An American Dictionary of the English Language

GIM, a. [contracted from gemmy.] Neat; spruce; well-
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dressed.

GIM BAL, n. A brass ring by which a sea compass is sus-
pended in its box. Mar. Dict.

GIMBLET, or GIM LET, n. [Fr. gibelet.] An instrument
with a pointed screw at the end, for boring holes in wood.
GIMB LET, v. t. In seamen's language, to turn round an
anchor by the stock. Mar. Dict.

GIM CRACK, n. A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a
pretty thing. Arbuthnot.

GIM MAL, . Some device or machinery. Shak.
GIM MAL, a. Consisting of links. Shak.

tGIM MER, n. Movement or machinery. More.
GIMP, n. [Fr. guiper.] A kind of silk twist or edging.
GIMP, a. [W. gwymp.] Smart; spruce; trim; nice.
GIN, n. A contraction of Geneva, a distilled spirit.
GIN, n. [a contraction of engine.] 1. A machine or instru-
ment by which the mechanical powers are employed in
aid of human strength. 2. A trap; a snare.

GIN, v. t. 1. To clear cotton of its seeds by a machine. 2.
To catch in a trap.

GIN, v.i. To begin. [Sax. gynnan.]

GIN, conj. [Sax. gif. If. Grose.

GING, n. [for gang.] A company. B. Jonson.

GINGER, n. [It. gengiovo; Sp. gengibre.] A plant, or the
root of a species of amomum, a native of the East and
West Indies.

GINGER-BREAD, n. [ginger and bread.] A kind of cake,
composed of flour with an admixture of butter, pearlash
and ginger, sweetened.

GINGER-LY, ade. Nicely; cautiously. Skelton.
GINGER-NESS, n. Niceness; tenderness.
GING HAM, n. A kind of striped cotton cloth.
GIN'GING, n. In mining, the lining of a mine-shaft.
GIN GI-VAL, a. [L. gingiva.] Pertaining to the gums.
GIN GLE, or JINGLE, v. i. (Pers. zangl.] 1. To make a
sharp, clattering sound; to ring as a little bell, or as small
pieces of sonorous metal. 2. To utter affected or chiming
sounds in periods or cadence.

GIN'GLE, v. t. To shake so as to make clattering sounds in quick succession; to ring, as a little bell.

GINGLE, n. 1. A shrill, clattering sound. 2. Affectation
in the sounds of periods in reading or speaking.
GIN'GLY-MOID, a. [Gr. yyyλupos and sidos-] Pertaining
to or resembling a ginglymus.

GIN GLY-MUS, n. [Gr. yyyλupos.] In anatomy, a species
of articulation resembling a hinge.
GIN NET, n. A nag. See JENNET.

GIN'SENG, a. [this word is probably Chinese.] A plant,

of the genus panaz, the root of which is in great demand
among the Chinese. It is found in the northern parts of
Asia and America, and is an article of export from Amer-
ica to China.

GIP, v. t. To take out the entrails of herrings.
GIPON. See JUPPON.

GIPSY, n. 1. The Gipsys are a race of vagabonds which
infest Europe, Africa and Asia, strolling about and sub-
sisting mostly by theft, robbery and fortune-telling. The
name is supposed to be corrupted from Egyptian. 2. A
reproachful name for a dark complexion. 3. A name of
slight reproach to a woman; sometimes implying artifice
or cunning.

GIPSY, n. The language of the Gipsys.
GIPSY-ISM,

deception; cheating; flattery. 2. The state of a Gipsy. n. 1. The arts and practices of Gipsys; GI-RAFF', n. [Sp. girafa; It. giraffa.] The camelopard, a quadruped. See CAMELOPARD.

GIR'AN-DOLE, n. [It. girandola.] A chandelier; a large kind of branched candlestick.

GIR/A-SOLE, or GIR'A-SOL, n. [Fr., Sp.; It. girasole.]
1. The turnsole, a plant of the genus keliotropium. 2. A
minera..

GIRD, [Sax. geard, gyrd, or gyrda.]
pang; a sudden spasm.-2. In popular language, a severe
. A twitch or
stroke of a stick or whip.

GIRD, v. t. pret. and pp. girded, or girt. [Sax. gyrdan.] 1.
To bind by surrounding with any flexible substance, as
with a twig, a cord, bandage or cloth. 2. To make fast
by binding; to put on. 3. To invest; to surround. 4.
To clothe; to dress; to habit. 5. To furnish; to equip,
6. To surround; to encircle; to inclose; to encompass.
7 To gibe; to reproach severely; to lash.
GIRD, v. i. To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest ; to

GIRD ED, pp. Bound; surrounded; invested; put on.
GIRD'ER, n. 1. In architecture, the principal piece of tim-
ber in a floor. 2. A satirist.

GIRDING, ppr. Binding; surrounding; investing.
GIRDING, n. A covering. Is. iii.

GIRDLE, R. [Sax. gurdle, gyrdl.] 1. A band or belt;
something drawn round the waist of a person, and tied or
buckled. 2. Inclosure; circumference. 3. The zodiac.
4. A round iron plate for baking.-5. Among jewelers, the
line which encompasses the stone, parallel to the horizon.

GIRDLE, v. t. 1. To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. 2
To inclose; to environ; to shut in. Shak.-3. In America
GIR/DLE-BELT, n. A belt that encircles the waist.
to make a circular incision, like a belt, through the bark
and albarnum of a tree, to kill it. Dwight.
GIR'DLER, n. One who girdles; a maker of girdles.
GIR DLE-STEAD, n. The part of the body where the girdle
is worn. Mason.

