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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Gāin-sāy' or Gāin'sāy, v. t. p. 554To contradict; to oppose in words; to deny or declare not to be true; to controvert; to dispute. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.…Gāin-sāy'er or Gāin'sāy-er, n. p. 554One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies; an opposer. Latimer.Gāin'sōme, a. p. 554Bringing gain; advantageous; desirable; gainful. [Obs.] Massinger.'Gainst, prep. p. 554See AGAINST.Gāin'stand, v. t. p. 554To withstand; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.] Durst gainstand the force of so many enraged desires. Sidney.Gāin'strive, v. i. p. 554To make resistance. [Obs.] “Unable to gainstrive.” Spenser.Gāin'strive, v. t. p. 554To strive or struggle against; to withstand. [Obs.] Spenser.Gāir'-fowl, n. p. 554(Ornith.) A large aquatic bird; the auk or penguin.Gāir'ish, a. p. 554Gaudy; showy; fine; affectedly fine; tawdry. “Monstrous hats and gairish colors.” Ascham. 2. Extravagantly gay; flighty. Fame and glory transport a man out of himself; it makes the mind loose and…Gāir'ish-ly, adv. p. 554In a gairish, showy manner.Gāir'ish-ness, n. p. 554The quality of being gairish; gaudiness; finery; affected or ostentatious show. 2. Flighty or extravagant joy, or ostentation. “Gairishness of spirit.” Bp. Taylor.Gāit, n. p. 554A going; a walk; a march; a way. “Address thy gait to her.” Shak. Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks pass. Shak. 2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving. What…Gai'ter, n. p. 554A covering of cloth for the ankle, fitting down upon the shoe; a galoche. 2. A kind of shoe, consisting chiefly of cloth, and covering the ankle.Gāi'ter, v. t. p. 554To dress with gaiters.Gā'lā, n. p. 554Pomp, show, or festivity. [Rare.] Gala day, a day of mirth and festivity; a holiday.Ga-lac'tic, a. p. 554Of, or pertaining to, milk; obtained from milk; as, galactic acid. 2. Of, or pertaining to, the galaxy. Herschel.Ga-læ'tine, n. p. 554(Chem.) A milky or waxy substance, obtained from the juice of the Galactodendron utile.Ga-lac'to-dēn'dron, n. p. 554(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the cow-tree or milk-tree (Galactodendron, or Brosimum utile), of South Africa, the juice of which is a white, palatable, nutritious liquid, resembling, and often…Gāl'ae-tōm'e-ter, n. p. 554An instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk, by indicating its specific gravity; a lactometer. Ure.Găl'ae-tōph'a-gist, n. p. 554One who eats, or subsists on, milk.Găl'ae-tōph'a-gōŏs, a. p. 554Feeding on milk.Găl'ac-tŏph'o-roŭs, a. p. 554Producing milk; lactiferous.Ga-lăc'to-poi-ĕt'ic, a. p. 554Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing. Brande.Ga-lăc'to-poi-ĕt'ic, n. p. 554A substance which facilitates the production, or increases the flow, of milk.Ga-lāġe', n. p. 554A wooden shoe or clog. [Obs.] Spenser.Ga-lā'go, n. p. 554A small quadruped, which subsists chiefly upon insects, found in different parts of Africa.Ga-lāng'ga or Ga-lāng'gal, n. p. 554The pungent aromatic root of a plant of the East Indies (Alpinia galanga), allied to the ginger. Other roots of a similar taste are sold under the same name. Eng. Cyc.Gāl'an-tīne, n. p. 554A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold. Smart.Ga-lā'tian, n. p. 554(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.Găl′ax-y, n. p. 554(Astron.