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G (j 1. G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in gave, go, gull; the other compound (like that of j), as in gem, gin, dingy. See Guide to Pronunciation,
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The form of G is from the Latin, in the alphabet which it first appeared as a modified form of C. The name is also from the Latin, and probably comes to us through the French. Etymologically it is most closely related to a c hard, k y, and w; as in corn, grain, kernel; kin L. genus, Gr. garden, yard; drag, draw; also to ch and h; as in get, prehensile; guest, host (an army); gall, choler; gust, choose. See C.
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2. (Mus.) G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and French. It was also originally used as the treble clef, and has gradually changed into the character represented in the margin. See Clef. G
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Gab (g, n. [Cf. Gaff.] (Steam Engine) The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.
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Gab, n. [OE. gabbe gabble, mocking, fr. Icel. gabb mocking, mockery, or OF. gab, gabe; perh. akin to E. gape, or gob. Cf. Gab, v. i., Gibber.] The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness. [Colloq.]
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Gift of gab, facility of expression. [Colloq.]
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Gab, v. i. [OE. gabben to jest, lie, mock, deceive, fr. Icel. gabba to mock, or OF. gaber. See 2d Gab, and cf. Gabble.] 1. To deceive; to lie. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. To talk idly; to prate; to chatter. Holinshed.
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Gab"ar*age (?), n. A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods. [Obs.]

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Gab`ar*dine", Gab`er*dine" (, n. [Sp. gabardina; cf. It. gavardina, OF. galvardine, calvardine, gavardine, galeverdine; perh. akin to Sp. & OF. gaban a sort of cloak or coat for rainy weather, F. caban great coat with a hood and sleeves, It. gabbano and perh. to E. cabin.] A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress. Shak.
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Gab"ber (?), n. 1. A liar; a deceiver. [Obs.]
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2. One addicted to idle talk.
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Gab"ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gabbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gabbling (?).] [Freq. of gab. See Gab, v. i.] 1. To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber. Shak.
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2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; -- used of fowls as well as people; as, gabbling geese.
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Gab"ble, n. 1. Loud or rapid talk without meaning.
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Forthwith a hideous gabble rises loud
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2. Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls.
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Gab"bler (?), n. One who gabbles; a prater.
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Gab"bro (?), n. [It.] (Geol.) A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro).
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Ga"bel (?), n. [F. gabelle, LL. gabella, gabulum, gablum; of uncertain origin. Cf.Gavel tribute.] (O. Eng. Law) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise. Burrill.
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He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish. Jer. Taylor.
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Ga"bel*er (?), n. (O. Eng. Law) A collector of gabels or taxes.
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\'d8Ga`belle" (?), n. [F. See Gabel.] A tax, especially on salt. [France] Brande & C.
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Ga*belle"man (?), n. A gabeler. Carlyle.
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Gab`er*dine" (?), n. See Gabardine.
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Gab"er-lun`zie (?), n. [Gael. gabair talker + lunndair idler.] A beggar with a wallet; a licensed beggar. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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Gab"ert (?), n. [Cf.F.gabare, Arm. kobar, gobar.] A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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Ga"bi*on (?), n.[F., from It. gabbione a large cage, gabion, from gabbia cage, L. cavea. See Cage.] 1. (Fort.) A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy's fire.
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2. (Hydraul. Engin.) An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement.
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Ga`bi*on*ade" (?), n. [F. gabionnade.] 1. (Fort.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire.
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2. A structure of gabions sunk in lines, as a core for a sand bar in harbor improvements.
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Ga"bi*on*age (?), n. [F. gabionnage.] (Mil.) The part of a fortification built of gabions.
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Ga"bi*oned (?), p. a. Furnished with gabions.
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\'d8Ga`bion`nade" (?), n. See Gabionade.
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Ga"ble (?), n. A cable. [Archaic] Chapman.
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Ga"ble, n. [OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork, AS. geafl, E. gaffle, L. gabalus a kind of gallows.] (Arch.) (a) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like. Hence: (b) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side. (c) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.
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Bell gable. See under Bell. -- Gable roof, a double sloping roof which forms a gable at each end. -- Gable wall. Same as Gable (b). -- Gable window, a window in a gable.
