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n 1: heating system that burns natural gas

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gas jet n burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame Synonym(s): gas burner, gas jet
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gasket n seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
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gazette n a newspaper or official journal v publish in a gazette
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ghost n a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" Synonym(s): ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else Synonym(s): ghostwriter, ghost the visible disembodied soul of a dead person a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face" Synonym(s): touch, trace, ghost v move like a ghost; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard" haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her" Synonym(s): haunt, obsess, ghost write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?" Synonym(s): ghost, ghostwrite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gigot n lamb leg suitable for roasting [syn: leg of lamb, gigot]
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gist n the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work Synonym(s): effect, essence, burden, core, gist the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" Synonym(s): kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty
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gouge out v make gouges into a surface; "The woman's spiked heels gouged out the wooden floor"
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guaiac wood n heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes Synonym(s): guaiac wood, guaiacum wood
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guest n a visitor to whom hospitality is extended [syn: guest, invitee] United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959) Synonym(s): Guest, Edgar Guest, Edgar Albert Guest a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc. (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network Synonym(s): node, client, guest
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gusset n a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate Synonym(s): voider, gusset a metal plate used to strengthen a joist Synonym(s): gusset, gusset plate a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment Synonym(s): gusset, inset
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gust n a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" Synonym(s): gust, blast, blow
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gusto n vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment [syn: gusto, relish, zest, zestfulness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gusty adj blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts; "puffy off-shore winds"; "gusty winds " Synonym(s): gusty, puffy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gagate \Gag"ate\ (?; 48), n. [L. gagates. See {Jet} a black mineral.] Agate. [Obs.] --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gage \Gage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gaged}; p. pr & vb. n. {Gaging}.] [Cf. F. gager. See {Gage}, n., a pledge.] 1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge. [Obs.] A moiety competent Was gaged by our king. --Shak. 2. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage. Great debts Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal, Hath left me gaged. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gag \Gag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gagging}.] [Prob. fr. W. cegio to choke or strangle, fr. ceg mouth, opening, entrance.] 1. To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to. --Marvell. The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged, and reason to be hood winked. --Maccaulay. 2. To pry or hold open by means of a gag. Mouths gagged to such a wideness. --Fortescue (Transl.). 3. To cause to heave with nausea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Gas fitter}, one who lays pipes and puts up fixtures for gas. {Gas fitting}. (a) The occupation of a gas fitter. (b) pl. The appliances needed for the introduction of gas into a building, as meters, pipes, burners, etc. {Gas fixture}, a device for conveying illuminating or combustible gas from the pipe to the gas-burner, consisting of an appendage of cast, wrought, or drawn metal, with tubes upon which the burners, keys, etc., are adjusted. {Gas generator}, an apparatus in which gas is evolved; as: (a) a retort in which volatile hydrocarbons are evolved by heat; (b) a machine in which air is saturated with the vapor of liquid hydrocarbon; a carburetor; (c) a machine for the production of carbonic acid gas, for a[89]rating water, bread, etc. --Knight. {Gas jet}, a flame of illuminating gas. {Gas machine}, an apparatus for carbureting air for use as illuminating gas. {Gas meter}, an instrument for recording the quantity of gas consumed in a given time, at a particular place. {Gas retort}, a retort which contains the coal and other materials, and in which the gas is generated, in the manufacture of gas. {Gas stove}, a stove for cooking or other purposes, heated by gas. {Gas tar}, coal tar. {Gas trap}, a drain trap; a sewer trap. See 4th {Trap}, 5. {Gas washer} (Gas Works), an apparatus within which gas from the condenser is brought in contact with a falling stream of water, to precipitate the tar remaining in it. --Knight. {Gas water}, water through which gas has been passed for purification; -- called also {gas liquor} and {ammoniacal water}, and used for the manufacture of sal ammoniac, carbonate of ammonia, and Prussian blue. --Tomlinson. {Gas well}, a deep boring, from which natural gas is discharged. --Raymond. {Gas works}, a manufactory of gas, with all the machinery and appurtenances; a place where gas is generated for lighting cities. {Laughing gas}. See under {Laughing}. {Marsh gas} (Chem.), a light, combustible, gaseous hydrocarbon, {CH4}, produced artificially by the dry distillation of many organic substances, and occurring as a natural product of decomposition in stagnant pools, whence its name. It is an abundant ingredient of ordinary illuminating gas, and is the first member of the paraffin series. Called also {methane}, and in coal mines, {fire damp}. {Natural gas}, gas obtained from wells, etc., in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere, and largely used for fuel and illuminating purposes. It is chiefly derived from the Coal Measures. {Olefiant gas} (Chem.). See {Ethylene}. {Water gas} (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing steam over glowing coals, whereby there results a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This gives a gas of intense heating power, but destitute of light-giving properties, and which is charged by passing through some volatile hydrocarbon, as gasoline.