Chapter 82

Gust"a*ble, n. Anything that can be tasted. [Obs.]

Gus"tard (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The great bustard.

Gus*ta"tion (?), n. [L. gustatio: cf. F. gustation.] The act of tasting. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Gust"a*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue.

Gust"ful (?), a. Tasteful; well- tasted. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby. -- Gust"ful*ness, n. [Obs.] Barrow.

Gust"ful, a. Gusty. [R.]

A gustful April morn.

Tennyson.

Gust"less, a. Tasteless; insipid. [R.]

Gus"to (?), n. [It. or Sp., fr. L. gustus; akin to E. choose. Cf. 2d GUST, GOUR.] Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy. Dryden.

||Gus*to"so (?), a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Tasteful; in a tasteful, ||agreeable manner.

Gust"y (?), a. Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous.

Upon a raw and gusty day.

Shak.

Gut (?), n. [OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to geÛtan 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 C∆cum, n. (b).

Gut, 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 house.

Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a proper name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased.

Addison.

||Gut"ta (?), n.; pl. Gutt∆ (#). [L.] 1. A drop.

2. (Arch.) 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 [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), amaurosis. -- GuttÊ band> (Arch.), the listel or band from which the guttÊ hang.

Gut"ta-per`cha (?), n. [Malay gutah gum + pertja the tree from which is it procured.] 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.

Gut"tate (?), a. [L. guttatus. Cf. Gutty.] Spotted, as if discolored by drops.

Gut"ta*ted (?), a. [See Guttate.] Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots. Bailey.

Gut"ta*trap (?), n. 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.

Gut"ter (?), n. [OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. gouttiËre, 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.

Gut*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.

Gut"ter, v. i. To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.

||Gut"ti*fer` (?), n. [NL., fr. L. gutta drop+ ferre to bear.] (Bot.) A ||plant that exudes gum or resin.

Gut*tif"er*ous (?), a. (Bot.) (a) Yielding gum or resinous substances. (b) Pertaining to a natural order of trees and shrubs (GuttiferÊ) noted for their abounding in a resinous sap.

Gut"ti*form (?), a. [L. gutta a drop + -form.] Drop-shaped, as a spot of color.

Gut"tle (?), v. t. & i. [From GUT, n.] To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [Obs.] L'Estrange. Dryden.

Gut"tler (?), n. A greedy eater; a glutton. [Obs.]

Gut"tu*lous (?), a. [L. guttula a little drop, dim. of gutta drop.] In droplike form. [Obs.]

In its [hail's] guttulous descent from the air.

Sir T. Browne.

Gut"tur*al (?), a. [L. guttur throat: cf. F. gutural.] Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, 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.

Gut"tur*al, n. 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.

Gut"tur*al*ism (?), n. The quality of being guttural; as, the gutturalism of A [in the 16th cent.] Earle.

Gut"tur*al"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being guttural. [R.] "The old gutturality of k." Earle.

Gut"tur*al*ize (?), v. t. To speak gutturally; to give a guttural sound to.

Gut"tur*al*ly, adv. In a guttural manner.

Gut"tur*al*ness, n. The quality of being guttural.

Gut"tur*ine (?), a. [L. guttur throat.] Pertaining to the throat. [Obs.] "Gutturine tumor." Ray.

Gut"tur*ize (?), v. t. [L. guttur throat.] To make in the throat; to gutturalize. [R.]

For which the Germans gutturize a sound.

Coleridge.

Gut"tur*o- (?). A combining form denoting relation to the throat; as, gutturo-nasal, having both a guttural and a nasal character; gutturo-palatal.

Gut"ty (?), a. [L. gutta drop: cf. F. gouttÈ. Cf. Guttated.] (Her.) Charged or sprinkled with drops.

Gut"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant, Globularia Alypum, a violent purgative, found in Africa.

Guy (?), n. [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.] 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.

Guy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Guying.] To steady or guide with a guy.

Guy, 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.

Guy, v. t. To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule. [Local & Collog U.S.]

Guyle (?), v. t. To guile. [Obs.] Spenser.

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Guze (gz), n. [Cf. Gules.] (Her.) A roundlet of tincture sanguine, which is blazoned without mention of the tincture.

Guz"zle (g"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Guzzled (-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Guzzling (-zlng).] [OP. gosillier, prob. orig., to pass through the throat; akin to F. gosier throat; cf. It. gozzo a bird's crop.] 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 she guzzles, chats the doctor's praise.

Roscommon.

To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey.

Gay.

Guz"zle, v. t. To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer. Dryden.

Guz"zle, n. An insatiable thing or person.

That sink of filth, that guzzle most impure.

Marston.

Guz"zler (-zlr), n. An immoderate drinker.

Gwin"i*ad (gwn"*d), n. [W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white.] (Zoˆl.) 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.]

Gy"all (g"l), n. (Zoˆl.) See Gayal.

Gyb (jb), Gybe (jb), n. (Naut.) See Jib. [Obs.]

Gybe (jb), n. & v. See Gibe.

Gybe, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gybed (jbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gybing.] [See Jibe.] (Naut.) 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.]

Gye (g or g), v. t. [OF. guier; of German origin. See Guide, and cf. Guy.] To guide; to govern. [Obs.]

Discreet enough his country for to gye.

Chaucer.

Gyle (gl), n. [F. guiller to ferment. Cf. Guillevat.] Fermented wort used for making vinegar.

Gyle tan (Brewing), a large vat in which wort ferments.

Gym"nal (gm"nal), a. & n. Same as Gimmal.

Gym*na"si*arch (jm*n"z*‰rk), n. [L. gymnasiarchus, Gr. gymnasi`archos; gymna`sion + 'a`rchein to govern: cf. F. gymnasiarque.] (Gr. Antiq.) An Athenian officer who superintended the gymnasia, and provided the oil and other necessaries at his own expense.

Gym*na"si*um (-z*m or - zh*m; 277) n.; pl. E. Gymnasiums (-mz), L. Gymnasia (-). [L., fr. Gr. gymna`sion, fr. gymna`zein to exercise (naked), fr. gymno`s naked.] 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.

Gym"nast (jm"nst), n. [Gr. gymnasth`s a trainer of athletes: cf. F. gymnaste. See Gymnasium.] One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; the manager of a gymnasium; an athlete.

{ Gym*nas"tic (jm*ns"tk), Gym*nas"tic*al (-t*kal), } a. [L. gymnasticus, Gr. gymnastiko`s: cf. F. gymnastique. See Gymnasium.] 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.

Gym*nas"tic, n. A gymnast. [Obs.]

Gym*nas"tic*al*ly, adv. In a gymnastic manner.

Gym*nas"tics (-tks), n. Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character.

{ Gym"nic (jm"nk), Gym"nic*al (- n*kal), } a. [L. gymnicus, Gr. gymniko`s: cf. F. gymnique. See Gymmasium.] Athletic; gymnastic. [Obs.]

Have they not swordplayers, and every sort Of gymnic artists, wrestlers, riders, runners?

Milton.

Gym"nic, n. Athletic exercise. [Obs.] Burton.

Gym"nite (-nt), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked. So called as coming from the Bare Hills, Maryland.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia.

||Gym`no*blas"te*a (jm`n*bls"t*), n. pl. [NL. fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + ||blasta`nein to sprout.] (Zoˆl.) The Athecata; -- so called because ||the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule.

Gym`no*blas"tic (-tk), a. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.

Gym`no*car"pous (-k‰r"ps), a. [Gr. gymno`s naked + karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) Naked-fruited, the fruit either smooth or not adherent to the perianth. Gray.

||Gym*noch"ro*a (jm*nk"r*), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + chro`a ||skin, body.] (Zoˆl.) A division of Hydroidea including the hydra. See ||Hydra.

||Gym*noc"la*dus (jm*n"l*ds), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + kla`dos ||a branch.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee ||tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for ||coffee.

||Gym`no*co"pa (jm`n*k"p), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + kw`ph ||an oar.] (Zoˆl.) A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, ||having setÊ only in the cephalic appendages.

Gym"no*cyte (jm"n*st), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + ky`tos a hollow vessel.] (Biol.) A cytode without a proper cell wall, but with a nucleus. Haeckel.

Gym`no*cy"tode (jm`n*s"td), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + E. cytode.] (Biol.) A cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus. Haeckel.

Gym"no*dont (jm"n*dnt), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.] (Zoˆl.) One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon.

Gym"no*gen (-jn), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + -gen.] (Bot.) One of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as Gymnosperm.

||Gym`no*glos"sa (-gls"s), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + glw^ssa ||tongue.] (Zoˆl.) A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is ||without teeth.

{ ||Gym`no*lÊ"ma (-l"m), ||Gym`no*lÊ"ma*ta (-m*t), } n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + laimo`s the throat.] (Zoˆl.) An order of Bryozoa, having no epistome.

||Gym`no*no"ti (-n"t), n. pl. [NL. fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + nw^tos the ||back.] (Zoˆl.) The order of fishes which includes the Gymnotus or ||electrical eel. The dorsal fin is wanting.

