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Gaugeable (?), a. Capable of being gauged.
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Gauged (?), p. a. Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge.
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Coloq. Gauged brick , brick molded, rubbed, or cut to an exact size and shape, for arches or ornamental work. -- Coloq. Gauged mortar . See Gauge stuff, under , n.
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Gauger (?), n. One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.
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Gauger-ship, n. The office of a gauger.
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Gauging rod. See , under , n.
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Gaul (?), n. [F. Gaule, fr. L. Gallia, fr. Gallus a Gaul.] 1. The Anglicized form of Gallia, which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul).
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2. A native or inhabitant of Gaul.
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Gaulish (?), a. Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic. [R.]
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Gault (?), n. [Cf. Norw. gald hard ground, Icel. gald hard snow.] (Geol.) A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period.
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Gaultheria (?), n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon).
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gaumless adj. stupid. Oposite of smart. [British informal]
Syn. -- gormless.
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Gaunt (?), a. [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak.] Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim. “The gaunt mastiff.” Pope.
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A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and fleshless across our land. Nichols.
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Gauntlet (?), n. (Mil.) See .
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Gauntlet (?), n. [F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus, of Teutonic origin; cf. D. want, Sw. & Dan. vante, Icel. vöttr, for vantr.] 1. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.
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☞ The gauntlet of the Middle Ages was sometimes of chain mail, sometimes of leather partly covered with plates, scales, etc., of metal sewed to it, and, in the 14th century, became a glove of small steel plates, carefully articulated and covering the whole hand except the palm and the inside of the fingers.
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2. A long glove, covering the wrist.
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3. (Naut.) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
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Coloq. To take up the gauntlet , to accept a challenge. -- Coloq. To throw down the gauntlet , to offer or send a challenge. The gauntlet or glove was thrown down by the knight challenging, and was taken up by the one who accepted the challenge; -- hence the phrases.
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Gauntletted, a. Wearing a gauntlet.
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Gauntly, adv. In a gaunt manner; meagerly.

{ Gauntree (?), Gauntry (?), } n. [F. chantier, LL. cantarium, fr. L. canterius trellis, sort of frame.] 1. A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere. Sir W. Scott.
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2. (Engin.) A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure. Knight.
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Gaur (g�r or gour), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) An East Indian species of wild cattle (Bibos gauris), of large size and an untamable disposition. [Spelt also gour.]
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Gaure (g�r), v. i. To gaze; to stare. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Gauss (gous), n. [So named after Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician.] 1. (Elec.) The C.G.S. unit of density of magnetic field, equal to a field of one line of force per square centimeter, being thus adopted as an international unit at Paris in 1900; sometimes used as a unit of intensity of magnetic field. It was previously suggested as a unit of magnetomotive force.
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2. Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician.
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Gaussage (?), n. (Elec.) The intensity of a magnetic field expressed in C.G.S. units, or gausses.
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Gaussian prop. adj. of or pertaining to Gauss{2}; as, a Gaussian distribution.
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gaussmeter n. an instrument to compare strengths of magnetic fields.
Syn. -- magnetometer.
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Gautama (goutȧmȧ), prop. n. The family name of , the founder of Buddhism; born ca. 563 b.c., died ca. 483 b.c. In He is worshipped by Buddhists as a god. See . [Also spelled Gotama.]
Syn. -- Buddha, the Buddha, Siddhartha, Gotama, Gautama Buddha.
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Gauze (g�z), n. [F. gaze; so called because it was first introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.] A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
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Coloq. Gauze dresser , one employed in stiffening gauze.
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Gauze, a. Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.
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Gauziness (?), n. The quality of being gauzy; flimsiness. Ruskin.
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Gauzy (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze.
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Gavage (gȧvȧzh), n. [F., fr. gaver to gorge.] Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tube passed through the mouth down to the stomach.
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Gave (gāv), imp. of .
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Gavel (găvĕl), n. A gable. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Gavel, n. [OF. gavelle, F. javelle, prob. dim. from L. capulus handle, fr. capere to lay hold of, seize; or cf. W. gafael hold, grasp. Cf. .] A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle. Wright.
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Gavel, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] 1. The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc.
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2. A mason's setting maul. Knight.
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Gavel, n. [OF. gavel, AS. gafol, prob. fr. gifan to give. See , and cf. tribute.] (Law) Tribute; toll; custom. [Obs.] See . Cowell.
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Gavelet (?), n. [From tribute.] (O. Eng. Law) An ancient special kind of cessavit used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent. [Obs.]
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Gavelkind (?), n. [OE. gavelkynde, gavelkende. See tribute, and , n.] (O. Eng. Law) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent. Cowell.
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Gaveloche (?), n. Same as .
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Gavelock (?), n. [OE. gaveloc a dart, AS. gafeluc; cf. Icel. gaflok, MHG. gabil�t, OF. gavelot, glavelot, F. javelot, Ir. gabhla spear, W. gaflach fork, dart, E. glave, gaff] 1. A spear or dart. [R. & Obs.]
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2. An iron crow or lever. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
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Gaverick (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). [Prov. Eng.]
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Gavidae prop. n. A natural family of birds including the loons.
Syn. -- family Gavidae.
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Gaviiformes prop. n. An order of large aquatic birds, including loons and some extinct forms.
Syn. -- order Gaviiformes.
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Gaviæ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. gavia a sea mew.] (Zoöl.) The division of birds which includes the gulls and terns.
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Gavial (gāvĭ�l), n. [Hind. ghaṛiyāl: cf. F. gavial.] (Zoöl.) A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); -- called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile.
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☞ The gavial has a long, slender muzzle, teeth of nearly uniform size, and feet completely webbed. It inhabits the Ganges and other rivers of India. The name is also applied to several allied fossil species.
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Gavot, Gavotte (? or ?; 277), n. [F. gavotte, fr. Gavots, a people inhabiting a mountainous district in France, called Gap.] (Mus.) A kind of difficult, old formal French dance in quadruple time. [wns=1]
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2. Music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte, having a dance tune which has two brisk and lively, yet dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over. [wns=2]
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Gawby (g�b�), n. A baby; a dunce. [Prov. Eng.]
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Gawk (g�k), n. [OE. gok, gowk, cuckoo, fool, Icel. gaukr cuckoo; akin to OHG. gouh, G. gauch cuckoo, fool, AS. géac cuckoo, Sw. gök, Dan. giög] 1. A cuckoo. Johnson.
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2. A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. Carlyle.
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Gawk, v. i. 1. To act like a gawky.
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2. To stare with empty-minded fascination; to stare stupidly; to gape; -- usually used with at.
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Gawky (g�k�), a. [Compar. Gawkier (g�kĭẽr); superl. Gawkiest.] Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.
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Gawn (g�n), n. [Corrupted fr. gallon.] A small tub or lading vessel. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson.
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Gawntree (?), n. See .
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Gay (gā), a. [Compar. Gayer (?); superl. Gayest.] [F. gai, perhaps fr. OHG. g�hi swift, rapid, G. gäh, jäh, steep, hasty; or cf. OHG. w�hi beatiful, good. Cf. .]
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1. Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.
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Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. Pope.
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Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed. Gray.
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2. Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.
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Why is my neighbor's wife so gay? Chaucer.
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A bevy of fair women, richly gay
In gems and wanton dress! Milton.
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3. Loose; dissipated; lewd. [Colloq.]

