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   garble
         v 1: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or
               story [syn: {falsify}, {distort}, {garble}, {warp}]

English Dictionary: gravel	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garbled adj lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" Synonym(s): confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
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garboil n a state of commotion and noise and confusion [syn: tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil]
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garbology n the study of a society by analyzing its garbage
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Garfield n 20th President of the United States; assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881) Synonym(s): Garfield, James Garfield, James A. Garfield, James Abraham Garfield, President Garfield
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Garibaldi n Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882) Synonym(s): Garibaldi, Giuseppe Garibaldi a loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves; styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gerbil n small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping Synonym(s): gerbil, gerbille
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gerbille n small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping Synonym(s): gerbil, gerbille
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Gerbillinae n gerbils Synonym(s): Gerbillinae, subfamily Gerbillinae
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Gerbillus n type genus of the Gerbillinae: typical gerbils [syn: Gerbillus, genus Gerbillus]
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gerfalcon n large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases Synonym(s): gyrfalcon, gerfalcon, Falco rusticolus
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grape louse n destructive to various grape plants [syn: grape louse, grape phylloxera, Phylloxera vitifoleae]
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grape-leaf begonia n tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers Synonym(s): grape-leaf begonia, maple-leaf begonia, Begonia dregei
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grapelike adj resembling the fruit of a grape vine
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graphologist n a specialist in inferring character from handwriting [syn: graphologist, handwriting expert]
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graphology n the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Grappelli n French jazz violinist (1908-1997) [syn: Grappelli, Stephane Grappelli]
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grapple n a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope Synonym(s): grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam Synonym(s): clamshell, grapple the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully" Synonym(s): wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle v come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" Synonym(s): cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes" Synonym(s): grapple, grip
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grappler n combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground [syn: wrestler, grappler, matman] a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope Synonym(s): grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grappling n the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully" Synonym(s): wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down Synonym(s): wrestling, rassling, grappling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grappling hook n a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope Synonym(s): grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grappling iron n a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope Synonym(s): grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravel n rock fragments and pebbles Synonym(s): gravel, crushed rock v cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" Synonym(s): annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil cover with gravel; "We gravelled the driveway" be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" Synonym(s): perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
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gravel pit n a quarry for gravel
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gravelly adj abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little beach" Synonym(s): gravelly, pebbly, shingly unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" Synonym(s): grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy
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gravelweed n perennial herb with yellow flowers; southern and south central United States Synonym(s): gravelweed, Verbesina helianthoides
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gravely adv in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar" Synonym(s): gravely, soberly, staidly to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill" Synonym(s): badly, severely, gravely, seriously
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gravy holder n a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce [syn: gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat, boat]
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gray flounder n flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico Synonym(s): grey flounder, gray flounder, Etropus rimosus
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gray polypody n fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa Synonym(s): grey polypody, gray polypody, resurrection fern, Polypodium polypodioides
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gray-black adj of black tinged with grey [syn: grey-black, {gray- black}, greyish-black, grayish-black]
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gray-blue adj of blue tinged with grey [syn: grey-blue, gray-blue, greyish-blue, grayish-blue]
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grevillea n any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea
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Grevillea banksii n tall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky and grey beneath; eastern Australia Synonym(s): red-flowered silky oak, Grevillea banksii
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Grevillea robusta n medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia Synonym(s): silky oak, Grevillea robusta
