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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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Gyn'e-cæ'um or Gyn'e-ci'um, n. p. 599That part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to females. [Written also gyneceum.] For women, up till this, Cramped under worse than South-sea-isle taboo, Dwarfs of the…Gy-nē'cian, a. p. 599Relating to women.Gyn'e-coc'ra-cy, n. p. 599Government by a woman; female power. Bailey.Gyn'e-cōl'o-gy, n. p. 599(Med.) The doctrine of the nature and diseases of women.Gyn/e-ō'cra-cy, n. p. 599Government administered by a woman. Selden.Gyn′o-bāse, n. p. 599(Bot.) A dilated base or receptacle supporting a multilocular ovary.Gyn'o-bā'sic, a. p. 599(Bot.) Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.Gy-nōc'ra-cy, n. p. 599Female government; gynecocracy; gyneocracy. The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from absolute despotism to republicanism, not forgetting the intermediate stages of oligarchy, limited monarchy…Gyn-æ'ci-um, n. p. 599(Bot.) The united pistils of a flower taken together. Gray.Gyn'o-phōre, n. p. 599(Bot.) The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion-flower. Lindley.Gyp, n. p. 599A servant;—so called in the University of Cambridge, England. [Cant.] Smart.Gyp̆'æ-tōs, n. p. 599(Ornith.) A genus of birds having the character both of the eagle and vulture; the lammergeyer.Gȳp'o-gēr'a-nŭs, n. p. 599(Ornith.) A genus of birds, designated also by the synonymous generic name Serpentarius, including but a single species, S. (or G.) reptilivorus; secretary. See SECRETARY.Gŷpse, n. p. 599Gypsum. See GYPSUM. [Obs.] Pococke.Gŷp'se-oûs, a. p. 599Resembling or containing gypsum; of the nature of gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum.Gŷp'sey, n. p. 599A gypsy. See GYPSY.Gyp-sif'er-oûs, a. p. 599Containing gypsum.Gŷp'sîme, a. p. 599Gypseous. [Rare.] Chambers.Gyp-sōg'ra-phy, n. p. 599The act or art of engraving upon gypsum.Gŷp'so-plāst, n. p. 599A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime.Gŷp'sum, n. p. 599(Min.) A mineral consisting of sulphate of lime, and 21 per cent. of water. The transparent varieties are called selenite, and the fine, massive varieties, alabaster. Gypsum, when calcined, forms…Gȳp'sy, n. p. 599One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in the 14th or 15th century, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, &c., living by…Gŷp'sy-ism, n. p. 599The arts and practices of gypsies; deception; cheating; flattery. 2. The state of a gypsy.Gŷp'sy-wort, n. p. 599(Bot.) A labiate plant (the Lycopus Europæus). Gypsies are said to stain their skins with its juice.Gȳr'a-cānthus, n. p. 599(Paleon.) A genus of fossil, placoid fishes, found in the strata of the carboniferous period. Agassiz.Gŷ'ral, a. p. 599Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory. [Rare.]Gŷ'rant, a. p. 599Gyrating. [Rare.]Gŷ'rate, a. p. 599(Bot.) Winding or coiled round, as in a circle. Lindley.Gŷ'rāte, v. i. p. 599To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to move spirally. Redfield.Gȳ-rā'tion, n. p. 599The act of turning or whirling around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation. “The stately and voluminous gyrations of an ascending balloon.” De Quincey. If a…Gȳ'ra-to-ry, a. p. 599Moving in a circle, or spirally.Gȳre, n. p. 599A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit. “Still expanding and ascending gyres.” E. B. Browning. Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres. Dryden.Gŷre, v. t. or i. p. 599To turn round; to gyrate. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Drayton.Gŷre'ful, a. p. 599Abounding in gyres. [Obs.] Drant.Gyr'fal-con, n. p. 599(Ornith.) The peregrine falcon, or Falco gyrfalco. See FAL-CON. Schlegel. [Written also gerfalcon.]Gyr-rī'nus, n. p. 599A genus of aquatic beetles including the water-flea.Gȳr'land, v. t. p. 599To garland. [Obs.] “Their hair loose and flowing, gyrlanded with sea-grass.” B. Jonson.Gy'ro-dōs, n. p. 599(Paleon.) A genus of fossil fishes, having the mouth furnished with rows of round, grinding teeth, which enabled them to crush hard crustaceans and fishes, found in the strata of the oölitic period.…Gy'rōg'o-nīte, n. p. 599(Paleon.) The fossil seed of the Chara, a plant found in ponds and ditches;—once supposed to be a shell. Lyell.Gy-roid'al, a. p. 599Spiral in arrangement or action. 2. (Crystallog.) Having certain planes arranged spirally, so that they incline all to the right, or all to the left, of a vertical line. 3. (Opt.) Turning the plane…Gÿ-rōt'e-pĭs, n. p. 599(Paleon.) A genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new red sandstone, and the lias bone beds. Agassiz.Gȳ-rō'mā, n. p. 599A turning round. [Rare.]Gy'r'o-mān'cy, n. p. 599A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it. Brande.Gy̆'ron, n. p. 599(Her.) A sub-ordinary bounded by a line from either angle of an escutcheon, and one from the middle of the adjacent side, or, when there are more than one gyron on the shield, by any two lines drawn…Gy'ron-y, a. p. 599(Her.) Covered with gyrons, or divided so as to form several gyrons;—said of an escutcheon.Gy'ro-scōpe, n. p. 599A piece of apparatus, consisting of a rotating wheel mounted in a ring or rings, in different ways, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, &c. It is a…Gy-rōse′, a. p. 599Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro. Loudon.Gyte, a. p. 599Delirious; senselessly extravagant; as, the man is clean gyte. [Scot.] W. Scott.Gyve, n. p. 599A shackle, especially one to confine the legs; a fetter. “Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves.” Shak. “With gyves upon his wrist.” Hood.Gyve, v. t. p. 599To fetter; to shackle; to chain. Spenser. I will gyve thee in thine own courtship. Shak.H p. 600the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is commonly classed among the consonants, but perhaps without sufficient reason, as it is pronounced with the mouth-organs in the same position as that of…Hā, interj. p. 600An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. With the first or long sound of a, it is used as a question, and is equivalent to “What do you say?” When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of…Hāaf, n. p. 600The act or occupation of fishing for cod, ling, and tusk in the Shetland Isles. Jamieson.Hāak, n. p. 600A fish, the hake. See HAKE. Ash.Hāar'kiēs, n. p. 600(Min.) (a.) Capillary pyrites in very delicate acicular crystals. (b.) A native sulphuret of nickel. Brande.Hā'be-as Cōr'pus p. 600(Law.) A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect…Ha-bēn'dum, n. p. 600(Law.) One of the principal parts of a deed, so called, because it begins with this word, signifying to have. It follows that part of the deed called the premises. Its office is to determine the…Hăb'er-dăsh, v. i. p. 600To do small trading. [Rare.] “To haberdash in earth’s base wares.” Quarles.Hăb'er-dăsh'er, n. p. 600A seller of small wares, such as ribbons, tapes, pins, needles, and thread.Hăb'er-dāsh'er-y, n. p. 600The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher.