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Game (gām), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamed (gāmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gaming.] [OE. gamen, game�en, to rejoice, AS. gamenian to play. See , n.] 1. To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative. [Obs.]
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God loved he best with all his whole hearte
At alle times, though him gamed or smarte. Chaucer.
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2. To play at any sport or diversion.
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3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or some other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
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gamebag, game bag n. a canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter.
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Gamecock (gāmkŏk), n. (Zoöl.) The male game fowl.
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Game fowl (gāmfoul). (Zoöl.) A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males.
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Gameful (gāmfụl), a. Full of game or games.
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Gamekeeper (gāmkēpẽr), n. One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve. Blackstone.
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Gameless, a. Destitute of game.
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game license n. a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time. Syn. -- hunting license, game license.
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Gamely, adv. In a plucky manner; spiritedly.
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Gameness (gāmnĕs), n. Endurance; pluck.
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game of chance n. a game that involves gambling.
Syn. -- game of chance, gambling game.
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game plan (gāmplăn), n. A plan for achieving an objective (especially in some sport). [WordNet 1.5]

game room (gāmr�m), n. a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc) or for table games.
Syn. -- rumpus room, playroom, game room. [WordNet 1.5]

game show (gāmshō), n. a television program in which contestants compete for awards. The contestants are members of the public selected to participate on the show, and not employed by the producer of the show.
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Gamesome (gāmsŭm), a. Gay; sportive; playful; frolicsome; merry. Shak.
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Gladness of the gamesome crowd. Byron.

-- Gamesomely, adv. -- Gamesomeness, n.
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Gamester (gāmstẽr), n. [Game + -ster.] 1. A merry, frolicsome person. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games.
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When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shak.
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3. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obs.] Shak.
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gametangium n. (Biol.) A cell or organ in which gametes develop.
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Gamete (gămēt; gȧmēt; the latter usually in compounds), n. [Gr. gameth wife, or gameths husband, fr. gamei^n to marry.] (Biol.) A sexual cell or germ cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes; a conjugating cell which unites with another of like or unlike character to form a new individual. In Bot., gamete designates esp. the similar sex cells of the lower thallophytes which unite by conjugation, forming a zygospore. The gametes of higher plants are of two sorts, sperm (male) and egg (female); their union is called fertilization, and the resulting zygote an oöspore. In Zoöl., gamete is most commonly used of the sexual cells of certain Protozoa, though also extended to the germ cells of higher forms.
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game theory n. A branch of mathematics that deals with strategies for maximizing gains or minimizing losses in competitive situations having defined constraints and involving random factors. Game theory is used for modelling and analysis of various decision-making situations such as military strategy or business policy. The theoretical models study the interactions among opposing entities called players, where different kinds of situation can arise, for which the probabilities of occurence are known. Also known is the set of decisions each player can take. When a player takes a decision he makes a gain or incurs a loss. Based on the available knowledge each player tries to adopt a strategy so as to maximize his gains. The entire procedure constitutes a game.
Syn. -- theory of games.
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gametocyte n. (Biol.) An immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis.
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gametophore n. (Biol.) A modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts.
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Gametophyte (?), n. [Gamete + Gr. fyton plant.] (Bot.) In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs and produces gametes. In the lower plants, as the algæ, the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary.
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game warden n. a public official who is responsible for the enforcement of laws regarding the hunting of animals. Syn. -- gamekeeper, game warden. [WordNet 1.5]