Syn. -- Merry; gleeful; blithe; airy; lively; sprightly, sportive; light-hearted; frolicsome; jolly; jovial; joyous; joyful; glad; showy; splendid; vivacious.
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Gay, n. An ornament [Obs.] L'Estrange.
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Gayal (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle (Bibos frontalis).
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Gaydiang (?), n. (Naut.) A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk.
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Gayety (?), n.; pl. Gayeties (�). [Written also gaiety.] [F. gaieté. See , a.] 1. The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season.
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2. Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress.

Syn. -- Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee; blithesomeness; sprightliness; jollity. See .
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Gayley process. (Med.) The process of removing moisture from the blast of an iron blast furnace by reducing its temperature so far that it will not remain suspended as vapor in the blast current, but will be deposited as snow in the cooling apparatus. The resultant uniformly dehydrated blast effects great economy in fuel consumption, and promotes regularity of furnace operation, and certainty of furnace control.
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Gaylussite (?), n. [Named after Gay-Lussac, the French chemist.] (Min.) A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water.
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Gayly (?), adv. [Also spelled gaily.] 1. With mirth and frolic; merrily; blithely; gleefully.
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2. Finely; splendidly; showily; as, ladies gayly dressed; a flower gayly blooming. Pope.
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Gayne (?), v. i. [See .] To avail. [Obs.]
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Gayness (?), n. Gayety; finery. [R.]
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Gaysome (?), a. Full of gayety. Mir. for Mag.
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Gaytre (?), n. [See .] The dogwood tree. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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gay-wings n. A common trailing perennial milkwort (Polygala paucifolia) of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals.
Syn. -- flowering wintergreen, gaywings, bird-on-the-wing, fringed polygala, Polygala paucifolia.
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gazania n. any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers.
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Gaze (gāz), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gazed (gāzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gazing.] [OE. gasen, akin to dial. Sw. gasa, cf. Goth. us-gaisjan to terrify, us-geisnan to be terrified. Cf. , , , .] To fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention.
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Why stand ye gazing up into heaven? Acts i. 11.

