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   gainly
         adj 1: graceful and pleasing; "gainly conduct"; "a gainly youth
                  with dark hair and eyes"

English Dictionary: gunnel by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
game law
n
  1. a regulation intended to manage or preserve game animals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gamely
adv
  1. in a plucky manner; "he was seen by a shepherd, gamely negotiating a particularly tricky section of the mountain road to San Doloroso"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gemmule
n
  1. the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
genial
adj
  1. diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host"
    Synonym(s): affable, amiable, cordial, genial
  2. of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
    Synonym(s): genial, mental
  3. agreeable, conducive to comfort; "a dry climate kind to asthmatics"; "the genial sunshine";"hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet"
    Synonym(s): kind, genial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
genially
adv
  1. in an affable manner; "`Come and visit me,' he said amiably"
    Synonym(s): affably, amiably, genially
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gimel
n
  1. the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gin mill
n
  1. tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
    Synonym(s): public house, pub, saloon, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ginmill
n
  1. a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"
    Synonym(s): barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill, taproom
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gomel
n
  1. industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk [syn: Homyel, Homel, Gomel]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gun moll
n
  1. the girlfriend of a gangster [syn: moll, gun moll, gangster's moll]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gunnel
n
  1. wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
    Synonym(s): gunwale, gunnel, gun rest
  2. small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic
    Synonym(s): gunnel, bracketed blenny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gunwale
n
  1. wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
    Synonym(s): gunwale, gunnel, gun rest
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gainly \Gain"ly\, adv. [See {Gain}, a.]
      Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously. [Obs.] --Dr.
      H. More.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gamely \Game"ly\, adv.
      In a plucky manner; spiritedly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ganil \Gan"il\, n. [F.]
      A kind of brittle limestone. [Prov. Eng.] --Kirwan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gemel \Gem"el\, n.
      1. One of the twins. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
  
      2. (Heb.) One of the barrulets placed parallel and closed to
            each other. Cf. {Bars gemel}, under {Gemel}, a.
  
                     Two gemels silver between two griffins passant.
                                                                              --Strype.
  
      {Gemel hinge} (Locksmithing), a hinge consisting of an eye or
            loop and a hook.
  
      {Gemel ring}, a ring with two or more links; a gimbal. See
            {Gimbal}.
  
      {Gemel window}, a window with two bays.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gemel \Gem"el\, a. [OF. gemel twin, F. jumeau, L. gemellus twin,
      doubled, dim. of geminus. See {Gemini}, and cf. {Gimmal}.]
      (Her.)
      Coupled; paired.
  
      {Bars gemel} (Her.), two barrulets placed near and parallel
            to each other.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gemmule \Gem"mule\, n. [L. gemmula, dim. of gemma: cf. F.
      gemmule. See {Gem}.]
      1. (Bot.)
            (a) A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the
                  cotyledons.
            (b) One of the buds of mosses.
            (c) One of the reproductive spores of alg[91].
            (d) An ovule.
  
      2. (Biol.)
            (a) A bud produced in generation by gemmation.
            (b) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which,
                  according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are
                  continually being thrown off from every cell or unit,
                  and circulate freely throughout the system, and when
                  supplied with proper nutriment multiply by
                  self-division and ultimately develop into cells like
                  those from which they were derived. They are supposed
                  to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring,
                  but are often transmitted in a dormant state during
                  many generations and are then developed. See
                  {Pangenesis}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gemul \Ge*mul"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small South American deer ({Furcifer Chilensis}), with
      simple forked horns. [Written also {guemul}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Genial \Ge*ni"al\, a. (Anat.)
      Same as {Genian}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Genial \Gen"ial\, a. [L. genialis: cf. OF. genial. See
      {Genius}.]
      1. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or
            production; generative; procreative; productive. [bd]The
            genial bed.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Creator Venus, genial power of love.   --Dryden.
  
      2. Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of
            life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and
            inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and
            sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful
            and genial disposition.
  
                     So much I feel my genial spirits droop. --Milton.
  
      3. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native;
            natural; inborn. [Obs.]
  
                     Natural incapacity and genial indisposition. --Sir
                                                                              T. Browne.
  
      4. Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher
            nature. [R.]
  
                     Men of genius have often attached the highest value
                     to their less genial works.               --Hare.
  
      {Genial gods} (Pagan Mythol.), the powers supposed to preside
            over marriage and generation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Genially \Gen"ial*ly\, adv.
      1. By genius or nature; naturally. [Obs.]
  
                     Some men are genially disposed to some opinions.
                                                                              --Glanvill.
  
      2. Gayly; cheerfully. --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gimmal \Gim"mal\, n. [Prob. the same word as gemel. See {Gemel},
      and cf. {Gimbal}.]
      1. Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or
            series of interlocked rings.
  
      2. A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gin \Gin\, n. [A contraction of engine.]
      1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer.
            Spenser.
  
      2.
            (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights,
                  consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the
                  top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
            (b) (Mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
  
      3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton
            gin.
  
      Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture
               worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary
               sails.
  
      {Gin block}, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel,
            over which a rope runs; -- called also {whip gin},
            {rubbish pulley}, and {monkey wheel}.
  
      {Gin power}, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin.
           
  
      {Gin race}, [or] {Gin ring}, the path of the horse when
            putting a gin in motion. --Halliwell.
  
      {Gin saw}, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers
            through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper.
  
      {Gin wheel}.
            (a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through
                  the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint.
            (b) (Mining) the drum of a whim.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gommal \Gom"mal\, a.
      Made or consisting of interlocked ring[?] or links; as,
      gimmal mail.
  
               In their pale dull mouths the gimmal bit Lies foul with
               chewed grass.                                          --Shak.
  
      {Gimmal joint}. See {Gimbal joint}, under {Gimbal}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gemul \Ge*mul"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small South American deer ({Furcifer Chilensis}), with
      simple forked horns. [Written also {guemul}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gunnel \Gun"nel\, n. [See {Gunwale}.]
      1. A gunwale.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus
            Mur[91]noides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America;
            -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gunwale \Gun"wale\, n. [Gun + wale. So named because the upper
      guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.)
      The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost
      wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of
      timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to
      the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the
      upper works of the hull. [Written also {gunnel}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gunnel \Gun"nel\, n. [See {Gunwale}.]
      1. A gunwale.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus
            Mur[91]noides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America;
            -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gunwale \Gun"wale\, n. [Gun + wale. So named because the upper
      guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.)
      The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost
      wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of
      timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to
      the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the
      upper works of the hull. [Written also {gunnel}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gunwale \Gun"wale\, n. [Gun + wale. So named because the upper
      guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.)
      The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost
      wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of
      timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to
      the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the
      upper works of the hull. [Written also {gunnel}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gymnal \Gym"nal\, a. & n.
      Same as {Gimmal}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gamewell, NC (town, FIPS 25380)
      Location: 35.86711 N, 81.60079 W
      Population (1990): 3357 (1359 housing units)
      Area: 18.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Genola, MN (city, FIPS 23444)
      Location: 45.96875 N, 94.11104 W
      Population (1990): 85 (28 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Genola, UT (town, FIPS 28810)
      Location: 40.01736 N, 111.85297 W
      Population (1990): 803 (190 housing units)
      Area: 32.8 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 84655

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Gamul
      weaned the leader of one of the priestly courses (1 Chr. 24:17).
     

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

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Gemalli, wares; a camel
  
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