gamey adj. 1. suggestive of sexual impropriety; as, he skips asterisks and gives you the gamey details.
Syn. -- blue, gamy, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy, sexy.
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2. foul-smelling; -- used of the smell of game beginning to taint.
Syn. -- gamy, high.
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3. spirited and resolute.
Syn. -- game, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky.
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4. willing to proceed or act.
Syn. -- game.
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Gamic (?), a. [Gr. � marriage.] (Biol.) Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements.
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Gamin (?), n. [F.] A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab.
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In Japan, the gamins run after you, and say, 'Look at the Chinaman.' L. Oliphant.
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gaminess n. behavior or language bordering on indelicacy.
Syn. -- raciness, ribaldry, spiciness.
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gaming (gāmĭng), n. The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.
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gamma (gămmȧ), n. The third letter (Γ, γ = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet.
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Gammadion (?), n. A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as a mysterious ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See .
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Gamma ray. n. (Physics) A very penetrating electromagnetic ray not appreciably deflected by a magnetic or electric field, emitted by radioactive substances. Gamma rays are photons of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength shorter than that of X-rays, (i. e. shorter than 0.1 nanometer) and are correspondingly more penetrating than X-rays. In addition to being given off in certain types of radioactive decay, they may be found in cosmic radiation, though they are largely absorbed by the earth's atmosphere. Gamma-ray detectors orbited above the atmosphere have found bursts of gamma radiation, in some cases associated with visually observed supernova explosions, but in most cases from unidentified sources.
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Gammer (gămmẽr), n. [Possibly contr. fr. godmother; but prob. fr. grammer for grandmother. Cf. .] An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man.
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Gammon (gămmŭn), n. [OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF. gambe leg, F. jambe. See , n., and cf. .] The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. Goldsmith.
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Gammon (gămmŭn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gammoned (gămmŭnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gammoning.] To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
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Gammon (gămmŭn), n. [See 2d .] 1. Backgammon.
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2. A victory in the game of backgammon in which one player gammons another, i. e., the winner bears off all of his pieces before his opponent bears off any pieces; as, he won the match with three gammons in a row.
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3. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.]
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Gammon, v. t. 1. To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his “men” or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person. In certain variants of the game one who gammons an opponent scores twice the normal value of the game.
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2. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloq.] Hood.
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Gammon, v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] (Naut.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. Totten.
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Gammoning, n. [From 5th .] (Naut.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.
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Coloq. Gammoning fashion , in the style of gammoning lashing, that is, having the turns of rope crossed. -- Coloq. Gammoning hole (Naut.), a hole cut through the knee of the head of a vessel for the purpose of gammoning the bowsprit.
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Gammoning, n. [From 4th .] The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person. [Colloq.]
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Gamogenesis (?), n. [Gr. � marriage + E. genesis.] (Biol.) The production of offspring by the union of parents of different sexes; sexual reproduction; -- the opposite of agamogenesis.
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Gamogenetic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to gamogenesis. -- Gamogenetically, adv.
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Gamomorphism (?), n. [Gr. � marriage + morfh form, shape.] (Biol.) That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which the reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparation for propagating the species.
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Gamopetalous (?), a. [Gr. � marriage + E. petalous: cf. F. gamopétale.] (Bot.) Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous.
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Gamophyllous (?), a. [Gr. � marriage + � leaf.] (Bot.) Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent). Gray.
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Gamosepalous (?), a. [Gr. � marriage + E. sepal.] (Bot.) Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.
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Gamp (gămp), n. A large umbrella; -- said to allude to Mrs. Gamp's umbrella, in Dickens's “Martin Chuzzlewit.”
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Gamut (?), n. [F. gamme + ut the name of a musical note. F. gamme is fr. the name of the Greek letter �, which was used by Guido d'Arezzo to represent the first note of his model scale. See , and .] (Mus.) The scale.
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gamy (?), a. 1. (Cookery) Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored.
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2. (Sporting) Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout.
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3. Same as .
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Gan (?), imp. of . [See , v.] Began; commenced.