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night encompassing the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable…Gāl'ban, n. p. 554Găl'ba-nūm p. 554Heb. khelb'nāh, from khālab, to be fat, khālab, milk, or from Khelbōn, i. e., fat, fertile, a city of Syria, Gr. γαλυβών, now Aleppo.] A gum-resin exuding from the stem of the Bubon galbanum, an…Gāle, n. p. 554A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a storm or tempest. Gales usually have a velocity of from fifty to sixty miles an hour. Among seamen they are variously qualified: as, a…Gāle, n. p. 555A song or story. [Obs.] Toone.Gāle, n. p. 555(Bot.) A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (M. gale) is a native of Europe, but is also found in the United States. Loudon.Gāle, v. i. p. 555(Naut.) To sail, or sail fast.Gāle, v. i. p. 555To sing or cry. [Obs.] “Gan he cry and gale.” Chaucer.Gā-le-a, n. p. 555(Bot.) The upper or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower. 2. (Anat.) The innermost of the membranes which inclose the fetus in the uterus; the amnion. 3. (Surg.) A kind of bandage for the head. 4.…Gāl'e-as, n. p. 555A form of galley used by the Venetians and Spaniards, and propelled by both sails and oars. See GALLIASS.Gā'le-ate or Gā'le-ā'ted, a. p. 555Covered, as with a helmet. Woodward. 2. (Bot.) Having a flower like a helmet, as the monk’s hood.Ga-lē'nā, n. p. 555(Med.) A remedy or antidote for poison; theriaca. [Obs.] Parr. 2. Sulphuret of lead; the principal ore from which the metal lead is extracted. It is of a shining, bluish-gray color, has a metallic…Ga-lēn'ic or Ga-lēn'ic-al, a. p. 555Pertaining to, or containing, galena. 2. [From Galen, the physician.] Relating to Galen or his principles and method of treating diseases; as, galenic medicine. Dunglison.Gā'len-ism, n. p. 555The doctrines of Galen.Gā'len-īst, n. p. 555A follower of Galen.Gā'le-ōp'sis, n. p. 555(Bot.) A genus of plants; the hemp-nettle; — so called from the resemblance of the form of the grotesquely-shaped flower to that of the weasel.Găl·e·rĭc·ū-late, a. p. 555Covered as with a hat or cap. Smart.Găl'ĕr-īte, n. p. 555(Paleon.) A fossil sea-urchin, found in the chalk formation, of the genus Galerites.Ga-li'ci-an, a. p. 555(Geog.) Pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the kingdom of Austrian Poland.Ga-lic'i-an, n. p. 555(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Galicia, in Spain;—called also Gallegan.Găl'i-lē'an, n. p. 555(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Galilee, in Judea. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a class among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; — called also Herodian.Gāl'i-lē'an, a. p. 555(Geog.) Belonging or relating to Galilee. Galilean telescope. See TELESCOPE.Găl'i-lee, n. p. 555(Arch.) A porch or chapel, usually at the west end of an abbey-church, where the monks collected in returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where females were…Gāl'i-mā'tias, n. p. 555Nonsense; gibberish; confused and unmeaning talk; confused mixture. Her dress, like her talk, is a galimatias of several countries. H. Walpole.Găl'i-ot, n. p. 555(Naut.) (a.) A small galley, or sort of brigantine, built for chase. It is moved both by sails and oars, having one mast, and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers. (b.) A Dutch vessel, carrying a…Gāl'in-gāle, n. p. 555(Bot.) A plant, bearing fragrant flowers of a pale, greenish-white color; also, a kind of sedge. “Meadows set with slender galingale.” Tennyson.Găl'i-pŏt, n. p. 555A white resin or resinous juice, which flows from pine or fir trees, and becomes hardened by spontaneous evaporation: when purified, it is called Burgundy-pitch. Dunglison.Gā'li-ŭm, n. p. 555(Bot.) A genus of plants; bed-straw; cleavers, or goose-grass;—so called because some species are used in curdling milk.Gāll, n. p. 555(Physiol.) The bitter, alkaline, viscid liquid found in the gall-bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver or bile, mingled with that of the mucous membrane of the…Gall, n. p. 555A vegetable excrescence produced by the deposit of the eggs of an insect in the bark or leaves of a plant, and constituting the food of the grub when hatched, as the oak-apple, and the like. ☞ The…Gall of glass p. 555the neutral salt skimmed off from the surface of melted crown glass;—called also glass-gall and sandiver. Ure.