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gaseity \Gase"ity\ (? [or] ?), n. State of being gaseous. [R] --Eng. Cyc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gash \Gash\ (g[acr]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gashed} (g[acr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gashing}.] [For older garth or garse, OF. garser to scarify, F. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed LL. carptiare, fr. L. carpere, carptum, to pluck, separate into parts; cf. LL. carptare to wound. Cf. {Carpet}.] To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh. Grievously gashed or gored to death. --Hayward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gasket \Gas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. garcette, It. gaschetta, Sp. cajeta caburn, garceta reef point.] 1. (Naut.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. {Sea gaskets} are common lines; {harbor gaskets} are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also {casket}. 2. (Mech.) (a) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps. (b) Any ring or washer of packing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gas \Gas\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gassing}.] 1. (Textiles) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers; as, to gas thread. 2. To impregnate with gas; as, to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gast \Gast\, v. t. [OE. gasten, g[?]sten to frighten, akin to Goth. usgaisjan. See {Aghast}, {Ghastly}, and cf. {Gaze}.] To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See {Aghast}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gauge \Gauge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gauged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gauging}] [OF. gaugier, F. jauger, cf. OF. gauge gauge, measuring rod, F. jauge; of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an assumed L. qualificare to determine the qualities of a thing (see {Qualify}); but cf. also F. jalon a measuring stake in surveying, and E. gallon.] [Written also {gage}.] 1. To measure or determine with a gauge. 2. To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg. 3. (Mech.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock. The vanes nicely gauged on each side. --Derham. 4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment. 5. To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of. You shall not gauge me By what we do to-night. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gauged \Gauged\, p. a. Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge. {Gauged brick}, brick molded, rubbed, or cut to an exact size and shape, for arches or ornamental work. {Gauged mortar}. See {Gauge stuff}, under {Gauge}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gay \Gay\, a. [Compar. {Gayer}; superl. {Gayest}.] [F. gai, perhaps fr. OHG. g[?]hi swift, rapid, G. g[84]h, j[84]h, steep, hasty; or cf. OHG. w[?]hi beatiful, good. Cf. {Jay}.] 1. Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. --Pope. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed. --Gray. 2. Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed. Why is my neighbor's wife so gay? --Chaucer. A bevy of fair women, richly gay In gems and wanton dress! --Milton. 3. Loose; dissipated; lewd. [Colloq.] Syn: Merry; gleeful; blithe; airy; lively; sprightly, sportive; light-hearted; frolicsome; jolly; jovial; joyous; joyful; glad; showy; splendid; vivacious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gaze \Gaze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gazing}.] [OE. gasen, akin to dial. Sw. gasa, cf. Goth. us-gaisjan to terrify, us-geisnan to be terrified. Cf. {Aghast}, {Ghastly}, {Ghost}, {Hesitate}.] To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention. Why stand ye gazing up into heaven? --Acts i. 11. Syn: To gape; stare; look. Usage: To {Gaze}, {Gape}, {Stare}. To gaze is to look with fixed and prolonged attention, awakened by excited interest or elevated emotion; to gape is to look fixedly, with open mouth and feelings of ignorant wonder; to stare is to look with the fixedness of insolence or of idiocy. The lover of nature gazes with delight on the beauties of the landscape; the rustic gapes with wonder at the strange sights of a large city; the idiot stares on those around with a vacant look.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gazet \Ga*zet\, n. [It. gazeta, gazzetta, prob. dim. of L. gaza royal treasure.] A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or one and a half cents. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gazette \Ga*zette"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gazetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gazetting}.] To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gazette \Ga*zette"\, n. [F. gazette, It. gazzetta, perh. from gazetta a Venetian coin (see {Gazet}), said to have been the price of the first newspaper published at Venice; or perh. dim. of gazza magpie, a name perh. applied to the first newspaper; cf. OHG. agalstra magpie, G. elster.] A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geest \Geest\, n. [Cf. LG. geest, geestland, sandy, dry and, OFries. g[emac]st, g[amac]st, g[emac]stlond, g[amac]stlond, fr. Fries. g[amac]st barren. Cf. {Geason}.] Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin. --R. Jameson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gest \Gest\, n. A guest. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gest \Gest\, n. [OF. geste exploit. See {Jest}.] 1. Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. [Obs.] --Mede. 3. A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. 4. Gesture; bearing; deportment. [Archaic] Through his heroic grace and honorable gest. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gest \Gest\, n. [Cf. {Gist} a resting place.] 1. A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] --Kersey. 2. A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office. [Obs.] --Hanmer.
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Geste \Geste\, v. i. To tell stories or gests. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ghast \Ghast\, v. t. [OE. gasten. See {Ghastly}, a.] To strike aghast; to affright. [Obs.] Ghasted by the noise I made. Full suddenly he fled. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ghost \Ghost\, n. [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS. g[be]st breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g[?]st spirit, soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.] 1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.] Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament. --Spenser. 2. The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter. The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. --Shak. I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed ghost. --Coleridge. 3. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea. Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. --Poe. 4. A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses. {Ghost moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large European moth {(Hepialus humuli)}; so called from the white color of the male, and the peculiar hovering flight; -- called also {great swift}. {Holy Ghost}, the Holy Spirit; the Paraclete; the Comforter; (Theol.) the third person in the Trinity. {To} {give up [or] yield up} {the ghost}, to die; to expire. And he gave up the ghost full softly. --Chaucer. Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. --Gen. xlix. 33.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ghost \Ghost\, v. i. To die; to expire. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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Ghost \Ghost\, v. t. To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Gigget \Gig"get\, n. Same as {Gigot}. Cut the slaves to giggets. --Beau. & Fl.
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Giggot \Gig"got\, n. See {Gigot}. [Obs.] --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gigot \Gig"ot\, Giggot \Gig"got\, n. [F., fr. OF. gigue fiddle; -- on account of the resemblance in shape. See {Jig}, n.] 1. A leg of mutton. 2. A small piece of flesh; a slice. [Obs.] The rest in giggots cut, they spit. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gigot \Gig"ot\, Giggot \Gig"got\, n. [F., fr. OF. gigue fiddle; -- on account of the resemblance in shape. See {Jig}, n.] 1. A leg of mutton. 2. A small piece of flesh; a slice. [Obs.] The rest in giggots cut, they spit. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gist \Gist\, n. [OF. giste abode, lodgings, F. g[8c]te, fr. g[82]sir to lie, L. jac[?]re, prop., to be thrown, hence, to lie, fr. jac[?]re to throw. In the second sense fr. OF. gist, F. g[8c]t, 3d pers. sing. ind. of g[82]sir to lie, used in a proverb, F., c'est l[85] que g[8c]t le li[8a]vre, it is there that the hare lies, i. e., that is the point, the difficulty. See {Jet} a shooting forth, and cf. {Agist}, {Joist}, n., {Gest} a stage in traveling.] 1. A resting place. [Obs.] These quails have their set gists; to wit, ordinary resting and baiting places. --Holland. 2. The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Goost \Goost\, n. Ghost; spirit. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gossat \Gos"sat\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small British marine fish ({Motella tricirrata}); -- called also {whistler} and {three-bearded rockling}. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bouge \Bouge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gouged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gouging}.] 1. To scoop out with a gouge. 2. To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb. [K S.] Note: A barbarity mentioned by some travelers as formerly practiced in the brutal frays of desperadoes in some parts of the United States. 3. To cheat in a bargain; to chouse. [Slang, U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guess \Guess\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guessing}.] [OE. gessen; akin to Dan. gisse, Sw. gissa, Icel. gizha, D. gissen: cf. Dan. giette to guess, Icel. geta to get, to guess. Probably originally, to try to get, and akin to E. get. See {Get}.] 1. To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture. First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess. --Pope. 2. To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive. We may then guess how far it was from his design. --Milton. Of ambushed men, whom, by their arms and dress, To be Taxallan enemies I guess. --Dryden. 3. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs. 4. To hit upon or reproduce by memory. [Obs.] Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them. --Shak. 5. To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause. Not all together; better far, I guess, That we do make our entrance several ways. --Shak. But in known images of life I guess The labor greater. --Pope. Syn: To conjecture; suppose; surmise; suspect; divine; think; imagine; fancy. Usage: {To Guess}, {Think}, {Reckon}. Guess denotes, to attempt to hit upon at random; as, to guess at a thing when blindfolded; to conjecture or form an opinion on hidden or very slight grounds: as, to guess a riddle; to guess out the meaning of an obscure passage. The use of the word guess for think or believe, although abundantly sanctioned by good English authors, is now regarded as antiquated and objectionable by discriminating writers. It may properly be branded as a colloguialism and vulgarism when used respecting a purpose or a thing about which there is no uncertainty; as, I guess I 'll go to bed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guest \Guest\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite. (b) An inquiline.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guest \Guest\, n. [OE. gest, AS. g[91]st, gest; akin to OS., D., & G. gust, Icel gestr, Sw. g[84]st, Dan. Gj[84]st, Goth. gast, Russ. goste, and to L. hostis enemy, stranger; the meaning stranger is the older one, but the root is unknown. Cf. {Host} an army, {Hostile}.] 1. A visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay. To cheer his gueste, whom he had stayed that night. --Spenser. True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest. Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guest \Guest\, v. t. To receive or entertain hospitably. [Obs.] --Sylvester.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guest \Guest\, v. i. To be, or act the part of, a guest. [Obs.] And tell me, best of princes, who he was That guested here so late. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guist \Guist\, n. [Obs.] Same as {Joust}. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gush \Gush\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gushed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gushing}.] [OE. guschen, cf. Icel. gusa and gjsa, also D. gucsen; perh. akin to AS. ge[a2]tan to pour, G. giessen, Goth. giutan, E. gut. Cf. {Found} to cast.] 1. To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously. He smote the rock that the waters gushed out. --Ps ixxviii 20. A sea of blood gushed from the gaping wound. --Spenser. 2. To make a sentimental or untimely exhibition of affection; to display enthusiasm in a silly, demonstrative manner. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gusset \Gus"set\, n. [F. gousset armpit, fob, gusset, dim. of gousse pod, husk; cf. It. guscio shell, or W. cwysed gore, gusset.] 1. A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement. Seam and gusset and band. --Hood. 2. Anything resembling a gusset in a garment; as: (a) (Armor) A small piece of chain mail at the openings of the joints beneath the arms. (b) (Mach.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler. 3. (Her.) An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gust \Gust\, v. t. [Cf. L. gustare, It. gustare, Sp. gustar. See {GUST} a relish.] To taste; to have a relish for. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gust \Gust\, n. [Icel. gustr a cool breeze. Cf. {Gush}.] 1. A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw. --Milton. 2. A sudden violent burst of passion. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gust \Gust\, n. [L. gustus; cf. It. & Sp. gusto. [root]46.] 1. The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto. An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Gratification ofNo definitions found for "geek out" any kind, particularly that which is exquisitely relished; enjoyment. Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust. --Pope. 3. Intellectual taste; fancy. A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gusto \Gus"to\, n. [It. or Sp., fr. L. gustus; akin to E. choose. Cf. 2d {GUST}, {GOUR}.] Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gusty \Gust"y\, a. Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous. Upon a raw and gusty day. --Shak.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gas City, IN (city, FIPS 27054) Location: 40.48915 N, 85.60775 W Population (1990): 6296 (2535 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46933
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gasquet, CA Zip code(s): 95543
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
geek code n. (also "Code of the Geeks"). A set of codes commonly used in {sig block}s to broadcast the interests, skills, and aspirations of the poster. Features a G at the left margin followed by numerous letter codes, often suffixed with plusses or minuses. Because many net users are involved in computer science, the most common prefix is `GCS'. To see a copy of the current code, browse `http://www.geekcode.com'. Here is a sample geek code (that of Robert Hayden, the code's inventor) from that page: -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GED/J d-- s:++>: a- C++(++++)$ ULUO++ P+>+++ L++ !E---- W+(---) N+++ o+ K+++ w+(---) O- M+$>++ V-- PS++(+++)>$ PE++(+)>$ Y++ PGP++ t- 5+++ X++ R+++>$ tv+ b+ DI+++ D+++ G+++++>$ e++$>++++ h r-- y+** ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ The geek code originated in 1993; it was inspired (according to the inventor) by previous "bear", "smurf" and "twink" style-and-sexual-preference codes from lesbian and gay {newsgroup}s. It has in turn spawned imitators; there is now even a "Saturn geek code" for owners of the Saturn car. See also {computer geek}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
geek out vi. To temporarily enter techno-nerd mode while in a non-hackish context, for example at parties held near computer equipment. Especially used when you need to do or say something highly technical and don't have time to explain: "Pardon me while I geek out for a moment." See {computer geek}; see also {propeller head}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GEST {Generic Expert System Tool}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ghost (Or "zombie") The image of a user's session on {IRC} and similar systems, left when the session has been terminated (properly or, often, improperly) but the server (or the network at large) believes the connection is still active and belongs to a real user. Compare {clonebot}. (1997-04-07)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ghost an old Saxon word equivalent to soul or spirit. It is the translation of the Hebrew _nephesh_ and the Greek _pneuma_, both meaning "breath," "life," "spirit," the "living principle" (Job 11:20; Jer. 15:9; Matt. 27:50; John 19:30). The expression "to give up the ghost" means to die (Lam. 1:19; Gen. 25:17; 35:29; 49:33; Job 3:11). (See HOLY {GHOST}.)