% of GDP (including fishing and    forestry); the major cash crop is cocoa; other principal crops - rice,    coffee, cassava, peanuts, corn, shea nuts, timber; normally    self-sufficient in food       Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug    trade; transit hub for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin destined    for Europe and the US       Economic aid:    recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $455 million;    Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments    (1970-89), $2.6 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $78 million;    Communist countries (1970-89) $106 million       Currency: 1 new cedi (C) = 100 pesewas       Exchange rates: new cedis per US$1 - 1,046.74 (December 1994), 936.71    (1994), 649.06 (1993), 437.09 (1992), 367.83 (1991), 326.33 (1990)       Fiscal year: calendar year       Ghana:Transportation       Railroads:    total: 953 km; note - undergoing major renovation    narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (32 km double track)       Highways:    total: 32,250 km    paved: concrete, bituminous 6,084 km    unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, improved earth 26,166 km       Inland waterways: Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers provide 168 km of    perennial navigation for launches and lighters; Lake Volta provides    1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways       Pipelines: none       Ports: Takoradi, Tema       Merchant marine:    total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 27,427 GRT/35,894 DWT    ships by type: cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 1       Airports:    total: 12    with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3    with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1    with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 2    with paved runways under 914 m: 2    with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 2    with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 2       Ghana:Communications       Telephone system: 42,300 telephones; poor to fair system; telephone    density - 2.4/1,000 persons    local: NA    intercity: primarily microwave radio relay    international: 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station       Radio:    broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 1, shortwave 0    radios: NA       Television:    broadcast stations: 4 (translators 8)    televisions: NA       Ghana:Defense Forces       Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force, Palace Guard, Civil    Defense       Manpower availability: males age 15-49 3,975,767; males fit for    military service 2,217,032; males reach military age (18) annually    170,723 (1995 est.)       Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $108 million, 1.5% of    GDP (1993)
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Guam       (territory of the US)       Guam:Geography       Location: Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about    three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines       Map references: Oceania       Area:    total area: 541.3 sq km    land area: 541.3 sq km    comparative area: slightly more than three times the size of    Washington, DC       Land boundaries: 0 km       Coastline: 125.5 km       Maritime claims:    exclusive economic zone: 200 nm    territorial sea: 12 nm       International disputes: none       Climate: tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by    northeast trade winds; dry season from January to June, rainy season    from July to December; little seasonal temperature variation       Terrain: volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat    coraline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water) with steep    coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low-rising hills in    center, mountains in south       Natural resources: fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism (especially    from Japan)       Land use:    arable land: 11%    permanent crops: 11%    meadows and pastures: 15%    forest and woodland: 18%    other: 45%       Irrigated land: NA sq km       Environment:    current issues: NA    natural hazards: frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively    rare, but potentially very destructive typhoons (especially in August)       international agreements: NA       Note: largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands    archipelago; strategic location in western North Pacific Ocean       Guam:People       Population: 153,307 (July 1995 est.)       Age structure:    0-14 years: NA    15-64 years: NA    65 years and over: NA       Population growth rate: 2.42% (1995 est.)       Birth rate: 25.01 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Death rate: 3.86 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Net migration rate: 3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Infant mortality rate: 15.17 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)       Life expectancy at birth:    total population: 74.29 years    male: 72.42 years    female: 76.13 years (1995 est.)       Total fertility rate: 2.32 children born/woman (1995 est.)       Nationality:    noun: Guamanian(s)    adjective: Guamanian       Ethnic divisions: Chamorro 47%, Filipino 25%, Caucasian 10%, Chinese,    Japanese, Korean, and other 18%       Religions: Roman Catholic 98%, other 2%       Languages: English, Chamorro, Japanese       Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)    total population: 99%    male: 99%    female: 99%       Labor force: 46,930 (1990)    by occupation: federal and territorial government 40%, private 60%    (trade 18%, services 15.6%, construction 13.8%, other 12.6%) (1990)       Guam:Government       Names:    conventional long form: Territory of Guam    conventional short form: Guam       Digraph: GQ       Type: organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy    relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office    of Territorial and International Affairs, US Department of the    Interior       Capital: Agana       Administrative divisions: none (territory of the US)       Independence: none (territory of the US)       National holiday: Guam Discovery Day (first Monday in March) (1521);    Liberation Day, 21 July       Constitution: Organic Act of 1 August 1950       Legal system: modeled on US; federal laws apply       Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal; US citizens, but do not vote in    US presidential elections       Executive branch:    chief of state: President William Jefferson CLINTON (since 20 January    1993); Vice President Albert GORE, Jr. (since 20 January 1993)    head of government: Governor Carl GUTIERREZ (since 8 November 1994);    Lieutenant Governor Madeleine BORDALLO (since 8 November 1994);    election last held 8 November 1994 (next to be held NA November 1998);    results - Carl GUTIERREZ (Democrat) was elected Governor and Madeleine    BORDALLO (Democrat) was elected Lieutenant Governor    cabinet: executive departments; heads appointed by the governor with    the consent of the Guam legislature       Legislative branch: unicameral    Legislature: elections last held 8 November 1994 (next to be held NA    November 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (21    total) Democrats 14, Republican 7    US House of Representatives: elections last held 8 November 1994 (next    to be held NA November 1996); Guam elects one delegate; results -    Robert UNDERWOOD was reelected as delegate; seats - (1 total) Democrat    1       Judicial branch: Federal District Court, Territorial Superior Court       Political parties and leaders: Democratic Party (controls the    legislature); Republican Party (party of the Governor)       Member of: ESCAP (associate), INTERPOL (subbureau), IOC, SPC       Diplomatic representation in US: none (territory of the US)       US diplomatic representation: none (territory of the US)       Flag: territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all    four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse    containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree    with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; US flag is the    national flag       Economy       Overview: The economy depends mainly on US military spending and on    revenues from tourism. Over the past 20 years the tourist industry has    grown rapidly, creating a construction boom for new hotels and the    expansion of older ones. Visitors numbered about 900,000 in 1992. The    slowdown in Japanese economic growth has been reflected in less    vigorous growth in the tourism sector. About 60% of the labor force    works for the private sector and the rest for government. Most food    and industrial goods are imported, with about 75% from the US. Guam    faces the problem of building up the civilian economic sector to    offset the impact of military downsizing.       National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $2 billion (1991    est.)       National product real growth rate: NA%       National product per capita: $14,000 (1991 est.)       Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4% (1992 est.)       Unemployment rate: 2% (1992 est.)       Budget:    revenues: $525 million    expenditures: $395 million, including capital expenditures of $NA    (1991)       Exports: $34 million (f.o.b., 1984)    commodities: mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products,    construction materials, fish, food and beverage products    partners: US 25%, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 63%, other    12%       Imports: $493 million (c.i.f., 1984)    commodities: petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured    goods    partners: US 23%, Japan 19%, other 58%       External debt: $NA       Industrial production: growth rate NA%       Electricity:    capacity: 300,000 kW    production: 750 million kWh    consumption per capita: 4,797 kWh (1993)       Industries: US military, tourism, construction, transshipment    services, concrete products, printing and publishing, food processing,    textiles       Agriculture: relatively undeveloped with most food imported; fruits,    vegetables, eggs, pork, poultry, beef, copra       Economic aid: although Guam receives no foreign aid, it does receive    large transfer payments from the general revenues of the US Federal    Treasury into which Guamanians pay no income or excise taxes; under    the provisions of a special law of Congress, the Guamanian Treasury,    rather than the US Treasury, receives federal income taxes paid by    military and civilian Federal employees stationed in Guam       Currency: 1 United States dollar (US$) = 100 cents       Exchange rates: US currency is used       Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September       Guam:Transportation       Railroads: 0 km       Highways:    total: 674 km (all-weather roads)    paved: NA    unpaved: NA       Ports: Apra Harbor       Merchant marine: none       Airports:    total: 5    with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2    with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1    with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1    with paved runways under 914 m: 1       Guam:Communications       Telephone system: 26,317 telephones (1989)    local: NA    intercity: NA    international: 2 INTELSAT (Pacific Ocean) earth stations       Radio:    broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 0    radios: NA       Television:    broadcast stations: 3    televisions: NA       Guam:Defense Forces       Note: defense is the responsibility of the US
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Guinea       Guinea:Geography       Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between    Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone       Map references: Africa       Area:    total area: 245,860 sq km    land area: 245,860 sq km    comparative area: slightly smaller than Oregon       Land boundaries: total 3,399 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Cote d'Ivoire    610 km, Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652    km       Coastline: 320 km       Maritime claims:    exclusive economic zone: 200 nm    territorial sea: 12 nm       International disputes: none       Climate: generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to    November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with    northeasterly harmattan winds       Terrain: generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior       Natural resources: bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium,    hydropower, fish       Land use:    arable land: 6%    permanent crops: 0%    meadows and pastures: 12%    forest and woodland: 42%    other: 40%       Irrigated land: 240 sq km (1989 est.)       Environment:    current issues: deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water;    desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing    natural hazards: hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility    during dry season    international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,    Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands;    signed, but not ratified - Desertification       Guinea:People       Population: 6,549,336 (July 1995 est.)       Age structure:    0-14 years: 44% (female 1,450,501; male 1,448,164)    15-64 years: 53% (female 1,784,420; male 1,691,502)    65 years and over: 3% (female 102,735; male 72,014) (July 1995 est.)       Population growth rate: 2.43% (1995 est.)       Birth rate: 43.43 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Death rate: 19.13 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)    note: Guinea has received about 400,000 refugees from the civil wars    in Liberia and Sierra Leone; the continued fighting in Sierra Leone    will likely drive more refugees into Guinea in 1995; on the other    hand, peace may be achieved in Liberia and permit Liberian refugees to    return home       Infant mortality rate: 136.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)       Life expectancy at birth:    total population: 44.6 years    male: 42.31 years    female: 46.95 years (1995 est.)       Total fertility rate: 5.79 children born/woman (1995 est.)       Nationality:    noun: Guinean(s)    adjective: Guinean       Ethnic divisions: Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, smaller tribes    10%       Religions: Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%       Languages: French (official); each tribe has its own language       Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)    total population: 24%    male: 35%    female: 13%       Labor force: 2.4 million (1983)    by occupation: agriculture 80.0%, industry and commerce 11.0%,    services 5.4%, civil servants 3.6%       Guinea:Government       Names:    conventional long form: Republic of Guinea    conventional short form: Guinea    local long form: Republique de Guinee    local short form: Guinee    former: French Guinea       Digraph: GV       Type: republic       Capital: Conakry       Administrative divisions: 33 administrative regions (regions    administratives, singular - region administrative); Beyla, Boffa,    Boke, Conakry, Coyah, Dabola, Dalaba, Dinguiraye, Faranah, Forecariah,    Fria, Gaoual, Gueckedou, Kankan, Kerouane, Kindia, Kissidougou,    Koubia, Koundara, Kouroussa, Labe, Lelouma, Lola, Macenta, Mali,    Mamou, Mandiana, Nzerekore, Pita, Siguiri, Telimele, Tougue, Yomou       Independence: 2 October 1958 (from France)       National holiday: Anniversary of the Second Republic, 3 April (1984)       Constitution: 23 December 1990 (Loi Fundamentale)       Legal system: based on French civil law system, customary law, and    decree; legal codes currently being revised; has not accepted    compulsory ICJ jurisdiction       Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal       Executive branch:    chief of state and head of government: President Lansana CONTE,    elected in the first multi-party election 19 December 1993; prior to    the election he had ruled as head of military government since 5 April    1984    cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president       Legislative branch: unicameral    People's National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale Populaire): the    People's National Assembly was dissolved after the 3 April 1984 coup;    framework established in December 1991 for a new National Assembly    with 114 seats; legislative elections, tentatively scheduled for 1994,    were not held and are now rescheduled for 11 June 1995       Judicial branch: Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel)       Political parties and leaders: political parties were legalized on 1    April 1992    pro-government: Party for Unity and Progress (PUP)    other: Rally for the Guinean People (RPG), Alpha CONDE; Union for a    New