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   gas bracket
         n 1: a pipe with one or more burners projecting from a wall

English Dictionary: Gespräch suchen by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gas burner
n
  1. burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame
    Synonym(s): gas burner, gas jet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gas furnace
n
  1. a furnace that burns gas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gas pressure
n
  1. the pressure exerted by a gas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gaspar
n
  1. (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus
    Synonym(s): Caspar, Gaspar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geosphere
n
  1. the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
    Synonym(s): lithosphere, geosphere
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goose barnacle
n
  1. stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers
    Synonym(s): goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle, Lepas fascicularis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gooseberry
n
  1. spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
    Synonym(s): gooseberry, gooseberry bush, Ribes uva-crispa, Ribes grossularia
  2. currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gooseberry bush
n
  1. spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
    Synonym(s): gooseberry, gooseberry bush, Ribes uva-crispa, Ribes grossularia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gooseberry family
n
  1. in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry
    Synonym(s): Grossulariaceae, family Grossulariaceae, gooseberry family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gossiper
n
  1. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
    Synonym(s): gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gas-burner \Gas"-burn`er\, n.
      The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it
      escapes from one or more minute orifices.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gasiform \Gas"i*form\, a.
      Having a form of gas; gaseous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gaspereau \Gas"per*eau\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The alewife. [Local, Canada]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Laughing goose} (Zo[94]l.), the European white-fronted
            goose.
  
      {Laughing gull}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A common European gull ({Xema ridibundus}); -- called
            also {pewit}, {black cap}, {red-legged gull}, and {sea
            crow}.
      (b) An American gull ({Larus atricilla}). In summer the head
            is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer
            primaries black.
  
      {Laughing hyena} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena. See {Hyena}.
           
  
      {Laughing jackass} (Zo[94]l.), the great brown kingfisher
            ({Dacelo gigas}), of Australia; -- called also {giant
            kingfisher}, and {gogobera}.
  
      {Laughing owl} (Zo[94]l.), a peculiar owl ({Sceloglaux
            albifacies}) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of
            extinction. The name alludes to its notes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lepas \[d8]Le"pas\ (l[emac]"p[acr]s), n. [L., a limpet, fr.
      Gr. lepa`s.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of various species of {Lepas}, a genus of
      pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber,
      bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also {goose
      barnacle}. See {Barnacle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goose \Goose\ (g[oomac]s), n.; pl. {Geese} (g[emac]s). [OE. gos,
      AS. g[omac]s, pl. g[emac]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel.
      g[be]s, Dan. gaas, Sw. g[aring]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L.
      anser, for hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[msdot]sa. [root]233.
      Cf. {Gander}, {Gannet}, {Ganza}, {Gosling}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily {Anserin[91]},
            and belonging to {Anser}, {Branta}, {Chen}, and several
            allied genera. See {Anseres}.
  
      Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been
               derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser
               anser}). The bean goose ({A. segetum}), the American
               wild or Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis}), and the
               bernicle goose ({Branta leucopsis}) are well known
               species. The American white or snow geese and the blue
               goose belong to the genus {Chen}. See {Bernicle},
               {Emperor goose}, under {Emperor}, {Snow goose}, {Wild
               goose}, {Brant}.
  
      2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
            common goose.
  
      Note: The Egyptian or fox goose ({Alopochen [92]gyptiaca})
               and the African spur-winged geese ({Plectropterus})
               belong to the family {Plectropterid[91]}. The
               Australian semipalmated goose ({Anseranas semipalmata})
               and Cape Barren goose ({Cereopsis
               Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}) are very different from northern
               geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family.
               Both are domesticated in Australia.
  
      3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
            which resembles the neck of a goose.
  
      4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
  
      5. A game played with counters on a board divided into
            compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
  
                     The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve
                     good rules, the royal game of goose.   --Goldsmith.
  
      {A wild goose chase}, an attempt to accomplish something
            impossible or unlikely of attainment.
  
      {Fen goose}. See under {Fen}.
  
      {Goose barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), any pedunculated barnacle of the
            genus {Anatifa} or {Lepas}; -- called also {duck
            barnacle}. See {Barnacle}, and {Cirripedia}.
  
      {Goose cap}, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & .
  
      {Goose corn} (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus
            squarrosus}).
  
      {Goose feast}, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]
  
      {Goose flesh}, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by
            cold or fear; -- called also {goose skin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lepas \[d8]Le"pas\ (l[emac]"p[acr]s), n. [L., a limpet, fr.
      Gr. lepa`s.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of various species of {Lepas}, a genus of
      pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber,
      bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also {goose
      barnacle}. See {Barnacle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goose \Goose\ (g[oomac]s), n.; pl. {Geese} (g[emac]s). [OE. gos,
      AS. g[omac]s, pl. g[emac]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel.
      g[be]s, Dan. gaas, Sw. g[aring]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L.
      anser, for hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[msdot]sa. [root]233.
      Cf. {Gander}, {Gannet}, {Ganza}, {Gosling}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily {Anserin[91]},
            and belonging to {Anser}, {Branta}, {Chen}, and several
            allied genera. See {Anseres}.
  
      Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been
               derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser
               anser}). The bean goose ({A. segetum}), the American
               wild or Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis}), and the
               bernicle goose ({Branta leucopsis}) are well known
               species. The American white or snow geese and the blue
               goose belong to the genus {Chen}. See {Bernicle},
               {Emperor goose}, under {Emperor}, {Snow goose}, {Wild
               goose}, {Brant}.
  
      2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
            common goose.
  
      Note: The Egyptian or fox goose ({Alopochen [92]gyptiaca})
               and the African spur-winged geese ({Plectropterus})
               belong to the family {Plectropterid[91]}. The
               Australian semipalmated goose ({Anseranas semipalmata})
               and Cape Barren goose ({Cereopsis
               Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}) are very different from northern
               geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family.
               Both are domesticated in Australia.
  
      3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
            which resembles the neck of a goose.
  
      4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
  
      5. A game played with counters on a board divided into
            compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
  
                     The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve
                     good rules, the royal game of goose.   --Goldsmith.
  
      {A wild goose chase}, an attempt to accomplish something
            impossible or unlikely of attainment.
  
      {Fen goose}. See under {Fen}.
  
      {Goose barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), any pedunculated barnacle of the
            genus {Anatifa} or {Lepas}; -- called also {duck
            barnacle}. See {Barnacle}, and {Cirripedia}.
  
      {Goose cap}, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & .
  
      {Goose corn} (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus
            squarrosus}).
  
      {Goose feast}, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]
  
      {Goose flesh}, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by
            cold or fear; -- called also {goose skin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Gooseberries}, [Corrupted
      for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F.
      groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere,
      kr[84]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie
      (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie,
      fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb[84]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp).
      The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf.
      {Grossular}, a.]
      1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus {Ribes}; also, the
            edible berries of such shrub. There are several species,
            of which {Ribes Grossularia} is the one commonly
            cultivated.
  
      2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith.
  
      {Barbadoes gooseberry}, a climbing prickly shrub ({Pereskia
            aculeata}) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries
            resembling gooseberries.
  
      {Coromandel gooseberry}. See {Carambola}.
  
      {Gooseberry fool}. See lst {Fool}.
  
      {Gooseberry worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth
            ({Dakruma convolutella}). It destroys the gooseberry by
            eating the interior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Gooseberries}, [Corrupted
      for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F.
      groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere,
      kr[84]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie
      (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie,
      fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb[84]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp).
      The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf.
      {Grossular}, a.]
      1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus {Ribes}; also, the
            edible berries of such shrub. There are several species,
            of which {Ribes Grossularia} is the one commonly
            cultivated.
  
      2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith.
  
      {Barbadoes gooseberry}, a climbing prickly shrub ({Pereskia
            aculeata}) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries
            resembling gooseberries.
  
      {Coromandel gooseberry}. See {Carambola}.
  
      {Gooseberry fool}. See lst {Fool}.
  
      {Gooseberry worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth
            ({Dakruma convolutella}). It destroys the gooseberry by
            eating the interior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Gooseberries}, [Corrupted
      for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F.
      groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere,
      kr[84]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie
      (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie,
      fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb[84]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp).
      The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf.
      {Grossular}, a.]
      1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus {Ribes}; also, the
            edible berries of such shrub. There are several species,
            of which {Ribes Grossularia} is the one commonly
            cultivated.
  
      2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith.
  
      {Barbadoes gooseberry}, a climbing prickly shrub ({Pereskia
            aculeata}) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries
            resembling gooseberries.
  
      {Coromandel gooseberry}. See {Carambola}.
  
      {Gooseberry fool}. See lst {Fool}.
  
      {Gooseberry worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth
            ({Dakruma convolutella}). It destroys the gooseberry by
            eating the interior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Gooseberries}, [Corrupted
      for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F.
      groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere,
      kr[84]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie
      (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie,
      fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb[84]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp).
      The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf.
      {Grossular}, a.]
      1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus {Ribes}; also, the
            edible berries of such shrub. There are several species,
            of which {Ribes Grossularia} is the one commonly
            cultivated.
  
      2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith.
  
      {Barbadoes gooseberry}, a climbing prickly shrub ({Pereskia
            aculeata}) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries
            resembling gooseberries.
  
      {Coromandel gooseberry}. See {Carambola}.
  
      {Gooseberry fool}. See lst {Fool}.
  
      {Gooseberry worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth
            ({Dakruma convolutella}). It destroys the gooseberry by
            eating the interior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gossiper \Gos"sip*er\, n.
      One given to gossip. --Beaconsfield.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gossiprede \Gos"sip*rede\, n. [Cf. {Kindred}.]
      The relationship between a person and his sponsors. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gossipry \Gos"sip*ry\, n.
      1. Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special
            intimacy. --Bale.
  
      2. Idle talk; gossip. --Mrs. Browning.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manna \Man"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], Heb. m[be]n; cf. Ar. mann,
      properly, gift (of heaven).]
      1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their
            journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely
            supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15.
  
      2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus {Lecanora},
            sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and
            Africa, and gathered and used as food.
  
      3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale
            yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and
            shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the
            secretion of {Fraxinus Ornus}, and {F. rotundifolia}, the
            manna ashes of Southern Europe.
  
      Note: {Persian manna} is the secretion of the camel's thorn
               (see {Camel's thorn}, under {Camel}); {Tamarisk manna},
               that of the {Tamarisk mannifera}, a shrub of Western
               Asia; {Australian, manna}, that of certain species of
               eucalyptus; {Brian[87]on manna}, that of the European
               larch.
  
      {Manna grass} (Bot.), a name of several tall slender grasses
            of the genus {Glyceria}. they have long loose panicles,
            and grow in moist places. {Nerved manna grass} is
            {Glyceria nervata}, and {Floating manna grass} is {G.
            flu}.
  
      {Manna insect} (Zo[94]l), a scale insect ({Gossyparia
            mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the
            Tamarisk tree in Arabia.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gasburg, VA
      Zip code(s): 23857

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gasport, NY (CDP, FIPS 28431)
      Location: 43.19542 N, 78.57719 W
      Population (1990): 1336 (482 housing units)
      Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 14067

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gosper County, NE (county, FIPS 73)
      Location: 40.50363 N, 99.82319 W
      Population (1990): 1928 (1212 housing units)
      Area: 1186.7 sq km (land), 11.8 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gosport, IN (town, FIPS 28440)
      Location: 39.35048 N, 86.66571 W
      Population (1990): 764 (275 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47433

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   Gosperism /gos'p*r-izm/ n.   A hack, invention, or saying due to
   {elder days} arch-hacker R. William (Bill) Gosper.   This notion
   merits its own term because there are so many of them.   Many of the
   entries in {HAKMEM} are Gosperisms; see also {life}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Gosperism
  
      /gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to arch-hacker
      R. William (Bill) Gosper.   This notion merits its own term
      because there are so many of them.   Many of the entries in
      {HAKMEM} are Gosperisms.
  
      See also {life}.
  
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Gazabar, a treasurer
  
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