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Grevillea striata n tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood [syn: beefwood, Grevillea striata]
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Grevillela parallela n small slender tree with usually entire grey-green pendulous leaves and white or cream-colored flowers; northern Australia Synonym(s): silver oak, Grevillela parallela
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grey flounder n flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico Synonym(s): grey flounder, gray flounder, Etropus rimosus
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grey polypody n fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa Synonym(s): grey polypody, gray polypody, resurrection fern, Polypodium polypodioides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grey-black adj of black tinged with grey [syn: grey-black, {gray- black}, greyish-black, grayish-black]
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grey-blue adj of blue tinged with grey [syn: grey-blue, gray-blue, greyish-blue, grayish-blue]
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Grifola frondosa n large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees Synonym(s): hen-of-the-woods, hen of the woods, Polyporus frondosus, Grifola frondosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grovel v show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel]
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groveler n someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect Synonym(s): apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
groveling adj totally submissive [syn: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy]
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groveller n someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect Synonym(s): apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grovelling adj totally submissive [syn: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy]
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grubbily adv in a dingy manner [syn: dingily, grubbily, grungily]
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gruffly adv in a gruff manner; "`No,' he replied gruffly"
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Guaira Falls n a great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay Synonym(s): Sete Quedas, Guaira, Guaira Falls
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gyrfalcon n large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases Synonym(s): gyrfalcon, gerfalcon, Falco rusticolus
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gyroplane n an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller Synonym(s): autogiro, autogyro, gyroplane
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gairfowl \Gair"fowl`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Garefowl}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garefowl \Gare"fowl`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The great auk; also, the razorbill. See {Auk}. [Written also {gairfowl}, and {gurfel}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gairfowl \Gair"fowl`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Garefowl}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garefowl \Gare"fowl`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The great auk; also, the razorbill. See {Auk}. [Written also {gairfowl}, and {gurfel}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garbel \Gar"bel\, n. (Naut.) Same as {Garboard}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garbel \Gar"bel\, n. [Cf. {Garble}, v. t.] Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garble \Gar"ble\, n. 1. Refuse; rubbish. [Obs.] --Wolcott. 2. pl. Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called {garblings}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garble \Gar"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Garbling}.] [Formerly, to pick out, sort, OF. grabeler, for garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. LL. garbellare to sift; cf. Sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a coarse sieve, L. cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to cernere to separate, sift (cf. E. {Discern}); or perh. rather from Ar. gharb[be]l, gharbil, sieve.] 1. To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices. [Obs.] 2. To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garble \Gar"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Garbling}.] [Formerly, to pick out, sort, OF. grabeler, for garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. LL. garbellare to sift; cf. Sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a coarse sieve, L. cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to cernere to separate, sift (cf. E. {Discern}); or perh. rather from Ar. gharb[be]l, gharbil, sieve.] 1. To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices. [Obs.] 2. To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garbler \Gar"bler\, n. One who garbles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garble \Gar"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Garbling}.] [Formerly, to pick out, sort, OF. grabeler, for garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. LL. garbellare to sift; cf. Sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a coarse sieve, L. cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to cernere to separate, sift (cf. E. {Discern}); or perh. rather from Ar. gharb[be]l, gharbil, sieve.] 1. To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices. [Obs.] 2. To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garble \Gar"ble\, n. 1. Refuse; rubbish. [Obs.] --Wolcott. 2. pl. Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called {garblings}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garboil \Gar"boil\, n. [OF. garbouil; cf. Sp. garbullo, It. garbuglio; of uncertain origin; the last part is perh. fr. L. bullire to boil, E. boil.] Tumult; disturbance; disorder. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garefowl \Gare"fowl`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The great auk; also, the razorbill. See {Auk}. [Written also {gairfowl}, and {gurfel}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garibaldi \Ga`ri*bal"di\, n. 1. A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A California market fish ({Pomancentrus rubicundus}) of a deep scarlet color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gerbil \Ger"bil\, d8Gerbille \[d8]Ger`bille"\, n. [F. gerbille. Cf. {Jerboa}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus {Gerbillus}. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gerfalcon \Ger"fal`con\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gyrfalcon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gyrfalcon \Gyr"fal`con\, n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. {Falco rusticolus} and the white species {F. Islandicus}, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of {Accipiter}. [Written also {gerfalcon}, {gierfalcon}, and {jerfalcon}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gerfalcon \Ger"fal`con\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gyrfalcon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gyrfalcon \Gyr"fal`con\, n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. {Falco rusticolus} and the white species {F. Islandicus}, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of {Accipiter}. [Written also {gerfalcon}, {gierfalcon}, and {jerfalcon}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gerful \Ger"ful\, a. [Cf. OF. girer to twirl, E. gyrate.] Changeable; capricious. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Gier-falcon \Gier"-fal`con\, n. [Cf. {Gier-eagle}, {Gyrfalcon}.] (Zo[94]l.) The gyrfalcon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gyrfalcon \Gyr"fal`con\, n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. {Falco rusticolus} and the white species {F. Islandicus}, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of {Accipiter}. [Written also {gerfalcon}, {gierfalcon}, and {jerfalcon}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gier-falcon \Gier"-fal`con\, n. [Cf. {Gier-eagle}, {Gyrfalcon}.] (Zo[94]l.) The gyrfalcon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gyrfalcon \Gyr"fal`con\, n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. {Falco rusticolus} and the white species {F. Islandicus}, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of {Accipiter}. [Written also {gerfalcon}, {gierfalcon}, and {jerfalcon}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gor-bellied \Gor"-bel`lied\, a. Bog-bellied. [Obs.]
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Gor-belly \Gor"-bel`ly\, n. [Gore filth, dirt + belly.] A prominent belly; a big-bellied person. [Obs.]
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Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone}, {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide}, {sea needle}, and {sea pike}. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[91]us}, a very large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; -- called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gorebill \Gore"bill`\, n. [2d gore + bill.] (Zo[94]l.) The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone}, {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide}, {sea needle}, and {sea pike}. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[91]us}, a very large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; -- called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gorebill \Gore"bill`\, n. [2d gore + bill.] (Zo[94]l.) The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]
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Gorfly \Gor"fly`\, n.; pl. {Gorflies}. [Gore (AS. gor) dung + fly.] (Zo[94]l.) A dung fly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gorfly \Gor"fly`\, n.; pl. {Gorflies}. [Gore (AS. gor) dung + fly.] (Zo[94]l.) A dung fly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grabble \Grab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Grabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grabbling}.] [Freq. of grab; cf. D. grabbelen.] 1. To grope; to feel with the hands. He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a grabbling and fumbling. --Selden. 2. To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel. --Ainsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grabble \Grab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Grabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grabbling}.] [Freq. of grab; cf. D. grabbelen.] 1. To grope; to feel with the hands. He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a grabbling and fumbling. --Selden. 2. To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel. --Ainsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grabble \Grab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Grabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grabbling}.] [Freq. of grab; cf. D. grabbelen.] 1. To grope; to feel with the hands. He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a grabbling and fumbling. --Selden. 2. To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel. --Ainsworth.
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Grapeless \Grape"less\, a. Wanting grapes or the flavor of grapes.
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Grapholite \Graph"o*lite\, n. [Gr. gra`fein to write + -lite: cf. F. grapholithe.] Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
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Graphology \Graphol"ogy\ (Math.) The system or notation used in dealing with graphs.
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Graphology \Graphol"ogy\, n. [Gr. gra`fein to write + -logy: cf. F. graphologie.] The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grapple \Grap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grappled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grappling}.] [F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German origin. See {Grape}.] 1. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist. 2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly. The gallies were grappled to the Centurion. --Hakluyt. Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grapple \Grap"ple\, v. i. To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another. {To grapple with}, to enter into contest with, resolutely and courageously. And in my standard bear the arms of York, To grapple with the house of Lancaster. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grapple \Grap"ple\, n. [See Grapple, v. t., and cf. Crapple.] 1. A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold. --Milton. 2. (a) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab. (b) (Naut.) A grappling iron. The iron hooks and grapples keen. --Spenser. {Grapple plant} (Bot.), a South African herb ({Herpagophytum leptocarpum}) having the woody fruits armed with long hooked or barbed thorns by which they adhere to cattle, causing intense annoyance. {Grapple shot} (Life-saving Service), a projectile, to which are attached hinged claws to catch in a ship's rigging or to hold in the ground; -- called also {anchor shot}.
