Chapter XIII: Foreword: , f=or'wurd, n. a preface (4)

GIBE, JIBE, j[=i]b, _v.t._ to sneer at: to taunt.--_n._ a taunt: contempt.--_n._ GIB'ER, one who gibes.--_adv._ GIB'INGLY. [Ice. _geipa_, to talk nonsense.]

GIBEL, gib'el, _n._ the Prussian carp, without barbules.

GIBEONITE, gib'[=e]-on-[=i]t, _n._ a slave's slave--from Josh., ix.

GIBLETS, jib'lets, _n.pl._ the internal eatable parts of fowl, taken out before cooking it.--_adj._ GIB'LET, made of giblets. [O. Fr. _gibelet_; origin unknown; not a dim. of _gibier_, game.]

GIBUS, zh[=e]'bus, _n._ a crush-hat, opera-hat. [Fr.]

GID, gid, _n._ staggers in sheep.--Also STUR'DY (q.v.).

GIDDY, gid'i, _adj._ unsteady, dizzy: that causes giddiness: whirling: inconstant: thoughtless.--_adv._ GIDD'ILY.--_n._ GIDD'INESS.--_adjs._ GIDD'Y-HEAD'ED, thoughtless, wanting reflection; GIDD'Y-PACED (_Shak._), moving irregularly. [From A.S. _giddian_, to sing, be merry, _gid_, a song.]

GIE, g[=e], _v._ a Scotch form of _give_.

GIER-EAGLE, j[=e]r'-[=e]'gl, _n._ (_B._) a species of eagle. [See GYRFALCON.]

GIF, gif, _conj._ an obsolete form of _if_.

GIFT, gift, _n._ a thing given: a bribe: a quality bestowed by nature: the act of giving.--_v.t._ to endow with any power or faculty.--_adj._ GIFT'ED, endowed by nature: intellectual.--_ns._ GIFT'-HORSE, a horse given as a gift; GIFT'LING, a little gift.--LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH, to criticise a gift. [_Give._]

GIG, gig, _n._ a light, two-wheeled carriage: a long, light boat: (_U.S._) sport, fun.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ GIG'GIT (_U.S._), to convey or move rapidly.--_ns._ GIG'MAN, one who drives or keeps a gig--a favourite term of Carlyle's for a narrow philistinism based on the possession of a little more money than others, whence GIG'MANESS, GIGMAN'ITY, GIG'M[=A]NIA. [M. E. _gigge_, a whirling thing (cf. WHIRLIGIG); prob. related to Ice. _geiga_, to turn in a wrong direction. Cf. JIG.]

GIGANTIC, j[=i]-gan'tik, _adj._ suitable to a giant: enormous--also GIGANT[=E]'AN.--_adj._ GIGANTESQUE', befitting a giant.--_adv._ GIGAN'TICALLY.--_ns._ GIGAN'TICIDE, the act of killing a giant; GIGANTOL'OGY, description of giants; GIGANTOM'ACHY, a war of giants. [L. _gigas_, _gigantis_, a giant, _cæd[)e]re_, to kill.]

GIGGLE, gig'l, _v.i._ to laugh with short catches of the breath, or in a silly manner.--_n._ a laugh of this kind.--_ns._ GIGG'LER; GIGG'LING. [M. E. _gagelen_, to cackle; cf. Ice. _gagl_, a goose.]

GIGLET, gig'let, _n._ a giddy girl: a wanton--also GIG'LOT.--_adj._ (_Shak._) inconstant. [Prob. Ice. _gikkr_, a pert person; perh. related to _gig_. See JIG.]

GIGOT, jig'ut, _n._ a leg of mutton. [Fr.,--O. Fr. _gigue_, a leg: a fiddle; a word of unknown origin.]

GILA MONSTER. See MONSTER.

GILD, gild, _v.t._ to cover or overlay with gold: to cover with any gold-like substance: to gloss over: to adorn with lustre:--_pr.p._ gild'ing; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ gild'ed or gilt.--_ns._ GILD'ER, one who coats articles with gold; GILD'ING, act or trade of a gilder: gold laid on any surface for ornament.--GILDED CHAMBER, the House of Lords; GILD THE PILL, to do something to make a disagreeable thing seem less so. [A.S. _gyldan_--gold. See GOLD.]

GILL, gil, _n._ one of the breathing organs in fishes and certain other aquatic animals: the flap below the bill of a fowl. [Cf. Dan. _giælle_, a gill; Ice. _gjölnar_ (pl.), gills; Sw. _gäl_.]

GILL, jil, _n._ a measure=¼ pint.--_n._ GILL'-HOUSE, a dram-shop. [O. Fr. _gelle_; cf. Low L. _gillo_, a flask; allied to Fr. _jale_, a large bowl, Eng. _gallon_.]

GILL, jil, _n._ a girl, because of the commonness of the name _Gillian_, cf. 'Jack and Jill:' ground-ivy: beer flavoured with ground-ivy.--_n._ GILL'-FLIRT, a wanton girl. [From _Gillian_ or _Juliana_ (from _Julius_), a female name, contracted _Gill_, _Jill_.]

GILL, gil, _n._ a small ravine, a wooded glen.--Also GHYLL. [Ice.]

GILLIE, GILLY, gil'i, _n._ a youth, a man-servant, esp. to one hunting. [Gael. _gille_, a lad, Ir. _giolla_.]

GILLYFLOWER, jil'i-flow-[.e]r, _n._ popular English name for stock, wallflower, &c., from its clove-like smell. [O. Fr. _giroflée_--Gr. _karyophyllon_, the clove-tree--_karyon_, a nut, _phyllon_, a leaf.]

GILPY, GILPEY, gil'pi, _n._ (_Scot._) a boisterous boy or girl.

GILRAVAGE, gil-rav'[=a]j, _n._ (_Scot._) a noisy frolic, disorder.--_v.i._ to plunder, spoil.

GILT, gilt, _pa.t._ and _pa.p_ of _gild_.--_n._ that which is used for gilding.--_adjs._ GILD'ED; GILT'-EDGED, having the edges gilt: of the highest quality, as 'gilt-edged securities'=those stocks whose interest is considered perfectly safe.--_n._ GILT'-HEAD, a popular name for several fishes, esp. a sparoid fish with a half-moon-shaped gold spot between the eyes.

GILT, gilt, _n._ (_Shak._) money.

GIMBAL, gim'bal, _n._ a contrivance for suspending the mariner's compass, so as to keep it always horizontal. [Through Fr. from L. _gemelli_, twins.]

GIMBLET. Same as GIMLET.

GIMCRACK, jim'krak, _n._ a toy: a gewgaw: a trivial mechanism--also JIM'CRACK.--_n._ GIM'CRACKERY. [Prov. _gim_ or _jim_, neat, and _crack_, a lively boy.]

GIMLET, gim'let, _n._ a small tool for boring holes by turning it with the hand.--_v.t._ to pierce with a gimlet: (_naut._) to turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.--_adj._ GIM'LET-EYED, very sharp-sighted. [O. Fr. _gimbelet_, from Teut.; cf. Eng. _wimble_.]

GIMMAL, gim'al, _n._ a gimbal: (_Shak._) anything consisting of parts moving within each other or interlocked--a quaint piece of mechanism--also GIMM'ER.--_adj._ (_Shak._) made or consisting of double rings.

GIMMER, gim'[.e]r, _n._ a two-year-old ewe. [Ice. _gymbr_; cf. Sw. _gimmer_, Dan. _gimmer_.]

GIMP, gimp, _n._ a kind of trimming, &c., of silk, woollen, or cotton twist.--_v.t._ to make or furnish with gimp. [Fr. _guimpe_, from Old High Ger. _wimpal_, a light robe; Eng. _wimple_.]

GIN, jin, _n._ Same as _Geneva_, of which it is a contraction.--_ns._ GIN'-FIZZ, a drink of gin, lemon-juice, effervescing water, &c.; GIN-PAL'ACE, GIN'-SHOP, a shop where gin is sold; GIN'-SLING, a cold beverage of gin and water, sweetened and flavoured.

GIN, jin, _n._ the name of a variety of machines, esp. one with pulleys for raising weights, &c.: a pump worked by rotary sails: (_B._) a trap or snare.--_v.t._ to trap or snare: to clear cotton of its seeds by a machine:--_pr.p._ gin'ning; _pa.p._ ginned.--_ns._ GIN'-HORSE, a mill-horse; GIN'-HOUSE, a place where cotton is ginned. [Contr. from _engine_.]

GIN, jin, _n._ an Australian native woman.

GIN, gin, _v.i._ to begin.--_n._ GIN'NING, beginning.

GIN, gin, a prov. form of _against_.

GIN, gin, a Scotch form of _gif_=_if_.

GINETE, ch[=e]-n[=a]'t[=a], _n._ a trooper, horse-soldier. [Sp.]

GING, ging, _n._ a gang or company. [A.S. _genge_, a troop, _gangan_, to go. See GANG.]

GINGELLY-OIL, jin-jel'i-oil, _n._ the oil of Indian sesame.

GINGER, jin'j[.e]r, _n._ the root of a plant in the East and West Indies, with a hot and spicy taste, useful as a condiment or stomachic.--_ns._ GINGERADE', an aerated drink flavoured with ginger; GIN'GERBEER, an effervescent drink flavoured with ginger; GIN'GERBREAD, sweet bread flavoured with ginger; GIN'GER-COR'DIAL, a cordial made of ginger, lemon-peel, raisins, water, and sometimes spirits; GIN'GERNUT, a small cake flavoured with ginger and sweetened with molasses.--_adj._ GIN'GEROUS, like ginger.--_ns._ GIN'GERPOP, weak gingerbeer; GIN'GERSNAP, a thin brittle cake spiced with ginger; GIN'GER-WINE, a liquor made by the fermentation of sugar and water, and flavoured with various spices, chiefly ginger.--GINGERBREAD WARE, or WORK, cheap and tawdry ornamental work.--TAKE THE GILT OFF THE GINGERBREAD, to destroy the illusion. [M. E. _gingivere_--O. Fr. _gengibre_--L. _zingiber_--Gr. _zingiberis_--Sans. _çriñga-vera_--_çriñga_, horn, _vera_, shape.]

GINGERLY, jin'j[.e]r-li, _adv._ with soft steps: cautiously. [From a Scand. root, seen in Sw. _gingla_, to totter.]

GINGHAM, ging'ham, _n._ a kind of cotton cloth, woven from coloured yarns into stripes or checks, manufactured chiefly for dresses. [Fr. _guingan_, acc. to Littré, a corr. of _Guingamp_, in Brittany.]

GINGING, gin'jing, _n._ (_prov._) the lining of a shaft.

GINGIVAL, jin-j[=i]'val, _adj._ pertaining to the gums.--_n._ GINGIV[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the gums. [L. _gingivæ_.]

GINGKO, ging'k[=o], _n._ a Chinese tree, allied to the yew, with edible fruit--the Maiden-hair-tree. [Jap. _gingk[=o]_--Chin. _yin-hing_--_yin_, silver, _hing_, apricot.]

GINGLE, jing'l. Same as JINGLE.

GINGLYMUS, jing'gli-mus (or ging'-), _n._ a joint that permits flexion and extension in a single plane, as at the elbow and ankle:--_pl._ GING'LYM[=I]. [Gr.]

GINNET, jin'net, _n._ obsolete form of _jennet_.

GINNING. See GIN (2).

GINNY-CARRIAGE, jin'i-kar'[=a]j, _n._ a small strong carriage used for conveying materials on a railway.

GINSENG, jin'seng, _n._ a plant of genus _Aralia_, and its root, a Chinese panacea for exhaustion of body or mind. [Chin. _jin-tsan_.]

GIP, jip, _n._ Same as GYP.

GIPSY, GYPSEY, GYPSY, jip'si, _n._ one of a wandering race, originally from India, now scattered over Europe: one with a dark complexion: a sly, roguish woman.--_adj._ unconventional, outdoor.--_ns._ GIP'SYDOM; GIP'SYISM.--GIPSY HAT, a hat for women, with large flaps at the sides; GIPSY TABLE, a form of light fancy table; GIPSY WAGON, a wagon or van like a dwelling on wheels, used by gipsies and travelling photographers. [_Egyptian_, because once supposed to come from Egypt.]

GIRAFFE, ji-raf', _n._ the camelopard, an African quadruped with remarkably long neck and legs. [Fr.,--Sp. _girafa_--Ar. _zar[=a]f_.]

GIRANDOLE, jir'an-d[=o]l, _n._ a branched chandelier, generally projecting from a wall, and used as a stand for candles or lamps, or for flowers: a rotating firework. [Fr.,--It. _girandola_--_girare_--L. _gyr[=a]re_, to turn round--_gyrus_--Gr. _gyros_, a circle.]

GIRASOL, jir'a-sol, _n._ a bluish-white translucent opal with reddish reflections. [It.,--_girare_, and _sole_--L. _sol_, the sun.]

GIRD, g[.e]rd, _v.i._ to gibe, jeer (with _at_).--_v.t._ (_obs._) to taunt.--_n._ (_obs._) a sneer. [A.S. _gyrd_, _gierd_, rod.]

GIRD, g[.e]rd, _v.t._ to bind round: to make fast by binding: to surround: to clothe, furnish:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ gird'ed or girt.--_n._ GIRD'ER, one of the principal pieces of timber in a floor binding the others together: in engineering, any simple or compound beam of wood, iron, or steel used to support joisting, walls, arches, &c., in various kinds of bridges.--GIRD ONE'S SELF, to tuck up loose garments under the girdle: to brace the mind for any trial or effort. [A.S. _gyrdan_; cf. Ger. _gürten_, _garden_, Eng. _yard_.]

GIRDING, g[.e]rd'ing, _n._ (_B._) a covering.

GIRDLE, g[.e]rd'l, _n._ that which encircles, esp. a band or belt for the waist: an enclosure, compass, limit: in jewellery, a horizontal line surrounding a stone.--_v.t._ to bind, as with a girdle: to enclose: to make a circular incision, as through the bark of a tree to kill it.--_n._ GIRD'LE-BELT, a belt for girding the waist.--_p.adj._ GIRD'LED (_Shak._), surrounded with, or as with, a girdle.--_n._ GIRD'LER, one who girdles: a maker of girdles. [A.S. _gyrdel_--_gyrdan_, to gird.]

GIRDLE, g[.e]rd'l, _n._ a Scotch form of _griddle_.

GIRKIN, g[.e]r'kin, _n._ Same as GHERKIN.

GIRL, g[.e]rl, _n._ a female child: a young unmarried woman: a maid-servant.--_n._ GIRL'HOOD, the state or time of being a girl.--_adj._ GIRL'ISH, of or like a girl.--_adv._ GIRL'ISHLY--_n._ GIRL'ISHNESS. [Prob. from Old Low Ger. _gör_, a child, with dim. suffix _-l_.]

GIRLOND, obsolete form of _garland_.

GIRN, g[.e]rn, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to grin, snarl. [_Grin._]

GIRNEL, g[.e]r'nel, _n._ (_Scot._) a granary, meal-chest. [Variant of _garner_.]

GIRONDIST, ji-rond'ist, _n._ a member of the moderate republican party during the French Revolution, so called because its earliest leaders, Vergniaud, Guadet, &c., were sent up to the Legislative Assembly (Oct. 1791) by the _Gironde_ department.--Also GIRON'DIN.

GIRR, gir, _n._ (_Scot._) a hoop.

GIRT, g[.e]rt, _v.t._ to gird.--_pa.p._ of a ship moored so taut by her cables to two oppositely placed anchors as to be prevented from swinging to the wind or tide.

GIRTH, g[.e]rth, _n._ belly-band of a saddle: measure round the waist.--Also GIRT.

GIST, jist, _n._ the main point or pith of a matter. [From an old French proverb, 'I know where the hare _lies_'--_i.e._ I know the main point--O. Fr. _gist_ (Fr. _gît_)--O. Fr. _gesir_ (Fr. _gésir_), to lie--L. _jac[=e]re_.]

GITTERN, git'ern, _n._ a kind of guitar, a cithern.--_v.i._ to play on the gittern. [Most prob. Old Dut. _ghiterne_--L. _cithara_--Gr. _kithara_. See GUITAR.]

GIUST, j[=oo]st, _n._ (_Spens._). Same as JOUST.

GIUSTO, j[=u]s't[=o], _adj._ (_mus._) suitable, regular. [It.,--L. _justus_, just.]

GIVE, giv, _v.t._ to bestow: to impart: to yield: to grant: to permit: to afford: to furnish: to pay or render, as thanks: to pronounce, as a decision: to show, as a result: to apply, as one's self: to allow or admit.--_v.i._ to yield to pressure: to begin to melt: to grow soft: to open, or give an opening or view, to lead (with _upon_, _on_, _into_):--_pr.p._ giv'ing; _pa.t._ g[=a]ve; _pa.p._ given (giv'n).--_p.adj._ GIV'EN, bestowed: specified: addicted, disposed to: admitted, supposed.--_ns._ GIV'ER, one who gives or bestows; GIV'ING, the act of bestowing: (_Shak._) an alleging of what is not real.--GIVE AND TAKE, to give and get fairly, fair measure on both sides; GIVE BIRTH TO, to bring forth: to originate; GIVE CHASE, to pursue; GIVE EAR, to listen; GIVE FORTH, to emit, to publish; GIVE GROUND, place, to give way, to yield; GIVE IN TO, to yield assent or obedience to; GIVE IT TO ONE (_coll._), to scold or beat anybody severely; GIVE LINE, HEAD, REIN, &c., to give more liberty or scope--the metaphor from angling and driving; GIVE ONE'S SELF AWAY, to betray one's secret by a slip of the tongue, &c.; GIVE OUT, to report, to emit; GIVE OVER, to cease; GIVE THE LIE TO, to charge openly with falsehood; GIVE TONGUE, to bark; GIVE UP, to abandon; GIVE WAY, to fall back, to yield, to withdraw: to begin rowing--usually as a command to a crew. [A.S. _giefan_; Goth. _giban_, Ger. _geben_.]

GIVES, j[=i]vz, _n._ Same as GYVES.

GIZZ, giz, _n._ (_Scot._) the face.

GIZZARD, giz'ard, _n._ the muscular stomach of a bird. [M. E. _giser_--O. Fr. _gezier_--L. _gigerium_, only in pl. _gigeria_, cooked entrails of poultry.]

GIZZEN, giz'n, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to shrink from dryness so as to leak: to wither.--_adj._ leaky.

GLABROUS, gl[=a]'brus, _adj._ smooth: having no hairs or any unevenness.--_adj._ GL[=A]'BR[=A]TE, smooth, glabrous. [L. _glaber_, smooth.]

GLACÉ, gla-s[=a]', _adj._ iced: glossy, lustrous, esp. of a thin silk material. [Fr.]

GLACIAL, gl[=a]'shi-al, _adj._ icy: frozen: pertaining to ice or its action, esp. to glaciers.--_ns._ GL[=A]'CIALIST, one who attributes the phenomena of the drift in geology to the action of glaciers; GL[=A]CI[=A]'TION, the act of freezing: ice: the process of becoming covered with glaciers. [Fr.,--L. _glacialis_--_glacies_, ice.]

GLACIER, gl[=a]'sh[=e]r, or glas'i-[.e]r, _n._ a field or, more properly, a slowly moving river of ice, such as is found in the hollows and on the slopes of lofty mountains. [Fr.,--_glace_, ice--L. _glacies_, ice.]

GLACIS, gl[=a]'sis, or gla-s[=e]', _n._ a gentle slope: (_fort._) a smooth sloping bank. [Fr.,--O. Fr. _glacer_, to freeze--_glace_, ice.]

GLAD, glad, _adj._ pleased: cheerful: bright: giving pleasure.--_v.t._ to make glad:--_pr.p._ glad'ding; _pa.p._ glad'ded.--_v.t._ GLAD'DEN, to make glad: to cheer: to animate.--_adj._ GLAD'FUL (_Spens._).--_n._ GLAD'FULNESS.--_adv._ GLAD'LY.--_n._ GLAD'NESS.--_adj._ GLAD'SOME, glad: joyous: gay.--_adv._ GLAD'SOMELY.--_n._ GLAD'SOMENESS. [A.S. _glæd_; Ger. _glatt_, smooth, Ice. _glaðr_, bright, Dan. _glad_.]

GLADE, gl[=a]d, _n._ an open space in a wood.--_adj._ GL[=A]'DY, having glades. [Scand.; Ice. _glaðr_, bright, Norw. _glette_, a clear spot among clouds.]

GLADIATOR, glad'i-[=a]-tor, _n._ in ancient Rome, a professional combatant with men or beasts in the arena.--_adjs._ GLAD'I[=A]TE, sword-shaped; GLADIAT[=O]'RIAL, GLADI[=A]'TORY, GLADIAT[=O]'RIAN.--_ns._ GLAD'IATORSHIP; GL[=A]'DIUS, the cuttle-bone or pen of a cuttle-fish. [L., a swordsman--_gladius_, a sword.]

GLADIOLE, glad'i-[=o]l, GLADIOLUS, gla-d[=i]'o-lus, glad-i-[=o]'lus, _n._ the plant sword-lily:--_pl._ GLAD[=I]'OL[=I]. [L. _gladiolus_, dim. of _gladius_.]

GLADSTONE, glad'ston, _n._ a four-wheeled two-seated carriage with driver's seat and dickey: a kind of light travelling-bag, opening wide. [From the great statesman, W. E. _Gladstone_ (1809-98).]

GLAGOLITIC, glag-o-lit'ik, _adj._ of or pertaining to _Glagol_, an ancient Slavonic alphabet, apparently derived from the cursive Greek of the 9th century, only used in the liturgical books of the Dalmatian Slavs. [Old Bulgarian _glagolu_, a word.]

GLAIKIT, gl[=a]k'it, _adj._ (_Scot._) giddy, foolish.--_ns._ GLAIK, a deception, a quick glance; GLAIK'ITNESS, levity.--FLING THE GLAIKS IN FOLK'S EEN (_Scot._), to throw dust in people's eyes. [See GLEEK.]

GLAIR, gl[=a]r, _n._ the clear part of an egg used as varnish: any viscous, transparent substance: mud.--_v.t._ to varnish with white of eggs.--_adjs._ GLAIR'Y, GLAIR'EOUS, GL[=A]R'EOUS. [Fr. _glaire_--Low L. _clara ovi_, white of egg--L. _clarus_, clear.]

GLAIVE, gl[=a]v, _n._ a weapon like a halberd, fixed on a long shaft, its edge on the outer curve.--Also GLAVE. [O. Fr. _glaive_--L. _gladius_, a sword.]

GLAMOUR, glam'[.e]r, _n._ the supposed influence of a charm on the eyes, making them see things as fairer than they are: fascination: enchantment. [Merely a corruption of _gramarye_ or _grammar_, meaning grammar, then magic.]

GLANCE, glans, _n._ a sudden shoot of light: a darting of the eye: a momentary view: a term applied to minerals exhibiting a pseudo-metallic lustre.--_v.i._ to dart a ray of light or splendour: to snatch a momentary view: to fly off obliquely: to make a passing allusion.--_v.t._ to dart suddenly or obliquely: to hint.--_n._ GLANCE'-COAL, any hard coal, like anthracite, so called from its metallic lustre.--_adv._ GLANC'INGLY. [From a Teut. root seen in Sw. _glans_, Dut. _glans_, Ger. _glanz_, lustre, and allied to Eng. _glint_.]

GLAND, gland, _n._ a secreting structure, which in various ways alters the material brought to it by the blood, extracting and excreting waste products as in the kidneys, or manufacturing valuable by-products, such as the glycogen and bile of the liver: (_bot._) a small cellular spot which secretes oil or aroma.--_adjs._ GLANDIF'EROUS, bearing acorns or nuts; GLAND'IFORM, resembling a gland: nut-shaped; GLAND'[=U]LAR, GLAND'[=U]LOUS, containing, consisting of, or pertaining to glands.--_n._ GLAND'[=U]LE, a small gland.--_adj._ GLAND[=U]LIF'EROUS. [F. _glande_--L. _glans_, _glandis_, an acorn.]

GLANDERS, gland'[.e]rz, _n._ a malignant, contagious, and fatal disease of the horse or ass, showing itself esp. on the mucous membrane of the nose, upon the lungs, and on the lymphatic system.--_adj._ GLAND'ERED, affected with glanders.

GLARE, gl[=a]r, _n._ a clear, dazzling light: overpowering lustre: a piercing look.--_v.i._ to shine with a clear, dazzling light: to be ostentatiously splendid: to look with piercing eyes.--_adj._ GLAR'ING, bright and dazzling: barefaced: notorious.--_adv._ GLAR'INGLY.--_n._ GLAR'INGNESS. [Perh. from A.S. _glær_, a pellucid substance, amber.]

GLAREOUS. See GLAIR.

GLASS, glas, _n._ a combination of silica with some alkali or alkaline earth, such as lime, &c., used for window panes, mirrors, lenses, &c.: anything made of glass, esp. a drinking-vessel, a mirror, &c.: the quantity of liquid a glass holds: any fused substance like glass, with a vitreous fracture: (_pl._) spectacles.--_adj._ made of glass.--_v.t._ to case in glass.--_ns._ GLASS'-BLOW'ER, one who blows and fashions glass; GLASS'-BLOW'ING, the process of making glass, by taking a mass of glass reduced by heat to a viscid state, and inflating it; GLASS'-COACH, a coach for hire having glazed windows; GLASS'-CRAB, the larval form of rock lobsters, &c., but formerly regarded as adults, and made into a genus or even family; GLASS'-CUT'TER; GLASS'-CUT'TING, the act or process of cutting, shaping, and ornamenting the surface of glass.--_adj._ GLASS'-FACED (_Shak._), reflecting the sentiments of another, as in a mirror.--_n._ GLASS'FUL, the contents of a glass.--_adj._ GLASS'-GAZ'ING (_Shak._), addicted to viewing one's self in a mirror.--_ns._ GLASS'-GRIND'ING, the ornamenting of glass by rubbing with sand, emery, &c.; GLASS'-HOUSE, a glass manufactory: a house made of glass.--_adv._ GLASS'ILY.--_n._ GLASS'INESS.--_adj._ GLASS'-LIKE.--_ns._ GLASS'-PAINT'ING, the art of producing pictures on glass by means of staining it chemically; GLASS'-P[=A]'PER, paper coated with finely pounded glass, and used like sand-paper; GLASS'-SOAP, an oxide of manganese and other substances used by glass-blowers to remove colouring from glass; GLASS'WARE, articles made of glass; GLASS'-WORK, articles made of glass; GLASS'WORT, a plant so called from its yielding soda, used in making glass.--_adjs._ GLASS'Y, made of or like glass; GLASS'Y-HEAD'ED (_Tenn._), having a bald, shining head.--_ns._ CUT'-GLASS, flint-glass shaped or ornamented by cutting or grinding on a wheel; GROUND'-GLASS, any glass that has been depolished by a sand-blast, grinding, or etching with acids, so as to destroy its transparency; PLATE'-GLASS, glass cast in large thick plates.--LIVE IN A GLASS HOUSE=to be open to attack or retort.--MUSICAL GLASSES (see HARMONICA).--WATER, or SOLUBLE, GLASS, the soluble silicate of soda or of potash formed when silica is fused with an excess of alkali, used for hardening artificial stone, as a cement, and for rendering calico, &c., uninflammable. [A.S. _glæs_; Dut., Ger., and Sw. _glas_; cog. with _glow_, _gleam_, _glance_, _glare_.]

GLASSITE, glas'[=i]t, _n._ one of a religious sect founded by John _Glas_ (1695-1773), a minister of the Church of Scotland, who was deposed in 1730 for maintaining that a congregation with its eldership is, in its discipline, subject to no jurisdiction but that of Jesus Christ. The sect is now better known as the Sandemanians, from the name of Glas's son-in-law.

GLASWEGIAN, glas-w[=e]j'i-an, _n._ and _adj._ a native or citizen of _Glasgow_.

GLAUBERITE, glaw'ber-[=i]t, _n._ a grayish-white mineral, a compound of the sulphates of sodium and calcium, found chiefly in rock-salt. [From the German Johann Rudolf _Glauber_, 1604-68.]

GLAUBER-SALT. See SALT.

GLAUCOMA, glawk-[=o]'ma, _n._ an insidious disease of the eye, marked by increased tension within the eyeball, growing dimness of vision, and an excavation of the papilla of the optic nerve--also GLAUC[=O]'SIS.--_adj._ GLAUCOM'ATOUS. [See GLAUCOUS.]

GLAUCONITE, glaw'k[=o]-n[=i]t, _n._ the mineral, a silicate of iron, which gives a green colour to some of the beds of the greensand strata, whence their name.--_adj._ GLAUCONIT'IC. [Fr.,--Gr. _glaukos_, bluish-green.]

GLAUCOUS, glaw'kus, _adj._ sea-green: grayish-blue: (_bot._) covered with a fine green bloom.--_n._ GLAUCES'CENCE.--_adj._ GLAUCES'CENT, somewhat glaucous. [L. _glaucus_, bluish--Gr. _glaukos_, blue or gray.]

GLAUCUS, glaw'kus, _n._ a genus of Gasteropods, in the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. [Gr. _glaukos_, a fish--_glaukos_, bluish-green.]

GLAUM, gläm, _v.i._ and _v.t._ (_Scot._) to grasp eagerly (with _at_).

GLAUR, glär, a Scotch form of _glair_.

GLAUX, gläks, _n._ a genus of _Primulaceæ_, called also _Sea milkwort_ and _Black saltwort_, common along sea-coasts of northern Europe--formerly used in soda-making. [L.,--Gr. _glaux_, milk-vetch.]

GLAVE. See GLAIVE.

GLAZE, gl[=a]z, _v.t._ to furnish or set with glass: to cover with a thin surface of glass or something glassy: to give a glassy surface to.--_n._ the glassy coating put upon pottery: any shining exterior.--_ns._ GL[=A]Z'ER, a workman who glazes pottery, paper, &c.; GL[=A]'ZIER, one who sets glass in window-frames, &c. (for _glazer_; like _law-y-er_ for _law-er_); GL[=A]Z'ING, the act or art of setting glass: the art of covering with a vitreous substance: (_paint._) semi-transparent colours put thinly over others to modify the effect. [M. E. _glasen_--_glas_, glass.]

