2. One who carries a flag. Johnson.
3. One of a community established at Rome, by Charlemagne, to guide pilgrims to the Holy Land.
GUIGEGuige, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Gige.
GUILD Guild, n. Etym: [OE. gilds, AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, a society or company where payment was made for its charge and support, fr. AS. gildan, gieldan, to pay. See Yield, v. t.]
1. An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or corporation; as, the Stationers' Guild; the Ironmongers' Guild. They were originally licensed by the government, and endowed with special privileges and authority.
2. A guildhall. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. A religious association or society, organized for charitable purposes or for assistance in parish work.
GUILDABLEGuild"a*ble, a.
Defn: Liable to a tax. [Obs.]
GUILDERGuil"der, n. Etym: [D. gulden, orig., golden. Cf. Golden.]
Defn: A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; — called also florin and gulden.
GUILDHALLGuild"hall`, n.
Defn: The hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles; a townhall.
GUILE Guile, n. Etym: [OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin, and the same word as E. wile. See Wile.]
Defn: Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit;treachery.Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John i. 47.To wage by force or guile eternal war. Milton.
GUILEGuile, v. t. Etym: [OF. guiler. See Guile, n.]
Defn: To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [Obs.] Spenser.
GUILEFULGuile"ful, a.
Defn: Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery;guilty.— Guile"ful*ly, adv.— Guile"ful*ness, n.
GUILELESSGuile"less, a.
Defn: Free from guile; artless.— Guile"less*ly, adv. Guile"less*ness, n.
GUILLEMETGuil"le*met`, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A quotation mark. [R.]
GUILLEMOTGuil"le*mot`, n. Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers.
Note: The common guillemots, or murres, belong to the genus Uria (asU. troile); the black or foolish guillemot (Cepphus grylle, formerlyUria grylle), is called also sea pigeon and eligny. See Murre.
GUILLEVAT Guil`le*vat" [], n. Etym: [F. guilloire (fr. guiller to work, ferment)+ E. vat.]
Defn: A vat for fermenting liquors.
GUILLOCHE Guil"loche`, n. Etym: [F. guillochis; — said to be fr. Guillot, the inventor of a machine for carving it.] (Arch.)
Defn: An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which are filled with round ornaments.
GUILLOCHEDGuil*loched", a.
Defn: Waved or engine-turned. Mollett.
GUILLOTINE Guil"lo*tine`, n. Etym: [F., from Guillotin, a French physician, who proposed, in the Constituent Assembly of 1789, to abolish decapitation with the ax or sword. The instrument was invented by Dr. Antoine Louis, and was called at first Louison or Louisette. Similar machines, however, were known earlier.]
1. A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim.
2. Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.
GUILLOTINEGuil"lo*tine`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guillotined; p. pr. & vb. n.Guillotining.] Etym: [Cf. F. guillotiner.]
Defn: To behead with the guillotine.
GUILORGuil"or, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. guileor.]
Defn: A deceiver; one who deludes, or uses guile. [Obs.] Spenser.
GUILT Guilt, n. Etym: [OE. gilt, gult, AS. gylt, crime; probably originally signifying, the fine or mulct paid for an offence, and afterward the offense itself, and akin to AS. gieldan to pay, E. yield. See Yield, v. t.]
1. The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; teh state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right. Satan had not answer, but stood struck With guilt of his own sin. Milton.
2. Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture. A ship incurs guilt by the violation of a blockade. Kent.
GUILTILYGuilt"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a guilty manner.
GUILTINESSGuilt"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being guilty.
GUILTLESSGuilt"less, a.
1. Free from guilt; innocent. The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Ex. xx. 7.
2. Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).Such gardening tools, as art, yet rude, Guiltless of fire, hadformed. Milton.— Guilt"less*ly, adv.— Guilt"less*ness, n.
GUILT-SICKGuilt"-sick`, a.
Defn: Made sick by consciousness of guilt. "A guilt-sick conscience."Beau. c& El.
GUILTY Guilt"y, a. [Compar. Gultier; superl. Guiltiest.] Etym: [AS. gyltig liable. See Guilt.]
1. Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; — used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment. They answered and said, He is guilty of death. Matt. xxvi. 66. Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife. Dryden.
2. Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.
3. Conscious; cognizant. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
4. Condemned to payment. [Obs. & R.] Dryden.
GUILTYLIKEGuilt"y*like`, adv.
Defn: Guiltily. [Obs.] Shak.
GUIMPEGuimpe, n. [F. See 2d Gimp.]
Defn: A kind of short chemisette, worn with a low-necked dress.
GUINEAGuin"ea, n.
1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.
2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings. Pinkerton. Guinea corn. (Bot.) See Durra. — Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea.— Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. [Obs.] Gay. — Guinea fowl, Guinea hen (Zoöl.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species (N. meleagris), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl (N. cristata) is a finer species.— Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See Amomum. — Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass (Panicum jumentorum) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States. — Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower (Fritillaria Meleagris) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen. — Guinea peach. See under Peach. — Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica, a tree of the order Anonaceæ, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper Æthiopicum. —Guinea pig.
Note: [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.] (a) (Zoöl.) A small Brazilian rodent (Cavia cobaya), about seven inches in length and usually of a white color, with spots of orange and black. (b) A contemptuous sobriquet. Smollett. — Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a large West African tree of the order Chrysobalaneæ, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum. — Guinea worm (Zoöl.), a long and slender African nematoid worm (Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores.
GUINEA-PIG DIRECTORGuin"ea-pig` di*rec"tor.
Defn: A director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paid for attendance. [Colloq.]
GUIPUREGui*pure", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called bars or brides.
GUIRLANDGuir"land, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Garland.
GUISE Guise, n. Etym: [OE. guise, gise, way, manner, F. guise, fr. OHG. wisa, G. weise. See Wise, n.]
1. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; — often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself. Chaucer. The swain replied, "It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise." Pope.
2. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape. As then the guise was for each gentle swain. Spenser. A . . . specter, in a far more terrific guise than any which ever yet have overpowered the imagination. Burke.
3. Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.
GUISERGuis"er, n. Etym: [From Guise.]
Defn: A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
GUITAR Gui*tar", n. Etym: [F. guitare; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg.guitarra, It. chitarra; all fr. Gr. cithara. Cf. Cittern, Gittern.]
Defn: A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, — played upon with the fingers.
GUITGUITGuit"guit`, n. Etym: [So called from its note.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family Coerebidæ, allied to the creepers; — called also quit. See Quit.
GULAGu"la, n.; pl. L. GulÆ, E. Gulas. Etym: [L., the throat, gullet.]
1. (Zoöl.) (a) The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat. (b) A plate which in most insects supports the submentum.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: A capping molding. Same as Cymatium.
GULARGu"lar, a. Etym: [Cf. F. gulaire.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the gula or throat; as, gular plates. See Illust. of Bird, and Bowfin.
GULAUNDGu"laund, n. Etym: [Icel. gul-önd.]
Defn: An arctic sea bird.
GULCHGulch, n.
1. Act of gulching or gulping. [Obs.]
2. A glutton. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3. A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.
GULCH Gulch, v. t. Etym: [OE. gulchen; cf. dial. Sw. gölka to gulch, D. gulzig greedy, or E. gulp.]
Defn: To swallow greedily; to gulp down. [Obs.]
GULDGuld, n.
Defn: A flower. See Gold. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GULDENGul"den, n.
Defn: See Guilder.
GULEGule, v. t.
Defn: To give the color of gules to.
GULEGule, n.
Defn: The throat; the gullet. [Obs.]Throats so wide and gules so gluttonous. Gauden.
GULES Gules, n. Etym: [OE. goules, F. gueules, the same word as gueule throat, OF. gole, goule, L. gula. So named from the red color of the throat. See Gullet, and cf. Gula.] (Her.)
Defn: The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red. His sev'n-fold targe a field of gules did stain In which two swords he bore; his word, "Divide and reign." P. Fletcher. Follow thy drum; With man's blood paint the ground; gules, gules. Shak. Let's march to rest and set in gules, like suns. Beau. & Fl.
GULFGulf, n. Etym: [F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. bosom, bay, gulf, LGr.
1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin, He then surveyed Hell and the gulf between. Milton. Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. Luke xvi. 26.
2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.] Shak.
3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. Shak. A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold. Tennyson.
4. (Geog.)
Defn: A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.
5. (Mining)
Defn: A large deposit of ore in a lode. Gulf Stream (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic.
Note: It originates in the westward equatorial current, due to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St. Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to the coast of North America, turning eastward off the island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific. — Gulf weed (Bot.), a branching seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air vessels, — found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea, and elsewhere.
GULFYGulf"y, a.
Defn: Full of whirlpools or gulfs. Chapman.
GULGULGul"gul, n. Etym: [Hind. galgal.]
Defn: A cement made in India from sea shells, pulverized and mixed with oil, and spread over a ship's bottom, to prevent the boring of worms.
GULISTGu"list, n. Etym: [L. gulo.]
Defn: A glutton. [Obs.]
GULLGull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gulling.] Etym:[Prob. fr. gull the bird; but cf. OSw. gylla to deceive, D. kullen,and E. cullibility.]