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☞ Gan was formerly used with the infinitive to form compound imperfects, as did is now employed. Gan regularly denotes the singular; the plural is usually denoted by gunne or gonne.
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This man gan fall (i.e., fell) in great suspicion. Chaucer.
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The little coines to their play gunne hie (i. e., hied). Chaucer.
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Later writers use gan both for singular and plural.
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Yet at her speech their rages gan relent. Spenser.
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Ganancial (?), a. [Sp., pertaining to gain, held in common, fr. ganancia gain.] (Law) Designating, pertaining to, or held under, the Spanish system of law (called Coloq. ganancial system ) which controls the title and disposition of the property acquired during marriage by the husband or wife.
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Ganch (?), v. t. [Cf. F. ganche, n., also Sp. & Pg. gancho hook, It. gancio.] To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment.
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Ganching, which is to let fall from on high upon hooks, and there to hang until they die. Sandys.
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Gander (?), n. [AS. gandra, ganra, akin to Prov. G. gander, ganter, and E. goose, gannet. See .] The male of any species of goose.
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Gandhi adj. Mohandas Gandhi, a Hindu nationalist and religious leader, who preached non-violent resistance to oppression.
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Gandhian adj. of or pertaining to Mohandas Gandhi.
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Gane (?), v. i. [See .] To yawn; to gape. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Ganesa, Ganesh, Ganesha (?), prop. n. (Hindu Myth.) The Hindu god of wisdom, prudence and prophesy; the remover of obstacles.
Syn. -- Ganapati.
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☞ He is represented as a short, fat, red-colored man, with a large belly and the head of an elephant. Balfour.
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Gang (găng), v. i. [AS. gangan, akin to OS. & OHG. gangan, Icel. ganga, Goth. gaggan; cf. Lith. żengti to walk, Skr. jaṅgha leg. √48. Cf. .] To go; to walk.
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☞ Obsolete in English literature, but still used in the North of England, and also in Scotland.
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Gang, n. [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G., & Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See , v. i.] 1. A going; a course. [Obs.]
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2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
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3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.
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4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.
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5. [Cf. .] (Mining) The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
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6. A group of teenagers or young adults forming a more or less formalized group associating for social purposes, in some cases requiring initiation rites to join; as, a teen gang; a youth gang; a street gang. Youth gangs often associate with particular areas in a city, and may turn violent when they feel their territory is encroached upon. In Los Angeles the Crips and the Bloods are large gangs antagonistic to each other.
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7. A group of persons organized for criminal purposes; a criminal organization; as, the Parker gang.
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Coloq. Gang board , or Coloq. Gang plank . (Naut.) (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel. (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on. -- Coloq. Gang cask , a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck. -- Coloq. Gang cultivator , Coloq. Gang plow , a cultivator or plow in which several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make two or more furrows at the same time. -- Coloq. Gang days , Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See Gang week (below). -- Coloq. Gang drill , a drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft. -- Coloq. Gang master , a master or employer of a gang of workmen. -- Coloq. Gang plank . See Gang board (above). -- Coloq. Gang plow . See Gang cultivator (above). -- Coloq. Gang press , a press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates. -- Coloq. Gang saw , a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed distances apart. -- Coloq. Gang tide . See Gang week (below). -- Coloq. Gang tooth , a projecting tooth. [Obs.] Halliwell. -- Coloq. Gang week , Rogation week, when formerly processions were made to survey the bounds of parishes. Halliwell. -- Coloq. Live gang , or Coloq. Round gang , the Western and the Eastern names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the round log into boards at one operation. Knight. -- Coloq. Slabbing gang , an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick beam.
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gangboard, gang board n. a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside.
Syn. -- gangplank, gang plank, gangway.
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gangdom n. criminal organizations, collectively.
Syn. -- organized crime, gangland.
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Gange (gănj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ganged (gănjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ganging (gănjĭng).] [Of uncertain origin.] 1. To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.
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2. To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting the line around the shank of the hook.
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Ganger (?), n. One who oversees a gang of workmen. [R.] Mayhew.
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Gangetic (?), a. Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges River; as, the Gangetic shark.
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Gang-flower (?), n. (Bot.) The common English milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), so called from blossoming in gang week. Dr. Prior.
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Gangion (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A short line attached to a trawl. See , n.

