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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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Gēs'ta-to-ry, a. p. 567Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy. 2. Capable of being carried or worn. [Obs. or rare.] Browne.Gĕs'tic, a. p. 567Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary. And the gay grandsire, skilled in gestic lore, Has frisked beneath the burden of fourscore. Goldsmith. 2. Relating to bodily motion; pertaining to, or…Ges-tĭc'ū-lāte, v. i. p. 567To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures. Herbert.Ges-tĭc'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 567To represent by gesture; to act. B. Jonson.Ges-tĭc'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 567The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments. 2. A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing…Ges-tĭc'ū-lā'tor, n. p. 567One who gesticulates.Ges-tiē'ū-la-to-ry, a. p. 567Representing by, or belonging to, gestures. Warton.Gĕs'tor, n. p. 567One who relates the gests or achievements of distinguished personages; a narrator. [Obs.] Chaucer.Gĕst'ūr-al, a. p. 567Pertaining to gesture.Gést'ure, n. p. 567Bearing, position, or movement of the body or limbs; posture. [Obs.] Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by many nations. Browne. 2. A motion of the body or limbs expressive of…Gĕst'ūre, v. t. p. 567To accompany with gesture or action; to gesticulate.Gést'ure, v. i. p. 567To make gestures; to gesticulate.Gést'ūre-less, a. p. 567Free from gestures.Gĕst'ūre-ment, n. p. 567Act of making gestures. [Obs.]Gĕt, v. t. p. 567To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase; and…Gĕt, v. i. p. 568To make acquisition; to gain; to be increased. We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get. Shak. 2. To fall or bring one's self into a state or condition; to come to be; to become; — with a…Gĕt'-pĕn'ny, n. p. 568Something which gets or gains money to those who are concerned with it; a successful affair or performance. [Obs.] Chapman.Gĕt'ta-ble, a. p. 568Capable of being obtained. [Rare.]Gĕt'ter, n. p. 568One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates.Gĕt'ting, n. p. 568The act of obtaining, gaining, or acquiring; acquisition. Get wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding. Prov. iv. 7. 2. That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.Gew'gaw, n. p. 568A showy trifle; a pretty thing of little worth; a toy; a bauble; a splendid plaything. “A heavy gewgaw called a crown.” Dryden.Gew'gaw, a. p. 568Showy without value; pretentious; gaudy. Seeing his gewgaw castle shine, New as his title, built last year. Tennyson.Gey'ser, n. p. 568(Geog.) A fountain common in Iceland, which spouts forth boiling water. Mantell.Ghāst, v. t. p. 568To strike aghast; to affright. [Obs.] Ghāsted by the noise I made, Full suddenly he fled. Shak.Ghást'ful, a. p. 568Dreary; dismal; fit for walking ghosts. [Obs.] Spencer.Ghást'ful-ly, adv. p. 568Frightfully. Pope.Ghást'li-ness, n. p. 568The state of being ghastly; horror of countenance; a death-like look.Ghàst'ly, a. p. 568Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; dismal. Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. Coleridge. His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. Macaulay. 2. Horrible…Ghást'ly, adv. p. 568In a ghastly manner; hideously. Staring full ghastly, like a strangled man. Shak.Ghást'ness, n. p. 568Ghastliness. [Obs.] Shak.Ghat or Ghaut, n. p. 568A pass through a mountain. [India.] A steep ghat, or pass leading up the cliff. J. D. Hooker. 2. A range or chain of mountains. [India.] 3. Stairs descending to a river. Malcom.Ghé'ber or Ghé'bre, n. p. 568A worshiper of fire; a Zoroastrian; a Parsee. See GUEBER.Ghee, n. p. 568Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil. [East Indies.] Malcom.Ghĕr'kin, n. p. 568A small species of cucumber used for pickling.Ghĕss, v. t. & i. p. 568The same as Guess. [Obs.]Ghet'to, n. p. 568The Jews' quarter in Rome. I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell as in a suburb by themselves. Ensign.Ghib'el-line, n. p. 568(It. Hist.) One of a faction in Italy, in the 13th century, which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs, or adherents of the popes. Brande.Ghōle, n. p. 568See GHOUL.Ghōst, n. p. 568The spirit; the soul of man. Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament and mourn. Spenser. 2. The soul of a deceased person; the soul or spirit separate from the body; an apparition. I thought that…Ghōst, v. i. p. 568To die; to expire. [Obs.] Sidney.Ghōst, v. t. p. 568To haunt with an apparition. [Obs.] Shak.Ghōst'less, a. p. 568Without life or spirit. [Obs.] Sherwood.Ghost'li-ness, n. p. 568Spiritual tendency. [Obs.]Ghōst'ly, a. p. 568Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual. “A divine, a ghostly confessor.” Shak. “Ghostly offices.” Bp. Taylor. Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies. Common Prayer. One of the…Ghoul, n. p. 568An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to prey upon human bodies. [Written also ghole.] T. Moore.Gial-lo-lī'no, n. p. 568A fine yellow pigment; the yellow oxide of lead or massicot. The term, however, was variously employed by early writers on art. Fairholt.Giam'beux, n. pl. p. 568Greaves; armor for the legs. [Obs.] Spenser.Gi'ant, n. p. 568[O. Eng. geant, from Fr. géant, Pr. jaian, jaant, gigant, Sp., Pg., & It. gigante, A-S. gigant, from Lat. gigas, gigantis, Gr. γίγας, γίγαντος, properly i. q. γηγενής, earth-born, γενεά, from γῆ, the…Gi'ant, a. p. 568Like a giant; extraordinary in size or strength; as, giant brothers; a giant son.Gi'ant-ess, n. p. 568A female giant; a female of extraordinary size and stature. Shak.Gī'ant-fen'nel, n. p. 568(Bot.) A large, coarse-looking herb, of the genus Ferula; fennel-giant.Gī'ant-ize, v. i. p. 568To play the giant. [Obs.] Sherwood.Gi'ant-ly, a. p. 568Appropriate to, or resembling, a giant; gigantic; huge. [Obs.] South.Gĭ'ant-ry, n. p. 568The race of giants. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Gi'ant-shĭp, n. p. 568The state or character of a giant. His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen, Stalking with less unconscionable strides. Milton.Giaour, n. p. 568An infidel; — a term applied by the Turks to disbelievers in the religion of Mahomet. Byron.Gĭb, n. p. 568A cat. [Obs.]Gib, n. p. 568A piece or slip, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts together, or keep them in place, — usually held in its place by a wedge or key, or by a screw. Gib and key, or…Gĭb, v. i. p. 568To act like a cat; to caterwaul. B. & Fl. 2. To show determination not to move; to be obstinate; to balk; — said of a horse. Youatt.Gib, v. t. p. 568To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs.