English Dictionary: gussy up | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gasify \Gas"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gasified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gasifying}.] [Gas + -fy.] To convert into gas, or an a[89]riform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes. | |
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Gasify \Gas"i*fy\, v. i. To become gas; to pass from a liquid to a gaseous state. --Scientific American. | |
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Gasp \Gasp\, n. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath. {At the last gasp}, at the point of death. --Addison. | |
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Gasp \Gasp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gasped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gasping}.] [OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin to Sw. g[84]spa, Dan. gispe to gasp.] 1. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. She gasps and struggles hard for life. --Lloyd. 2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gasp \Gasp\, v. t. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. --Dryden. | |
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Gazeebo \Ga*zee"bo\, n. [Humorously formed from gaze.] A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect. [Colloq.] | |
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Geoscopy \Ge*os"co*py\, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + -scopy: cf. F. g[82]oscopie.] Knowledge of the earth, ground, or soil, obtained by inspection. --Chambers. | |
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Gossib \Gos"sib\, n. A gossip. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. | |
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Gossip \Gos"sip\, v. t. To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Gossip \Gos"sip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gossiped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gossiping}.] 1. To make merry. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. --Shak. 3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gossip \Gos"sip\, n. [OE. gossib, godsib, a relation or sponsor in baptism, a relation by a religious obligation, AS. godsibb, fr. god + sib alliance, relation; akin to G. sippe, Goth. sibja, and also to Skr. sabh[be] assembly.] 1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. --Selden. 2. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. [Obs.] My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. --Shak. 3. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. The common chat of gossips when they meet. --Dryden. 4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor. Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite. --Tennyson. | |
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Gossipy \Gos"sip*y\, a. Full of, or given to, gossip. | |
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Guessive \Guess"ive\, a. Conjectural. [Obs.] --Feltham. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
GASP 1. {Graph Algorithm and Software Package}. 2. 3. (2003-09-27) | |
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GOSIP {Government OSI Profile} | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Gispa, coming hither |