1. A turret; a watchtower. [Obs.] He saw men go up and down on the garrets of the gates and walls. Ld. Berners.
2. That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic. The tottering garrets which overhung the streets of Rome. Macaulay.
GARRETEDGar"ret*ed, a.
Defn: Protected by turrets. [Obs.] R. Carew.
GARRETEERGar`ret*eer", n.
Defn: One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.Macaulay.
GARRETINGGar"ret*ing, n.
Defn: Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry. Weale.
GARRISON Gar"ri*son, n. Etym: [OE. garnisoun, F. garnison garrison, in OF. & OE. also, provision, munitions, from garnir to garnish. See Garnish.] (Mil.) (a) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town. (b) A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security. In garrison, in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in a fort or as one of a garrison.
GARRISON Gar"ri*son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garrisoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Garrisoning.] (Mil.) (a) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town. (b) To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory.
GARRONGar"ron, n.
Defn: Same as Garran. [Scot.]
GARROTGar"rot, n. Etym: [F. Cf. Garrote.] (Surg.)
Defn: A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
GARROTGar"rot, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European golden-eye.
GARROTEGar*rote", n. Etym: [Sp. garrote, from garra claw, talon, of Celticorigin; cf. Armor. & W. gar leg, ham, shank. Cf. Garrot stick,Garter.]
Defn: A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.
GARROTEGar*rote", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garroted; p. pr. & vb. n. Garroting.]
Defn: To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
GARROTERGar*rot"er, n.
Defn: One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.
GARRULITYGar*ru"li*ty, n. Etym: [L. garrulitas: cf. F. garrulité.]
Defn: Talkativeness; loquacity.
GARRULOUSGar"ru*lous, a. Etym: [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf.Gr. Call.]
1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. The most garrulous people on earth. De Quincey.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; — said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.
Syn. — Garrulous, Talkative, Loquacious. A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in his dotage is garrulous. — Gar"ru*lous*ly, adv. — Gar"ru*lous*ness, n.
GARRUPA Gar*ru"pa, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. Grouper the fish.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys; — called also rockfish. See Rockfish.
GARTERGar"ter, n. Etym: [OE. gartier, F. jarretière, fr. OF. garet bend ofthe knee, F. jarret; akin to Sp. garra claw, Prov. garra leg. SeeGarrote.]
1. A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
2. The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself.
3. (Her.)
Defn: Same as Bendlet. Garter fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the genus Lepidopus, having a long, flat body, like the blade of a sword; the scabbard fish. — Garter king-at-arms, the chief of the official heralds of England, king-at-arms to the Order of the Garter; — often abbreviated to Garter. — Garter snake (Zoöl.), one of several harmless American snakes of the genus Eutænia, of several species (esp. E. saurita and E. sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; — so called from its conspicuous stripes of color.
GARTERGar"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gartered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gartering.]
1. To bind with a garter. He . . . could not see to garter his hose. Shak.
2. To invest with the Order of the Garter. T. Warton.
GARTER STITCHGarter stitch.
Defn: The simplest stitch in knitting.
GARTHGarth, n. Etym: [Icel. gar yard. See Yard.]
1. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth. A clapper clapping in a garth To scare the fowl from fruit. Tennyson.
2. A dam or weir for catching fish.
GARTHGarth, n. Etym: [Girth.]
Defn: A hoop or band. [Prov. Eng.]
GARUMGa"rum, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
Defn: A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients.
GARVIEGar"vie, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The spart; — called also garvie herring, and garvock. [Prov.Eng. & Scot.]
GASGas, n.; pl. Gases. Etym: [Invented by the chemist Van Helmont ofBrussels, who died in 1644.]
1. An aëriform fluid; — a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aëriform state.
2. (Popular Usage) (a) A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes. (b) Laughing gas. (c) Any irrespirable aëriform fluid.
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. — 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 aërating 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.synthesis gas
GASALIERGas`a*lier", n. Etym: [Formed from gas, in imitation of chandelier.]
Defn: A chandelier arranged to burn gas.
GAS-BURNERGas"-burn`er, n.
Defn: The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices.
GASCOINESGas"coines, n. pl.
Defn: See Gaskins, 1. Lyly.
GASCONGas"con (; F. ), a. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons; also, braggart; swaggering. — n.
Defn: A native of Gascony; a boaster; a bully. See Gasconade.