Defn: To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed. Dryden.I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service. Coleridge.
GULLGull, n.
1. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud. Shak.
2. One easily cheated; a dupe. Shak.
GULLGull, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.](Zoöl.)
Defn: One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.
Note: Among the best known American species are the herring gull (Larus argentatus), the great black-backed gull (L. murinus) the laughing gull (L. atricilla), and Bonaparte's gull (L. Philadelphia). The common European gull is Larus canus. Gull teaser (Zoöl.), the jager; — also applied to certain species of terns.
GULLAGEGull"age, n.
Defn: Act of being gulled. [Obs.]Had you no quirk. To avoid gullage, sir, by such a creature B. Jonson
GULLERGull"er, n.
Defn: One who gulls; a deceiver.
GULLERYGull"er*y, n.
Defn: An act, or the practice, of gulling; trickery; fraud. [R.] "A mere gullery." Selden.
GULLET Gul"let, n. Etym: [OE. golet, OF. Goulet, dim. of gole, goule, throat, F. gueule, L. gula; perh. akin to Skr. gula, G. kenle; cf. F. goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte channel gutter. Cf. Gules, Gully.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
2. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions; as: (a) A channel for water. (b) (Engin.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons. (c) A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.
GULLETINGGul"let*ing, n. (Engin.)
Defn: A system of excavating by means of gullets or channels.
GULLIBLEGul"li*ble, a.
Defn: Easily gulled; that may be duped.— Gul"li*bii`i*ty, n. Burke.
GULLISHGull"ish, a.
Defn: Foolish; stupid. [Obs.] Gull"ish*ness, n. [Obs.]
GULLYGul"ly, n.; pl. Gulles. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain]
Defn: A large knife. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
GULLYGul"ly, n.; pl. Gullies. Etym: [Formerly gullet.]
1. A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.
2. A grooved iron rail or tram plate. [Eng.] Gully gut, a glutton. [Obs.] Chapman. — Gully hole, the opening through which gutters discharge surface water.
GULLYGul"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gullied; p. pr. & vb. n. Gullying.]
Defn: To wear into a gully or into gullies.
GULLYGul"ly, v. i.
Defn: To flow noisily. [Obs.] Johnson.
GULOSITYGu*los"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. gulositas, fr. gulosus gluttonous. SeeGullet.]
Defn: Excessive appetite; greediness; voracity. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
GULP Gulp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gulped; p. pr. & vb. n. Gulping.] Etym: [D. gulpen, cf. OD. golpe gulf.]
Defn: To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; totake down at one swallow.He does not swallow, but he gulps it down. Cowper.The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole narrative. Fielding.To gulp up, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge.
GULPGulp, n.
1. The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once.
2. A disgorging. [Colloq.]
GULPHGulph, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Gulf.
GULTGult, n.
Defn: Guilt. See Guilt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GULTYGult"y, a.
Defn: Guilty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GULYGul"y, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to gules; red. "Those fatal guly dragons."Milton.
GUM Gum, n. Etym: [OE. gome, AS. gama palate; akin Co G. gaumen, OHG. goumo, guomo, Icel. g, Sw. gom; cf. Gr.
Defn: The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws. Gum rash (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum. — Gum stick, a smooth hard substance for children to bite upon while teething.
GUMGum, v. t.
Defn: To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.
GUMGum, n. Etym: [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr.Gr. kam; cf. It. gomma.]
1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: See Gum tree, below.
3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.]
4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] Black gum, Blue gum, British gum, etc. See under Black, Blue, etc. — Gum Acaroidea, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree (Xanlhorrhoea). — Gum animal (Zoöl.), the galago of West Africa; — so called because it feeds on gums. See Galago. — Gum animi or animé. See Animé. — Gum arabic, a gum yielded mostly by several species of Acacia (chiefly A. vera and A. Arabica) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; — called also gum acacia. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. — Gum butea, a gum yielded by the Indian plants Butea frondosa and B. superba, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. — Gum cistus, a plant of the genus Cistus (Cistus ladaniferus), a species of rock rose.— Gum dragon. See Tragacanth. — Gum elastic, Elastic gum. See Caoutchouc. — Gum elemi. See Elemi. — Gum juniper. See Sandarac. — Gum kino. See under Kino. — Gum lac. See Lac. — Gum Ladanum, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. — Gum passages, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants (Amygdalaceæ, Cactaceæ, etc.), and affording passage for gum. — Gum pot, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. — Gum resin, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. — Gum sandarac. See Sandarac. — Gum Senegal, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees (Acacia Verek and A. Adansoniä) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. — Gum tragacanth. See Tragacanth. — Gum tree, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum (Nyssa multiflora), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus Eucalyptus. See Eucalpytus. (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States (Liquidambar styraciflua), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. — Gum water, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. — Gum wood, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the Eucalyptus piperita, of New South Wales.
GUMGum, v. t. [imp. &. p. Gummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gumming.]
Defn: To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance. He frets likke a gummed velvet.Shak.
GUMGum, v. i.
Defn: To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
GUMBOGum"bo, n. Etym: [Written aalso gombo.]
1. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.
2. The okra plant or its pods.
GUMBOILGum"boil, n. (Med.)
Defn: A small suppurting inflamed spot on the gum.
GUMMAGum"ma, n.; pl. Gummata. Etym: [NL. So called from its gummy contentsSee Gum.] (Med.)
Defn: A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin.
GUMMATOUSGum*ma"tous, a. (Med.)
Defn: Belonging to, or resembling, gumma.
GUMMERGum"mer, n. Etym: [From 2d Gum.]
Defn: A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.
GUMMIFEROUSGum*mif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. gummi gum + -ferous.]
Defn: Producing gum; gum-bearing.
GUMMINESSGum"mi*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.
GUMMITE Gum"mite, n. Etym: [So called because it occurs in rounded or flattened pieces which look like gum.] (Min.)
Defn: A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite.
GUMMOSITYGum*mos"i*ty, n.
Defn: Gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality or nature. [R.]Floyer.
GUMMOUSGum"mous, a. Etym: [L. gummosus; cf. F. gommeux.]
1. Gumlike, or composed of gum; gummy.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a gumma.
GUMMYGum"my, a. Etym: [Compar. Gummer (Gummirst.]
Defn: Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containinggum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine. Milton.Then rubs his gummy eyes. Dryden.Gummy tumor (Med.), a gumma.
GUMPGump, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. & Dan. gump buttocks, rump, Icel. gumprg.]
Defn: A dolt; a dunce. [Low.] Holloway.
GUMPTION Gump"tion, n. Etym: [OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS. geómian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care, OS. gomean to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see, notice.]
1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.] One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated. Lord Lytton.
2. (Paint.) (a) The art of preparing colors. Sir W. Scott. (b) Megilp. Fairholt.
GUN Gun, n. Etym: [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael.) A LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary. As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in the powder runne. Chaucer. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man long before there was any gunpowder found out. Selden.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon.
3. pl. (Naut.)
Defn: Violent blasts of wind.
Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or manner of loading as rifled or smoothbore, breech-loading or muzzle-loading, cast or built-up guns; or according to their use, as field, mountain, prairie, seacoast, and siege guns. Armstrong gun, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong. — Great gun, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig.), a person superior in any way. — Gun barrel, the barrel or tube of a gun. — Gun carriage, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or moved. — Gun cotton (Chem.), a general name for a series of explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity. Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See Pyroxylin, and cf. Xyloidin. The gun cottons are used for blasting and somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for making collodion. See Celluloid, and Collodion. Gun cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric acid. — Gun deck. See under Deck. — Gun fire, the time at which the morning or the evening gun is fired. — Gun metal, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron. — Gun port (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a cannon's muzzle is run out for firing. — Gun tackle (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from the gun port. — Gun tackle purchase (Naut.), a tackle composed of two single blocks and a fall. Totten. — Krupp gun, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named after its German inventor, Herr Krupp. — Machine gun, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns, mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim. The Gatling gun, Gardner gun, Hotchkiss gun, and Nordenfelt gun, named for their inventors, and the French mitrailleuse, are machine guns. — To blow great guns (Naut.), to blow a gale. See Gun, n., 3.
GUNGun, v. i.
Defn: To practice fowling or hunting small game; — chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning.
GUNAGu"na (goo"na), n. Etym: [Skr. guna quality.]
Defn: In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element. The term is sometimes used to denote the same vowel change in other languages.
GUNARCHYGu"nar*chy, n.
Defn: See Gynarchy.
GUNBOATGun"boat`, n. (Nav.)
Defn: A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns.
GUNCOTTONGun"cot`ton.
Defn: See under Gun.
GUNDELETGun"de*let, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Gondola. Marston.
GUNFLINTGun"flint`, n.
Defn: A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge.It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps.
GUNJAHGun"jah, n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Ganja.
GUNLOCKGun"lock`, n.
Defn: The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock.
GUNNAGEGun"nage, n.
Defn: The number of guns carried by a ship of war.
GUNNELGun"nel, n. Etym: [See Gunwale.]
1. A gunwale.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Murænoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; — called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.
GUNNERGun"ner, n.
1. One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer.
2. A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) The great northern diver or loon. See Loon. (b) The sea bream. [Prov. Eng. or Irish] Gunner's daughter, the gun to which men or boys were lashed for punishment. [Sailor's slang] W. C. Russell.
GUNNERYGun"ner*y, n.
Defn: That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance.
GUNNIEGun"nie, n. (Mining.)
Defn: Space left by the removal of ore.
GUNNINGGun"ning, n.
Defn: The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun.The art of gunning was but little practiced. Goldsmith.
GUNNY; GUNNY CLOTH Gun"ny, n., Gun"ny cloth` (. Etym: [Hind. gon, gon,, a sack, sacking.]
Defn: A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage. Gunny bag, a sack made of gunny, used for coarse commodities.
GUNOCRACYGu*noc"ra*cy, n.
Defn: See Gyneocracy.
GUNPOWDERGun"pow`der, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting.
Note: Gunpowder consists of from 70 to 80 per cent of niter, with 10 to 15 per cent of each of the other ingredients. Its explosive energy is due to the fact that it contains the necessary amount of oxygen for its own combustion, and liberates gases (chiefly nitrogen and carbon dioxide), which occupy a thousand or fifteen hundred times more space than the powder which generated them. Gunpowder pile driver, a pile driver, the hammer of which is thrown up by the explosion of gunpowder. — Gunpowder plot (Eng. Hist.), a plot to destroy the King, Lords, and Commons, in revenge for the penal laws against Catholics. As Guy Fawkes, the agent of the conspirators, was about to fire the mine, which was placed under the House of Lords, he was seized, Nov. 5, 1605. Hence, Nov. 5 is known in England as Guy Fawkes Day. — Gunpowder tea, a species of fine green tea, each leaf of which is rolled into a small ball or pellet.
GUNREACHGun"reach`, n.
Defn: The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot.
GUNROOMGun"room` (, n. (Naut.)
Defn: An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; — called wardroom in the United States navy.
GUNSHOTGun"shot`, n.
1. Act of firing a gun; a shot.
2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun. Those who are come over to the royal party are supposed to be out of gunshot. Dryden.
GUNSHOTGun"shot`, a.
Defn: Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.
GUNSMITHGun"smith, n.
Defn: One whose occupation is to make or repair small firearms; an armorer.
GUNSMITHERY; GUNSMITH; GUNSMITHINGGunsmith`er*y, Gun"smith` ing, n.
Defn: The art or business of a gunsmith.
GUNSTICKGun"stick, n.
Defn: A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod. [R.]
GUNSTOCKGun"stock`, n.
Defn: The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened.
GUNSTOMEGun"stome`, n.
Defn: A cannon ball; — so called because originally made of stone.[Obs.] Shak.
GUNTER RIGGun"ter rig`. (Naut.)
Defn: A topmast arranged with metal bands so that it will readily slide up and down the lower mast.
GUNTER'S CHAINGun"ter's chain`. (Surveying)
Defn: The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale.
GUNTER'S LINEGun"ter's line`.
Defn: A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; — called also line of lines, and line of numbers.
GUNTER'S QUADRANTGun"ter's quad`rant.
Defn: A thin quadrant, made of brass, wood, etc., showing a stereographic projection on the plane of the equator. By it are found the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, the altitude of objects in degrees, etc. See Gunter's scale.
GUNTER'S SCALEGun"ter's scale`.
Defn: A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant.
Note: Gunter's scale is a wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which are marked scales of equal parts, of chords, sines, tangents, rhombs, etc., and on the other side scales of logarithms of these various parts, by means of which many problems in surveying and navigation may be solved, mechanically, by the aid of dividers alone.
GUNWALE Gun"wale, n. Etym: [Gun + wale. So named because the upper guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.)
Defn: 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.]
GURGEGurge, n. Etym: [L. gurges.]
Defn: A whirlpool. [Obs.] The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge Boils out from under ground. Milton.
GURGEGurge, v. t. Etym: [See Gorge.]
Defn: To swallow up. [Obs.]
GURGEONSGur"geons, n. pl. [Obs.]
Defn: See Grudgeons.
GURGLEGur"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gurgled;p. pr. & vb. n. Gurgling.] Etym:[Cf. It. gorgogliare to gargle, bubble up, fr. L. gurgulio gullet.Cf. Gargle, Gorge.]
Defn: To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones. Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace, And waste their music on the savage race. Young.
GURGLEGur"gle, n.
Defn: The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. "Tinkling gurgles." W. Thompson.
GURGLETGur"glet, n. Etym: [See Goglet.]
Defn: A porous earthen jar for cooling water by evaporation.
GURGLINGLYGur"gling*ly`, adv.
Defn: In a gurgling manner.
GURGOYLEGur"goyle, n.
Defn: See Gargoyle.
GURJUNGur"jun, n.
Defn: A thin balsam or wood oil derived from the Diptcrocarpus lævis, an East Indian tree. It is used in medicine, and as a substitute for linseed oil in the coarser kinds of paint.
GURLGurl, n.
Defn: A young person of either sex. [Obs.] See Girl. Chaucer.
GURLETGur"let, n. (Masonry)
Defn: A pickax with one sharp point and one cutting edge. Knight.
GURMYGur"my, n. (Mining)
Defn: A level; a working.
GURNARD; GURNET Gur"nard, Gur"net n. Etym: [OF. gornal, gournal, gornart, perh. akin to F. grogner to grunt; cf. Ir. guirnead gurnard.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks. Some of the species are highly esteemed for food. The name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins. [Written also gournet.] Plyling gurnard. See under Flying.
GURNIADGur"ni*ad, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Gwiniad.
GURRYGur"ry, n.
Defn: An alvine evacuation; also, refuse matter. [Obs. or Local]Holland.
GURRYGur"ry`, n. Etym: [Hind. garhi.]
Defn: A small fort. [India]
GURTGurt, n. (Mining)
Defn: A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift. Page.
GURTSGurts, n. pl. Etym: [Cf. Grout.]
Defn: Groatts. [Obs.]
GUSHGush, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gushing.] Etym:[OE. guschen, cf. Icel. gusa and gjsa, also D. gucsen; perh. akin toAS. geótan to pour, G. giessen, Goth. giutan, E. gut. Cf. Found tocast.]
1. To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously. He smote the rock that the waters gushed out. Ps ixxviii 20. A sea of blood gushed from the gaping wound. Spenser.
2. To make a sentimental or untimely exhibition of affection; to display enthusiasm in a silly, demonstrative manner. [Colloq.]
GUSHGush, v. t.
1. A sudden and violent issue of a fluid from an inclosed plase; an emission of a liquid in a large quantity, and with force; the fluid thus emitted; a rapid outpouring of anything; as, a gush of song from a bird. The gush of springs, An fall of lofty foundains. Byron.
2. A sentimental exhibition of affection or enthusiasm, etc.; effusive display of sentiment. [Collog.]
GUSHERGush"er, n.
Defn: One who gushes. [Colloq.]
GUSHINGGush"ing, a.
1. Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as, gushing waters. "Gushing blood." Milton.
2. Emitting copiously, as tears or words; weakly and unreservedly demonstrative in matters of affection; sentimental. [Colloq.]
GUSHINGLYGush"ing*ly
Defn: , adv.
1. In a gushing manner; copiously. Byron.
2. Weakly; sentimentally; effusively. [Colloq.]
GUSSET Gus"set, n. Etym: [F. gousset armpit, fob, gusset, dim. of gousse pod, husk; cf. It. guscio shell, or W. cwysed gore, gusset.]
1. A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement. Seam and gusset and band. Hood.
2. Anything resembling a gusset in a garment; as: (a) (Armor) A small piece of chain mail at the openings of the joints beneath the arms. (b) (Mach.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.
3. (Her.)
Defn: An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.
GUSTGust, n. Etym: [Icel. gustr a cool breeze. Cf. Gush.]
1. A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw. Milton.
2. A sudden violent burst of passion. Bacon.
GUSTGust, n. Etym: [L. gustus; cf. It. & Sp. gusto. sq. root46.]
1. The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto. An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite. Jer. Taylor.
2. Gratification of any kind, particularly that which is exquisitely relished; enjoyment. Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust. Pope.
3. Intellectual taste; fancy. A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients. Dryden.
GUST Gust, v. t. Etym: [Cf. L. gustare, It. gustare, Sp. gustar. See GUST a relish.]
Defn: To taste; to have a relish for. [Obs.]
GUSTABLEGust"a*ble, a. Etym: [See Gust, v.] [Obs.]
1. Capable of being tasted; tastable. This position informs us of a vulgar error, terming the gall bitter; whereas there is nothing gustable sweeter. Harvey.
2. Pleasant to the taste; toothsome; savory. A gustable thing, seen or smelt, excites the appetite, and affects the glands and parts of the mouth. Derham.
GUSTABLEGust"a*ble, n.
Defn: Anything that can be tasted. [Obs.]
GUSTARDGus"tard, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The great bustard.
GUSTATIONGus*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. gustatio: cf. F. gustation.]
Defn: The act of tasting. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
GUSTATORYGusta*to*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue.
GUSTFULGust"ful, a.
Defn: Tasteful; well-tasted. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.— Gust"ful*ness, n. [Obs.] Barrow.
GUSTFULGust"ful, a.
Defn: Gusty. [R.]A gustful April morn. Tennyson.
GUSTLESSGust"less, a.
Defn: Tasteless; insipid. [R.]
GUSTO Gus"to, n. Etym: [It. or Sp., fr. L. gustus; akin to E. choose. Cf. 2d GUST, GOUR.]
Defn: Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy.Dryden.
GUSTOSOGus*to"so, a. & adv. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: Tasteful; in a tasteful, agreeable manner.
GUSTYGust"y, a.
Defn: Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy;stormy; tempestuous.Upon a raw and gusty day. Shak.
GUT Gut, n. Etym: [OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to geótan to pour. See FOUND to cast.]
1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.
2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.
3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.
4. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line. Blind gut. See CÆcum, n. (b).
GUTGut, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gutting.]
1. To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.
2. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the bouse. Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a proper name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased. Addison.
GUTTAGut"ta, n.; pl. GuttÆ. Etym: [L.]
1. A drop.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; — called also campana, and drop. Gutta serena Etym: [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), amaurosis. — Guttæ band (Arch.), the listel or band from which the guttæ hang.
GUTTA-PERCHA Gut"ta-per`cha, n. Etym: [Malay gutah gum + pertja the tree from which is it procured.]
Defn: A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, or Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material.
GUTTATEGut"tate, a. Etym: [L. guttatus. Cf. Gutty.]
Defn: Spotted, as if discolored by drops.
GUTTATEDGut"ta*ted, a. Etym: [See Guttate.]
Defn: Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots. Bailey.
GUTTATRAPGut"ta*trap, n.
Defn: The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality.
GUTTER Gut"ter, n. Etym: [OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. gouttière, fr. OF. gote, goute, drop, F. goutte, fr. L. gutta.]
1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. Gutters running with ale. Macaulay.
3. Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing. Gutter member (Arch.), an architectural member made by treating the outside face of the gutter in a decorative fashion, or by crowning it with ornaments, regularly spaced, like a diminutive battlement. — Gutter plane, a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for planing out gutters. — Gutter snipe, a neglected boy running at large; a street Arab. [Slang] — Gutter stick (Printing), one of the pieces of furniture which separate pages in a form.
GUTTERGut*ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Guttering.]
1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. Shak.
2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [R.] Dryden.
GUTTERGut"ter, v. i.
Defn: To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.
GUTTERSNIPEGut"ter*snipe", n. (Slang)(a) A small poster, suitable for a curbstone.(b) A curbstone broker. [U. S.]
GUTTIFERGut"ti*fer`, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. gutta drop+ ferre to bear.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant that exudes gum or resin.
GUTTIFEROUS Gut*tif"er*ous, a. (Bot.) (a) Yielding gum or resinous substances. (b) Pertaining to a natural order of trees and shrubs (Guttiferæ) noted for their abounding in a resinous sap.
GUTTIFORMGut"ti*form, a. Etym: [L. gutta a drop + -form.]
Defn: Drop-shaped, as a spot of color.
GUTTLEGut"tle, v. t. & i. Etym: [From GUT, n.]
Defn: To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [Obs.] L'Estrange. Dryden.
GUTTLERGut"tler, n.
Defn: A greedy eater; a glutton. [Obs.]
GUTTULOUSGut"tu*lous, a. Etym: [L. guttula a little drop, dim. of gutta drop.]
Defn: In droplike form. [Obs.]In its [hail's] guttulous descent from the air. Sir T. Browne.
GUTTURALGut"tur*al, a. Etym: [L. guttur throat: cf. F. gutural.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relatingto, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat.Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings. W. Guthrie.In such a sweet, guttural accent. Landor.
GUTTURALGut"tur*al, n.
Defn: A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound.
GUTTURALISMGut"tur*al*ism, n.
Defn: The quality of being guttural; as, the gutturalism of A [in the 16th cent.] Earle.
GUTTURALITYGut"tur*al"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being guttural. [R.] "The old gutturality of k."Earle.
GUTTURALIZEGut"tur*al*ize, v. t.
Defn: To speak gutturally; to give a guttural sound to.
GUTTURALLYGut"tur*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a guttural manner.
GUTTURALNESSGut"tur*al*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being guttural.
GUTTURINEGut"tur*ine, a. Etym: [L. guttur throat.]
Defn: Pertaining to the throat. [Obs.] "Gutturine tumor." Ray.
GUTTURIZEGut"tur*ize, v. t. Etym: [L. guttur throat.]
Defn: To make in the throat; to gutturalize. [R.]For which the Germans gutturize a sound. Coleridge.
GUTTURO-Gut"tur*o-.
Defn: A combining form denoting relation to the throat; as, gutturo- nasal, having both a guttural and a nasal character; gutturo-palatal.
GUTTYGut"ty, a. Etym: [L. gutta drop: cf. F. goutté. Cf. Guttated.] (Her.)
Defn: Charged or sprinkled with drops.
GUTWORTGut"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant, Globularia Alypum, a violent purgative, found inAfrica.
GUY Guy, n. Etym: [Sp. guia guide, a guy or small rope used on board of ships to keep weighty things in their places; of Teutonic origin, and the same word as E. guide. See Guide, and cf. Gye.]
Defn: A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened.
GUYGuy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Guying.]
Defn: To steady or guide with a guy.
GUYGuy, n.
1. A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot. The lady . . . who dresses like a guy. W. S. Gilbert.
2. A person of queer looks or dress. Dickens.
GUYGuy, v. t.
Defn: To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.[Local & Collog U.S.]
GUYLEGuyle, v. t.
Defn: To guile. [Obs.] Spenser.
GUZEGuze, n. Etym: [Cf. Gules.] (Her.)
Defn: A roundlet of tincture sanguine, which is blazoned without mention of the tincture.
GUZZLEGuz"zle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Guzzled, p. pr. & vb. n. Guzzling (.]Etym: [OP. gosillier, prob. orig., to pass through the throat; akinto F. gosier throat; cf. It. gozzo a bird's crop.]
Defn: To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.Those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar. Milton.Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise, Who, while sheguzzles, chats the doctor's praise. Roscommon.To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey. Gay.
GUZZLEGuz"zle, v. t.
Defn: To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer. Dryden.
GUZZLEGuz"zle, n.
Defn: An insatiable thing or person.That sink of filth, that guzzle most impure. Marston.
GUZZLERGuz"zler, n.
Defn: An immoderate drinker.
GWINIAD Gwin"i*ad, n. Etym: [W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white.] (Zool.)
Defn: A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; — called also powan, and schelly. [Written also gwyniad, guiniad, gurniad.]
GYALLGy"all, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Gayal.
GYB; GYBEGyb, Gybe (, n. (Naut.)
Defn: See Jib. [Obs.]
GYBEGybe, n. & v.
Defn: See Gibe.
GYBEGybe, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gybed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gybing.] Etym:[See Jibe.] (Naut.)
Defn: To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; — said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side. [Also jibe.]
GYEGye, v. t. Etym: [OF. guier; of German origin. See Guide, and cf.Guy.]
Defn: To guide; to govern. [Obs.]Discreet enough his country for to gye. Chaucer.
GYLEGyle, n. Etym: [F. guiller to ferment. Cf. Guillevat.]
Defn: Fermented wort used for making vinegar. Gyle tan (Brewing), a large vat in which wort ferments.
GYMNALGym"nal, a. & n.
Defn: Same as Gimmal.
GYMNASIARCHGym*na"si*arch, n. Etym: [L. gymnasiarchus, Gr. gymnasiarque.] (Gr.Antiq.)
Defn: An Athenian officer who superintended the gymnasia, and provided the oil and other necessaries at his own expense.
GYMNASIUMGym*na"si*um n.; pl. E. Gymnasiums, L. Gymnasia. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.
2. A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; — used esp. of German schools of this kind. More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than universities. Hallam.
GYMNASTGym"nast (, n. Etym: [Gr. gymnaste. See Gymnasium.]
Defn: One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; the manager of a gymnasium; an athlete.
GYMNASTIC; GYMNASTICAL Gym*nas"tic, Gym*nas"tic*al, a. Etym: [L. gymnasticus, Gr. gymnastique. See Gymnasium.]
Defn: Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; — said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests, etc.
GYMNASTICGym*nas"tic, n.
Defn: A gymnast. [Obs.]
GYMNASTICALLYGym*nas"tic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a gymnastic manner.
GYMNASTICSGym*nas"tics, n.
Defn: Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character.
GYMNIC; GYMNICALGym"nic, Gym"nic*al a. Etym: [L. gymnicus, Gr. gymnique. SeeGymmasium.]
Defn: Athletic; gymnastic. [Obs.] Have they not swordplayers, and every sort Of gymnic artists, wrestlers, riders, runners Milton.