Gym`no*pÊd"ic (-pd"k or - p"dk), a. [Gr. gymno`s naked + pai^s, paido`s, a child.] (Zoˆl.) Having young that are naked when hatched; psilopÊdic; -- said of certain birds.

||Gym`no*phi"o*na (-f"*n), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + ||'ofio`neos serpentlike.] (Zoˆl.) An order of Amphibia, having a long, ||annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha.

||Gym`noph*thal"ma*ta (- nf*thl"m*t), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s ||naked + 'ofqalmo`s the eye.] (Zoˆl.) A group of acalephs, including ||the naked-eyed medusÊ; the hydromedusÊ. Most of them are known to be ||the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids.

Gym"no*plast (jm"n*plst), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + pla`ssein to shape, mold.] (Biol.) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle.

Gym'no*rhi"nal (-r"nal), a. [Gr. gymno`s naked + "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose.] (Zoˆl.) Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds.

||Gym`no*so"ma*ta (-s"m*t or - sm"*t), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s ||naked + sw^ma, sw`matos, the body.] (Zoˆl.) One of the orders of ||Pteropoda. They have no shell.

Gym*nos"o*phist (jm*ns"*fst), n. [Gr. gymnosofisth`s; gymno`s naked + sofisth`s philosopher; cf. F. gymnosophiste.] One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature.

Gym*nos"o*phy (-f), n. The doctrines of the Gymnosophists. Good.

Gym"no*sperm (jm"n*sprm), n. (Bot.) A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm.

Gym`no*sper"mous (-spr"ms), a. [Gr. gymno`spermos; gymno`s naked + spe`rma seed: cf. F. gymnosperme.] (Bot.) (a) Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel. (b) Belonging to the class of plants consisting of gymnosperms.

||Gym*not"o*ka (jm*nt"*k), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + to`kos ||a bringing forth.] (Zoˆl.) The Athecata.

||Gym*no"tus (jm*n"ts), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + nw^tos the ||back: cf. F. gymnote.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of South American fresh-water ||fishes, including the Gymnotus electricus, or electric eel. It has a ||greenish, eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power.

One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like that from the electric blow of the gymnotus.

De Quincey.

Gyn (gn), v. i. To begin. [Obs.] See Gin.

{ ||Gyn`Ê*ce"um (jn`*s"m), ||Gyn`Ê*ci"um (jn`*s"m), } n. [L., fr. Gr. gynaikei^on women's apartments, fr. gynh` a woman.] That part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women. [Written also gyneceum, gynecium.] Tennyson.

Gy*nÊ"cian (j*n"shan), a. The same as Gynecian.

Gy*nÊ"co*phore (j*n"k*fr), n. [Gr. gynaikei^on the women's apartments + fe`rein to bear.] (Zoˆl.) A ventral canal or groove, in which the males of some diúcious trematodes carry the female. See Illust. of HÊmatozoa.

Gy*nan"der (j*nn"dr), n. [See Gynandrian.] (Bot.) A plant having the stamens inserted in the pistil.

||Gy*nan"dri*a (-dr*), n. pl. [NL. See Gynandrian.] (Bot.) A class of ||plants in the LinnÊan system, whose stamens grow out of, or are ||united with, the pistil.

{ Gy*nan"dri*an (-an), Gy*nan"drous (- drs), } a. [Gr. gy`nandros of doubtful sex; gynh` a woman + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man: cf. F. gynandre.] (Bot.) Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class Gynandria.

Gy*nan"dro*morph (-dr*mÙrf), n. (Zoˆl.) An animal affected with gynandromorphism.

Gy*nan`dro*mor"phism (- mÙr"fz'm),n. [Gr. gynh` a woman, female + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man, male + morfh` form.] (Zoˆl.) An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side has the external characters of the male, and the other those of the female.

Gy*nan`dro*mor"phous (-fs), a. (Zoˆl.) Affected with gynandromorphism.

Gy*nan"ther*ous (-thr*s), a. [Gr. gynh` a woman + E. anther.] (Bot.) Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils. R. Brown.

Gyn"ar*chy (jn"r*k), n. [Gr. gynh` a woman + -archy.] Government by a woman. Chesterfield.

||Gyn`e*ce"um (jn`*s"m), n. See GynÊceum.

Gy*ne"cian (j*n"shan), a. [Gr. gynaikei^os.] Of or relating to women.

Gyn`e*coc"ra*cy (jn`*kk"r*s), n. [Gr. gynaikokrati`a; gynh`, gynaiko`s, a woman + kratei^n to rule: cf. F. gynÈcocratie. Cf. Gynocracy.] Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy. Bailey.

Gyn`e*co*log"ic*al (jn`*k*lj"*kal or g`n-), a. Of or pertaining to gynecology.

Gyn`e*col"o*gy (jn`*kl"*j or g`n-), n. [Gr. gynh`, gynaiko`s, a woman + -logy.] The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women. -- Gyn`e*col"o*gist.

Gyn"e*oc`ra*cy (jn`*k"r*s), n. See Gynecocracy.

Gyn`e*ol"a*try (-l"*tr), n. [Gr. gynh` a woman + latrei`a worship.] The adoration or worship of woman.

The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin-deep.

Lowell.

||Gyn`e*pho"bi*a (-f"b*), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gynh` a woman + fo`bos ||fear.] Hatred of women; repugnance to the society of women. Holmes.

Gyn"ne (gn"ne), v. i. To begin. See Gin. [Obs.]

Gyn"o*base (jn"*bs), n. [Gr. gynh` a woman, female + E. base.] (Bot.) A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary.

Gyn`o*ba"sic (-b"sk), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.

Gy*noc"ra*cy (j*nk"r*s), n. [See Gynecocracy.] Female government; gynecocracy.

The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from absolute despotism to republicanism, not forgetting the intermediate stages of oligarchy, limited monarchy, and even gynocracy; for I myself remember Alsatia governed for nearly nine months by an old fishwoman.

Sir W. Scott.

Gy`no*di*ú"cious (j`n*d*"shs), a. [Gr. gynh` a woman + E. diúcious.] (Bot.) Diúcious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.

||Gy*nú"ci*um (j*n"s*m or -sh*m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gynh` a woman + ||oi^kos house.] (Bot.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. ||See Illust. of Carpophore.

Gyn"o*phore (jn"*fr), n. [Gr. gynh` woman, female + fe`rein to bear, produce: cf. F. gynophore.] 1. (Bot.) The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. Lindley.

2. (Zoˆl.) One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.

Gyp (jp), n. [Said to be a sportive application of Gr. gy`ps a vulture.] A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout. [Cant]

Gypse (jps), n. [F.] See Gypsum. [Obs.] Pococke.

Gyp"se*ous (jp"s*s), a. [L. gypseus. See Gypsum.] Resembling or containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum.

Gyp"sey (-s), n. A gypsy. See Gypsy.

Gyp*sif"er*ous (jp*sf"r*s), a. [Gypsum + -ferous: cf. F. gypsifËre.] Containing gypsum.

Gyp"sine (jp"sn), a. Gypseous. [R.] Chambers.

Gyp*sog"ra*phy (jp*sg"r*f), n. [Gypsum + -graphy.] The act or art of engraving on gypsum.

Gyp"so*plast (jp"s*plst), n. [Gypsum + Gr. pla`ssein to mold.] A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime.

Gyp"sum (jp"sm), n. [L. gypsum, Gr. gy`psos; cf. Ar. jibs plaster, mortar, Per. jabsn lime.] (Min.) A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, stype forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.

Gyp"sy (jp"s), n.; pl. Gypsies (-sz). [OE. Gypcyan, F. Ègyptien Egyptian, gypsy, L. Aegyptius. See Egyptian.] [Also spelled gipsy and gypsey.] 1. One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in the 14th or 15th century, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany.

Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.

Shak.

2. The language used by the gypsies.

3. A dark-complexioned person. Shak.

4. A cunning or crafty person [Colloq.] Prior.

Gyp"sy a. Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies.

Gypsy hat, a woman's or child's broad-brimmed hat, usually of straw or felt. -- Gypsy winch, a small winch, which may be operated by a crank, or by a ratchet and pawl through a lever working up and down.

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Gyp"sy (jp"s), v. i. To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. Mostly, Gyp"sy*ing, vb. n.

Gyp"sy*ism (jp"s*z'm), n. 1. The arts and practices or habits of gypsies; deception; cheating; flattery.

2. The state of a gypsy.

Gyp"sy*wort` (-w˚rt`), n. (Bot.) A labiate plant (the Lycopus EuropÊus). Gypsies are said to stain their skin with its juice.

||Gyr`a*can"thus (jr`*kn"ths), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gyro`s round + 'a`kanqa ||spine.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and ||carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured ||spines.

Gy"ral (j"ral), a. [See Gyre.] 1. Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution.

Gy"rant (-rant), a. Gyrating. [R.]

Gy"rate (-rt), a. [L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare.] Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.

Gy"rate (-rt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gyrated (-r*td); p. pr. & vb. n. Gyrating.] [L. gyratus, p. p. of gyrare to gyrate. See Gyre, n.] To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.

Gy*ra"tion (j*r"shn), n. 1. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.

The gyrations of an ascending balloon.

De Quincey.

If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle, with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will appear like fire.

Sir I. Newton.

2. (Zoˆl.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

Center of gyration. (Mech.) See under Center. -- Radius of gyration, the distance between the axis of a rotating body and its center of gyration. Rankine.

Gy"ra*to*ry (j"r*t*r), a. Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around.

Gyre (jr), n. [L. gyrus, Gr. gy^ros, cf. gyro`s round.] A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.

Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres.

Dryden.