GIRE, n [L. gyrus ] A circle, or circular motion. See GTRE.
GIRL, n. [Low L. gerula.] 1. A female child, or young
woman.-2. Among sportsmen, a roebuck of two years old.
GIRL HOOD, n. The state of a girl.

GIRLISH, a. 1. Like a young woman or child; bentting a
girl. 2. Pertaining to the youth of a female.
GIRL ISH-LY, adv. In the manner of a girl.
fGIRN, v. i. A corruption of grin. South.
GIR'ROCK, n. A species of gar-fish, the lacertus.
GIRT, pret, and pp of gird.

GIRT, v. t. To gird; to surround. Thomson.

GIRT, n. 1. The band or strap by which a saddle or any
GIRTH, burden on a horse's back is made fast, by pass
ing under his belly. 2. A circular bandage. 3. The
compass measured by a girth or inclosing bandage.
GIRTH, v. t. To bind with a girth.

GISE, v. t. To feed or pasture. See AGIST.
tGIS LE, n. A pledge.

GIST, (jit) n. [Fr. gesir, gite.] In law, the main point of a
question; the point on which an action rests.
GITH, n. Guinea pepper.

GITTERN, n. [L. cithara.] A guitar. See GUITAR.
GIT TERN, v. i. To play on a gittern. Milton.
GIVE, v. t.; pret. gave; pp. given. [Sax. gifan, gyfan.] 1.
To bestow; to confer. 2. To transmit from himself to
another by hand, speech or writing; to deliver. 3. To
impart; to bestow. 4. To communicate. 5. To pass or
deliver the property of a thing to another for an equiva-
lent; to pay. 6. To yield; to lend; in the phrase to give
ear. 7. To quit; in the phrase to give place. 8. To con-
fer; to grant. 9. To expose; to yield to the power of.
10. To grant; to allow; to permit. Rowe. 11. To afford;
to supply; to furnish. 12. To empower; to license; to
commission. 13. To pay or render. 14. To render; to
pronounce. 15. To utter; to vent. 16. To produce; to
show; to exhibit as a product or result. 17. To cause to
exist; to excite in another. 18. To send forth; to emit.
19. To addict; to apply; to devote one's self, followed
by the reciprocal pronoun. 20. To resign; to yield up.
21. To pledge. 22. To present for taking or acceptance
23. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
To give away, to alienate the title or property of a thing; to
make over to another; to transfer.-To give back, to re-
turn; to restore.-To give forth, to publish; to tell; to
report publicly-To give the hand, to yield preeminence,
as being subordinate or inferior.-To give in, to allow by
way of abatement or deduction from a claim; to yield
what may be justly demanded. To give over. 1. To
leave; to quit; to cease; to abandon. 2. To addict; to
attach to; to abandon. 3. To despair of recovery; to be-
lieve to be lost, or past recovery. 4. To abandon.-Te
give out. 1. To utter publicly; to report; to proclaim;
to publish. 2. To issue; to send forth; to publish. 3.
To show; to exhibit in false appearance. 4. To send
out; to emit.-To give up.
yield as hopeless. 2. To surrender. 3. To relinquish;
1. To resign; to quit; to
to cede. 4. To abandon. 5. To deliver-To give one's
self up. 1. To despair of one's recovery; to conclude to
be lost. 2. To resign or devote. 3. To addict; to aban-
don. To give way. 1. To yield; to withdraw to make
room for. 2. To fail; to yield to force; to break or fall
3. To recede; to make room for.-4. In seamen's lan-
guage, give way is an order to a boat's crew to row after
ceasing, or to increase their exertions.

GIVE, v. i. 1. To yield to pressure. 2. To begin to melt;
to thaw; to grow soft, so as to yield to pressure. 3. To
move; to recede.

To give in, to go back; to give way; [obs.]-To give into,
to yield assent; to adopt.-To give off, to cease; to for-
bear. Locke. To give on, to rush; to fall on; [obs.]-To
give out. 1. To publish; to proclaim. 2. To cease from
exertion; to yield; applied to persons.-To give over,
cease; to act no more; to desert.
GIVEN, (giv'n) pp. Bestowed; granted; conferred; im-
parted; admitted or supposed.

GIVING, n. 1. The act of conferring. Pope. 2. An alledg
ing of what is not real. Shak.
GIZZARD, n. [Fr. gesier.] The strong, musculous stom-
ach of a fowl. Dryden.-To fret the gizzard, to harass; to
vex one's self, or to be vexed. Hudibras.

GIVING, ppr. Bestowing; conferring; imparting; grant
ing; delivering.

GLACIER, n. [Fr. glaciere.] A field or immense mass of ice, formed in deep but elevated valleys, or on the sides of the Alps or other mountains. GLA'CIOUS, 4. Like ice; icy. Brown.

GLA CIS, n. [Fr.] 1. In building, or gardening, an easy, insensible slope.-2. In fortification, a sloping bank. GLAD, 4. (Sax. gled, or glad.] 1. Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy. 2. Cheerful; joyous. 3. Cheerful; wearing the appearance of joy; 4. Wearing a gay appearance, showy; bright. 5. Pleasing; exhilarating. 6. Expressing gladness or joy; exciting joy.

GLAD, . t. [the pret. and pp. gladded is not used.] To make glad, to affect with pleasure; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.

GLAD, r.i. To be glad; to rejoice. Massinger. GLADDEN, (glad'n) v.t. [Sax. gladian.] To make glad; to cheer; to please; to exhilarate.

