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   gabled
         adj 1: (of a roof) constructed with a single slope on each side
                  of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical
                  triangular portion of an end wall; "a gabled roof" [ant:
                  {hipped}]

English Dictionary: goblet by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gavialidae
n
  1. gavials
    Synonym(s): Gavialidae, family Gavialidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gefilte fish
n
  1. well-seasoned balls of ground fish and eggs and crushed crumbs simmered in fish stock
    Synonym(s): gefilte fish, fish ball
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Geophilidae
n
  1. small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth
    Synonym(s): Geophilidae, family Geophilidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geopolitical
adj
  1. of or relating to geopolitics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geopolitics
n
  1. the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
giblet
n
  1. edible viscera of a fowl
    Synonym(s): giblet, giblets
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
giblets
n
  1. edible viscera of a fowl
    Synonym(s): giblet, giblets
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gobbledygook
n
  1. incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goblet
n
  1. a drinking glass with a base and stem
  2. a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
    Synonym(s): chalice, goblet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goblet cell
n
  1. an epithelial cell that secretes mucous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goblet-shaped
adj
  1. resembling the shape of a goblet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warbler \War"bler\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; --
            applied chiefly to birds.
  
                     In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo.
                                                                              --Tickell.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small Old World
            singing birds belonging to the family {Sylviid[91]}, many
            of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap,
            reed warbler (see under {Reed}), and sedge warbler (see
            under {Sedge}) are well-known species.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, often
            bright colored, American singing birds of the family or
            subfamily {Mniotiltid[91]}, or {Sylvicolin[91]}. They are
            allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not
            particularly musical.
  
      Note: The American warblers are often divided, according to
               their habits, into bush warblers, creeping warblers,
               fly-catching warblers, ground warblers, wood warblers,
               wormeating warblers, etc.
  
      {Bush warbler} (Zo[94]l.) any American warbler of the genus
            {Opornis}, as the Connecticut warbler ({O. agilis}).
  
      {Creeping warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            very small American warblers belonging to {Parula},
            {Mniotilta}, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed
            warbler ({Parula Americana}), and the black-and-white
            creeper ({Mniotilta varia}).
  
      {Fly-catching warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species
            of warblers belonging to {Setophaga}, {Sylvania}, and
            allied genera having the bill hooked and notched at the
            tip, with strong rictal bristles at the base, as the
            hooded warbler ({Sylvania mitrata}), the black-capped
            warbler ({S. pusilla}), the Canadian warbler ({S.
            Canadensis}), and the American redstart (see {Redstart}).
           
  
      {Ground warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any American warbler of the
            genus {Geothlypis}, as the mourning ground warbler ({G.
            Philadelphia}), and the Maryland yellowthroat (see
            {Yellowthroat}).
  
      {Wood warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous American
            warblers of the genus {Dendroica}. Among the most common
            wood warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or
            yellow warbler (see under {Yellow}), the black-throated
            green warbler ({Dendroica virens}), the yellow-rumped
            warbler ({D. coronata}), the blackpoll ({D. striata}), the
            bay-breasted warbler ({D. castanea}), the chestnut-sided
            warbler ({D. Pennsylvanica}), the Cape May warbler ({D.
            tigrina}), the prairie warbler (see under {Prairie}), and
            the pine warbler ({D. pinus}). See also {Magnolia
            warbler}, under {Magnolia}, and {Blackburnian warbler}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gabble \Gab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Gabbling}.] [Freq. of gab. See {Gab}, v. i.]
      1. To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to
            jabber. --Shak.
  
      2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling
            fowls. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gablet \Ga"blet\, n. (Arch.)
      A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a
      tabernacle, niche, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gap \Gap\, n. [OE. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Sw. gap
      mouth, breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap
      expanse; as adj., wide, spacious. See {Gape}.]
      An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap
      in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening
      which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a
      hiatus; a mountain pass.
  
               Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap. --Knolles.
  
               It would make a great gap in your own honor. --Shak.
  
      {Gap lathe} (Mach.), a turning lathe with a deep notch in the
            bed to admit of turning a short object of large diameter.
           
  
      {To stand in the gap}, to expose one's self for the
            protection of something; to make defense against any
            assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender
            or supporter.
  
      {To stop a gap}, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gavelet \Gav"el*et\, n. [From {Gavel} tribute.] (O. Eng. Law)
      An ancient special kind of cessavit used in Kent and London
      for the recovery of rent. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Giblet \Gib"let\, a.
      Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Giblets \Gib"lets\, n. pl. [OE. gibelet, OF. gibelet game: cf.
      F. gibelotte stewed rabbit. Cf. {Gibbier}.]
      The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.),
      of poultry.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gobble \Gob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Gobbling}.] [Freq. of 2d gob.]
      1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
  
                     Supper gobbled up in haste.               --Swift.
  
      2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
  
                     He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
      {To gobble up}, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture
            suddenly. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goblet \Gob"let\, n. [F. gobelet, LL. gobeletus, gobellus; cf.
      L. cupa tub, cask. See {Cupel}.]
      A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard,
      but without a handle.
  
               We love not loaded boards and goblets crowned.
                                                                              --Denham.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   go flatline v.   [from cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG
   traces upon brain-death] (also adjectival `flatlined'). 1. To {die},
   terminate, or fail, esp. irreversibly.   In hacker parlance, this is
   used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too
   serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about.   2. To go completely
   quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown.   "You
   can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before
   the system has gone flatline."   3. Of a video tube, to fail by
   losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line
   bisecting the screen.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   go flatline
  
      [{Cyberpunk} SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon
      brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To {die}, terminate, or
      fail, especially irreversibly.   In hacker parlance, this is
      used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat
      too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about.
  
      2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing
      controlled shutdown.   "You can suffer file damage if you shut
      down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline."
  
      3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all
      one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Gebalites
      (1 Kings 5:18 R.V., in A.V. incorrectly rendered, after the
      Targum, "stone-squarers," but marg. "Giblites"), the inhabitants
      of Gebal (2).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Goblet
      a laver or trough for washing garments. In Cant. 7:2, a bowl or
      drinking vessel, a bowl for mixing wine; in Ex. 24:6, a
      sacrificial basin. (See {CUP}.)
     
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