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Grapple \Grap"ple\, n. [See Grapple, v. t., and cf. Crapple.] 1. A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold. --Milton. 2. (a) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab. (b) (Naut.) A grappling iron. The iron hooks and grapples keen. --Spenser. {Grapple plant} (Bot.), a South African herb ({Herpagophytum leptocarpum}) having the woody fruits armed with long hooked or barbed thorns by which they adhere to cattle, causing intense annoyance. {Grapple shot} (Life-saving Service), a projectile, to which are attached hinged claws to catch in a ship's rigging or to hold in the ground; -- called also {anchor shot}.
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Grapple \Grap"ple\, n. [See Grapple, v. t., and cf. Crapple.] 1. A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold. --Milton. 2. (a) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab. (b) (Naut.) A grappling iron. The iron hooks and grapples keen. --Spenser. {Grapple plant} (Bot.), a South African herb ({Herpagophytum leptocarpum}) having the woody fruits armed with long hooked or barbed thorns by which they adhere to cattle, causing intense annoyance. {Grapple shot} (Life-saving Service), a projectile, to which are attached hinged claws to catch in a ship's rigging or to hold in the ground; -- called also {anchor shot}.
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Grapple \Grap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grappled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grappling}.] [F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German origin. See {Grape}.] 1. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist. 2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly. The gallies were grappled to the Centurion. --Hakluyt. Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. --Shak.
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Grapplement \Grapple*ment\, n. A grappling; close fight or embrace. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Grapple \Grap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grappled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grappling}.] [F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German origin. See {Grape}.] 1. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist. 2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly. The gallies were grappled to the Centurion. --Hakluyt. Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. --Shak.
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Grappling \Grap"pling\, n. 1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel. 2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear. --Dryden. {Grappling iron}, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object. {Grappling tongs}, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.
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Grappling \Grap"pling\, n. 1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel. 2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear. --Dryden. {Grappling iron}, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object. {Grappling tongs}, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.
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Grappling \Grap"pling\, n. 1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel. 2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear. --Dryden. {Grappling iron}, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object. {Grappling tongs}, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.
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Gravel \Grav"el\, n. [OF. gravele, akin to F. gr?ve a sandy shore, strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. grouan gravel, W. gro coarse gravel, pebbles, and Skr. gr[amac]van stone.] 1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand. 2. (Med.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom. {Gravel powder}, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.
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Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graveled}or {Gravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Graveling} or {Gravelling}.] 1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk. 2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand. When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they graveled the ship. --Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version). Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground. --Camden. 3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.] When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak. The physician was so graveled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T. North. 4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
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Erratic \Er*rat"ic\, a. [L. erraticus, fr. errare to wander: cf. F. erratique. See {Err}.] 1. Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars. The earth and each erratic world. --Blackmore. 2. Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct. 3. Irregular; changeable. [bd]Erratic fever.[b8] --Harvey. {Erratic blocks}, {gravel, etc.} (Geol.), masses of stone which have been transported from their original resting places by the agency of water, ice, or other causes. {Erratic phenomena}, the phenomena which relate to transported materials on the earth's surface.
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Gravel \Grav"el\, n. [OF. gravele, akin to F. gr?ve a sandy shore, strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. grouan gravel, W. gro coarse gravel, pebbles, and Skr. gr[amac]van stone.] 1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand. 2. (Med.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom. {Gravel powder}, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.
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Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graveled}or {Gravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Graveling} or {Gravelling}.] 1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk. 2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand. When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they graveled the ship. --Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version). Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground. --Camden. 3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.] When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak. The physician was so graveled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T. North. 4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
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Graveless \Grave"less\, a. Without a grave; unburied.
