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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Gĕt'ter, n.p. 568One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Gew'gaw, a.p. 568Showy without value; pretentious; gaudy. Seeing his gewgaw castle shine, New as his title, built last year. Tennyson.
  5. Gey'ser, n.p. 568(Geog.) A fountain common in Iceland, which spouts forth boiling water. Mantell.
  6. Ghāst, v. t.p. 568To strike aghast; to affright. [Obs.] Ghāsted by the noise I made, Full suddenly he fled. Shak.
  7. Ghást'ful, a.p. 568Dreary; dismal; fit for walking ghosts. [Obs.] Spencer.
  8. Ghást'ful-ly, adv.p. 568Frightfully. Pope.
  9. Ghást'li-ness, n.p. 568The state of being ghastly; horror of countenance; a death-like look.
  10. 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…
  11. Ghást'ly, adv.p. 568In a ghastly manner; hideously. Staring full ghastly, like a strangled man. Shak.
  12. Ghást'ness, n.p. 568Ghastliness. [Obs.] Shak.
  13. 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.
  14. Ghé'ber or Ghé'bre, n.p. 568A worshiper of fire; a Zoroastrian; a Parsee. See GUEBER.
  15. Ghee, n.p. 568Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil. [East Indies.] Malcom.
  16. Ghĕr'kin, n.p. 568A small species of cucumber used for pickling.
  17. Ghĕss, v. t. & i.p. 568The same as Guess. [Obs.]
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Ghōle, n.p. 568See GHOUL.
  21. 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…
  22. Ghōst, v. i.p. 568To die; to expire. [Obs.] Sidney.
  23. Ghōst, v. t.p. 568To haunt with an apparition. [Obs.] Shak.
  24. Ghōst'less, a.p. 568Without life or spirit. [Obs.] Sherwood.
  25. Ghost'li-ness, n.p. 568Spiritual tendency. [Obs.]
  26. 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…
  27. Ghoul, n.p. 568An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to prey upon human bodies. [Written also ghole.] T. Moore.
  28. 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.
  29. Giam'beux, n. pl.p. 568Greaves; armor for the legs. [Obs.] Spenser.
  30. 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…
  31. Gi'ant, a.p. 568Like a giant; extraordinary in size or strength; as, giant brothers; a giant son.
  32. Gi'ant-ess, n.p. 568A female giant; a female of extraordinary size and stature. Shak.
  33. Gī'ant-fen'nel, n.p. 568(Bot.) A large, coarse-looking herb, of the genus Ferula; fennel-giant.
  34. Gī'ant-ize, v. i.p. 568To play the giant. [Obs.] Sherwood.
  35. Gi'ant-ly, a.p. 568Appropriate to, or resembling, a giant; gigantic; huge. [Obs.] South.
  36. Gĭ'ant-ry, n.p. 568The race of giants. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
  37. Gi'ant-shĭp, n.p. 568The state or character of a giant. His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen, Stalking with less unconscionable strides. Milton.
  38. Giaour, n.p. 568An infidel; — a term applied by the Turks to disbelievers in the religion of Mahomet. Byron.
  39. Gĭb, n.p. 568A cat. [Obs.]
  40. 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…
  41. 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.
  42. Gib, v. t.p. 568To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs.
  43. Gibbe, n.p. 568An old, worn-out animal. [Obs.] Shak.
  44. Gib'ber, v. i.p. 568To speak rapidly and inarticulately. [Obs.] Shak.
  45. Gĭb'ber, n.p. 568A balky horse. Youatt.
  46. Gib'ber-ish, n.p. 568Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words. Swift.
  47. Gib'ber-ish, a.p. 568Unmeaning, as words.
  48. Gib'bet, n.p. 568A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, notorious malefactors were hanged in chains, and on which their bodies were suffered to remain as…
  49. Gib'bet, v. t.p. 568To hang and expose on a gibbet or gallows, as an infamous punishment; to hang or expose on any thing. 2. To expose to infamy. “I'll gibbet up his name.” Oldham.
  50. Gib'biër, n.p. 568Wild fowl; game. [Obs.] Addison.
  51. Gib'bon, n.p. 568(Zoöl.) An animal of the genus Hylobates (H. lar), a kind of ape remarkable for the length of its arms, which, when the animal is standing, reach to the ankle joints. It is of a black color, with the…
  52. Gib'-bōōm, n.p. 568See JIB-BOOM.
  53. Gib-bōse', a.p. 568Humped;—said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations. Brande.
  54. Gib-bŏs'i-ty, n.p. 568The state of being gibbous; gibbousness.
  55. Gĭb'bous, a.p. 568Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the quarters and the full moon, the enlightened part being then convex. The bones will rise, and make a…
  56. Gib'bous-ly, adv.p. 568In a gibbous form.
  57. Gib'bous-ness, n.p. 568Protuberance; a round prominence; convexity.
  58. Gĭbbs'īte, n.p. 568(Min.) A mineral found at Richmond, in Massachusetts, and named in honor of George Gibbs. It is a hydrate of alumina.
  59. Gĭb'cat, n.p. 568A he-cat, or an old worn-out cat. [Obs.] Shak.
  60. Gibe, v. i.p. 568To 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. That dry, barren, musty gibing…