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gabled adj. furnished or constructed with a gable; -- of a house or roof; as, a gabled roof. Opposite of ungabled.
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Ga"blet (?), n. (Arch.) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc.
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Gab"lock (?), n. [See Gavelock.] A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock. Wright.
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Gabonese adj. of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants; as, Gabonese hills; Gabonese writers.
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Gabonese n. a native or inhabitant of Gabon.
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Ga"by (?), n. [Icel. gapi a rash, reckless man. Cf. Gafe.] A simpleton; a dunce; a lout. [Colloq.]
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Gad (?), n. [OE. gad, Icel. gaddr goad, sting; akin to Sw. gadd sting, Goth. gazds, G. gerte switch. See Yard a measure.] 1. The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.
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2. A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc.
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I will go get a leaf of brass,
gad of steel will write these words. Shak.
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3. A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.
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4. A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling. Fairholt.
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5. A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel. [Obs.]
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Flemish steel . . . some in bars and some in gads. Moxon.
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6. A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with. [Prov. Eng. Local, U.S.] Halliwell. Bartlett.
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Upon the gad, upon the spur of the moment; hastily. [Obs.] \'bdAll this done upon the gad!\'b8 Shak.
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Gad, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gadded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gadding.] [Prob. fr. gad, n., and orig. meaning to drive about.] To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled. \'bdThe gadding vine.\'b8 Milton.
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Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? Jer. ii. 36.
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Gad"a*bout` (?), n. A gadder [Colloq.]
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Gad"bee` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The gadfly.
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Gad"der (?), n. One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.
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Gad"ding, a. & n. Going about much, needlessly or without purpose.
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Envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets. Bacon.
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The good nuns would check her gadding tongue. Tennyson.
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Gadding car, in quarrying, a car which carries a drilling machine so arranged as to drill a line of holes.
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Gad"ding*ly (?), adv. In a roving, idle manner.
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Gad"dish (?), a. Disposed to gad. -- Gad"dish*nes, n. \'bdGaddishness and folly.\'b8 Abp. Leighton.
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Gade (?), n. [Cf. Cod the fish.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A small British fish (Motella argenteola) of the Cod family. (b) A pike, so called at Moray Firth; -- called also gead. [Prov. Eng.]
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Gad"er*e (?), Gad"re (, v. t. & i. To gather. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Gad"fly` (g, n.; pl. Gadflies (#). [Gad + fly.] (Zo\'94l.) Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies.
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gadfly (Oestrus ovis) deposits its young in the nostrils of sheep, and the larv\'91 develop in the frontal sinuses. The common species which infests cattle (Hypoderma bovis) deposits its eggs upon or in the skin where the larv\'91 or bots live and produce sores called wormels. The gadflies of the horse produce the intestinal parasites called bots. See Botfly, and Bots. The true horseflies are often erroneously called gadflies, and the true gadflies are sometimes incorrectly called breeze flies.
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Gadfly petrel (Zo\'94l.), one of several small petrels of the genus Oestrelata.
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Ga*dhel"ic (g, a. [See Gael.] Of, belonging to, or designating, that division of the Celtic languages which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx.
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Gad"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the cod (Gadus); -- applied to an acid obtained from cod-liver oil, viz., gadic acid.
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Gad`i*ta`ni*an (?), a. [L. Gaditanus, fr. Gades Cadiz.] Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Cadiz.
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Gad"ling (?), n. [Gad, n. + -ling.] (Medi\'91val Armor) [R.] See Gad, n., 4.
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Gad"ling, a. [See Gad, v. i.] Gadding about. [Obs.]
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Gad"ling, n. A roving vagabond. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
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Gadman (?), n. A gadsman.
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Ga"doid (?; 277), a. [NL. gadus cod + -oid: cf. F. gado\'8bde gadoid, Gr. gade.] (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (Gadid\'91) which includes the cod, haddock, and hake. -- n. One of the Gadid\'91. [Written also gadid.]
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Gad`o*lin"i*a (?), n. [NL. See Gadolinite.] (Chem.) A rare earth associated with yttria and regarded as the oxide (Gd2O3) of a metallic element, gadolinium.
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Gad`o*lin"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to or containing gadolinium.
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Gad"o*lin*ite (?), n. [Named after Gadolin, a Russian chemist.] (Min.) A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron.
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Gad`o*lin"i*um (?), n. [NL. See Gadolinite.] (Chem.) A rare earth metallic element of the Lanthanide series, with a characteristic spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare earth elements. Symbol, Gd; it has an atomic number of 64, an atomic weight of 157.25 (C=12.011), and a valence of +3.
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Gads"man (?), n. One who uses a gad or goad in driving.
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Gad"u*in (?), n.[NL. gadus codfish.] (Chem.) A yellow or brown amorphous substance, of indifferent nature, found in cod-liver oil.
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Gad"wall (?), n. [Gad to walk about + well.] (Zo\'94l.) A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also gray duck. [Written also gaddwell.]
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Gaea (j, prop. n. [Gr. Gai^a, Gh^] (Mythol.) The goddess of the earth, considered as a personification of the earth. According to Hesiod she was the first-born of Chaos, and mother of Uranus, Pontus, Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology. [Also spelled Gaia.]
Syn. -- Gaia, Ge.
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Gaek"war (?), n. [Also Gaikwar, Guicowar.] [Marathi g\'beekw\'ber, prop., a cowherd.] The title of the ruling Prince of Baroda, in Gujarat, in Bombay, India.
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Gael (?), n.sing. & pl. [See Gaelic.] (Ethnol.) A Celt or the Celts of the Scotch Highlands or of Ireland; now esp., a Scotch Highlander of Celtic origin.
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Gael"ic (?; 277), a. [Gael. G\'85idhealach, Gaelach, from G\'85idheal, Gael, a Scotch Highlander.] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language.
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Gael"ic (?), n. [Gael. Gaelig, G\'85ilig.] The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic.
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Gaff (g, n. [OE. gaffe, F. gaffe an iron hook with which seamen pull great fishes into their ships; cf. Ir. gaf, gafa hook; perh. akin to G. gabel fork, Skr. gabhasti. Cf. Gaffle, Gable.] 1. A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
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2. (Naut.) The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended.
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3. Same as Gaffle, 1. Wright.
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Gaff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gaffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gaffing.] To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.
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gaffe (g, n. A socially awkward or tactless act.
Syn. -- faux-pas, solecism, slip, gaucherie.
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Gaf"fer (g, n. [Possibly contr. fr. godfather; but prob. fr. gramfer for grandfather. Cf. Gammer.] 1. An old fellow; an aged rustic.
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Go to each gaffer and each goody. Fawkes.
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Gaffer was originally a respectful title, now degenerated into a term of familiarity or contempt when addressed to an aged man in humble life.
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2. A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers. [Prov. Eng.]
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Gaf"fle (?), n. [Cf. AS. geafl fork, LG., D., Sw., & Dan. gaffel, G. gabel, W. gafl, Ir. & Gael. gabhal. Cf. Gaff.] 1. An artificial spur or gaff for gamecocks.
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2. A lever to bend crossbows.
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Gaff`-top"sail (?), n. (Naut.) A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.
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Gag (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gagging (?).] [Prob. fr. W. cegio to choke or strangle, fr. ceg mouth, opening, entrance.] 1. To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to. Marvell.
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The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged, and reason to be hood winked. Maccaulay.
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2. To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
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Mouths gagged to such a wideness. Fortescue (Transl.).
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3. To cause to heave with nausea.
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Gag, v. i. 1. To heave with nausea; to retch.
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2. To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3. [Slang] Cornill Mag.
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Gag, n. 1. Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.
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2. A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat. Lamb.
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3. A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion. [Slang] +<-- 4. a remark or act causing laughter. + 5. A prank. -->
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Gag rein (Harness), a rein for drawing the bit upward in the horse's mouth. -- Gag runner (Harness), a loop on the throat latch guiding the gag rein.
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gaga adj. 1. mentally or physically infirm with age.
Syn. -- doddering, senile.
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2. marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; as, gaga over his girlfriend.
Syn. -- crazy about, dotty, enamored, infatuated, in love, smitten, soft on(predicate), taken with(predicate).
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Gag"ate (?; 48), n. [L. gagates. See Jet a black mineral.] Agate. [Obs.] Fuller.
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Gage (g, n. [F. gage, LL. gadium, wadium; of German origin; cf. Goth. wadi, OHG. wetti, weti, akin to E. wed. See Wed, and cf. Wage, n.] 1. A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.
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Nor without gages to the needy lend. Sandys.
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2. A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance. \'bdThere I throw my gage.\'b8 Shak.
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Gage (g, n. [So called because an English family named Gage imported the greengage from France, in the last century.] A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage.
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Gage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gaged (g; p. pr & vb. n. Gaging (g.] [Cf. F. gager. See Gage, n., a pledge.] 1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge. [Obs.]
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A moiety competent
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2. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
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Great debts
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Gage, n. A measure or standard. See Gauge, n.
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Gage, v. t. To measure. See Gauge, v. t.
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You shall not gage me
By what we do to-night. Shak.
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Ga"ger (g, n. A measurer. See Gauger.
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Gag"ger (g, n. 1. One who gags.
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2. (Founding) A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place.
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Gag"gle (g, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gaggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gaggling (?).] [Of imitative origin; cf. D. gaggelen, gagelen, G. gackeln, gackern, MHG. g, E. giggle, cackle.] To make a noise like a goose; to cackle. Bacon.
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Gag"gle, n. [Cf. Gaggle v. i.] 1. (Zo\'94l.) A flock of wild geese, especially when on the ground. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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2. Hence: A gathering of people, especially a noisy one.
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3. Hence: Any clustered group of related objects.
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Gag law. (Parliamentary Law) A law or ruling prohibiting proper or free debate, as in closure. [Colloq. or Cant]
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gag"tooth` (g, n.; pl. Gagteeth (g. A projecting tooth. [Obs.]
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gag"-toothed" (g, a. Having gagteeth. [Obs.]
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gahn"ite (g, n. [Named after Gahn, a Swedish chemist.] (Min.) Zinc spinel; automolite.
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Gaia prop. n. [Gr. gai^a earth.] Goddess of the earth; same as Gaea.
Syn. -- Gaea, Ge.
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ga*id"ic (?), a. [Gr. gai^a earth.] (Chem.) Pertaining to hypogeic acid; -- applied to an acid obtained from hypogeic acid.
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gai"e*ty (g, n. Same as Gayety.
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Gail"er (?), n. A jailer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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\'d8Gail`lard" (?), a. [F. See Galliard.] Gay; brisk; merry; galliard. Chaucer.
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\'d8Gail*liarde" (?), n. [See Galliard a dance.] A lively French and Italian dance.
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Gai"ly (?), adv. [From Gay.] Merrily; showily. See gaily.
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Gain (?), n. [Cf. W. gan a mortise.] (Arch.) A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
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Gain, a. [OE. gein, gain, good, near, quick; cf. Icel. gegn ready, serviceable, and gegn, adv., against, opposite. Cf. Ahain.] Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Gain (g, n. [OE. gain, gein, ga, gain, advantage, Icel. gagn; akin to Sw. gagn, Dan. gavn, cf. Goth. gageigan to gain. The word was prob. influenced by F. gain gain, OF. gaain. Cf. Gain, v. t.] 1. That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss.
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But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Phil. iii. 7.
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Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Tim. vi. 6.
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Every one shall share in the gains. Shak.
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2. The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation. \'bdThe lust of gain.\'b8 Tennyson.
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Gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gained (g; p. pr. & vb. n. Gaining.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F. gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG. weidin, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage, G. weide, akin to Icel. vei hunting, AS. w, cf. L. venari to hunt, E. venison. See Gain, n., profit.]
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1. To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.
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What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Matt. xvi. 26.
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To gain dominion, or to keep it gained. Milton.
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For fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease. Pope.
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2. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.
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3. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
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If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. Matt. xviii. 15.
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To gratify the queen, and gained the court. Dryden.
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4. To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
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Forded Usk and gained the wood. Tennyson.
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5. To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. [Obs. or Ironical]
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Ye should . . . not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. Acts xxvii. 21.
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Gained day, the calendar day gained in sailing eastward around the earth. -- To gain ground, to make progress; to advance in any undertaking; to prevail; to acquire strength or extent. -- To gain over, to draw to one's party or interest; to win over. -- To gain the wind (Naut.), to reach the windward side of another ship.

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Syn. -- To obtain; acquire; get; procure; win; earn; attain; achieve. See Obtain. -- To Gain, Win. Gain implies only that we get something by exertion; win, that we do it in competition with others. A person gains knowledge, or gains a prize, simply by striving for it; he wins a victory, or wins a prize, by taking it in a struggle with others.
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Gain (?), v. i. To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.
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Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion. Ezek. xxii. 12.
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Gaining twist, in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle. To gain on or To gain upon. (a) To encroach on; as, the ocean gains on the land. (b) To obtain influence with. (c) To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or contest. (d) To get the better of; to have the advantage of.
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The English have not only gained upon the Venetians in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice itself. Addison. +
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My good behavior had so far gained on the emperor, that I began to conceive hopes of liberty. Swift.
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Gain"a*ble (?), a. [CF. F. gagnable. See Gain, v. t.] Capable of being obtained or reached. Sherwood.
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Gain"age (?, 48), n. [OF. gaignage pasturage, crop, F. gaignage pasturage. See Gain, v. t.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage. (b) The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself. Bouvier.
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Gain"er (?), n. One who gains. Shak.
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Gain"ful (?), a. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. \'bdA gainful speculation.\'b8 Macaulay. -- Gain"ful*ly, adv. -- Gain"ful*ness, n.
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Gain"giv`ing (?), n. [See Again, and Give.] A misgiving. [Obs.]
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Gain"less, a. Not producing gain; unprofitable. Hammond. -- Gain"less/ness, n.
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Gain"ly, adv. [See Gain, a.] Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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Gain"pain` (?), n.[F. gagner to gain + pain bread.] Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.
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Gain`say" (? , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gainsaid (? ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gainsaying.] [OE. geinseien, ageinseien. See Again, and Say to utter.] To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
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I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15.
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The just gods gainsay
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Gain`say"er (?), n. One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. \'bdTo convince the gainsayers.\'b8 Tit. i. 9.
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Gains"borough hat (?). A woman's broad-brimmed hat of a form thought to resemble those shown in portraits by Thomas Gainsborough, the English artist (1727-88).
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Gain"some (?), a. 1. Gainful.
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2. Prepossessing; well-favored. [Obs.] Massinger.
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'gainst (?), prep. A contraction of Against.
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Gain"stand` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gainstood; p. pr. & vb. n. gainstanding.] [See Again, and Stand.] To withstand; to resist. [Obs.]
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Durst . . . gainstand the force of so many enraged desires. Sir P. Sidney.
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Gain"strive` (?), v. t. & i. [See Again, and Strive.] To strive or struggle against; to withstand. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Gair"fowl` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Garefowl.

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Gair"ish (?), a., Gair"ish*ly, adv., Gair"ish/ness, n. Same as Garish, Garishly, Garishness.
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Gait (?), n. [See Gate a way.] 1. A going; a walk; a march; a way.
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Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks pass. Shak.
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2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
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'T is Cinna; I do know him by his gait. Shak.
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Gait"ed (?), a. Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited.
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Gait"er (?), n. [F. gu\'88tre, cf. Armor. gweltren; or perh. of German origin, and akin to E. wear, v.] 1. A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
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2. A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.
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Gai"ter (?), v. t. To dress with gaiters.

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Gai"tre, Gay"tre (g, n. [OE. Cf. Gatten tree.] The dogwood tree. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Ga"la (?), n. [F. gala show, pomp, fr. It. gala finery, gala; of German origin. See Gallant.] Pomp, show, or festivity. Macaulay.
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Gala day, a day of mirth and festivity; a holiday.
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Ga*lac"ta-gogue (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) An agent exciting secretion of milk.
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Ga*lac"tic (?), a. [Gr. Galaxy, and cf. Lactic.] 1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid.
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2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way.
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Galactic circle (Astron.), the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms. Herschel. -- Galactic poles, the poles of the galactic circle.
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Ga*lac"tin (?), n. [Gr. Lactin.] (Chem.) (a) An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent. (b) A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (Galactodendron). (c) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose.
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Ga*lac`to*den*sim"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. densimeter.] Same as Galactometer.
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Gal`ac*tom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter: cf. F. galactom\'8atre. Cf. Lactometer.] An instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk (i.e., its richness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer.
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Gal`ac*toph"a*gist (?), n. [Gr. One who eats, or subsists on, milk.
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Gal`ac*toph"a*gous (?), a. [Gr. galactophade.] Feeding on milk.
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Gal`ac*toph"o*rous (?), a. [Gr. fe`rein to bear: cf. F. galactophore. Cf. Lactiferous.] (Anat.) Milk-carrying; lactiferous; -- applied to the ducts of mammary glands.
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Ga*lac`to*poi*et"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Med.) Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing. -- n. A galactopoietic substance.
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Ga*lac"tose (?), n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).<-- lactose is a dimeric form of galactose, converted to galactose by acid or enzymatic activity (beta-galactosidase) -->
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Ga*lage" (?), n. (Obs.) See Galoche. Spenser.
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Ga*la"go (?), n.; pl. Galagos (#). [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species.
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grand galago (Galago crassicaudata) is about the size of a cat; the mouse galago (G. murinus)is about the size of a mouse.

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{ Ga*lan"ga (?), Ga*lan"gal (?) }, n.[OE. galingale, OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob. fr. Ar. khalanj. ] The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (Alpinia Galanga and Alpinia officinarum) and of the K\'91mpferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family.
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Gal`a*te"a (?), n. [After Galatea, a British man-of-war, the material being used for children's sailor suits.] A kind of striped cotton fabric, usually of superior quality and striped with blue or red on white.
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Gal"an*tine (? or ?), n. [F. galantine.] A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold. Smart.
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Gal"a*pee` tree" (?), (Bot.) The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves.
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Ga*la"tian (?), prop. a. Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.
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Gal"ax*y (?), n.; pl. Galaxies (#). [F. galaxie, L. galaxias, fr. Gr. lac. Cf. Lacteal.]
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1. (Astron.) 1. The Milky Way, that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. Nichol.
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2. A very large collection of stars comparable in size to the Milky Way system, held together by gravitational force and separated from other such star systems by large distances of mostly empty space. Galaxies vary widely in shape and size, the most common nearby galaxies being over 70,000 light years in diameter and separated from each other by even larger distances. The number of stars in one galaxy varies, and may extend into the hundreds of billions.
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{ Gal"ban, Gal"ba*num (?), } n. [L. galbanum, Gr. klekb'n: cf. F. galbanum.] A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish.
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\'d8Galbe (?), n. [F.; OF. garbe, fr. It. garbo grace, gracefulness. See Garb dress.] (Art) The general outward form of any solid object, as of a column or a vase.
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Galbulidae n. A natural family of tropical American birds comprising the jacamars.
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Gale (g, n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. gal furious, Icel. galinn, cf. Icel. gala to sing, AS. galan to sing, Icel. galdr song, witchcraft, AS. galdor charm, sorcery, E. nightingale; also, Icel. gj gust of wind, gola breeze. Cf. Yell.] 1. A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
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Gales have a velocity of from about eighteen (\'bdmoderate\'b8) to about eighty (\'bdvery heavy\'b8) miles an our. Sir. W. S. Harris.
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2. A moderate current of air; a breeze.
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A little gale will soon disperse that cloud. Shak.
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And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fanned
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3. A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.
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The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting into what, in New England, is sometimes called a gale. Brooke (Eastford).
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Topgallant gale (Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her topgallant sails.<-- add: gale warning -->
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Gale (?), v. i. (Naut.) To sale, or sail fast.
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Gale, n. [OE. gal. See Gale wind.] A song or story. [Obs.] Toone.
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Gale, v. i. [AS. galan. See 1st Gale.] To sing. [Obs.] \'bdCan he cry and gale.\'b8 Court of Love.
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Gale, n. [AS. gagel, akin to D. gagel.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America.
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Gale, n. [Cf. Gabel.] The payment of a rent or annuity. [Eng.] Mozley & W.
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Gale day, the day on which rent or interest is due.
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\'d8Ga"le*a (?), n. [L., a helmet.] 1. (Bot.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
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2. (Surg.) A kind of bandage for the head.
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3. (Pathol.) Headache extending all over the head.
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4. (Paleon.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell.
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5. (Zo\'94l.) The anterior, outer p