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Gabel
A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.
Galleot
See .
Gamekeeper
One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve.
gaolbird
a person serving a prison sentence; a jail bird.
Garbage
To strip of the bowels; to clean.
Gardening
The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture.
Gascoynes
Gaskins.
Gasolier
Same as .
Gastrovascular
Having the structure, or performing the functions, both of digestive and circulatory organs; .
Gatch
Plaster as used in Persian architecture and decorative art.
Gaugeable
Capable of being gauged.
gearbox
the metal casing in which a train of gears is sealed.
Gemmiparous
Producing buds; reproducing by buds. See , 1.
Generalizable
Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule.
Genethliacs
The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth.
Gentianaceous
Of or pertaining to a natural family of plants () of which the gentian is the type.
geopolitics
the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state.
Geoselenic
Pertaining to the earth and moon; belonging to the joint action or mutual relations of the earth and moon; .
Geosynclinal
the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to .
Get
To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
Gib
To balk. See ,
Gilding
The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold.
Gillhouse
A shop where gill is sold.
Gim
Neat; spruce.
Gin
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without ; . See .
Gingle
See .
gipsywort
A hairy Eurasian herb () with two-lipped white flowers.
Give
To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.
glamor
Same as .
Glare
A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.
Glaucomatous
Having the nature of glaucoma.
Glaum
To grope with the hands, as in the dark.
Glissette
The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.
Globigerina
A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called . See of .
Globosely
In a globular manner; globularly.
Glossological
Of or pertaining to glossology.
Glucinum
A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic weight 9.1. Called also .
Glunch
Frowning; sulky; sullen.
Glutus
The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.
Glycogen
A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.
Gnomonology
A treatise on gnomonics.
Golf
A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.
Goliath beetle
Any species of , a genus of very large and handsome African beetles.
Goodless
Having no goods.
goofy
foolish and silly, or appearing silly; .
Gordius
A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also , , and , from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs.
Gowl
To howl.
Graft
To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
Grandiloquous
Grandiloquent.
Grandness
Grandeur.
granulary
Granular.
Graphophone
A kind of photograph.
Grass-green
Green with grass.
Gratulate
Worthy of gratulation.
Grazing
The act of one who, or that which, grazes.
Greatcoat
An overcoat.
Green
To become or grow green.
Greenback
One of the legal tender notes of the United States; a note of paper currency of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.
Greenish
Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; .
Gregarinida
Gregarin.
Grice
A little pig.
Griddle
An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.
Griffon
One of a European breed of rough-coated dogs, somewhat taller than the setter and of a grizzly liver color. They are used in hunting game birds. The is a very small, wiry-coated, short-nosed pet dog of Belgian origin.
Grilly
To broil; to grill; hence, To harass.
Grin
A snare; a gin.
Gripe
To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
Grit
Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
Gross-headed
Thick-skulled; stupid.
Grotesqueness
Quality of being grotesque.
Gruyre cheese
A kind of cheese made at , . It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as .
G suit
A suit worn by aviators and astronauts, designed to counteract the effects of high accelerations experienced in aerial maneuvers, in particular to avoid unconsciousness; called also . It exerts force on the abdomen and legs to prevent blackouts by counteracting the tendency of blood to accumulate below the heart, thus reducing the supply to the brain, when the forces due to acceleration are directed from head to toe.
Guano
A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer.
Guarded
Cautious; wary; circumspect; ; framed or uttered with caution; .
Gubernation
The act of governing; government
Guiltiness
The quality or state of being guilty.
Guiltylike
Guiltily.
gumbo-limbo
A tropical American tree () yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes.
Gunshot
Made by the shot of a gun: as. a wound.
Gunter rig
A topmast arranged with metal bands so that it will readily slide up and down the lower mast.
Guttated
Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots.
guy
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.
Gymnadeniopsis
A genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in the genus .
Gyre
To turn round; to gyrate.
Gyrostat
A modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of a fly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thin flange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studying the dynamics of rotating bodies.