English Dictionary: Gesell | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gag law \Gag law\ (Parliamentary Law) A law or ruling prohibiting proper or free debate, as in closure. [Colloq. or Cant] | |
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Gaggle \Gag"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gaggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaggling}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. D. gaggelen, gagelen, G. gackeln, gackern, MHG. g[?]gen, E. giggle, cackle.] To make a noise like a goose; to cackle. --Bacon. | |
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Gaggle \Gag"gle\, n. [Cf. {Gaggle} v. i.] (Zo[94]l.) A flock of wild geese. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: Gas is often used adjectively or in combination; as, gas fitter or gasfitter; gas meter or gas-meter, etc. {Air gas} (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing air through some volatile hydrocarbon, as the lighter petroleums. The air is so saturated with combustible vapor as to be a convenient illuminating and heating agent. {Gas battery} (Elec.), a form of voltaic battery, in which gases, especially hydrogen and oxygen, are the active agents. {Gas carbon}, {Gas coke}, etc. See under {Carbon}, {Coke}, etc. {Gas coal}, a bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high percentage of volatile matters, and therefore available for the manufacture of illuminating gas. --R. W. Raymond. {Gas engine}, an engine in which the motion of the piston is produced by the combustion or sudden production or expansion of gas; -- especially, an engine in which an explosive mixture of gas and air is forced into the working cylinder and ignited there by a gas flame or an electric spark. | |
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{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]: | |
Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.] 1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by. --Moxon. There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds. --I. Taylor. 2. Measure; dimensions; estimate. The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. --Burke. 3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge. 4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge. 5. (Naut.) (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it. (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. --Totten. 6. The distance between the rails of a railway. Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches. 7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. 8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles. {Gauge of a carriage}, {car}, etc., the distance between the wheels; -- ordinarily called the {track}. {Gauge cock}, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler. {Gauge concussion} (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail. {Gauge glass}, a glass tube for a water gauge. {Gauge lathe}, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge. {Gauge point}, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc. {Gauge rod}, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc. {Gauge saw}, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. --Knight. {Gauge stuff}, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet. {Gauge wheel}, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow. {Joiner's gauge}, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc. {Printer's gauge}, an instrument to regulate the length of the page. {Rain gauge}, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place. {Salt gauge}, or {Brine gauge}, an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers. {Sea gauge}, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea. {Siphon gauge}, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer. {Sliding gauge}. (Mach.) (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc. (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges. (c) (Railroads) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 5. {Star gauge} (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length. {Steam gauge}, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler. {Tide gauge}, an instrument for determining the height of the tides. {Vacuum gauge}, a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air. {Water gauge}. (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass. (b) The height of the water in the boiler. {Wind gauge}, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer. {Wire gauge}, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under {Wire}. | |
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Gazel \Ga"zel\, n. The black currant; also, the wild plum. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Gazel \Ga*zel"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gazelle}. | |
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Gazelle \Ga*zelle"\, n. [F. gazelle, OF. also, gazel; cf. Sp. gacela, Pr. gazella, It. gazella; all fr. Ar. ghaz[?]l a wild goat.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus {Gazella}, esp. {G. dorcas}; -- called also {algazel}, {corinne}, {korin}, and {kevel}. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. [Written also {gazel}.] | |
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Gazel \Ga"zel\, n. The black currant; also, the wild plum. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Gazel \Ga*zel"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gazelle}. | |
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Gazelle \Ga*zelle"\, n. [F. gazelle, OF. also, gazel; cf. Sp. gacela, Pr. gazella, It. gazella; all fr. Ar. ghaz[?]l a wild goat.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus {Gazella}, esp. {G. dorcas}; -- called also {algazel}, {corinne}, {korin}, and {kevel}. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. [Written also {gazel}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gazelle \Ga*zelle"\, n. [F. gazelle, OF. also, gazel; cf. Sp. gacela, Pr. gazella, It. gazella; all fr. Ar. ghaz[?]l a wild goat.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus {Gazella}, esp. {G. dorcas}; -- called also {algazel}, {corinne}, {korin}, and {kevel}. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. [Written also {gazel}.] | |
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Giggle \Gig"gle\, n. A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh. | |
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Giggle \Gig"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Giggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Giggling}.] [Akin to gaggle: cf. OD. ghichelen, G. kichern.] To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity. Giggling and laughing with all their might At the piteous hap of the fairy wight. --J. R. Drake. | |
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Giggly \Gig"gly\, a. Prone to giggling. --Carlyle. | |
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Gisle \Gis"le\, n. [AS. g[c6]sel; akin to G. geisel, Icel. g[c6]sl.] A pledge. [Obs.] --Bp. Gibson. | |
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Goggle \Gog"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Goggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Goggling}.] [Cf. Ir. & Gael. gog a nod, slight motion.] To roll the eyes; to stare. And wink and goggle like an owl. --Hudibras. | |
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Goggle \Gog"gle\, a. Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes. The long, sallow vissage, the goggle eyes. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Goggle \Gog"gle\, n. [See {Goggle}, v. i.] 1. A strained or affected rolling of the eye. 2. pl. (a) A kind of spectacles with short, projecting eye tubes, in the front end of which are fixed plain glasses for protecting the eyes from cold, dust, etc. (b) Colored glasses for relief from intense light. (c) A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting. (d) Any screen or cover for the eyes, with or without a slit for seeing through. | |
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Goggle-eye \Gog"gle-eye`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrarchid[91]}, esp. {Ch[91]nobryttus antistius}, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and {Ambloplites rupestris}, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent eyes. (b) The goggler. | |
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Goggler \Gog"gler\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A carangoid oceanic fish ({Trachurops crumenophthalmus}), having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also {goggle-eye}, {big-eyed scad}, and {cicharra}. | |
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Goggle-eye \Gog"gle-eye`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrarchid[91]}, esp. {Ch[91]nobryttus antistius}, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and {Ambloplites rupestris}, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent eyes. (b) The goggler. | |
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Goggler \Gog"gler\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A carangoid oceanic fish ({Trachurops crumenophthalmus}), having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also {goggle-eye}, {big-eyed scad}, and {cicharra}. | |
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Guaiacol \Guai"a*col\, n. [Guaiacum + -ol.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, {C7H8O2}, with a peculiar odor. It is the methyl ether of pyrocatechin, and is obtained by distilling guaiacum from wood-tar creosote, and in other ways. It has been used in treating pulmonary tuberculosis. | |
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Guggle \Gug"gle\, v. i. See {Gurgle}. | |
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Guiacol \Gui"a*col\, n. [Guiac + -ol.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, {C6H4,OCH3.OH} | |
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Guzzle \Guz"zle\ (g[ucr]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Guzzled}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Guzzling}.] [OP. gosillier, prob. orig., to pass through the throat; akin to F. gosier throat; cf. It. gozzo a bird's crop.] To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently. Those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar. --Milton. Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise, Who, while she guzzles, chats the doctor's praise. --Roscommon. To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey. --Gay. | |
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Guzzle \Guz"zle\, v. t. To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer. --Dryden. | |
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Guzzle \Guz"zle\, n. An insatiable thing or person. That sink of filth, that guzzle most impure. --Marston. | |
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Gackle, ND (city, FIPS 28860) Location: 46.62636 N, 99.14142 W Population (1990): 450 (221 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58442 | |
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Gazelle, CA Zip code(s): 96034 | |
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Goessel, KS (city, FIPS 26750) Location: 38.24647 N, 97.34545 W Population (1990): 506 (196 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67053 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Google indexes the greatest number of web pages - over two billion by December 2001 and provides a free service that searches this index in less than a second. The site's name is apparently derived from "{googol}", but note the difference in spelling. The "Google" spelling is also used in "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, in which one of Deep Thought's designers asks, "And are you not," said Fook, leaning anxiously foward, "a greater analyst than the Googleplex Star Thinker in the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity which can calculate the trajectory of every single dust particle throughout a five-week Dangrabad Beta sand blizzard?" {Home (http://www.google.com/)}. (2001-12-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
googol a hundred zeroes after it. According to Webster's Dictionary, the name was coined in 1938 by Milton Sirotta, the nine-year-old nephew of American mathematician, Edward Kasner. See also {googolplex}. (2001-03-29) |