GLAD DEN, (glad n) v. i. To become glad; to rejoice. GLAD DER, . One that makes glad, or gives joy. GLAD DING, Ppr. Making glad; cheering; giving joy. GLADE, n. [icel. hlad. Qu.] 1. An opening or passage made through a wood by lopping off the branches of the trees. Locally, in the United States, a natural opening or open place in a forest.-2. In New England, an opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen. GLADE, . [D. glad.] Smooth ice. New England. GLADEN, n. [L. gladius.] Sword-grass; the general GLA DER, name of plants that rise with a broad blade like sedge.

GLADFUL, a. Full of gladness. Spenser. GLADFL-NESS, n. Joy; gladness. Spenser. GLADI-ATE, a. [L. gladius.] Sword-shaped.

GLA'-DI-A-TOR, n. [L. from gladius.] A sword-player; a prize fighter. The gladiators, in Rome, were men whe fought in the arena, for the entertainment of the people. GLA DI-A-TO-RI-AL,a. Pertaining to gladiators. GLA DI-A-TO-RY, or GLADI-A-TO-RY, a. Relating to gladiators. Bp. Porteus.

†GLA DI-A-TURE, n. Sword-play; fencing. Gayton. GLADIOLE, n. [L. gladiolus.] A plant, the sword-lily, of the genus gladiolus.

GLADLY, ade. With pleasure; joyfully.

GLAD NESS, n. Joy, or a moderate degree of joy; pleasure of mind; cheerfulness. [Gladness is rarely or never equivalent to mirth, merriment, gayety and triumph, and it usually expresses less than delight.] GLADSHIP, a. State of gladness. Gower.

GLAD SOME, a. 1. Pleased'; joyful; cheerful. 2. Causing

Joy pleasing. Prior.

GLÁD SOME LY, ade. With joy; with pleasure.

GLAN-DIFIER-OUS, a. [L. glandifer.] Bearing acorns or other nuts; producing nuts or mast.

GLANDI-FORM, a. [L. glans and forma.] In the shape of a gland or nut; resembling a giand. GLAND'U-LAR, a. Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.

GLAND U-LATION, n. In botany, the situation and structure of the secretory vessels in plants.

GLAND'ULE, n. [L. glandula.] A small gland or secreting vessel. GLAND-U-LIFER-OUS, a. [L. glandula and fero.] Bearing glands. Lee.

GLAND-U-LOSI-TY, n. A collection of glands. [Little used.] Brown.

GLAND U-LOUS, a. [L. glandulosus.] Containing glands.; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.

GLARE, n. [Dan. glar.] 1. A bright, dazzling light; clear, brilliant lustre or splendor, that dazzles the eyes. 2. A fierce, piercing look. 3. A viscous, transparent sub

stance. See GLAIR.

GLARE, v. i. 1. To shine with a clear, bright, dazzling light. 2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes. 3. To shine with excessive lustre; to be ostentatious'y splendid. GLARE, v. t. To shoot a dazzling light.

GLAR'E-OUS, a. [Fr. glaireux.] Resembling the white of an egg; viscous and transparent or white.

GLARING, ppr. 1. Emitting a clear and briliant light; shining with dazzling lustre. 2. a. Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced.

GLARING-LY, adv. Openly; clearly; notoriously. GLASS, n. [Sax. glæs; Sw., Dan., G. and D. glas.] 1. A hard, brittle, transparent, factitious substance, formed by fusing sand with fixed alkalies.-In chemistry, a substance or mixture, earthy, saline or metallic, brought by fusion to the state of a hard, brittle, transparent mass, whose fracture is conchoidal. 2. A glass vessel of any kind. 3. A mirror. 4. A vessel to be filled with sand for measuring time. 5. The destined time of man's life. 6. The quantity of liquor that a glass vessel contains. 7. A vessel that shows the weight of the air. 8. A perspective glass. 9. The time which a glass runs, or in which it is exhausted of sand. 10. Glasses, in the plural, spectacles.

GLASS, a. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glass bottle. GLASS, v. t. 1. To see as in a glass; obs.] 2. To case in glass; [.] 3. To cover with glass; to glaze. Boyle. GLASS BLOW-ER, n. One whose business is to blow and fashion glass.

GLASS FÜLL, n. As much as a glass holds. GLASS/FUR-NACE, n. A furnace in which the materials of glass are melted. Cyc.

GLASS-GA-ZING, a. Addicted to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical. Shak.

GLASS GRIND-ER, n. One whose occupation is to grind and polish glass. Boyle.

GLASS HOUSE, n. A house where glass is made. GLASS/I-NESS, n. The quality of being glassy or smooth; a vitreous appearance.

GLASS LIKE, a. Resembling glass.

GLASS/MAN, n. One who sells glass. Swift.

GLAD SOME NESS, n. Joy, or moderate joy; pleasure of GLASS/MET-AL, 2. Glass in fusion. Boyle. mind. 2. Showiness. Johnson.

GLADWIN, ». A plant of the genus iris.

GLAIR, . [Fr. glaire.] 1. The white of an egg. 2. Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg. 3. A kind of halberd.

GLAIR, . . To smear with the white of an egg; to varnish.

GLAIR Y, 4. Like glair, or partaking of its qualities. GLANCE, n. [G. glant.] 1. A sudden shoot of light or splendor. 2. A shoot or darting of sight; a rapid or mothe ntary view or cast; a snatch of sight. GLANCE, 2.1. 1. To shoot or dart a ray of light or splendor. 2. To fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. 3. To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view. 4. To hint; to cast a word or reflection. 5. To censure by oblique hints. GLANCE, r. t. To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment. Shak.

GLANCE COAL, n. Anthracite; a mineral composed chiefly of carbon. See ANTHRACITE.

GLANCING, ppr. Shooting; darting; casting suddenly; flying off obliquely.

GLÂNCING-LY, ade. By glancing; in a glancing manner; transiently. Hakewill.

GLAND, x. [L. glans.] 1. In anatomy, a distinct, soft body, formed by the convolution of a great number of veswels, either constituting a part of the lymphatic system, or destined to secrete some fluid from the blood.-2. In boteny, a gland or glandule is an excretory or secretory duct or vessel in a plant.

GLANDERED, a. Affected with glanders. Berkeley. GLAND ERS, n. In farriery, the running of corrupt slimy matter from the nose of a horse.

GLASS POT, n. Á vessel used for melting glass.
GLASSWORK, я. Manufacture of glass.

GLASS WORKS, n. plu. The place or buildings where glass is made.

GLASSWORT, n. A plant, the salsola.

GLASS Y, a. 1. Made of glass; vitreous. 2. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency. Dryden.

GLAS TON-BUR-Y-THORN', n. A species of medlar. Miller.

GLAUBER-ITE, n. A mineral. Ure.

GLAUBER-SALT, n. Sulphate of soda, a well known cathartic.

GLAU-CO-MA, n. [Gr.] A fault in the eye, in which the crystaline humor becomes gray, but without injury to the sight. Quincy.

GLAUCOUS, a. [L. glaucus.] Of a sea-green color; of a light green.

GLAVE, n. [Fr. glaive.] A broad-sword; a falchion. GLAVER, v. i. (W. glavru.] To flatter; to wheedle [Little used, and vulgar.] L'Estrange.

GLAV ER-ER, n. A flatterer.

GLAY MORE, n. [Gael. claidhamh, and more.] A large, two-handed sword, formerly much used by the Highlanders of Scotland. Johnson.

GLAZE, r. t. from glass.] 1. To furnish with windows of glass. 2. To incrust with a vitreous substance. 3. To cover with any thing smooth and shining; or to render the exterior of a thing smooth, bright and showy. 4. To give a glassy surface; to make glossy.

GLAZED, pp. Furnished with glass windows; incrusted with a substance resembling glass; rendered smooth and shining.

GLIMMER, v. i. [G. glimmen, glimmern.] 1. To shoot fee-
GLO
ble or scattered rays of light. 2. Toshine faintly; to give
a feeble light.

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GLAZIER, (gla zhur) n. One whose business is to set win-
dow-glass. Mozon.

GLAZING, ppr. 1. Furnishing with window-glass. 2.
Crusting with a vitreous substance, as potter's ware. 3.
Giving a smooth, glossy, shining surface, as to cloth.
GLAZING, n. The vitreous substance with which potter's
ware is incrusted.

GLEAM, n. [Sax. gleam, or glam.] 1. A shoot of light; a
beam; a ray; a small stream of light. 2. Brightness;
splendor.

GLEAM, v. i. 1. To shoot or dart, as rays of light. 2. To
shine; to cast light. 3. To flash; to spread a flood of
light.-4. Among falconers, to disgorge filth, as a hawk.
GLEAMING, ppr. Shooting, as rays of light; shining.
GLEAMING, n. A shoot or shooting of light.
GLEAMY, a. Darting beams of light; casting light in

GLIM MER, n. 1. A faint light; feeble, scattered rays of light.-2. In mineralogy, mica, glist, muscovy-glass; a mineral resulting from crystalization, but rarely found in regular crystals.

GLIMMER-ING, n. 1. A faint beaming of light. 2. A faint

GLIMMER-ING, ppr. Shining faintly; shooting feeble,
scattered rays of light.

GLIMPSE, n. [D. glimp.] 1. A weak, faint light. 2. A
flash of light. 3. Transient lustre. 4. A short, tran-
sitory view. 5. Short, fleeting enjoyment. 6. Exhibition
of a faint resemblance.

GLIMPSE, v. i. To appear by glimpses. Drayton,
GLISSA, n. A fish of the tunny kind, without scales
GLIST, n. Glimmer; mica. See GLIMMER.
GLISTEN, (glis'n) v. i. [Sax. glisnian.] To shine; to
sparkle with light.

GLISTER, v. i. To shine; to be bright; to sparkle; to be
brilliant. Shak.

GLIS TEN-ING, ppr. Shining; sparkling; emitting rays
of light.

GLISTER-ING, ppr. Shining; sparkling with light
GLISTER-ING-LY, adv. With shining lustre.
GLITTER, n. Brightness; brilliancy; splendor; lustre.
GLITTER, v. i. [Sax. glitenan.] 1. To shine; to sparkle
with light; to gleam; to be splendid. 2. To be showy,
specious or striking, and, hence, attractive.
tGLITTER-AND, ppr. or a. Sparkling. Chaucer.
GLITTER-ING, ppr. Shining; splendid; brilliant.
GLITTER-ING-LY, adv. With sparkling lustre.
GLOAM, v. i. To be sullen. See GLUM.

GLO BARD, n. [from glow.] A glow-worm.
GLOAR, v. i. [D. gluuren.] To squint; to stare.
GLOAT, v. i. [Sw. glutta.] To cast side glances; to stare
with eagerness or admiration. Rowe.
GLOBATE,
GLOB A-TED,
a. [L. globatus.] Having the form of a
GLOBE, n. [L. globus; Fr. globe.] 1. A round or spherical
globe; spherical; spheroidal.
solid body; a ball; a sphere; a body whose surface is in
every part equidistant from the centre. 2. The earth;
the terraqueous ball; so called, though not perfectly
spherical. 3. An artificial sphere of metal, paper or other
matter, on whose convex surface is drawn a map or repre-
sentation of the earth or of the heavens. 4. A body of
soldiers formed into a circle.