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Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graveled}or {Gravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Graveling} or {Gravelling}.] 1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk. 2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand. When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they graveled the ship. --Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version). Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground. --Camden. 3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.] When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak. The physician was so graveled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T. North. 4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
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Graveling \Grav"eling\, or Gravelling \Grav"elling\, n. 1. The act of covering with gravel. 2. A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.).
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Graveling \Grav"eling\, or Gravelling \Grav"elling\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.
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Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graveled}or {Gravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Graveling} or {Gravelling}.] 1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk. 2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand. When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they graveled the ship. --Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version). Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground. --Camden. 3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.] When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak. The physician was so graveled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T. North. 4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
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Gravelliness \Grav"elliness\, n. State of being gravelly.
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Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graveled}or {Gravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Graveling} or {Gravelling}.] 1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk. 2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand. When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they graveled the ship. --Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version). Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground. --Camden. 3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.] When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak. The physician was so graveled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T. North. 4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
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Graveling \Grav"eling\, or Gravelling \Grav"elling\, n. 1. The act of covering with gravel. 2. A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.).
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Graveling \Grav"eling\, or Gravelling \Grav"elling\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.
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Gravelly \Grav"el*ly\, a. Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil.
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Gravel-stone \Grav"el-stone"\, n. A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus.
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Gravely \Grave"ly\, adv. In a grave manner.
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Graveolence \Grave"olence\, n. [L. graveolentia: cf. F. grav[82]olence. See {Graveolent.}] A strong and offensive smell; rancidity. [R.] --Bailey.
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Graveolent \Grave"olent\, a. [L. graveolens; gravis heavy + olere to smell.] Having a rank smell. [R.] --Boyle.
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Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel. gr[amac]r.] [Written also {grey}.] 1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. 3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames. {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite. {Gray buck} (Zo[94]l.), the chickara. {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite. {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite. {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon. {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}. {Gray hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See {Heath grouse}. {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell. {Gray mullet} (Zo[94]l.) any one of the numerous species of the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species ({M. capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M. Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}. {Gray owl} (Zo[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea}) inhabits arctic America. {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}. {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See {Snapper}. {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. {Gray whale} (Zo[94]l.), a rather large and swift California whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback}, {devilfish}, and {hardhead}.
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Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See {Float}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family {Charadrid[91]}, and especially those belonging to the subfamily {Charadrins[91]}. They are prized as game birds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover ({Dromas ardeola}); the American upland, plover ({Bartramia longicauda}); and other species of sandpipers. Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied, [or] blackbreasted, plover} ({Charadrius squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also {gray plover}, {bull-head plover}, {Swiss plover}, {sea plover}, and {oxeye}; the {golden plover} (see under {Golden}); the {ring [or] ringed plover} ({[92]gialitis hiaticula}). See {Ringneck}. The {piping plover} ({[92]gialitis meloda}); {Wilson's plover} ({[92]. Wilsonia}); the {mountain plover} ({[92]. montana}); and the {semipalmated plover} ({[92]. semipalmata}), are all small American species. {Bastard plover} (Zo[94]l.), the lapwing. {Long-legged}, [or] {yellow-legged}, {plover}. See {Tattler}. {Plover's page}, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Rock plover}, [or] {Stone plover}, the black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] {Whistling plover}. (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied plover.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are some of the best known. Note: Among the true plums are; {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}. {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its round red drupes. {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other genera than {Prunus}, are; {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of the same family with the persimmon. {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}. {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}. {Date plum}. See under {Date}. {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium macrophyllum}. {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime. {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}. {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}. 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it. {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European bullfinch. {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}.
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{Guinea plum} (Bot.), the fruit of {Parinarium excelsum}, a large West African tree of the order {Chrysobalane[91]}, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called {gray plum} and {rough-skin plum}. {Guinea worm} (Zo[94]l.), a long and slender African nematoid worm ({Filaria Medinensis}) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are some of the best known. Note: Among the true plums are; {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}. {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its round red drupes. {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other genera than {Prunus}, are; {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of the same family with the persimmon. {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}. {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}. {Date plum}. See under {Date}. {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium macrophyllum}. {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime. {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}. {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}. 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it. {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European bullfinch. {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}.
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{Guinea plum} (Bot.), the fruit of {Parinarium excelsum}, a large West African tree of the order {Chrysobalane[91]}, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called {gray plum} and {rough-skin plum}. {Guinea worm} (Zo[94]l.), a long and slender African nematoid worm ({Filaria Medinensis}) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores.
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Grayfly \Gray"fly`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The trumpet fly. --Milton.
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Silky \Silk"y\, a. [Compar. {Silkier}; superl. {Silkiest}.] 1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster. 2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine. 3. Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous. {Silky oak} (Bot.), a lofty Australian tree ({Grevillea robusta}) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It furnishes a valuable timber.
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{Silky, [or] Silk-bark}, {oak}, an Australian tree ({Grevillea robusta}). {Green oak}, oak wood colored green by the growth of the mycelium of certain fungi. {Oak apple}, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young. {Oak beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak. {Oak gall}, a gall found on the oak. See 2d {Gall}. {Oak leather} (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood. {Oak pruner}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pruner}, the insect. {Oak spangle}, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the insect {Diplolepis lenticularis}. {Oak wart}, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak. {The Oaks}, one of the three great annual English horse races (the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called from his estate. {To sport one's oak}, to be [bd]not at home to visitors,[b8] signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
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Gribble \Grib"ble\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. grib to bite.] (Zo[94]l.) A small marine isopod crustacean ({Limnoria lignorum} or {L. terebrans}), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.
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Griefful \Grief"ful\, a. Full of grief or sorrow. --Sackville.
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Griefless \Grief"less\, a. Without grief. --Huloet.
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Gripple \Grip"ple\, n. A grasp; a gripe. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Gripple \Grip"ple\, a. [Dim. fr. gripe.] Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Grippleness \Grip"ple*ness\, n. The quality of being gripple. [Obs.]
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Grovel \Grov"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Groveled}or {Grovelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Groveling} or {Grovelling}.] [From OE. grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. gr[umac]fa, in [amac] gr[umac]fu on the face, prone, gr[umac]fa to grovel.] 1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl. To creep and grovel on the ground. --Dryden. 2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.
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Grovel \Grov"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Groveled}or {Grovelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Groveling} or {Grovelling}.] [From OE. grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. gr[umac]fa, in [amac] gr[umac]fu on the face, prone, gr[umac]fa to grovel.] 1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl. To creep and grovel on the ground. --Dryden. 2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.