GASCONADEGas`con*ade", n. Etym: [F. gasconnade, from Gascon an inhabitant ofGascony, the people of which were noted for boasting.]
Defn: A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio. Swift.
GASCONADEGas`con*ade", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasconaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Gasconading.]
Defn: To boast; to brag; to bluster.
GASCONADERGas`con*ad"er, n.
Defn: A great boaster; a blusterer.
GASCOYNESGas"coynes, n. pl.
Defn: Gaskins. Beau & Fl.
GASEITYGas*e"i*ty ( or ), n.
Defn: State of being gaseous. [R] Eng. Cyc.
GASELIERGas`e*lier", n. [Formed from gas, in imitation of chandelier.]
Defn: A chandelier arranged to burn gas.
GAS ENGINEGas engine. (Mach.)
Defn: A kind of internal-combustion engine (which see) using fixed gas; also, broadly, any internal-combustion engine.
GASEOUSGas"e*ous ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [From Gas. Cf. F. gazeux.]
1. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aëriform fluid.
2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. "Unconnected, gaseous information." Sir J. Stephen.
GASH Gash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gashing.] Etym: [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.]
Defn: To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; — applied chieflyto incisions in flesh.Grievously gashed or gored to death. Hayward.
GASHGash, n.
Defn: A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.
GASHFULGash"ful, a.
Defn: Full of gashes; hideous; frightful. [Obs.] "A gashful, horrid, ugly shape." Gayton.
GASIFICATIONGas`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [See Gasify.]
Defn: The act or process of converting into gas.
GASIFORMGas"i*form, a.
Defn: Having a form of gas; gaseous.
GASIFYGas"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gasified; p. pr. & vb. n. Gasifying.]Etym: [Gas + -fy.]
Defn: To convert into gas, or an aëriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.
GASIFYGas"i*fy, v. i.
Defn: To become gas; to pass from a liquid to a gaseous state.Scientific American.
GASKET Gas"ket, n. Etym: [Cf. F. garcette, It. gaschetta, Sp. cajeta caburn, garceta reef point.]
1. (Naut.)
Defn: 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.
GASKINSGas"kins, n.pl. Etym: [Cf. Galligaskins.]
1. Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Packing of hemp. Simmonds.
3. A horse's thighs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
GASLIGHTGas"light`, n.
1. The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.
2. A gas jet or burner.
GASOGENGas"o*gen, n. Etym: [Gas + -gen.]
1. An apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a volatile liquid.
2. A volatile hydrocarbon, used as an illuminant, or for charging illuminating gas.
GASOLENEGas`o*lene, n.
Defn: See Gasoline.
GASOLIERGas`o*lier", n.
Defn: Same as Gasalier.
GASOLINEGas"o*line ( or ; 104), n.
Defn: A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See Carburetor.
GASOLINE ENGINE; GASOLENE ENGINEGas"o*line, or Gas"o*lene, en"gine . (Mach.)
Defn: A kind of internal-combustion engine; — in British countries called usually petrol engine.
GASOMETERGas*om"e*ter ( or ), n. Etym: [Gas + -meter. Cf. F. gazomètre.]
Defn: An apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required.
GASOMETRIC; GASOMETRICALGas`o*met"ric or; Gas`o*met"ric*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the measurement of gases; as, gasometric analysis.
GASOMETRYGas*om"e*try ( or ), n.
Defn: The art or practice of measuring gases; also, the science which treats of the nature and properties of these elastic fluids. Coxe.
GASOSCOPEGas"o*scope, n. Etym: [Gas + -scope.]
Defn: An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house.
GASPGasp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasped; p. pr. & vb. n. Gasping.] Etym:[OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin toSw. gäspa, Dan. gispe to gasp.]
1. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. She gasps and struggles hard for life. Lloyd.
2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain. Spenser.
GASPGasp, v. t.
Defn: To emit or utter with gasps; — with forth, out, away, etc.And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden.
GASPGasp, n.
Defn: The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath. At the last gasp, at the point of death. Addison.
GASPEREAUGas"per*eau, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The alewife. [Local, Canada]
GASSERIANGas*se"ri*an, a.
Defn: Relating to Casserio (L. Gasserius), the discover of the Gasserian ganglion. Gasserian ganglion (Anat.), a large ganglion, at the root of the trigeminal, or fifth cranial, nerve.
GASSINGGas"sing, n.
1. (Manuf.)
Defn: The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing.
2. Boasting; insincere or empty talk. [Slang]
GASSYGas"sy, a.
Defn: Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.
GAST Gast, v. t. Etym: [OE. gasten, g to frighten, akin to Goth. usgaisjan. See Aghast, Ghastly, and cf. Gaze.]
Defn: To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast. [Obs.]Chaucer. Shak.
GASTERGast"er, v. t.
Defn: To gast. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
GASTEROMYCETESGas`te*ro*my*ce"tes, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.
GASTEROPODGas"ter*o*pod, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Gastropod.
GASTEROPODAGas`te*rop`o*da, n. pl. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Gastropoda.
GASTEROPODOUSGas`ter*op"o*dous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Gastropodous.
GASTFUL; GASTLYGast"ful, Gast"ly (, a. [Obs.]
Defn: See Ghastful, Ghastly.
GASTIGHTGas"tight`, a.
Defn: So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.
GASTNESSGast"ness, n.
Defn: See Ghastness. [Obs.]
GASTORNISGas*tor"nis, n. Etym: [NL., from Gaston M. Plante, the discover + Gr.(Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin.
GASTRAEAGas*træ"a, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastræa theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula.
GASTRALGIAGas*tral"gi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders.
GASTRICGas"tric, a. Etym: [Gr. gastrique.]
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery. Gastric digestion (Physiol.), the conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and diffusible products by the solvent action of gastric juice. — Gastric fever (Med.), a fever attended with prominent gastric symptoms; — a name applied to certain forms of typhoid fever; also, to catarrhal inflammation of the stomach attended with fever. — Gastric juice (Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an acid reaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands contained in the mucous membrane of the stomach. It consists mainly of dilute hydrochloric acid and the ferment pepsin. It is the most important digestive fluid in the body, but acts only on proteid foods. — Gastric remittent fever (Med.), a form of remittent fever with pronounced stomach symptoms.
GASTRILOQUIST Gas*tril"o*quist, n. Etym: [Gr. gasth`r, gastro`s, stomach + L. loqui to speak.]
Defn: One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist.
GASTRILOQUOUSGas*tril"o*quous, a.
Defn: Ventriloquous. [R.]
GASTRILOQUYGas*tril"o*quy, n.
Defn: A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy.
GASTRITISGas*tri"tis, n. Etym: [NL., from. Gr. -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane.
GASTRO-Gas"tro-.
Defn: A combining form from the Gr. gastrocolic, gastrocele, gastrotomy.
GASTROCNEMIUSGas`troc*ne"mi*us, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.
GASTROCOLICGas`tro*col"ic, a. Etym: [Gastro- + colic.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum.
GASTRODISCGas`tro*disc, n. Etym: [Gastro- + disc.] (Biol.)
Defn: That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst.
GASTRODUODENALGas`tro*du"o*de"nal, a. Etym: [Gastro- + -duodenal.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenal artery.
GASTRODUODENITISGas`tro*du`o*de*ni"tis, n. Etym: [NL. See Gastroduodenal, and -itis.](Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the most frequent causes of jaundice.
GASTROELYTROTOMYGas`tro*el`y*trot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gastro- + Gr (Surg.)
Defn: The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Cæsarean operation, and less dangerous.
GASTROENTERICGas`tro*en*te"ric, a. Etym: [Gastro- + -enteric.] (Anat. & Med.)
Defn: Gastrointestinal.
GASTROENTERITISGas`tro*en`te*ri"tis, n. Etym: [NL. See Gastroenrteric, and -itis.](Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines.
GASTROEPIPLOICGas`tro*ep`i*plo"ic, a. Etym: [Gastro- + -epiploic.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum.
GASTROHEPATICGas`tro*he*pat"ic, a. Etym: [Gastro- + -hepatic.] (Med.)
Defn: Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum.
GASTROHYSTEROTOMYGas`tro*hys`ter*ot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gastro- + GR. to cut.] (Surg.)
Defn: Cæsarean section. See under Cæsarean.
GASTROINTESTINALGas`tro*in*tes"ti*nal, a. Etym: [Gastro- + -intestinal.] (Anat. &Med.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.
GASTROLITHGas`tro*lith, n. Etym: [Gastro- + -lith.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Crab's eyes, under Crab.
GASTROLOGYGas*trol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr gastrologie.]
Defn: The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.
GASTROMALACIAGas`tro*ma*la"ci*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A softening of the coats of the stomach; — usually a post- morten change.
GASTROMANCY Gas`tro*man"cy, n. Etym: [Gastro- + -mancy: cf. F. gastromancy.] (Antiq.) (a) A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach. (b) A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art.
GASTROMYCESGas`tro*my"ces, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such asTorula, etc.
GASTROMYTHGas"tro*myth, n. Etym: [Gastro- + Gr.
Defn: One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist. [Obs.]
GASTRONOME; GASTRONOMERGas"tro*nome, Gas*tron"o*mer, n. Etym: [F. gastronome, fr. Gr.
Defn: One fond of good living; an epicure. Sir W. Scott.
GASTRONOMIC; GASTRONOMICALGas`tro*nom"ic, Gas`tro*nom"ic*al (, a. Etym: [Cf. F. gastronomique.]
Defn: Pertaining to gastromony.
GASTRONOMISTGas*tron"o*mist, n.
Defn: A gastromomer.
GASTRONOMYGas*tron"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. gastronomie.]
Defn: The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.
GASTROPHRENICGas`tro*phren"ic, a. Etym: [Gastro- + -phrenic.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament.
GASTROPNEUMATICGas`tro*pneu*mat"ic, a. Etym: [Gastro- + pneumatic.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the alimentary canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes.
GASTROPODGas"tro*pod, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Gastropoda. [Written also gasteropod.]
GASTROPODAGas*trop"o*da, n. pl., Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. [Written also Gasteropoda.]
Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.: (a) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and Heteropoda. (b) The Euthyneura, including the Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. (c) The Amphineura, including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
GASTROPODOUSGas*trop"o*dous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda.
GASTRORAPHYGas*tror"a*phy, n. Etym: [Gr.gastrorrhaphie.] (Surg.)
Defn: The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen. Quincy.
GASTROSCOPEGas"tro*scope, n. Etym: [Gastro- + -scope.] (Med.)
Defn: An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.
GASTROSCOPICGas`tro*scop"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
GASTROSCOPYGas*tros"co*py, n. (Med.)
Defn: Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope.
GASTROSPLENICGas`tro*splen"ic, n. Etym: [Gastro- + splenic.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament.
GASTROSTEGEGas*tros"tege, n. Etym: [Gastro- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent.
GASTROSTOMYGas*tros"to*my, n. Etym: [Gastro- + Gr. (Surg.)
Defn: The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.
GASTROTOMYGas*trot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gastro + Gr. gastrotomie.] (Surg.)
Defn: A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach.
GASTROTRICHAGas*trot"ri*cha, n. pl., Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventral side. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, related to rotifers and annelids.
GASTROTROCHAGas*trot"ro*cha, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A form of annelid larva having cilia on the ventral side.
GASTROVASCULARGas`tro*vas"cu*lar, a. Etym: [Gastro- + -vascular.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the structure, or performing the functions, both of digestive and circulatory organs; as, the gastrovascular cavity of coelenterates.
GASTRULAGas"tru*la, n.; pl. Gastrulæ Etym: [NL., dim. fr. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastræa. — a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a gastrula.
GASTRULATIONGas`tru*la"tion, n. (Biol.)
Defn: The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed.
GASTRURAGas*tru"ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Stomatopoda.
GASTRUROUSGas*tru"rous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the Gastrura.
GATGat,
Defn: imp. of Get. [Obs.]
GATCHGatch, n. [Per. gach mortar.]
Defn: Plaster as used in Persian architecture and decorative art.
Gatch decoration, decoration in plaster often producing design of great beauty. — Gatch work, work in which gatch is employed; also, articles of gatch ornamentation collectively.
GATE Gate, n. Etym: [OE. et, , giat, gate, door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v. Cf. Gate a way in the wall, 3d Get.]
1. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed.
2. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit. Knowest thou the way to Dover Both stile and gate, horse way and footpath. Shak. Opening a gate for a long war. Knolles.
3. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
4. (Script.)
Defn: The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might. The gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matt. xvi. 18.
5. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
6. (Founding) (a) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate. (b) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. [Written also geat and git.] Gate chamber, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock, which receives the opened gate. — Gate channel. See Gate, 5. — Gate hook, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge. — Gate money, entrance money for admission to an inclosure. — Gate tender, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad crossing. — Gate valva, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate which affords a straight passageway when open. — Gate vein (Anat.), the portal vein. — To break gates (Eng. Univ.), to enter a college inclosure after the hour to which a student has been restricted. — To stand in the gate, or gates, to occupy places or advantage, power, or defense.
GATEGate, v. t.
1. To supply with a gate.
2. (Eng. Univ.) To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual.
GATEGate, n. Etym: [Icel. gata; akin to SW. gata street, lane, Dan. gade,Goth. gatwö, G. gasse. Cf. Gate a door, Gait.]
1. A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate). [O. Eng. & Scot.] I was going to be an honest man; but the devil has this very day flung first a lawyer, and then a woman, in my gate. Sir W. Scott.
2. Manner; gait. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
GATEDGat"ed, a.
Defn: Having gates. Young.
GATEHOUSEGate"house`, n.
Defn: A house connected or associated with a gate.
GATELESSGate"less, a.
Defn: Having no gate.
GATEMANGate"man, n.
Defn: A gate keeper; a gate tender.
GATEPOSTGate"post`, n.
1. A post to which a gate is hung; — called also swinging or hinging post.
2. A post against which a gate closes; — called also shutting post.
GATEWAYGate"way`, n.
Defn: A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense.
GATEWISEGate"wise`, adv.
Defn: In the manner of a gate.Three circles of stones set up gatewise. Fuller.
GATHER Gath"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gathering.] Etym: [OE. gaderen, AS. gaderian, gadrian, fr. gador, geador, together, fr. gæd fellowship; akin to E. good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte husband, MHG. gate, also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a sister's son. sq. root29. See Good, and cf. Together.]
1. To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate. And Belgium's capital had gathered them Her beauty and her chivalry. Byron. When he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together. Matt. ii. 4.
2. To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck. A rose just gathered from the stalk. Dryden. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles Matt. vii. 16. Gather us from among the heathen. Ps. cvi. 47.
3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up. He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. Prov. xxviii. 8. To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by degrees. Locke.
4. To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle. Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand. Pope.
5. To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude. Let me say no moreGather the sequel by that went before. Shak.
6. To gain; to win. [Obs.] He gathers ground upon her in the chase. Dryden.
7. (Arch.)
Defn: To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like.
8. (Naut.)
Defn: To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope. To be gathered to one's people, or to one's fathers to die. Gen. xxv. 8. — To gather breath, to recover normal breathing after being out of breath; to get breath; to rest. Spenser. — To gather one's self together, to collect and dispose one's powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory to a leap. — To gather way (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with increasing speed.
GATHERGath"er, v. i.
1. To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate. When small humors gather to a gout. Pope. Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes. Tennyson.
2. To grow larger by accretion; to increase. Their snowball did not gather as it went. Bacon.
3. To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered.
4. To collect or bring things together. Thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed. Matt. xxv. 26.
GATHERGath"er, n.
1. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
2. (Carriage Making)
Defn: The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
3. (Arch.)
Defn: The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7.
GATHERABLEGath"er*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises. [R.] Godwin.
GATHERERGath"er*er, n.
1. One who gathers or collects.
2. (Sewing Machine)
Defn: An attachment for making gathers in the cloth.
GATHERINGGath"er*ing, n.
1. The act of collecting or bringing together.
2. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together; as: (a) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation. (b) A charitable contribution; a collection. (c) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
GATHERINGGath"er*ing, a.
Defn: Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating. Gathering board (Bookbinding), a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book. Knight. — Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning. — Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them. — Gathering peat. (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire. (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by the Highlanders.
GATLING GUNGat"ling gun` (. Etym: [From the inventor, R.J. Gatling.]
Defn: An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired.
Note: The improved Gatling gun can be fired at the rate of 1,200 shots per minute. Farrow.
GATTEN TREEGat"ten tree`. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush.] (Bot.)
Defn: A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (ViburnumOpulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (EuonymusEuropæus).
GAT-TOOTHEDGat"-toothed`, a. Etym: [OE. gat goat + tooth. See Goat the animal.]
Defn: Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth; lustful; wanton. [Obs.]
GAUCHEGauche, n. Etym: [F.]
1. Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: Winding; twisted; warped; — applied to curves and surfaces.
GAUCHERIEGauche`rie", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.
GAUCHOGau"cho, n., pl. Gauchos ( Etym: [Sp.]
Defn: On of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle.
GAUD Gaud, n. Etym: [OE. gaude jest, trick, gaudi bead of a rosary, fr. L. gaudium joy, gladness. See Joy.]
1. Trick; jest; sport. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Deceit; fraud; artifice; device. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket. "An idle gaud." Shak.
GAUDGaud, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. se gaudir to rejoice, fr. L. gaudere. SeeGaud, n.]
Defn: To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] "Gauding with his familiars." [Obs.] Sir T. North.
GAUDGaud, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gauding.]
Defn: To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint. [Obs.] "Nicely gauded cheeks." Shak.
GAUD-DAYGaud"-day`, n.
Defn: See Gaudy, a feast.
GAUDERYGaud"er*y, n.
Defn: Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display. [R.] "Tarnished gaudery." Dryden.
GAUDFULGaud"ful, a.
Defn: Joyful; showy. [Obs.]
GAUDILYGaud"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a gaudy manner. Guthrie.
GAUDINESSGaud"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being gaudy. Whitlock.
GAUDISHGaud"ish, a.
Defn: Gaudy. "Gaudish ceremonies." Bale.
GAUDLESSGaud"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of ornament. [R.]
GAUDYGaud"y, a. [Compar. Gaudier; superl. Gauidiest.]
1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. Shak.
2. Gay; merry; festal. Tennyson. Let's have one other gaudy night. Shak.
GAUDYGaud"y, n.; pl. Gaudies Etym: [See Gaud, n.]
Defn: One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [Obs.] Gower.
GAUDYGaud"y, n.
Defn: A feast or festival; — called also gaud-day and gaudy day.[Oxford Univ.] Conybeare.
GAUDYGREENGaud"y*green`, a. or n. Etym: [OE. gaude grene.]
Defn: Light green. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
GAUFFERGauf"fer, v. t. Etym: [F. gaufrer to figure cloth, velvet, and otherstuffs, fr. gaufre honeycomb, waffle; of German origin. See Waffle,Wafer, and cf. Goffer, Gopher an animal.]
Defn: To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer.
GAUFFERINGGauf"fer*ing, n.
Defn: A mode of plaiting or fluting. Gauffering iron, a kind offluting iron for fabrics.— Gauffering press (Flower Manuf.), a press for crimping the leavesand petals into shape.
GAUFFREGauf"fre, n. Etym: [See Gopher.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A gopher, esp. the pocket gopher.
GAUGE Gauge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gauged; p. pr. & vb. n. Gauging] Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
GAUGEGauge, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.
4. (Physics)
Defn: 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)
Defn: The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
8. (Building)
Defn: 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.
GAUGEABLEGauge"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being gauged.
GAUGEDGauged, p. a.
Defn: Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge. Gauged brick,brick molded, rubbed, or cut to an exact size and shape, for archesor ornamental work.— Gauged mortar. See Gauge stuff, under Gauge, n.
GAUGERGau"ger, n.
Defn: One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.
GAUGER-SHIPGau"ger-ship, n.
Defn: The office of a gauger.
GAUGING RODGau"ging rod`.
Defn: See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n.
GAULGaul, n. Etym: [F. Gaule, fr. L. Gallia, fr. Gallus a Gaul.]
1. The Anglicized form of Gallia, which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul).
2. A native or inhabitant of Gaul.
GAULISHGaul"ish, a.
Defn: Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic. [R.]
GAULTGault, n. Etym: [Cf. Norw. gald hard ground, Icel. gald hard snow.](Geol.)
Defn: A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period.
GAULTHERIAGaul*the"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and,often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green(Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of NorthwesternAmerica (Gaultheria Shallon).
GAUNT Gaunt, a. Etym: [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak.]
Defn: Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim. "The gaunt mastiff." Pope. A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and fleshless across our land. Nichols.
GAUNTLETGaunt"let, n. (Mil.)
Defn: See Gantlet.
GAUNTLETGaunt"let, n. Etym: [F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus, ofTeutonic origin; cf. D. want, Sw. & Dan. vante, Icel. vöttr, forvantr.]
1. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.
Note: The gauntlet of the Middle Ages was sometimes of chain mail, sometimes of leather partly covered with plates, scales, etc., of metal sewed to it, and, in the 14th century, became a glove of small steel plates, carefully articulated and covering the whole hand except the palm and the inside of the fingers.
2. A long glove, covering the wrist.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying. To take up the gauntlet, to accept a challenge. — To throw down the gauntlet, to offer or send a challenge. The gauntlet or glove was thrown down by the knight challenging, and was taken up by the one who accepted the challenge; — hence the phrases.
GAUNTLETTEDGaunt"lett*ed, a.
Defn: Wearing a gauntlet.
GAUNTLYGaunt"ly, adv.
Defn: In a gaunt manner; meagerly.
GAUNTREE; GAUNTRY Gaun"tree, Gaun"try, n. Etym: [F. chantier, LL. cantarium, fr. L. canterius trellis, sort of frame.]
1. A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Engin.)
Defn: A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure.Knight.
GAURGaur, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An East Indian species of wild cattle (Bibos gauris), of large size and an untamable disposition. [Spelt also gour.]
GAUREGaure, v. i.
Defn: To gaze; to stare. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GAUSS Gauss (gous), n. [So named after Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician.] (Elec.)
Defn: The C.G.S. unit of density of magnetic field, equal to a field of one line of force per square centimeter, being thus adopted as an international unit at Paris in 1900; sometimes used as a unit of intensity of magnetic field. It was previously suggested as a unit of magnetomotive force.
GAUSSAGEGauss"age, n. (Elec.)
Defn: The intensity of a magnetic field expressed in C.G.S. units, or gausses.
GAUZE Gauze, n. Etym: [F. gaze; so called because it was first introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.]
Defn: A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze. Gauze dresser, one employed in stiffening gauze.
GAUZEGauze, a.
Defn: Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.
GAUZINESSGauz"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being gauzy; flimsiness. Ruskin.
GAUZYGauz"y, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze.
GAVAGEGa`vage" (ga`vazh"), n. [F., fr. gaver to gorge.]
Defn: Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tube passed through the mouth down to the stomach.
GAVEGave,
Defn: imp. of Give.
GAVELGav"el, n.
Defn: A gable. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
GAVEL Gav"el, n. Etym: [OF. gavelle, F. javelle, prob. dim. from L. capulus handle, fr. capere to lay hold of, seize; or cf. W. gafael hold, grasp. Cf. Heave.]
Defn: A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle. Wright.
GAVELGav"el, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc.
2. A mason's setting maul. Knight.
GAVELGav"el, n. Etym: [OF. gavel, AS. gafol, prob. fr. gifan to give. SeeGive, and cf. Gabel tribute.] (Law)
Defn: Tribute; toll; custom. [Obs.] See Gabel. Cowell.
GAVELETGav"el*et, n. Etym: [From Gavel tribute.] (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: An ancient special kind of cessavit used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent. [Obs.]
GAVELKIND Gav"el*kind`, n. Etym: [OE. gavelkynde, gavelkende. See Gavel tribute, and Kind, n.] (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent. Cowell.
GAVELOCHEGav"e*loche, n.
Defn: Same as Gavelock.
GAVELOCK Gav"e*lock, n. Etym: [OE. gaveloc a dart, AS. gafeluc; cf. Icel. gaflok, MHG. gabil, OF. gavelot, glavelot, F. javelot, Ir. gabhla spear, W. gaflach fork, dart, E. glave, gaff]
1. A spear or dart. [R. & Obs.]
2. An iron crow or lever. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
GAVERICKGa"ver*ick, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). [Prov. Eng.]
GAVIAEGa"viæ, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. gavia a sea mew.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The division of birds which includes the gulls and terns.
GAVIALGa"vi*al, n. Etym: [Hind. ghariu: cf. F. gavial.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); — called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile.
Note: The gavial has a long, slender muzzle, teeth of nearly uniform size, and feet completely webbed. It inhabits the Ganges and other rivers of India. The name is also applied to several allied fossil species.
GAVOT Gav"ot ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [F. gavotte, fr. Gavots, a people inhabiting a mountainous district in France, called Gap.] (Mus.)
Defn: A kind of difficult dance; a dance tune, the air of which has two brisk and lively, yet dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over. [Written also gavotte.]
GAWBYGaw"by, n.
Defn: A baby; a dunce. [Prov. Eng.]
GAWK Gawk, n. Etym: [OE. gok, gowk, cuckoo, fool, Icel. gaukr cuckoo; akin to OHG. gouh, G. gauch cuckoo, fool, AS. géac cuckoo, Sw. gök, Dan. giög]
1. A cuckoo. Johnson.
2. A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. Carlyle.
GAWKGawk, v. i.
Defn: To act like a gawky.