{ Gangliac (?), Ganglial (?), } a. (Anat.) Relating to a ganglion; ganglionic.

{ Gangliate (?), Gangliated (?), } a. (Anat.) Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system.

{ Gangliform (?), Ganglioform (?), } a. [Ganglion + -form.] (Anat.) Having the form of a ganglion.
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Ganglion (?), n.; pl. L. Ganglia (#), E. Ganglions (#). [L. ganglion a sort of swelling or excrescence, a tumor under the skin, Gr. �: cf. F. ganglion.] 1. (Anat.) (a) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve. (b) A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.
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2. (Med.) A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew.
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Coloq. Ganglion cell , a nerve cell. See Illust. under .
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Ganglionary (?), a. [Cf. F. ganglionnarie.] (Anat.) Ganglionic.
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Ganglionic (?), a. [Cf. F. ganglionique.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.
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Gangrel (?), a. [Cf. , v. i.] Wandering; vagrant. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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Gangrenate (?), v. t. To gangrene. [Obs.]
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Gangrene (?), n. [F. gangrène, L. gangraena, fr. Gr. �, fr. � to gnaw, eat; cf. Skr. gras, gar, to devour, and E. voracious, also canker, n., in sense 3.] (Med.) A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage.
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Gangrene, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gangrened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gangrening.] [Cf. F. gangréner.] To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.
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Gangrenescent (?), a. Tending to mortification or gangrene.
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Gangrenous (?), a. [Cf. F. gangréneux.] Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene.
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Gangue (?), n. [F. gangue, fr. G. gang a metallic vein, a passage. See , n.] (Mining) The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore.
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Gangway (?), n. [See , v. i.] 1. A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.
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2. In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition.
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3. (Naut.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.
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4. (Naut.) That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist. Totten.
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Coloq. Gangway ladder , a ladder rigged on the side of a vessel at the gangway. -- Coloq. To bring to the gangway , to punish (a seaman) by flogging him at the gangway.
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Ganil (?), n. [F.] A kind of brittle limestone. [Prov. Eng.] Kirwan.

Ganister (?), Gannister, n. (Mech.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.
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Ganja (?), n. [Hind. gānjhā.] The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.
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Gannet (?), n. [OE. gant, AS. ganet, ganot, a sea fowl, a fen duck; akin to D. gent gander, OHG. ganazzo. See , .] (Zoöl.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans.
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☞ The common gannet of Europe and America (Sula bassana), is also called solan goose, chandel goose, and gentleman. In Florida the wood ibis is commonly called gannet.
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Coloq. Booby gannet . See .
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Ganocephala (?), prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � brightness + � head.] (Paleon.) A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes.
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Ganocephalous (?), a. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala.
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Ganoid (?), a. [Gr. � brightness + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.
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Coloq. Ganoid scale (Zoöl.), one kind of scales of the ganoid fishes, composed of an inner layer of bone, and an outer layer of shining enamel. They are often so arranged as to form a coat of mail.
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Ganoidal (?), a. (Zoöl.) Ganoid.
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Ganoidei (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales.
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☞ They were numerous, and some of them of large size, in early geological periods; but they are represented by comparatively few living species, most of which inhabit fresh waters, as the bowfin, gar pike, bichir, Ceratodus, paddle fish, and sturgeon.
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Ganoidian (?), a. & n. (Zoöl.) Ganoid.
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Ganoine (?), n. (Zoöl.) A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale.
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Gansa (?), n. Same as . Bp. Hall.
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Gantlet (?), n. [Gantlet is corrupted fr. gantlope; gantlope is for gatelope, Sw. gatlopp, orig., a running down a lane; gata street, lane + lopp course, career, akin to löpa to run. See a way, and .] A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.
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Coloq. To run the gantlet , to suffer the punishment of the gantlet; hence, to go through the ordeal of severe criticism or controversy, or ill-treatment at many hands.
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Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights. Palfrey.
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☞ Written also, but less properly, gauntlet.
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Gantlet, n. A glove. See .
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Gantline (?), n. A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.
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