GLOBE-AM-A-RANTH, n. A plant. See AMARANTH.
GLOBE, v. t. To gather round or into a circle.
GLOBE-AN-I-MAL, n. A species of animalcule of a glob-
ular form.

GLOBE-DAI-SY, n. A plant or flower.

GLOBE-FISH, n. A fish of a globular shape, the ostracion.
Johnson. Encyc.

GLOBE-FLOW-ER, n. A plant or flower.
GLOBE-RA-NUN CU-LUS, n. A plant

GLOBE-THIS-TLE, n. A plant.

GLO-BOSE', a. [L. globosus.] Round; spherical; globular.
Milton.

GLO-BOS/I-TY, n. The quality of being round.
GLO BOUS, a. [L. globosus.] Round; spherical.

GLOBULAR, a. Round; spherical; having the form of a
small ball or sphere. Grew.

GLOB-U-LA RI-A, n. A flosculous flower. Miller.
GLOBULE, n. [Fr. globule; L. globulus.] A little globe;
a small particle of matter of a spherical form.
GLOBU-LOUS, a. Round; globular; having the form of a
small sphere. Boyle.

GLOME, n. [L. glomus ] In botany, a roundish head of
flowers. Martyn.

GLOB'Y, a. Round; orbicular. Sherwood.
+GLODE, old pret. of glide.

GLOMER-ATE, v. t. [L. glomero.] To gather or wind
into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass.
GLOM ER-A-TED, pp. Gathered into a ball or round

GLOM ER-A-TING, ppr. Collecting or winding into a ball
or round mass.

GLOM-ER-ATION, n. [L. glomeratio.] 1. The act of
gathering into a ball or spherical body. 2. A body formed
into a ball. Bacon.

GLOMER-OUS, a. [L. glomerosus.] Gathered or formed
into a ball or round mass.

GLIDING, ppr. Passing along gently and smoothly; mov- GLOOM, v. i. 1. To shine obscurely or imperfectly.
ing rapidly, or with ease.

GLOOM, n. [Scot. gloum.] 1. Obscurity; partial or total 2. Te darkness; thick shade. 2. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow. 3. Darkness of prospect or aspect. 4. Sullenness. GLOOM, v. t. To obscure; to fill with gloom; to darken; be cloudy, dark or obscure. 3. To be melancholy or dejected. to make dismal.

GLIKE, n. [Sax. glig.] A sneer; a scoff; a flout.

GLIME, v. t. To look out of the corner of the eye; to glance slyly.

See Synopsis A, E, I, O, U, V, long-FAR, FALL, WHAT ;-PREY ;-PIN, MARINE, BIRD: Obsolete.

GLO MI-LY, adv. 1. Obscurely; dimly; darkly; dismally. 2. With melancholy aspect; sullenly. Dryden. GLOOM I-NESS, n. 1. Want of light; obscurity; darkness; dismalness. 2. Want of cheerfulness; cloudiness of look; heaviness of mind; melancholy.

GLOOMY, a. 1. Obscure; imperfectly illuminated; or dark; dismal. 2. Wearing the aspect of sorrow; melancholy; clouded; dejected; depressed; heavy of heart. 3. Of a dark complexion; [little used.]

GLOPPEN, v. t. To surprise; to astonish. N. of England. GLORE, a. [Icel. hlyre.] Fat.

GLO RI-A TION, n. [L. gloriatio.] Boast; a triumphing.

Richardson,

GLO RIED, 4. Illustrious; honorable. Milton. GLO-RI-FI-ĈATION, n. 1. The act of giving glory, or of ascribing honors to. 2. Exaltation to honor and dignity; elevation to glory.

GLORI-FIED, pp. Honored; dignified; exalted to glory. GLORI-FY, v. t. [Fr. glorifier.] 1. To praise; to magnify and honor in worship; to ascribe honor to, in thought or words. 2. To make glorious; to exalt to glory, or to celestial happiness. 3. To praise; to honor; to extol. 4. To procure honor or praise to.

GLO RI-FY-ING, ppr. Praising; honoring in worship; exalting to glory; honoring; extolling. GLORIOUS, a. [Fr. glorieux; L. gloriosus.] 1. Illustrious; of exalted excellence and splendor; resplendent in majesty and divine attributes. 2. Noble; excellent; renowned; celebrated; illustrious; very honorable. 3. Boastful; self-exulting; haughty; ostentatious; [obs.] GLORIOUSLY, adv. Splendidly; illustriously; with great renown or dignity.

GLORIOUS-NESS, n. The state or quality of being glo

rous.

GLORY, n. [L. gloria; Fr. gloire.] 1. Brightness; lustre ; aplendor. 2. Splendor; magnificence. 3. The circle of rays surrounding the head of a figure in painting. 4. Praise ascribed in adoration; honor. 5. Honor; praise; fame; renown; celebrity. 6. The felicity of heaven prepared for the children of God; celestial bliss.-7. In Scripture, the divine presence; or the ark, the manifestation of it. 8. The diyine perfections or excellence. 9. Honorable representation of God. 10. Distinguished honor or ornament; that which honors or makes renowned; that of which one may boast. 11. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance, as, vain glory. 12. Generous pride. GLORY, .i. [L. glorior.] 1. To exult with joy; to rejoice. 2. To boast; to be proud of.

GLORY-ING, ppr. Exulting with joy; boasting. GLORY-ING, n. The act of exulting; exultation; boasting; display of pride.

GLOSE, GLOSER.

See GLOZE.

GLOSS, a. [G. glosse.] 1. Brightness or lustre of a body, proceeding from a smooth surface. 2. A specious appearance or representation; external show that may mislead opinion. 3. An interpretation artfully specious. 4. Interpretation; comment; explanation; remark intended to illustrate a subject. 5. A literal translation. GLOSS, v. t. 1. To give a superficial lustre to; to make smooth and shining. 2. To explain; to render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate. 3. To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious representation.

GLOSS, . . 1. To comment; to write or make explanatory remarks. 2. To make sly remarks. Prior. GLOSSARI-AL, a. Containing explanation. GLOSS A-RIST, n. A writer of glosses or comments. GLOSSARY, n. [Fr. glossaire.] A dictionary or vocabulary, explaining obscure or antiquated words found in old authors.

GLOS-SA TOR, n. [Fr. glossateur.] A writer of comments; a commentator. Ayliffe.

GLOSSED, pp. Made smooth and shining; explained. GLOSS ER, n. 1. A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator. 2. A polisher; one who gives a lustre. GLOSSI-NESS, n. The lustre or brightness of a smooth surface. Boyle.

GLOSS ING, ppr. Giving lustre to; polishing; explaining by comments; giving a specious appearance.

†GLOSS IST, #. A writer of comments. Wilton. GLOSS OGʻRA-PHER, n. [gloss, and Gr. ypapo.] A writer of glosses; a commentator; a scholiast."

GLOSS OG'RA PHY, n. The writing of comments for illustrating an author.

GLOSS OLO GIST, *. [gloss, and Gr. Xoyos.] One who writes gloases; a commentator.

GLOSS ÓLO-ĠY, n. [gloss, and Gr. Xoyos.] Glosses or commentaries; explanatory notes.

GLASS Y, 4. Smooth and shining; reflecting lustre from a smooth surface; highly polished.

GLOTTIS . [Gr. y\wrra.] The narrow opening at the upper part of the aspera arteria or windpipe.

1GLOUT, v. i. [Scot.] To pout; to look sullen. Garth.

GLOUT, v. t. To view attentively.

GLOVE, n. [Sax. glof.] A cover for the hand, or for the hand and arm, with a separate sheath for each finger.To throw the glove, with our ancestors, was to challenge to single combat.

GLOVE, v. t. To cover with a glove Shak. GLOVER, n. One whose occupation is to make and sell gloves.

GLOW, v. i. [Sax. glowan.] 1. To shine with intense heat, or, perhaps more correctly, to shine with a white heat; to exhibit incandescence. 2. To burn with vehement heat. 3. To feel great heat of body; to be hot. 4. To exhibit a strong bright color; to be red. 5. To be bright or red with heat or animation, or with blushes. 6. To feel the heat of passion; to be ardent; to be animated. 7. To burn with intense heat; to rage; as passion †GLOW, v. i. To heat so as to shine. Shak.

GLOW, v. t. To make hot so as to shine. Shak GLOW, n. 1. Shining heat, or white heat. 2. Brightness of color; redness. 3. Vehemence of passion. GLOWING, ppr. 1. Shining with intense heat; white with heat. 2. Burning with vehement heat. 3. Exhibiting a bright color; red 4. Ardent; vehement; animated. 5. Inflamed

GLOWING-LY, adv. With great brightness; with ardent heat or passion.

GLOW WORM, n. The female of the lampyris noctiluca, an insect of the order of coleopters.

GLOZE, v. i. [Sax. glesan.] To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.

GLOZE over, v. t. To palliate by specious exposition.
GLOZE, n. 1. Flattery; adulation. Shak. 2. Specious
show; gloss; [obs. See GLoss.] Sidney.
GLOZIER, n. A flatterer. Gifford.

GLÖZING, ppr. Flattering; wheedling.

GLÖZ'ING, n. Specious representation. Mountagu. GLOCIN, n. [Gr. yλukus.] A soft, white earth or powder obtained from the beryl and emerald.

GLUE, (glū) n. [Fr. glu.] Inspissated animal gluten; a tenacious, viscid matter, which serves as a cement to unite

is to make glue.

GLOED, pp. United or cemented with glue.
GLOVER, n. One who cements with glue.
GLOEY, a. Viscous; glutinous.

GLUEY-NESS. n. The quality of being gluey.
GLOING, pp. Cementing with glue.

GLU ISH, a. Having the nature of glue. Sherwood.
GLUM, a. [Scot. gloum.] Frowning; sullen. [L. u.]
GLUM, n. Sullenness.

GLUM, v. i. [from gloom.] To look sourly; to be sour of

countenance.

GLU-MA CEOUS, a. Having glumes; consisting of glumes. Barton.

GLUME, n. [L. gluma.] In botany, the calyx or corol of corn and grasses; the husk or chaff. GLUMMY, a. Dark; gloomy; dismal. GLCMOUS, a. A glumous flower is a kind of aggregate flower, with a common glume at the base.

GLUT, v. i. [L. glutio.] 1. To swallow, or to swallow greedily; to gorge. Milton. 2. To cloy; to fill beyond sufficiency; to sate; to disgust. 3. To feast or delight even to satiety. 4. To fill or furnish beyond sufficiency. 5. To saturate.

GLUT, n. 1. That which is swallowed. 2. Plenty even to loathing. 3. More than enough; superabundance. 4. Any thing that fills or obstructs the passage. 5. A wooden wedge. New England.

GLOTE-AL, a. (Gr. yλouros.] The gluteal artery is a
branch of the hypogastric or internal iliac artery.
GLO TEN, n. [L.] A tough, elastic substance, of a grayish
color, found in the flour of wheat and other grain. 2.
That part of the blood which gives firmness to its texture.
GLOTINATE, r. t. To unite with glue; to cement.
GLU-TI-NATION, n. The act of uniting with glue.
GLOTI-NA-TIVE, a. Having the quality of cementing;

tenacious.

GLU-TI-NOSI-TY, n. The quality of being glutinous;

viscousness.

GLO TI-NOUS, n. [L. glutinosus.] 1. Viscous; viscid; tenacious; having the quality of glue; resembling glue -2. In botany, besmeared with a slippery moisture. GLO TI-NOUS NESS, n. Viscosity; viscidity; the quality of glue, tenacity. Cheyne.

GLUTTON, (glut'tn) n. [Low L. gluto; Fr. glouton.] 1. One who indulges to excess in eating. 2. One eager of any thing to excess.-3. In zoology, an animal of the

GLUTTON-OUS, a. 1. Given to excessive eating. 2.
Consisting in excessive eating.
GLUTTON-OUS-LY, adv. With the voracity of a glutton;
with excessive eating.

GLUTTON-Y, n. 1. Excess in eating; extravagant indul-
gence of the appetite for food. 2. Luxury of the table.
3. Voracity of appetite. Encyc.
GLY-CO'NI-AN, a. [Low L. glyconium.] Denoting a kind
GLY-CON'IЄ, of verse in Greek and Latin poetry.

GLYN. See GLEN.

GLYPH, n. [Gr. yλvpn.] In sculpture and architecture, a canal, channel or cavity intended as an ornament. GLYPHIC, n. A picture or figure by which a word is implied. See HIEROGLYPHIC.

GLYPTIЄ, n. The art of engraving figures on precious

stones.

GLYP-TO-GRAPHIC, a. [Gr. yλurros and yoapw.] Describing the methods of engraving on precious stones. GLYP-TOG/RA-PHY, n. A description of the art of engraving on precious stones.

GNXR, (när) v. i. [Sax. gayrran, gnornian.] To growl; GNARL, (narl) to murmur; to snarl. [Gnar is nearly

obsolete.] GNARLED, (närld) a. Knotty; full of knots. GNASH, (nash) v. t. [Dan. knasker.] To strike the teeth together, as in anger or pain. Dryden.

GNASH, (nash) v. i. 1. To grind the teeth. 2. To rage even to collision with the teeth; to growl. GNASH'ING, (nash'ing) ppr. Striking the teeth together, as in anger, rage or pain.

GNASH'ING, (nash'ing) n. A grinding or striking of the teeth in rage or anguish.

GNAT, (nat) n. [Sax. gnet.] 1. A small insect, or rather a genus of insects, the culez. 2. Any thing proverbially small.

GNA-THON'I-€AL-LY, adv. Flatteringly; deceitfully. GNAT FLOW-ER, n. A flower, called also bee-flower. GNAT SNAP-PER, n. A bird that catches gnats. GNAT WORM, n. A small water insect produced by a gnat; the larva of a gnat.

GNAW, (naw) v. t. [Sax. gnagan.] 1. To bite off by little and little; to bite or scrape off with the fore teeth; to wear away by biting. 2. To eat by biting off small portions of food with the fore teeth. 3. To bite in agony or rage. 4. To waste; to fret; to corrode. 5. To pick with the teeth.

GNAW, (naw) v. i. To use the teeth in biting.
GNAWED, (nawd) pp. Bit; corroded.

GNAWER, (nawer) n. He or that which gnaws. GNAWING, (nawing) ppr. Biting off by little and little; corroding; eating by slow degrees.

GNEISS, (ne 1s) n. (qu Dan. gnister.] In mineralogy, a species of aggregated rock, composed of quartz, feldspar

and mica.

†GNOFF, (nof) n. A miser.

GNOME, (nome) n. [Gr. yvwun.] 1. An imaginary being, supposed by the cabalists to inhabit the inner parts of the earth. Encyc. 2. A brief reflection or maxim; [not used.] GNOM'I-CAL, (nō'me-kai) a. Sententious; containing maxims. [Little used.]

GNOM-J-O-METRI-€AL, a. [Gr. yvwpwv and μErpew.] The gnomiometrical telescope and microscope is an instrument for measuring the angles of crystals. GNOM-O-LOG'IE, GNOM-O-LOGI-CAL, a. Pertaining to gnomology. GNO-MOL/O-GY, n. [Gr. yvwun and λoyos.] A collection of maxims, grave sentences or reflections. [Little used.] GNOMON, (no'mon) n. [Gr. yvwwv.] 1. In dialing, the style or pin, which by its shadow shows the hour of the day.-2. In astronomy, a style erected perpendicular to the horizon, in order to find the altitude of the sun. 3. The gnomon of a globe is the index of the hour-circle. GNO-MONIE, a. Pertaining to the art of dialing. GNO-MONI-CAL, Chambers. GNO-MONIES, n. The art or science of dialing. GNOSTIC, (nos'tik) n. [L. gnosticus.] The Gnostics were a sect of philosophers that arose in the first ages of Christianity, who pretended they were the only men who had a true knowledge of the Christian religion. GNOS TIE, (nos tik) a. Pertaining to the Gnostics. GNOS TI-CISM, (nos/te-sizm) n. The doctrines or system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics. GNU, n. A species of antelope, in Southern Africa. GO, v. i.; pret. went; pp. gone. Went belongs to the root, Sax. wendan, a different word. [Sax. gan; G. gehen.] 1. In a general sense, to move; to pass; to proceed from one place, state or station to another. 2. To walk; to move on the feet, or step by step. 3. To walk leisurely; not to run. 4. To travel; to journey. 5. To depart; to move from a place. 6. To proceed; to pass. 7. To move; to pass in any manner or to any end. 8. To move or pass customarily from place to place, denoting custom or practice. 9. To proceed from one state or

opinion to another; to change. 10. To proceed in menta operations; to advance; to penetrate. 11. To proceed or advance in accomplishing an end. 12. To apply; to be applicable. 13. To apply one's self. 14. To have recourse to. 15. To be about to do. 16. To pass; to be accounted in value. 17. To circulate; to pass in report 18. To pass; to be received; to be accounted or understood to be. 19. To move, or be in motion. 20. To move as a fluid; to flow. 21. To have a tendency. 22. To be in compact or partnership. 23. To be guided or regulated; to proceed by some principle or rule. 24. To be pregnant. 25. To pass; to be alienated in payment or exchange. 26. To be loosed or released; to be freed from restraint. 27. To be expended. 28. To extend; to reach. 29. To extend or lead in any direction. 30. To proceed; to extend. 31. To have effect; to extend in effect; to avail; to be of force or value. 32. To extend in meaning or purport. 33. To have a currency or use, as custom, opinion 34. To contribute; to conduce; to concur ;

or manners.

to be an ingredient. 35. To proceed; to be carried on. 36. To proceed to final issue; to terminate; to succeed. 37. To proceed in a train, or in consequences. 38. To fare; to be in a good or ill state. 39. To have a tendency or effect; to operate.

Το go about. 1. To set one's self to a business; to attempt; to endeavor.-2. In seamen's language, to tack; to turn the head of a ship.-To go abroad. I. To walk out of a house. 2. To be uttered, disclosed or published.-To ge against. 1. To invade; to march to attack. 2. To be in opposition; to be disagreeable.-To go aside. 1. To withdraw; to retire into a private situation. 2. To err; to deviate from the right way.-To go astray, to wander; to break from an inclosure, also, to leave the right course; to depart from law or rule; to sin; to transgress.-Ta go away, to depart; to go to a distance.-To go between, to interpose; to mediate; to attempt to reconcile or to adjust differences.-To go by. 1. To pass near and beyond. 2. To pass away unnoticed; to omit. 3. To find or get in the conclusion.-To go down. 1. To descend in any manner. 2. To fail; to come to nothing. 3. To be swallowed or received, not rejected.—To go forth, to issue or depart out of a place.-To go forward, to advance.-To ge hard with, to be in danger of a fatal issue; to have diffculty to escape.-To go in, to enter.-To go in to, to have sexual commerce with.-To go in and out. 1. To do the business of life. 2. To go freely; to be at liberty.—To go off. 1. To depart to a distance; to leave a place or station. 2. To die; to decease. 3. To be discharged, as fire-arms; to explode. To go on. 1. To proceed; to advance forward. 2. To be put on, as a garment.-To go out. 1. To issue forth; to depart from. 2. To go on an expedition. 3. To become extinct, as light or life; to expire. 4. To become public.-To go over. 1. To read; to peruse; to study. 2. To examine; to view or review. 3. To think over; to proceed or pass in mental operation. 4. To change sides; to pass from one party to another. 5. To revolt. 6. To pass from one side to the other, as of a river -To go through. 1. To pass in a substance. 2. To exe cute; to accomplish; to perform thoroughly; to finish 3. To suffer; to bear; to undergo; to sustain to the end. -To go through with, to execute effectually.-To go under, to be talked of or known, as by a title or name.-To go up, to ascend; to rise.-To go upon, to proceed as on a foundation; to take as a principle supposed or settled.To go with. 1. To accompany; to pass with others. 2. To side with; to be in party or design with. To go ill with, to have ill fortune; not to prosper.-To go well with, to have good fortune; to prosper.-To go without, to be or remain destitute.-Go to, come, move, begin; a phrase of cxhortation; also a phrase of scornful exhortation. GO-BE-TWEEN, n. An interposer; one who transacts business between parties. Shak.

GO-BY, n. 1. Evasion; escape by artifice. 2. A passing without notice; a thrusting away; a shifting off. GO-CART, n. A machine with wheels, in which children learn to walk without danger of falling.

GŌAD, n. [Sax. gad.] A pointed instrument used to stimulate a beast to move faster.

GŌAD, r. t. 1. To prick; to drive with a goad. 2. To incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to urge forward. GOADED, pp. Pricked; pushed on by a goad; instigated.

GOAD'ING, ppr. Pricking; driving with a goad; inciting; urging on; rousing.

GOAL, n. [Fr. gaule.] 1. The point set to bound a race, and to which racers run; the mark. 2. Any starting post 3. The end or final purpose; the end aimed at. GOAR, n. More usually gore, which see. +GOAR ISH, a. Patched; mean. Beaumont,

GOAT, n. [Sax. gæt; D. geit.] An animal or quadruped of the genus capra.

GOAT-BEARD, n. See GoAT'S-BEARD.

GOAT-CHAF-FER, n. An insect, a kind of beetle.
GOAT'FISH, n. A fish of the Mediterranean.

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