Chapter 652

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.

Gather <Xpage=615>

Gath"er , n. 1. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.

2. (Carriage Making) The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.

3. (Arch.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering . See Gather , v. t. , 7.

Gatherable <Xpage=615>

Gath"er*a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises. [R.]

Godwin.

Gatherer <Xpage=615>

Gath"er*er (?) , n. 1. One who gathers or collects.

2. (Sewing Machine) An attachment for making gathers in the cloth.

Gathering <Xpage=615>

Gath"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.

Gathering <Xpage=615>

Gath"er*ing , a. 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 gun <Xpage=615>

Gat"ling gun` (<?/) . [From the inventor, R.J. Gatling .] An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired.

&hand; The improved Gatling gun can be fired at the rate of 1,200 shots per minute.

Farrow.

Gatten tree <Xpage=615>

Gat"ten tree` (?) . [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush .] (Bot.) A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose ( Viburnum Opulus ), cornel ( Cornus sanguinea ), and spindle tree ( Euonymus Europ\'91us ).

Gat-toothed <Xpage=615>

Gat"-toothed` (?) , a. [OE. gat goat + tooth . See Goat the animal.] Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth; lustful; wanton. [Obs.]

Gauche <Xpage=615>

Gauche (?) , n. [F.] 1. Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.

2. (Geom.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.

Gaucherie <Xpage=615>

Gauche`rie" (?) , n. [F.] An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.

Gaucho <Xpage=615>

Gau"cho (?) , n. , pl. Gauchos (<?/) [Sp.] On of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle.

Gaud <Xpage=615>

Gaud (?) , n. [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.

Gaud <Xpage=615>

Gaud , v. i. [Cf. F. se gaudir to rejoice, fr. L. gaudere . See Gaud , n. ] To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] " Gauding with his familiars. " [Obs.]

Sir T. North.

Gaud <Xpage=615>

Gaud , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gauded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gauding .] To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint. [Obs.] "Nicely gauded cheeks."

Shak.

Gaud-day <Xpage=615>

Gaud"-day` (?) , n. See Gaudy , a feast.

Gaudery <Xpage=615>

Gaud"er*y (?) , n. Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display. [R.] "Tarnished gaudery ."

Dryden.

Gaudful <Xpage=615>

Gaud"ful (?) , a. Joyful; showy. [Obs.]

Gaudily <Xpage=615>

Gaud"i*ly (?) , adv. In a gaudy manner.

Guthrie.

Gaudiness <Xpage=615>

Gaud"i*ness , n. The quality of being gaudy.

Whitlock.

Gaudish <Xpage=615>

Gaud"ish , a. Gaudy. " Gaudish ceremonies."

Bale.

Gaudless <Xpage=615>

Gaud"less , a. Destitute of ornament. [R.]

Gaudy <Xpage=615>

Gaud"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.

Gaudy <Xpage=615>

Gaud"y , n. ; pl. Gaudies (#) [See Gaud , n. ] One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [Obs.]

Gower.

Gaudy <Xpage=615>

Gaud"y , n. A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day . [Oxford Univ.]

Conybeare.

Gaudygreen <Xpage=615>

Gaud"y*green` (?) , a. &or; n. [OE. gaude grene .] Light green. [Obs.]

Chaucer. Spenser.

Gauffer <Xpage=615>

Gauf"fer (?) , v. t. [F. gaufrer to figure cloth, velvet, and other stuffs, fr. gaufre honeycomb, waffle; of German origin. See Waffle , Wafer , and cf. Goffer , Gopher an animal.] To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer .

Gauffering <Xpage=615>

Gauf"fer*ing (?) , n. A mode of plaiting or fluting.

Gauffering iron , a kind of fluting iron for fabrics. -- Gauffering press (Flower Manuf.) , a press for crimping the leaves and petals into shape.

Gauffre <Xpage=615>

Gauf"fre (?) , n. [See Gopher .] (Zo\'94l.) A gopher, esp. the pocket gopher.

Gauge <Xpage=615>

Gauge (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gauged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gauging (?) ] [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 .] <def > [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.) 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.

Gauge <Xpage=615>

Gauge , n. [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.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge .

4. (Physics) 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.

&hand; 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) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.

8. (Building) 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 .

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Gaugeable <Xpage=616>

Gauge"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being gauged.

Gauged <Xpage=616>

Gauged (?) , p. a. Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge.

Gauged brick , brick molded, rubbed, or cut to an exact size and shape, for arches or ornamental work. -- Gauged mortar . See Gauge stuff , under Gauge , n.

Gauger <Xpage=616>

Gau"ger (?) , n. One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.

Gauger-ship <Xpage=616>

Gau"ger-ship , n. The office of a gauger.

Gauging rod <Xpage=616>

Gau"ging rod` . See Gauge rod , under Gauge , n.

Gaul <Xpage=616>

Gaul (?) , n. [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.

Gaulish <Xpage=616>

Gaul"ish (?) , a. Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic. [R.]

Gault <Xpage=616>

Gault (?) , n. [Cf. Norw. gald hard ground, Icel. gald hard snow.] (Geol.) A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period.

Gaultheria <Xpage=616>

Gaul*the"ri*a (?) , n. [NL.] (Bot.) 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 Northwestern America ( Gaultheria Shallon ).

Gaunt <Xpage=616>

Gaunt (?) , a. [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak.] 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.

Gauntlet <Xpage=616>

Gaunt"let (?) , n. (Mil.) See Gantlet .

Gauntlet <Xpage=616>

Gaunt"let (?) , n. [F. gantelet , dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus , of Teutonic origin; cf. D. want , Sw. & Dan. vante , Icel. v\'94ttr , for vantr .] 1. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.

&hand; 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.) 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.

Gauntletted <Xpage=616>

Gaunt"lett*ed , a. Wearing a gauntlet.

Gauntly <Xpage=616>

Gaunt"ly , adv. In a gaunt manner; meagerly.

Gauntree, Gauntry <Xpage=616>

Gaun"tree (?) , Gaun"try (?) , n. [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.) A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure.

Knight.

Gaur <Xpage=616>

Gaur (?) , n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) An East Indian species of wild cattle ( Bibos gauris ), of large size and an untamable disposition. [Spelt also gour .]

Gaure <Xpage=616>

Gaure (?) , v. i. To gaze; to stare. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Gauze <Xpage=616>

Gauze (?) , n. [F. gaze ; so called because it was first introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.] 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.

Gauze <Xpage=616>

Gauze , a. Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing .

Gauziness <Xpage=616>

Gauz"i*ness (?) , n. The quality of being gauzy; flimsiness.

Ruskin.

Gauzy <Xpage=616>

Gauz"y (?) , a. Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze.

Gave <Xpage=616>

Gave (?) , imp. of Give .

Gavel <Xpage=616>

Gav"el (?) , n. A gable. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Gavel <Xpage=616>

Gav"el , n. [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 .] A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.

Wright.

Gavel <Xpage=616>

Gav"el , n. [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.

Gavel <Xpage=616>

Gav"el , n. [OF. gavel , AS. gafol , prob. fr. gifan to give. See Give , and cf. Gabel tribute.] (Law) Tribute; toll; custom. [Obs.] See Gabel .

Cowell.

Gavelet <Xpage=616>

Gav"el*et (?) , n. [From Gavel tribute.] (O. Eng. Law) An ancient special kind of cessavit used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent. [Obs.]

Gavelkind <Xpage=616>

Gav"el*kind` (?) , n. [OE. gavelkynde , gavelkende . See Gavel tribute, and Kind , n. ] (O. Eng. Law) 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.

Gaveloche <Xpage=616>

Gav"e*loche (?) , n. Same as Gavelock .

Gavelock <Xpage=616>

Gav"e*lock (?) , n. [OE. gaveloc a dart, AS. gafeluc ; cf. Icel. gaflok , MHG. gabil<?/t , 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.]

Gaverick <Xpage=616>