Chapter 661

Shak.

Ghostfish <Xpage=624>

Ghost"fish` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A pale ubspotted variety of the wrymouth.

Ghostless <Xpage=624>

Ghost"less , a. Without life or spirit. [R.]

Ghostlike <Xpage=624>

Ghost"like` (?) , a. Like a ghost; ghastly.

Ghostliness <Xpage=624>

Ghost"li*ness , n. The quality of being ghostly.

Ghostly <Xpage=624>

Ghost"ly , a. [OE. gastlich , gostlich , AS. g\'bestlic . See Ghost .] 1. Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor .

Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies. Book of Common Prayer [Ch. of Eng. ]

One of the gostly children of St. Jerome. Jer. Taylor.

2. Of or pertaining to apparitions.

Akenside.

Ghostly <Xpage=624>

Ghost"ly , adv. Spiritually; mystically.

Chaucer.

Ghostology <Xpage=624>

Ghost*ol"o*gy (?) , n. Ghost lore. [R.]

It seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of ghostology and witchcraft. Hawthorne.

Ghoul <Xpage=624>

Ghoul (?) , n. [Per. gh<?/l an imaginary sylvan demon, supposed to devour men and animals: cf. Ar. gh<?/l , F. goule .] An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies. [Written also ghole .]

Moore.

Ghoulish <Xpage=624>

Ghoul"ish , a. Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.

Ghyll <Xpage=624>

Ghyll (?) , n. A ravine. See Gill a woody glen. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Wordsworth.

Giallolino <Xpage=624>

Gial`lo*li"no (?) , n. [It., from giallo yellow, prob. fr. OHG. gelo , G. gelb ; akin to E. yellow .] A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot.

Fairholt.

Giambeux <Xpage=624>

Giam"beux (?) , n. pl. [See Jambeux .] Greaves; armor for the legs. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Giant <Xpage=624>

Gi"ant (?) , n. [OE. giant , geant , geaunt , OF. jaiant , geant , F. g\'82ant , L. gigas , fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, from the root of E. gender , genesis . See Gender , and cf. Gigantic .]

1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.

Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise.

Milton.

2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.

3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.

Giant's Causeway , a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.

Giant <Xpage=624>

Gi"ant , a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.

Giant cell . (Anat.) See Myeloplax . -- Giant clam (Zo\'94l.) , a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna , esp. T. gigas , which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. -- Giant heron (Zo\'94l.) , a very large African heron ( Ardeomega goliath ). It is the largest heron known. -- Giant kettle , a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole . -- Giant powder . See Nitroglycerin . -- Giant puffball (Bot.) , a fungus ( Lycoperdon giganteum ), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. -- Giant salamander (Zo\'94l.) , a very large aquatic salamander ( Megalobatrachus maximus ), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. -- Giant squid (Zo\'94l.) , one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.

Giantess <Xpage=624>

Gi"ant*ess , n. A woman of extraordinary size.

Giantize <Xpage=624>

Gi"ant*ize (?) , v. i. [Cf. F. g\'82antiser .] To play the giant. [R.]

Sherwood.

Giantly <Xpage=624>

Gi"ant*ly , a. Appropriate to a giant. [Obs.]

Usher.

Giantry <Xpage=624>

Gi"ant*ry (?) , n. The race of giants. [R.]

Cotgrave.

Giantship <Xpage=624>

Gi"ant*ship , n. The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant.

His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen. Milton.

Giaour <Xpage=624>

Giaour (?) , n. [Turk. giaur an infidel, Per. gawr , another form of ghebr fire worshiper. Cf. Kaffir , Gheber .] An infidel; -- a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, especially Christrians.

Byron.

Gib <Xpage=624>

Gib (?) , n. [Abbreviated fr. Gilbert , the name of the cat in the old story of "Reynard the Fox". in the "Romaunt of the Rose", etc.] A male cat; a tomcat. [Obs.]

Gib <Xpage=624>

Gib , v. i. To act like a cat. [Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

Gib <Xpage=624>

Gib (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw.

Gib and key , &or; Gib and cotter (Steam Engine) , the fixed wedge or gib , and the driving wedge, key , or cotter , used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting rod.

Gib <Xpage=624>

Gib , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gibbed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbing .] To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs.

Gibbed lathe , an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.

Gib <Xpage=624>

Gib (?) , v. i. To balk. See Jib , v. i.

Youatt.

Gibbartas <Xpage=624>

Gib*bar"tas (?) , n. [Cf. Ar. jebb\'ber giant; or L. gibber humpbacked: cf. F. gibbar .] (Zo\'94l.) One of several finback whales of the North Atlantic; -- called also Jupiter whale . [Written also jubartas , gubertas , dubertus .]