Syn. -- To gape; stare; look. -- To , , . To gaze is to look with fixed and prolonged attention, awakened by excited interest or elevated emotion; to gape is to look fixedly, with open mouth and feelings of ignorant wonder; to stare is to look with the fixedness of insolence or of idiocy. The lover of nature gazes with delight on the beauties of the landscape; the rustic gapes with wonder at the strange sights of a large city; the idiot stares on those around with a vacant look.
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Gaze, v. t. To view with attention; to gaze on . [R.]
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And gazed a while the ample sky. Milton.
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Gaze, n. 1. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
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With secret gaze
Or open admiration him behold. Milton.
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2. The object gazed on.
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Made of my enemies the scorn and gaze. Milton.
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Coloq. At gaze (a) (Her.) With the face turned directly to the front; -- said of the figures of the stag, hart, buck, or hind, when borne, in this position, upon an escutcheon. (b) In a position expressing sudden fear or surprise; -- a term used in stag hunting to describe the manner of a stag when he first hears the hounds and gazes round in apprehension of some hidden danger; hence, standing agape; idly or stupidly gazing.
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I that rather held it better men should perish one by one,
Than that earth should stand at gaze like Joshua's moon in Ajalon! Tennyson.
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Gazeebo (?), n. [Humorously formed from gaze.] A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect. [Colloq.]
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Gazeful (?), a. Gazing. [R.] Spenser.
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Gazehound (?), n. A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent. Sir W. Scott.
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Gazel (?), n. The black currant; also, the wild plum. [Prov. Eng.]
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Gazel (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Gazelle (?), n. [F. gazelle, OF. also, gazel; cf. Sp. gacela, Pr. gazella, It. gazella; all fr. Ar. ghaz�l a wild goat.] (Zoöl.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. [Written also gazel.]

☞ The common species of Northern Africa (Gazella dorcas); the Arabian gazelle, or ariel (G. Arabica); the mohr of West Africa (G. mohr); the Indian (G. Bennetti); the ahu or Persian (G. subgutturosa); and the springbok or tsebe (G. euchore) of South Africa, are the best known.
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Gazement (?), n. View. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Gazer (?), n. One who gazes.
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Gazet (?), n. [It. gazeta, gazzetta, prob. dim. of L. gaza royal treasure.] A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or one and a half cents. [Obs.]
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Gazette (?), n. [F. gazette, It. gazzetta, perh. from gazetta a Venetian coin (see ), said to have been the price of the first newspaper published at Venice; or perh. dim. of gazza magpie, a name perh. applied to the first newspaper; cf. OHG. agalstra magpie, G. elster.] A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.
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Gazette, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gazetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gazetting.] To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.
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Gazetteer (?), n. [Cf. F. gazetier.] 1. A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority. Johnson.
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2. A newspaper; a gazette. [Obs.] Burke.
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3. A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places.
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4. An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.
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Gazingstock (?), n. A person or thing gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity or contempt. Bp. Hall.
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Gazogene (?), n. [F. gazogène; gaz gas + -gène, E. -gen.] A portable apparatus for making soda water or aërated liquids on a small scale. Knight.
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Gazon (?), n. [F. gazon turf, fr. OHG. waso, G. wasen.] (Fort.) One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.
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Ge n. The chemical symbol for germanium, a metalloid element of atomic number 32. See . [wns=1]
Syn. -- germanium.
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Ge n. (Mythol.) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology. See . [wns=2]
Syn. -- Gaea, Gaia.
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Ge- (?). An Anglo-Saxon prefix. See .
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Geal (?), v. i. [F. geler, fr. L. gelare, fr. gelu. See .] To congeal. [Obs. or Scot.]
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Gean (?), n. [F. guigne the fruit of the gean; cf. OHG. wīhsila, G. weichsel.] (Bot.) A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color.
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Geanticlinal (?), n. [Gr. � the earth + E. anticlinal.] (Geol.) An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal.
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Gear (gēr), n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing, adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. garawī, garwī ornament, dress. See , and cf. dress.] 1. Clothing; garments; ornaments.
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Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. Spenser.
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2. Goods; property; household stuff. Chaucer.
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Homely gear and common ware. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.
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Clad in a vesture of unknown gear. Spenser.
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4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
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5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.]
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Thus go they both together to their gear. Spenser.
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8. (Mech.) (a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively. (b) An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe. (c) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear.
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9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st (b).
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10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright.
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That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man. Latimer.
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Coloq. Bever gear . See . -- Coloq. Core gear , a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See Mortise wheel, under . -- Coloq. Expansion gear (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the cut-off. See under . -- Coloq. Feed gear . See Feed motion, under , n. -- Coloq. Gear cutter , a machine or tool for forming the teeth of gear wheels by cutting. -- Coloq. Gear wheel , any cogwheel. -- Coloq. Running gear . See under . -- Coloq. To throw in gear or Coloq. To throw out of gear (Mach.), to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to put in, or out of, working relation.
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