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Groveler \Grov"el*er\, n. One who grovels; an abject wretch. [Written also --groveller.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grovel \Grov"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Groveled}or {Grovelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Groveling} or {Grovelling}.] [From OE. grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. gr[umac]fa, in [amac] gr[umac]fu on the face, prone, gr[umac]fa to grovel.] 1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl. To creep and grovel on the ground. --Dryden. 2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Groveling \Grov"el*ing\, a. Lying prone; low; debased. [Written also {grovelling}.] [bd]A groveling creature.[b8] --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grovel \Grov"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Groveled}or {Grovelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Groveling} or {Grovelling}.] [From OE. grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. gr[umac]fa, in [amac] gr[umac]fu on the face, prone, gr[umac]fa to grovel.] 1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl. To creep and grovel on the ground. --Dryden. 2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grovel \Grov"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Groveled}or {Grovelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Groveling} or {Grovelling}.] [From OE. grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. gr[umac]fa, in [amac] gr[umac]fu on the face, prone, gr[umac]fa to grovel.] 1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl. To creep and grovel on the ground. --Dryden. 2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Groveling \Grov"el*ing\, a. Lying prone; low; debased. [Written also {grovelling}.] [bd]A groveling creature.[b8] --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grovel \Grov"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Groveled}or {Grovelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Groveling} or {Grovelling}.] [From OE. grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. gr[umac]fa, in [amac] gr[umac]fu on the face, prone, gr[umac]fa to grovel.] 1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl. To creep and grovel on the ground. --Dryden. 2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Groveling \Grov"el*ing\, a. Lying prone; low; debased. [Written also {grovelling}.] [bd]A groveling creature.[b8] --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Growable \Grow"a*ble\, a. Capable of growth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grubbla \Grub"bla\, v. t. & i. [Freq. of grub, but cf. grabble.] To feel or grope in the dark. [Obs.] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gruff \Gruff\, a. [Compar. {Gruffer}; superl. {Gruffest}.] [D. grof; akin to G. grob, OHG. gerob, grob, Dan. grov, Sw. grof, perh. akin to AS. rc[a2]fan to break, Z. reavc, rupture, g- standing for the AS. prefix ge-, Goth. ga-.] Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh. --Addison. Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks. --Thackeray. -- {Gruff"ly}, adv. -- {Gruff"ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garefowl \Gare"fowl`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The great auk; also, the razorbill. See {Auk}. [Written also {gairfowl}, and {gurfel}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gyreful \Gyre"ful\, a. Abounding in gyres. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gyrfalcon \Gyr"fal`con\, n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. {Falco rusticolus} and the white species {F. Islandicus}, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of {Accipiter}. [Written also {gerfalcon}, {gierfalcon}, and {jerfalcon}.]
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
garply /gar'plee/ n. [Stanford] Another metasyntactic variable (see {foo}); once popular among SAIL hackers.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
gribble n. Random binary data rendered as unreadable text. Noise characters in a data stream are displayed as gribble. Modems with mismatched bitrates usually generate gribble (more specifically, {baud barf}). Dumping a binary file to the screen is an excellent source of gribble, and (if the bell/speaker is active) headaches.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
grovel vi. 1. To work interminably and without apparent progress. Often used transitively with `over' or `through'. "The file scavenger has been groveling through the /usr directories for 10 minutes now." Compare {grind} and {crunch}. Emphatic form: `grovel obscenely'. 2. To examine minutely or in complete detail. "The compiler grovels over the entire source program before beginning to translate it." "I grovelled through all the documentation, but I still couldn't find the command I wanted."
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
gurfle /ger'fl/ interj. An expression of shocked disbelief. "He said we have to recode this thing in FORTRAN by next week. Gurfle!" Compare {weeble}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
garply /gar'plee/ A {metasyntactic variable} like {foo}, once popular among {SAIL} hackers. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Graph Algorithm and Software Package (GASP) A {PL/I} extension for programming graph {algorithms}. ["GASP - Gprah Algorithm Software Package", S. Chase, TR CS Dept, U Illinois, Dec 1969]. (1998-02-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GRAPPLE GRAPh Processing LanguagE. 1968. ["A Directed Graph Representation for Computer Simulation of Belief Systems", L.G. Tesler et al, Math Biosciences 2:19-40 (1968)].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
grovel 1. To work interminably and without apparent progress. Often used transitively with "over" or "through". "The file scavenger has been groveling through the /usr directories for 10 minutes now." Compare {grind} and {crunch}. Emphatic form: "grovel obscenely". 2. To examine minutely or in complete detail. "The compiler grovels over the entire source program before beginning to translate it." "I grovelled through all the documentation, but I still couldn't find the command I wanted." [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
gurfle /ger'fl/ An expression of shocked disbelief. "He said we have to recode this thing in {Fortran} by next week. Gurfle!" Compare {weeble}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-06-01)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Gur-baal sojourn of Baal, a place in Arabia (2 Chr. 26:7) where there was probably a temple of Baal.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Gur-baal, the governor's whelp