Gibber <Xpage=624>

Gib"ber (?) , n. [From Gib to balk.] A balky horse.

Youatt.

Gibber <Xpage=624>

Gib"ber (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gibbered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbering .] [Akin to jabber , and gabble .] To speak rapidly and inarticulately.

Shak.

Gibberish <Xpage=624>

Gib"ber*ish (?) , n. [From Gibber , v. i. ] Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon.

He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go; All kinds of gibberish he had learnt to known. Drayton.

Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with. Hawthorne.

Gibberish <Xpage=624>

Gib"ber*ish , a. Unmeaning; as, gibberish language .

Gibbet <Xpage=624>

Gib"bet (?) , n. [OE. gibet , F. gibet , in OF. also club, fr. LL. gibetum ;; cf. OF. gibe sort of sickle or hook, It. giubbetto gibbet, and giubbetta , dim. of giubba mane, also, an under waistcoat, doublet, Prov. It. gibba (cf. Jupon ); so that it perhaps originally signified a halter, a rope round the neck of malefactors; or it is, perhaps, derived fr. L. gibbus hunched, humped, E. gibbous ; or cf. E. jib a sail.]

1. A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning.

2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

Gibbet <Xpage=624>

Gib"bet , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gibbeted (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbeting .]

1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.

2. To expose to infamy; to blacken.

I'll gibbet up his name. Oldham.

Gibbier <Xpage=624>

Gib"bier (?) , n. [F. gibier .] Wild fowl; game. [Obs.]

Addison.

Gibbon <Xpage=624>

Gib"bon (?) , n. [Cf. F. gibbon .] (Zo\'94l.) Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates , of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.

<-- common subtypes --> &hand; The white-handed gibbon ( Hylobates lar ), the crowned ( H. pilatus ), the wou-wou or singing gibbon ( H. agilis ), the siamang, and the hoolock. are the most common species.

Gib boom <Xpage=624>

Gib" boom` (?) . See Jib boom .

Gibbose <Xpage=624>

Gib*bose" (?) , a. [L. gibbosus , fr. gibbus , gibba , hunch, hump. Cf. Gibbous .] Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.

Brande & C.

Gibbostity <Xpage=624>

Gib*bost"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. gibbosit\'82 .] The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.

Gibbous <Xpage=624>

Gib"bous (?) , a. [Cf. F. gibbeux . See Gibbose .]

1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon .

The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. Wiseman.

2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

-- Gib"bous*ly , adv. -- Gib"bous*ness , n.

Gibbsite <Xpage=624>

Gibbs"ite (?) , n. [Named after George Gibbs .] (Min.) A hydrate of alumina.

Gib-cat <Xpage=624>

Gib"-cat` (?) , n. A male cat, esp. an old one. See lst Gib . n. [Obs.]

Shak.

Gibe <Xpage=624>

Gibe (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gibed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibing .] [Cf. Prov. F. giber , equiv. to F. jouer to play, Icel. geipa to talk nonsense, E. jabber .] To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

Fleer and gibe , and laugh and flout. Swift.

Gibe <Xpage=624>

Gibe , v. i. To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.

Draw the beasts as I describe them, From their features, while I gibe them. Swift.

Gibe <Xpage=624>

Gibe , n. An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.

Mark the fleers, the gibes , and notable scorns. Shak.

With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me. Tennyson.

Gibel <Xpage=624>

Gib"el (?) , n. [G. gibel , giebel .] (Zo\'94l.) A kind of carp ( Cyprinus gibelio ); -- called also Prussian carp .

Giber <Xpage=624>

Gib"er (?) n. One who utters gibes.

B. Jonson.

Gibfish <Xpage=624>

Gib"fish` (?) , n. The male of the salmon. [Prov. Eng.]

Wright.

Gibingly <Xpage=624>

Gib"ing*ly (?) , adv. In a gibing manner; scornfully.

Giblet <Xpage=624>

Gib"let (?) , a. Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie .

Giblets <Xpage=624>

Gib"lets (?) , n. pl. [OE. gibelet , OF. gibelet game: cf. F. gibelotte stewed rabbit. Cf. Gibbier .] The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry.

Gibstaff <Xpage=624>

Gib"staff` (?) , n. [Prov. E. gib a hooked stick + E. staff .] 1. A staff to guage water, or to push a boat.

2. A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Gid <Xpage=624>

Gid (?) , n. [Cf. Giddy , a. ] A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the C<?/nurus, a larval tapeworm, in the brain. See C<?/nurus .

Giddily <Xpage=624>

Gid"di*ly (?) , adv. In a giddy manner.

Giddiness <Xpage=624>

Gid"di*ness , n. The quality or state of being giddy.

Giddy <Xpage=624>

Gid"dy (?) , a. [ Compar. Giddier (?) ; superl. Giddiest .] [OE. gidi mad, silly, AS. gidig , of unknown origin, cf. Norw. gidda to shake, tremble.]

1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.

By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed. Tate.

2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice.

Prior.

Upon the giddy footing of the hatches. Shak.

3. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.

The giddy motion of the whirling mill. Pope.

4. Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. " Giddy , foolish hours." Rowe . " Giddy chance." Dryden .

Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm. Cowper.

Giddy <Xpage=624>

Gid"dy , v. i. To reel; to whirl.

Chapman.

Giddy <Xpage=624>

Gid"dy , v. t. To make dizzy or unsteady. [Obs.]

Giddy-head <Xpage=624>

Gid"dy-head` (?) , n. A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment. [Colloq.]

Burton.

Giddy-headed <Xpage=624>

Gid"dy-head`ed (?) , a. Thoughtless; unsteady.

Giddy-paced <Xpage=624>

Gid"dy-paced` (?) , a. Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle. [R.]

Shak.

Gie <Xpage=624>

Gie (?) , v. t. To guide. See Gye . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Gie <Xpage=624>

Gie (?) , v. t. To give. [Scot.]

Burns.

Gier-eagle <Xpage=624>

Gier"-ea`gle (?) , n. [Cf. D. gier vulture, G. gier , and E. gyrfalcon .] (Zo\'94l.) A bird referred to in the Bible ( Lev. xi. 18 and Deut. xiv. 17 ) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture ( Neophron percnopterus ).

Gier-falcon <Xpage=624>

Gier"-fal`con (?) , n. [Cf. Gier-eagle , Gyrfalcon .] (Zo\'94l.) The gyrfalcon.

Gieseckite <Xpage=624>

Gie"seck*ite (?) , n. [Named after Karl Giesecke .] (Min.) A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after el\'91olite.

Gif <Xpage=624>

Gif (?) , conj. [AS. See If .] If. [Obs.]

&hand; Gif is the old form of if , and frequently occurs in the earlier English writers. See If .

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Giffard injector <Xpage=625>

Gif"fard in*ject"or (?) . (Mach.) See under Injector .

Giffgaff <Xpage=625>

Giff"gaff (?) , n. [Reduplicated fr. give .] Mutial accommodation; mutual giving. [Scot.]

Giffy <Xpage=625>

Gif"fy (?) , n. [Obs.] See Jiffy .

Gift <Xpage=625>

Gift (?) , n. [OE. gift , yift , yeft , AS. gift , fr. gifan to give; akin to D. & G. gift , Icel. gift , gipt , Goth. gifts (in comp.). See Give , v. t. ] 1. Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

Shall I receive by gift , what of my own, . . . I can command ? Milton.

2. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President .

3. A bribe; anything given to corrupt.

Neither take a gift , for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise. Deut. xvi. 19.

4. Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a pre\'89minent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.

5. (Law) A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession.

Bouvier. Burrill.

Gift rope (Naut) , a rope extended to a boat for towing it; a guest rope.

Syn. -- Present; donation; grant; largess; benefaction; boon; bounty; gratuity; endowment; talent; faculty. -- Gift , Present , Donation . These words, as here compared, denote something gratuitously imparted to another out of one's property. A gift is something given whether by a superior or an inferior, and is usually designed for the relief or benefit of him who receives it. A present is ordinarly from an equal or inferior, and is always intended as a compliment or expression of kindness. Donation is a word of more dignity, denoting, properly, a gift of considerable value, and ordinarly a gift made either to some public institution, or to an individual on account of his services to the public; as, a donation to a hospital, a charitable society, or a minister.

Gift <Xpage=625>

Gift , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gifted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gifting .] To endow with some power or faculty.

He was gifted . . . with philosophical sagacity. I. Taylor.

Giftedness <Xpage=625>

Gift"ed*ness , n. The state of being gifted.

Echard.

Gid <Xpage=625>

Gid (?) , n. [Cf. OF. gigue . See Jig , n. ] A fiddle. [Obs.]

Gig <Xpage=625>

Gig (?) , v. t. [Prob. fr. L. gignere to beget.] To engender. [Obs.]

Dryden.

Gig <Xpage=625>

Gig , n. A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig .

Gig <Xpage=625>

Gig , v. t. To fish with a gig.

Gig <Xpage=625>

Gig , n. [OE. gigge . Cf. Giglot .] A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.

Gig <Xpage=625>

Gig , n. [Cf. Icel. g<?/gja fiddle, MHG. g<?/ge , G. geige , Icel. geiga to take a wrong direction, rove at random, and E. jig .] 1. A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.

Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig . Shak.

2. A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.