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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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Gūle, v. t. p. 596To give the color of gules to. Heywood.Gūles, n. p. 596(Her.) A red color; red;—intended, perhaps, to represent courage, animation, or hardihood, and indicated in engraved figures of escutcheons and the like by straight perpendicular lines. Full on this…Gūlf, n. p. 596A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin. He then surveyed Hell and the gulf between. Milton. 2. (Geog.) A wide opening filled from the sea; the entrance of the ocean into the…Gŭlf'-strēam, n. p. 596(Geog.) A warm current in the Atlantic Ocean running from the Gulf of Mexico along the shores of the United States, and continuing over the North-eastern Atlantic.Gūlf'-weed, n. p. 596(Bot.) A branching sea-weed (the Sargassum bacciferum, or sea-grape), having numerous grape-like air-vessels, and found in the gulf-stream.Gŭlf'y, a. p. 596Full of whirlpools or gulfs. To pass the gulfy purple sea that did no sea-rites know. Chapman.Gū'list, n. p. 596A glutton. [Obs.] Fealty.Gŭll, v. t. p. 596To deceive; to cheat; to mislead by deception; to trick; to defraud. The vulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed. Dryden. I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service. Coleridge.Gŭll, n. p. 596A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud. Shak. 2. One easily cheated; a dupe. Shak.Gŭll, n. p. 596(Ornith.) A web-footed sea-fowl, of the genus Larus, with long, narrow wings and with a straight beak hooked at the tip. The common gull is the Larus zonorhynchus. Great black-backed Gull. ☞ Why the…Gŭll'age, n. p. 596Act of being gulled. [Obs.] Had you no quirk To avoid gullage, sir, by such a creature? B. Jonson.Gŭll'-cătch'er, n. p. 596One who catches gulls; one who deceives or entraps silly people. Shak.Gŭll'er, n. p. 596One who gulls.Gŭll'er-y, n. p. 596An act, or the practice, of gulling. [Obs.] “A mere gullery.” Selden.Gŭl'let, n. p. 596(Anat.) The passage in the neck of an animal by which food and liquor are taken into the stomach; the esophagus. 2. Something shaped like the food-passage, or performing similar functions; as, (a.) A…Gŭl/li-bil'i-ty, n. p. 596The quality or state of being gullible. [Colloq.] J. Foster.Gŭl'li-ble, a. p. 596Easily gulled. [Colloq.]Gŭll'ish, a. p. 596Foolish; stupid. [Obs.] They have most part some gullish humor or other. Burton.Gŭll'ish-ness, n. p. 596The quality or state of being gullish. [Obs.]Gŭl'ly, n. p. 596A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a gulch. 2. A large knife. [Scot.] W. Scott. 3. An iron rail or tram-plate. Francis.Gŭl'ly, v. t. p. 596To wear into a gully or into gullies; to make by a gully or by gullies.Găl'ly, v. i. p. 596To run with noise. [Obs.] Johnson.Găl'ly-găt, n. p. 596A glutton. [Obs.] Chapman.Gål'ly-hōle, n. p. 596An opening where gutters empty their contents into the subterraneous sewer. Johnson.Gu-lōs'i-ty, n. p. 596Excessive fondness for the pleasures of the table; greediness; voracity. [Rare.] Browne.Gŭlp, v. t. p. 596To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up. In all comic meters, the gulping of short syllables, and the abbreviation of syllables . . . are not so much a license as a law. Coleridge. To…Gŭlp, n. p. 596The act of taking a large swallow; a swallow, or as much as is swallowed at once. 2. A disgorging.Gŭlph, n. p. 596The same as GULF. [Obs.]Gŭl'y, a. p. 596Of, or pertaining to, gules. “To rear the horrid standard of those guly red dragons.” Milton.Gŭm, n. p. 596The hard, fleshy substance covering the jaws and investing the teeth.Gŭm, n. p. 596A vegetable secretion in the juices of many plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry-tree. Also, with less propriety…Gŭm, v. t. p. 596To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or gum-like substance. He frets like a gummed velvet. Shak.Gŭm'bo, n. p. 597A dish composed of okra, tomatoes, and a little mustard together.Gūm'-boil, n. p. 597A boil or small abscess on the gum; — often caused by carious teeth.Gūm-cis'tus, n. p. 597(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cistus (C. ladaniferus), a species of rock-rose.Gŭm'ma, n. p. 597(Med.) A kind of soft tumor; — so called from the resemblance of its contents to gum.Gum-mif'er-oŭs, a. p. 597Producing gum.Gŭm’mi-ness, n. p. 597The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness. 2. Accumulation of gum. Wiseman.Gum-mōs'i-ty, n. p. 597Gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality. [Rare.] Flögel.Gūm'moŭs, a. p. 597Gum-like, or composed of gum; gummy. Woodward.Gŭm'my, a. p. 597Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive. Nor all the gummy stores Arabia yields. Dryden. 2. Productive of gum. Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine. Milton. 3. Covered with gum or viscous matter.…Gŭmp, n. p. 597A foolish person; a dolt; a dunce. [Low.] Holloway.Gŭmp'tion, n. p. 597Capacity; shrewdness; address. [Colloq.] 2. (Paint.) (a.) The art of preparing colors. W. Scott. (b.) Magilp. See MAGILP.Gŭm'-răsh, n. p. 597(Med.) A cutaneous disease; red-gum. Hoblyn.Gŭm'-rĕs'in, n. p. 597The milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps; — so called from their being mixtures of, or having the properties of, gum and resin.Gŭm'-tree, n. p. 597(Bot.) (a.) The black gum (Nyssa multiflora), one of the largest trees of the Southern States. Its small blue fruit is the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b.) A…Gŭm'-wood, n. p. 597The wood of the Eucalyptus piperita, or blue gum-tree, of New South Wales. Ure.Gŭn, n. p. 597A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any fire-arm or instrument, except the pistol and mortar, for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or…Gŭn, v. i. p. 597To practice fowling or hunting small game; — used chiefly in the participial form; as, to go gunning.Gü'nar-chy, n. p. 597The same as GYNARCHY. [Obs.]Gŭn'-bär'rel, n. p. 597The barrel or tube of a gun.Gūn'-bōat, n. p. 597(Mil.) A boat or small vessel of light draught, fitted to carry one or more guns.Gŭn'-cär'riağe, n. p. 597The carriage on which a gun is mounted or moved.Gŭn'-cŏt'ton p. 597m. A highly explosive substance obtained by soaking cotton, or any other vegetable fiber, in nitric and sulphuric acids, and then leaving it to dry. It is occasionally used as a substitute for…Gŭn'-dĕck, n. p. 597(Naut.) A lower deck of a ship where the gun-room is.Gŭn'de-let, n. p. 597A gondola. [Obs.] Marston.Gŭn'-fire, n. p. 597(Mil.) The hour at which the morning or evening gun is fired. Campbell.Gūn'jah, n. p. 597(Bot.) The dried hemp-plant (Cannabis sativa) from which the resinous juice has not been removed. It is smoked, in India, for its narcotic effects. Johnston.Gŭn'-mĕt'al, n. p. 597An alloy of nine parts of copper and one part of tin, used for cannon, &c. The name is also given to certain strong mixtures of cast-iron. [U. S.]Gŭn'nage, n. p. 597The number of guns in a ship of war.