Chapter 653

Ga"ver*ick (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The European red gurnard ( Trigla cuculus ). [Prov. Eng.]

Gavi\'91 <Xpage=616>

Ga"vi\'91 (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. L. gavia a sea mew.] (Zo\'94l.) The division of birds which includes the gulls and terns.

Gavial <Xpage=616>

Ga"vi*al (?) , n. [Hind. ghariu<?/l : cf. F. gavial .] (Zo\'94l.) A large Asiatic crocodilian ( Gavialis Gangeticus ); -- called also nako , and Gangetic crocodile .

&hand; 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 <Xpage=616>

Gav"ot (? &or; ?; 277) , n. [F. gavotte , fr. Gavots , a people inhabiting a mountainous district in France, called Gap .] (Mus.) 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 .]

Gawby <Xpage=616>

Gaw"by (?) , n. A baby; a dunce. [Prov. Eng.]

Gawk <Xpage=616>

Gawk (?) , n. [OE. gok , gowk , cuckoo, fool, Icel. gaukr cuckoo; akin to OHG. gouh , G. gauch cuckoo, fool, AS. g\'82ac cuckoo, Sw. g\'94k , Dan. gi\'94g ] 1. A cuckoo.

Johnson.

2. A simpleton; a booby; a gawky.

Carlyle.

Gawk <Xpage=616>

Gawk , v. i. To act like a gawky.

Gawky <Xpage=616>

Gawk"y (?) , a. [ Compar. Gawkier (?) ; superl. Gawkiest .] Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior . -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.

Gawn <Xpage=616>

Gawn (?) , n. [Corrupted fr. gallon .] A small tub or lading vessel. [Prov. Eng.]

Johnson.

Gawntree <Xpage=616>

Gawn"tree (?) , n. See Gauntree .

Gay <Xpage=616>

Gay (?) , a. [ Compar. Gayer (?) ; superl. Gayest .] [F. gai , perhaps fr. OHG. g<?/hi swift, rapid, G. g\'84h , j\'84h , steep, hasty; or cf. OHG. w<?/hi beatiful, good. Cf. Jay .]

1. Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.

Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay . Pope.

Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed. Gray.

2. Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.

Why is my neighbor's wife so gay ? Chaucer.

A bevy of fair women, richly gay In gems and wanton dress<?/ Milton.

3. Loose; dissipated; lewd. [Colloq.]

Syn. -- Merry; gleeful; blithe; airy; lively; sprightly, sportive; light-hearted; frolicsome; jolly; jovial; joyous; joyful; glad; showy; splendid; vivacious.

Gay <Xpage=616>

Gay , n. An ornament [Obs.]

L'Estrange.

Gayal <Xpage=616>

Gay"al (?) , n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle ( Bibos frontalis ).

Gaydiang <Xpage=616>

Gay"di*ang (?) , n. (Naut.) A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk.

Gayety <Xpage=616>

Gay"e*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Gayeties (<?/) . [Written also gaiety .] [F. gaiet\'82 . See Gay , a. ] 1. The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season .

2. Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress .

Syn. -- Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee; blithesomeness; sprightliness; jollity. See Liveliness .

Gaylus-site <Xpage=616>

Gay"lus-site` (?) , n. [Named after Gay-Lussac , the French chemist.] (Min.) A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water.

Gayly <Xpage=616>

Gay"ly (?) , adv. 1. With mirth and frolic; merrily; blithely; gleefully.

2. Finely; splendidly; showily; as, ladies gayly dressed; a flower gayly blooming.

Pope.

Gayne <Xpage=616>

Gayne (?) , v. i. [See Gain .] To avail. [Obs.]

Gayness <Xpage=616>

Gay"ness (?) , n. Gayety; finery. [R.]

Gaysome <Xpage=616>

Gay"some (?) , a. Full of gayety. Mir . for Mag .

Gaytre <Xpage=616>

Gay"tre (?) , n. [See Gaitre .] The dogwood tree. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Gaze <Xpage=616>

Gaze (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gazed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gazing .] [OE. gasen , akin to dial. Sw. gasa , cf. Goth. us- gaisjan to terrify, us- geisnan to be terrified. Cf. Aghast , Ghastly , Ghost , Hesitate .] To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention.

Why stand ye gazing up into heaven? Acts i. 11.

Syn. -- To gape; stare; look. -- To Gaze , Gape , Stare . To gaze is to look with fixed and prolonged attention, awakened by excited interest or elevated emotion; to gape is to look fixedly, with open mouth and feelings of ignorant wonder; to stare is to look with the fixedness of insolence or of idiocy. The lover of nature gazes with delight on the beauties of the landscape; the rustic gapes with wonder at the strange sights of a large city; the idiot stares on those around with a vacant look.

Gaze <Xpage=616>

Gaze , v. t. To view with attention; to gaze on . [R.]

And gazed a while the ample sky. Milton.

Gaze <Xpage=616>

Gaze , n. 1. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.

With secret gaze Or open admiration him behold. Milton.

2. The object gazed on.

Made of my enemies the scorn and gaze . Milton.

At gaze (a) (Her.) With the face turned directly to the front; -- said of the figures of the stag, hart, buck, or hind, when borne, in this position, upon an escutcheon. (b) In a position expressing sudden fear or surprise; -- a term used in stag hunting to describe the manner of a stag when he first hears the hounds and gazes round in apprehension of some hidden danger; hence, standing agape; idly or stupidly gazing.

I that rather held it better men should perish one by one, Than that earth should stand at gaze like Joshua's moon in Ajalon! Tennyson.

Gazeebo <Xpage=616>

Ga*zee"bo (?) , n. [Humorously formed from gaze .] A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect. [Colloq.]

Gazeful <Xpage=616>

Gaze"ful (?) , a. Gazing. [R.]

Spenser.

Gazehound <Xpage=616>

Gaze"hound` (?) , n. A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent.

Sir W. Scott.

Gazel <Xpage=616>

Ga"zel (?) , n. The black currant; also, the wild plum. [Prov. Eng.]

Gazel <Xpage=616>

Ga*zel" (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Gazelle .

Gazelle <Xpage=616>

Ga*zelle" (?) , n. [F. gazelle , OF. also, gazel ; cf. Sp. gacela , Pr. gazella , It. gazella ; all fr. Ar. ghaz<?/l a wild goat.] (Zo\'94l.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella , esp. G. dorcas ; -- called also algazel , corinne , korin , and kevel . The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. [Written also gazel .]

<-- subtypes --> &hand; The common species of Northern Africa ( Gazella dorcas ); the Arabian gazelle, or ariel ( G. Arabica ); the mohr of West Africa ( G. mohr ); the Indian ( G. Bennetti ); the ahu or Persian ( G. subgutturosa ); and the springbok or tsebe ( G. euchore ) of South Africa, are the best known.

Gazement <Xpage=616>

Gaze"ment (?) , n. View. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Gazer <Xpage=616>

Gaz"er (?) , n. One who gazes.

Gazet <Xpage=616>

Ga*zet (?) , n. [It.. gazeta , gazzetta , prob. dim. of L. gaza royal treasure.] A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or one and a half cents. [Obs.]

Gazette <Xpage=616>

Ga*zette" (?) , n. [F. gazette , It. gazzetta , perh. from gazetta a Venetian coin (see Gazet ), said to have been the price of the first newspaper published at Venice; or perh. dim. of gazza magpie, a name perh. applied to the first newspaper; cf. OHG. agalstra magpie, G. elster .] A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.

Gazette <Xpage=616>

Ga*zette" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gazetted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gazetting .] To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.

Gazetteer <Xpage=616>

Gaz`et*teer" (?) , n. [Cf. F. gazetier .] 1. A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority.

Johnson.

2. A newspaper; a gazette. [Obs.]

Burke.

3. A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places.

4. An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.

Gazingstock <Xpage=616>

Gaz"ing*stock` (?) , n. A person or thing gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity or contempt.

Bp. Hall.

Gazogene <Xpage=616>

Gaz"o*gene (?) , n. [F. gazog\'8ane ; gaz gas + -g\'8ane , E. -gen .] A portable apparatus for making soda water or a\'89rated liquids on a small scale.

Knight.

Gazon <Xpage=616>

Ga*zon" (?) , n. [F. gazon turf, fr. OHG. waso , G. wasen .] (Fort.) One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.

Ge- <Xpage=616>

Ge- (?) . An Anglo-Saxon prefix. See Y- .

Geal <Xpage=616>

Geal (?) , v. i. [F. geler , fr. L. gelare , fr. gelu . See Gelid .] To congeal. [Obs. or Scot.]

Gean <Xpage=616>

Gean (?) , n. [F. guigne the fruit of the gean; cf. OHG. w\'c6hsila , G. weichsel .] (Bot.) A species of cherry tree common in Europe ( Prunus avium ); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color.

Geanticlinal <Xpage=616>

Ge`an*ti*cli"nal (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ the earth + E. anticlinal .] (Geol.) An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria ; -- opposed to geosynclinal .

Gear <Xpage=616>

Gear (?) , n. [OE. gere , ger , AS. gearwe clothing, adornment, armor, fr. gearo , gearu , ready, yare; akin to OHG. garaw\'c6 , garw\'c6 ornament, dress. See Yare , and cf. Garb dress.] 1. Clothing; garments; ornaments.

Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear . Spenser.

2. Goods; property; household stuff.

Chaucer.

Homely gear and common ware. Robynson (More's Utopia)

3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.

Clad in a vesture of unknown gear . Spenser.

4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.

5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.]

Jamieson.

6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.]

Thus go they both together to their gear . Spenser.

8. (Mech.) (a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear , or a bevel gear ; also, toothed wheels, collectively. (b) An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe . (c) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear ; out of gear .

9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer (b) .

10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Wright.

That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man. Latimer.

Bever gear . See Bevel gear . -- Core gear , a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See Mortise wheel , under Mortise . -- Expansion gear (Steam Engine) , the arrangement of parts for cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the cut-off. See under Expansion . -- Feed gear . See Feed motion , under Feed , n. -- Gear cutter , a machine or tool for forming the teeth of gear wheels by cutting. -- Gear wheel , any cogwheel. -- Running gear . See under Running . -- To throw in, &or; out of , gear (Mach.) , to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to put in, or out of, working relation.

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Gear <Xpage=617>

Gear (?) v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Geared (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gearing .] 1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing.

Double geared , driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.

Gear <Xpage=617>

Gear , v. i. (Mach.) To be in, or come into, gear.

Gearing <Xpage=617>

Gear"ing , n. 1. Harness.

2. (Mach.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing ; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery.

Frictional gearing . See under Frictional . -- Gearing chain , an endless chain transmitted motion from one sprocket wheel to another. See Illust . of Chain wheel . -- Spur gearing , gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged round either the concave or the convex surface (properly the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting motion between parallel shafts, etc.

Geason <Xpage=617>

Gea"son (?) , a. [OE. gesen , geson , rare, scanty, AS. g<?/sne barren, wanting. Cf. Geest .] Rare; wonderful. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Geat <Xpage=617>

Geat (?) , n. [See Gate a door.] (Founding) The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting. [Written also git , gate .]

Gecarcinian <Xpage=617>

Ge`car*cin"i*an (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ earth + <?/ crab.] (Zo\'94l.) A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus , or of allied genera.

Geck <Xpage=617>

Geck (?) , n. [D. gek fool, fop; akin to G. geck ; cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person.] 1. Scorn, derision, or contempt. [Prov. Eng.]

2. An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull. [Obs.]

To become the geck and scorn O'the other's villainy. Shak.

Geck <Xpage=617>

Geck , v. t. [Cf. OD. ghecken , G. gecken . See Geck , n. ]

1. To deride; to scorn; to mock. [Prov. Eng.]

2. To cheat; trick, or gull. [Obs.]

Johnson.

Geck <Xpage=617>

Geck , v. i. To jeer; to show contempt.

Sir W. Scott.

Gecko <Xpage=617>

Geck"o (?) , n. ; pl. Geckoes (#) . [Cf. F. & G. gecko ; -- so called from the sound which the animal utters.] (Zo\'94l.) Any lizard of the family Geckonid\'91 . The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wall gecko , Fanfoot .

Geckotian <Xpage=617>

Geck*o"tian (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A gecko.

Ged, Gedd <Xpage=617>

Ged , Gedd (<?/) , n. The European pike.

Gee <Xpage=617>

Gee (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Geed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Geeing .] 1. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq. or Prov. Eng.]

Forby.

2. [Cf. G. j\'81 , interj., used in calling to a horse, It. gi\'95, F. dia , used to turn a horse to the left.] To turn to the off side, or from the driver ( i.e. , in the United States, to the right side); -- said of cattle, or a team; used most frequently in the imperative, often with off , by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw , or hoi . [Written also jee .]

&hand; In England, the teamster walks on the right-hand side of the cattle; in the United States, on the left-hand side. In all cases, however, gee means to turn from the driver, and haw to turn toward him.

Gee ho , &or; Gee whoa . Same as Gee .

Gee <Xpage=617>

Gee , v. t. [See Gee to turn.] To cause (a team) to turn to the off side, or from the driver. [Written also jee .]

Geer, Geering <Xpage=617>

Geer (?) , Geer"ing . [Obs.] See Gear , Gearing .

Geese <Xpage=617>

Geese (?) , n. , pl. of Goose .

Geest <Xpage=617>

Geest (?) , n. [Cf. LG. geest , geest land, sandy, dry and, OFries. g&emac;st , g&amac;st , g&emac;st lond, g&amac;st lond, fr. Fries. g&amac;st barren. Cf. Geason .] Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin.

R. Jameson.

Geet <Xpage=617>

Geet (?) , n. [See Jet .] Jet. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Geez <Xpage=617>

Geez (?) , n. The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic .

Gehenna <Xpage=617>