Republic (UNR), Mamadou BAH; Party for Renewal and Progress (PRP),    Siradiou DIALLO; Movement of Patriotic Democrats (MDP), Ahmed Tidiane    CISSE       Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEAO (observer), ECA, ECOWAS, FAO,    G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,    INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, MINURSO, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD,    UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO       Diplomatic representation in US:    chief of mission: Ambassador Elhadj Boubacar BARRY    chancery: 2112 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008    telephone: [1] (202) 483-9420    FAX: [1] (202) 483-8688       US diplomatic representation:    chief of mission: Ambassador Joseph A. SALOOM III    embassy: 2nd Boulevard and 9th Avenue, Conakry    mailing address: B. P. 603, Conakry    telephone: [224] 44 15 20 through 44 15 23    FAX: [224] 44 15 22       Flag: three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and    green; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the    flag of Rwanda, which has a large black letter R centered in the    yellow band       Economy       Overview: Although possessing major mineral and hydropower resources    and considerable potential for agricultural development, Guinea    remains one of the poorest countries in the world. The agricultural    sector contributes about 40% to GDP and employs 80% of the work force,    while industry accounts for 27% of GDP. Guinea possesses over 25% of    the world's bauxite reserves. The mining sector accounted for 85% of    exports in 1991. Long-run improvements in literacy, financial    institutions, and the legal framework are needed if the country is to    move out of poverty. Except in the bauxite industry, foreign    investment remains minimal.       National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6.3 billion (1994    est.)       National product real growth rate: 0.8% (1994 est.)       National product per capita: $980 (1994 est.)       Inflation rate (consumer prices): 16.6% (1992 est.)       Unemployment rate: NA%       Budget:    revenues: $449 million    expenditures: $708 million, including capital expenditures of $361    million (1990 est.)       Exports: $622 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)    commodities: bauxite, alumina, diamonds, gold, coffee, pineapples,    bananas, palm kernels    partners: US 23%, Belgium 12%, Ireland 12%, Spain 12%       Imports: $768 million (c.i.f., 1992 est.)    commodities: petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport    equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, and other grain    partners: France 26%, Cote d'Ivoire 12%, Hong Kong 6%, Germany 6%       External debt: 2.5 billion (1992)       Industrial production: growth rate NA%; accounts for 27% of GDP       Electricity:    capacity: 180,000 kW    production: 520 million kWh    consumption per capita: 77 kWh (1993)       Industries: mining - bauxite, gold, diamonds; alumina refining; light    manufacturing and agricultural processing industries       Agriculture: accounts for 40% of GDP (includes fishing and forestry);    mostly subsistence farming; principal products - rice, coffee,    pineapples, palm kernels, cassava, bananas, sweet potatoes, timber;    livestock - cattle, sheep and goats; not self-sufficient in food    grains       Economic aid:    recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $227 million;    Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments    (1970-89), $1.465 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $120 million;    Communist countries (1970-89), $446 million       Currency: 1 Guinean franc (FG) = 100 centimes       Exchange rates: Guinean francs (FG) per US$1 - 810.94 (1 July 1993),    922.9 (30 September 1992), 675 (1990), 618 (1989), 515 (1988), 440    (1987), 383 (1986)       Fiscal year: calendar year       Guinea:Transportation       Railroads:    total: 1,048 km    standard gauge: 241 km 1.435-m gauge    narrow gauge: 807 km 1.000-m gauge       Highways:    total: 30,100 km    paved: 1,145 km    unpaved: gravel, crushed stone 12,955 km (of which barely 4,500 are    currently all-weather roads); unimproved earth 16,000 km (1987)       Inland waterways: 1,295 km navigable by shallow-draft native craft       Ports: Boke, Conakry, Kamsar       Merchant marine: none       Airports:    total: 15    with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1    with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2    with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1    with paved runways under 914 m: 1    with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 7    with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3       Guinea:Communications       Telephone system: 15,000 telephones; poor to fair system of open-wire    lines, small radiocommunication stations, and new radio relay system    local: NA    intercity: microwave radio relay and radio communication stations    international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth station       Radio:    broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 1, shortwave 0    radios: 200,000       Television:    broadcast stations: 1    televisions: 65,000       Guinea:Defense Forces       Branches: Army, Navy (acts primarily as a coast guard), Air Force,    Republican Guard, Presidential Guard, paramilitary National    Gendarmerie, National Police Force (Surete National)       Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,478,653; males fit for    military service 745,990 (1995 est.)       Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $50 million, 1.6% of    GDP (1994)
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Guyana       Guyana:Geography       Location: Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,    between Suriname and Venezuela       Map references: South America       Area:    total area: 214,970 sq km    land area: 196,850 sq km    comparative area: slightly smaller than Idaho       Land boundaries: total 2,462 km, Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km,    Venezuela 743 km       Coastline: 459 km       Maritime claims:    continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental    margin    exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm    territorial sea: 12 nm       International disputes: all of the area west of the Essequibo River    claimed by Venezuela; Suriname claims area between New (Upper    Courantyne) and Courantyne/Kutari Rivers (all headwaters of the    Courantyne)       Climate: tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two    rainy seasons (May to mid-August, mid-November to mid-January)       Terrain: mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain; savanna in south       Natural resources: bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp,    fish       Land use:    arable land: 3%    permanent crops: 0%    meadows and pastures: 6%    forest and woodland: 83%    other: 8%       Irrigated land: 1,300 sq km (1989 est.)       Environment:    current issues: water pollution from sewage and agricultural and    industrial chemicals; deforestation    natural hazards: flash floods are a constant threat during rainy    seasons    international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,    Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical    Timber 83       Guyana:People       Population: 723,774 (July 1995 est.)       Age structure:    0-14 years: 33% (female 118,515; male 123,048)    15-64 years: 62% (female 224,484; male 225,543)    65 years and over: 5% (female 17,540; male 14,644) (July 1995 est.)       Population growth rate: -0.81% (1995 est.)       Birth rate: 19.41 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Death rate: 7.34 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Net migration rate: -20.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Infant mortality rate: 47.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)       Life expectancy at birth:    total population: 65.1 years    male: 61.86 years    female: 68.5 years (1995 est.)       Total fertility rate: 2.23 children born/woman (1995 est.)       Nationality:    noun: Guyanese (singular and plural)    adjective: Guyanese       Ethnic divisions: East Indian 51%, black and mixed 43%, Amerindian 4%,    European and Chinese 2%       Religions: Christian 57%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 1%       Languages: English, Amerindian dialects       Literacy: age 15 and over has ever attended school (1990 est.)    total population: 96%    male: 98%    female: 95%       Labor force: 268,000    by occupation: industry and commerce 44.5%, agriculture 33.8%,    services 21.7%    note: public-sector employment amounts to 60%-80% of the total labor    force (1985)       Guyana:Government       Names:    conventional long form: Co-operative Republic of Guyana    conventional short form: Guyana    former: British Guiana       Digraph: GY       Type: republic       Capital: Georgetown       Administrative divisions: 10 regions; Barima-Waini, Cuyuni-Mazaruni,    Demerara-Mahaica, East Berbice-Corentyne, Essequibo Islands-West    Demerara, Mahaica-Berbice, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper    Demerara-Berbice, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo       Independence: 26 May 1966 (from UK)       National holiday: Republic Day, 23 February (1970)       Constitution: 6 October 1980       Legal system: based on English common law with certain admixtures of    Roman-Dutch law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction       Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal       Executive branch:    chief of state: Executive President Cheddi JAGAN (since 5 October    1992); election last held 5 October 1992; results - Cheddi JAGAN was    elected president since he was leader of the party with the most votes    in the National Assembly elections    head of government: Prime Minister Sam HINDS (since 5 October 1992)    cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers; appointed by the president, responsible    to the legislature       Legislative branch: unicameral    National Assembly: elections last held on 5 October 1992 (next to be    held in 1997); results - PPP 53.4%, PNC 42.3%, WPA 2%, TUF 1.2%; seats    - (65 total, 53 elected) PPP 36, PNC 26, WPA 2, TUF 1       Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Judicature       Political parties and leaders: People's Progressive Party (PPP),    Cheddi JAGAN; People's National Congress (PNC), Hugh Desmond HOYTE;    Good and Green Georgetown (GGG), Hamilton GREEN; Working People's    Alliance (WPA), Eusi KWAYANA, Rupert ROOPNARINE; Democratic Labor    Movement (DLM), Paul TENNASSEE; People's Democratic Movement (PDM),    Llewellyn JOHN; National Democratic Front (NDF), Joseph BACCHUS; The    United Force (TUF), Manzoor NADIR; United Republican Party (URP),    Leslie RAMSAMMY; National Republican Party (NRP), Robert GANGADEEN;    Guyana Labor Party (GLP), Nanda GOPAUL       Other political or pressure groups: Trades Union Congress (TUC);    Guyana Council of Indian Organizations (GCIO); Civil Liberties Action    Committee (CLAC)    note: the latter two organizations are small and active but not well    organized       Member of: ACP, C, CARICOM, CCC, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB,    IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,    INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LAES, NAM, OAS,    ONUSAL, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WMO       Diplomatic representation in US:    chief of mission: Ambassador Dr. Ali Odeen ISHMAEL    chancery: 2490 Tracy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008    telephone: [1] (202) 265-6900, 6901    consulate(s) general: New York       US diplomatic representation:    chief of mission: Ambassador George F. JONES    embassy: 99-100 Young and Duke Streets, Kingston, Georgetown    mailing address: P. O. Box 10507, Georgetown    telephone: [592] (2) 54900 through 54909, 57960 through 57969    FAX: [592] (2) 58497       Flag: green with a red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side)    superimposed on a long yellow arrowhead; there is a narrow black    border between the red and yellow, and a narrow white border between    the yellow and the green       Economy       Overview: Guyana, one of the poorest countries in the Western    Hemisphere, has pushed ahead strongly in 1992-94, with an 8% average    annual economic growth rate, led by gold mining, and rice, sugar, and    forestry products for export. Favorable factors include recovery in    the key agricultural and mining sectors, a more favorable atmosphere    for business initiative, a more realistic exchange rate, a sharp drop    in the inflation rate, and the continued support of international    organizations. Serious underlying economic problems will continue.    Electric power has been in short supply and constitutes a major    barrier to future gains in national output. The government will have    to persist in efforts to manage its large $2.2 billion external debt,    control inflation, and to extend the privatization program.       National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $1.4 billion (1994    est.)       National product real growth rate: 8.5% (1994 est.)       National product per capita: $1,950 (1994 est.)       Inflation rate (consumer prices): 15.5% (1994 est.)       Unemployment rate: 12% (1992 est.)       Budget:    revenues: $23.7 million    expenditures: $19.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA    (1994 est.)       Exports: $475 million (f.o.b., 1994)    commodities: sugar, bauxite/alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses    partners: UK 33%, US 31%, Canada 9%, France 5%, Japan 3% (1992)       Imports: $456 million (c.i.f., 1994 est.)    commodities: manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food    partners: US 37%, Trinidad and Tobago 13%, UK 11%, Italy 8%, Japan 5%    (1992)       External debt: $2.2 billion (1994 est.)       Industrial production: growth rate 5.6% (1994 est.)       Electricity:    capacity: 110,000 kW    production: 230 million kWh    consumption per capita: 286 kWh (1993)       Industries: bauxite mining, sugar, rice milling, timber, fishing    (shrimp), textiles, gold mining       Agriculture: most important sector, accounting for 25% of GDP and    about half of exports; sugar and rice are key crops; development    potential exists for fishing and forestry; not self-sufficient in    food, especially wheat, vegetable oils, and animal products       Illicit drugs: transshipment point for narcotics from South America -    primarily Venezuela - to the US and Europe; producer of cannabis       Economic aid:    recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $116 million;    Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments    (1970-89), $325 million; Communist countries 1970-89, $242 million       Currency: 1 Guyanese dollar (G$) = 100 cents       Exchange rates: Guyanese dollars (G$) per US$1 - 142.7 (January 1995),    138.3 (1994), 126.7 (1993), 125.0 (1992), 111.8 (1991), 39.533 (1990)       Fiscal year: calendar year       Guyana:Transportation       Railroads:    total: 100 km NA-m gauge industrial lines for the transport of    minerals, including bauxite       Highways:    total: 7,665 km    paved: 550 km    unpaved: gravel 5,000 km; earth 2,115 km       Inland waterways: 6,000 km total of navigable waterways; Berbice,    Demerara, and Essequibo Rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for    150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively       Ports: Bartica, Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Parika       Merchant marine:    total: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,317 GRT/2,558 DWT       Airports:    total: 54    with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3    with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1    with paved runways under 914 m: 34    with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 2    with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 14       Guyana:Communications       Telephone system: over 27,000 telephones; fair system for long    distance calling    local: NA    intercity: microwave radio relay network for trunk lines    international: tropospheric scatter link to Trinidad; 1 INTELSAT    (Atlantic Ocean) earth station       Radio:    broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 3, shortwave 1    radios: NA       Television:    broadcast stations: 0    televisions: NA       Guyana:Defense Forces       Branches: Guyana Defense Force (GDF; includes Ground Forces, Coast    Guard, and Air Corps), Guyana People's Militia (GPM), Guyana National    Service (GNS)       Manpower availability: males age 15-49 198,665; males fit for military    service 150,573 (1995 est.)       Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP