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   gamba
         n 1: viol that is the bass member of the viol family with
               approximately the range of the cello [syn: {viola da
               gamba}, {gamba}, {bass viol}]

English Dictionary: gimp by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gambia
n
  1. a narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa
    Synonym(s): Gambia, The Gambia, Republic of The Gambia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gamp
n
  1. colloquial terms for an umbrella
    Synonym(s): gamp, brolly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ganef
n
  1. (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)
    Synonym(s): gonif, goniff, ganef, ganof
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ganof
n
  1. (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)
    Synonym(s): gonif, goniff, ganef, ganof
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Geneva
n
  1. a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
    Synonym(s): Geneva, Geneve, Genf
  2. gin made in the Netherlands
    Synonym(s): geneva, Holland gin, Hollands
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Geneve
n
  1. a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
    Synonym(s): Geneva, Geneve, Genf
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Genf
n
  1. a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
    Synonym(s): Geneva, Geneve, Genf
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
genip
n
  1. tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
    Synonym(s): Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, mamoncillo, genip, ginep, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus
  2. round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes
    Synonym(s): genip, Spanish lime
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
genipa
n
  1. any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Genova
n
  1. a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria
    Synonym(s): Genoa, Genova
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gimp
n
  1. disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
    Synonym(s): lameness, limping, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, claudication
v
  1. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
    Synonym(s): limp, gimp, hobble, hitch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gimpy
adj
  1. disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
    Synonym(s): crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ginep
n
  1. tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
    Synonym(s): Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, mamoncillo, genip, ginep, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
GNP
n
  1. former measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr)
    Synonym(s): gross national product, GNP
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gonif
n
  1. (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)
    Synonym(s): gonif, goniff, ganef, ganof
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goniff
n
  1. (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)
    Synonym(s): gonif, goniff, ganef, ganof
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guimpe
n
  1. a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit
  2. a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gum up
v
  1. stick together as if with gum; "the inside of the pipe has gummed up"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gumbo
n
  1. any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
    Synonym(s): gumbo, gumbo soil
  2. tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
    Synonym(s): okra, gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus
  3. long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
    Synonym(s): gumbo, okra
  4. a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gamp \Gamp\, n.
      A large umbrella; -- said to allude to Mrs. Gamp's umbrella,
      in Dickens's [bd]Martin Chuzzlewit.[b8]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geneva \Ge*ne"va\, n.
      The chief city of Switzerland.
  
      {Geneva Bible}, a translation of the Bible into English, made
            and published by English refugees in Geneva (Geneva, 1560;
            London, 1576). It was the first English Bible printed in
            Roman type instead of the ancient black letter, the first
            which recognized the division into verses, and the first
            which omitted the Apocrypha. In form it was a small
            quarto, and soon superseded the large folio of Cranmer's
            translation. Called also {Genevan Bible}.
  
      {Geneva convention} (Mil.), an agreement made by
            representatives of the great continental powers at Geneva
            and signed in 1864, establishing new and more humane
            regulation regarding the treatment of the sick and wounded
            and the status of those who minister to them in war.
            Ambulances and military hospitals are made neutral, and
            this condition affects physicians, chaplains, nurses, and
            the ambulance corps. Great Britain signed the convention
            in 1865.
  
      {Geneva cross} (Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground;
            -- the flag and badge adopted in the Geneva convention.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geneva \Ge*ne"va\, n. [F. geni[8a]vre juniper, juniper berry,
      gin, OF. geneivre juniper, fr. L. juniperus the juniper tree:
      cf. D. jenever, fr. F. geni[8a]vre. See {Juniper}, and cf.
      {Gin} a liquor.]
      A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries;
      -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Genip \Gen"ip\, n., or Genip tree \Genip tree\
      1. Any tree or shrub of the genus {Genipa}.
  
      2. The West Indian sapindaceous tree {Melicocca bijuga},
            which yields the honeyberry; also, the related trees
            {Exothea paniculata} and {E. trifoliata}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gimp \Gimp\, a. [W. gwymp fair, neat, comely.]
      Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gimp \Gimp\, n. [OF. guimpe, guimple, a nun's wimple, F. guimpe,
      OHG. wimpal a veil G. wimpel pennon, pendant. See {Wimple},
      n.]
      A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often
      with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running
      through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.
  
               Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gimp \Gimp\, v. t.
      To notch; to indent; to jag.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gnof \Gnof\ (n[ocr]f), n.
      Churl; curmudgeon. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gombo \Gom"bo\, n.
      See {Gumbo}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gonoph \Gon"oph\, n. [Perh. fr. Heb. gann[be]bh thief.]
      A pickpocket or thief. [Eng. Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gumbo \Gum"bo\, n. [Written aalso gombo.]
      1. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra;
            okra soup.
  
      2. The okra plant or its pods.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gump \Gump\, n. [Cf. Sw. & Dan. gump buttocks, rump, Icel.
      gumprg.]
      A dolt; a dunce. [Low.] --Holloway.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Geneva, AL (city, FIPS 29464)
      Location: 31.03664 N, 85.87678 W
      Population (1990): 4681 (2093 housing units)
      Area: 36.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 36340
   Geneva, FL
      Zip code(s): 32732
   Geneva, GA (town, FIPS 32412)
      Location: 32.57960 N, 84.55220 W
      Population (1990): 182 (77 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Geneva, IA (city, FIPS 30135)
      Location: 42.67594 N, 93.12999 W
      Population (1990): 169 (81 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50633
   Geneva, ID
      Zip code(s): 83238
   Geneva, IL (city, FIPS 28872)
      Location: 41.88233 N, 88.31449 W
      Population (1990): 12617 (4802 housing units)
      Area: 17.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 60134
   Geneva, IN (town, FIPS 27216)
      Location: 40.59719 N, 84.95713 W
      Population (1990): 1280 (559 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46740
   Geneva, MN (city, FIPS 23354)
      Location: 43.82392 N, 93.26827 W
      Population (1990): 444 (178 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56035
   Geneva, NE (city, FIPS 18405)
      Location: 40.52763 N, 97.60155 W
      Population (1990): 2310 (1049 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68361
   Geneva, NY (city, FIPS 28640)
      Location: 42.86529 N, 76.98347 W
      Population (1990): 14143 (5654 housing units)
      Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 4.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 14456
   Geneva, OH (city, FIPS 29610)
      Location: 41.79981 N, 80.94847 W
      Population (1990): 6597 (2487 housing units)
      Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44041

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   gnubie /noo'bee/ n.   Written-only variant of {newbie} in common
   use on IRC channels, which implies specifically someone who is new
   to the Linux/open source/free software world.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   gumby /guhm'bee/ n.   [from a class of Monty Python characters,
   poss. with some influence from the 1960s claymation character] 1. An
   act of minor but conspicuous stupidity, often in `gumby maneuver' or
   `pull a gumby'.   2. [NRL] n. A bureaucrat, or other technical
   incompetent who impedes the progress of real work.   3. adj. Relating
   to things typically associated with people in sense 2.   (e.g.   "Ran
   would be writing code, but Richard gave him gumby work that's due on
   Friday", or, "Dammit!   Travel screwed up my plane tickets.   I have
   to go out on gumby patrol.")
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   GENOVA
  
      An old statistical package still in use on some {VM}
      computers.
  
      (1995-11-28)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   GMAP
  
      GCOS Macro Assembler Program.   The {macro assembler} for the
      {GCOS 8} {operating system} on {Honeywell}/{Bull} {DPS-8}
      computers.
  
      ["GCOS8 OS GMAP User's Guide", Bull].
  
  
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