GLEAM, gl[=e]m, _v.i._ to glow or shine: to flash.--_n._ a small stream of light: a beam: brightness.--_n._ GLEAM'ING, a sudden shoot of light.--_adj._ GLEAM'Y, casting beams or rays of light. [A.S. _gl['æ]m_, gleam, brightness (see GLIMMER); akin to _glass_, _glow_.]

GLEAN, gl[=e]n, _v.t._ to gather in handfuls after the reapers: to collect (what is thinly scattered).--_v.i._ to gather the corn left by a reaper.--_n._ that which is gleaned: the act of gleaning.--_ns._ GLEAN'ER; GLEAN'ING. [O. Fr. _glener_ (Fr. _glaner_), through Low L. _glen[=a]re_, _glena_, from Teut.]

GLEBE, gl[=e]b, _n._ the land belonging to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice: (_mining_) a piece of earth containing ore: (_arch._) turf.--ADJS. GLEB'OUS, GLEB'Y, cloddy, turfy. [Fr.,--L. _gleba_, a clod.]

GLEDE, gl[=e]d, _n._ (_B._) the common kite, a rapacious bird. [A.S. _glida_, from, _glídan_, to glide.]

GLEDGE, glej, _v.i._ to squint: to look cunningly.--_n._ a knowing look. [See GLEY.]

GLEE, gl[=e], _n._ joy: mirth and gaiety: (_mus._) a song or catch in parts.--_adj._ GLEE'FUL, merry.--_ns._ GLEE'MAID'EN, a female minstrel; GLEE'MAN, a minstrel.--_adj._ GLEE'SOME, merry. [A.S. _gleó_, mirth; Ice. _glý_.]

GLEED, gl[=e]d, _n._ a hot coal or burning ember. [A.S. _gléd_; cf. Dut. _gloed_, Ger. _glut_, Sw. _glöd_.]

GLEEK, gl[=e]k, _n._ (_Shak._) a jest or scoff, a trick: an old game at cards for three, each having twelve, and eight being left for the stock.--_v.i._ (_Shak._) to gibe or sneer, to spend time in sport or fun. [Prob. cog. with A.S. _gelác_, play, Ice. _leik_.]

GLEET, gl[=e]t, _n._ a glairy discharge from a mucous surface.--_adj._ GLEET'Y. [O. Fr. _glete_, _glecte_, a flux.]

GLEG, gleg, _adj._ clever: apt: (_Scot._) sharp. [Ice. _glöggr_, clever; cf. A.S. _gleáw_, wise, Ger. _glau_, clear.]

GLEN, glen, _n._ a narrow valley worn by a river: a depression between hills. [Celt., as in Gael. and Ir. _gleann_, W. _glyn_.]

GLENE, gl[=e]'n[=e], _n._ the pupil, eyeball: a socket.--_adjs._ GL[=E]'NOID, -AL, slightly cupped. [Gr.]

GLENGARRY, glen-gar'i, _n._ a cap of thick-milled woollen, generally rising to a point in front, with ribbons hanging down behind--worn by the Highlanders of Scotland. [_Glengarry_, a glen in West Inverness-shire.]

GLENLIVET, glen-l[=e]v'et, _n._ a good Scotch whisky. [_Glenlivet_, a valley in Banffshire.]

GLEY, gl[=i], gl[=e], _v.i._ to squint.--_p.adj._ GLEYED (_Scot._), squint-eyed. [Ice. _gljá_, to glitter; Dan. _glo_.]

GLIADIN. See GLUTIN.

GLIB, glib, _adj._ moving easily: voluble.--_v.i._ to move freely.--_adv._ GLIB'LY.--_n._ GLIB'NESS. [A contr. of Dut. _glibberig_, slippery.]

GLIB, glib, _n._ (_Spens._) a bush of hair hanging over the eyes. [Gael., a lock of hair.]

GLIB, glib, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to emasculate, to castrate. [Perh. an error for _lib_, to castrate.]

GLIDE, gl[=i]d, _v.i._ to slide smoothly and easily: to flow gently: to pass rapidly.--_n._ act of gliding: the joining of two sounds without a break: a smooth and sliding kind of waltz-step.--_adj._ GLID'DERY, slippery.--_n._ GL[=I]D'ER, one who, or that which, glides.--_adv._ GL[=I]D'INGLY. [A.S. _glídan_, to slip; Ger. _gleiten_.]

GLIFF, glif, _n._ a fright, a scare: (_Scot._) a moment.--Also GLIFT. [M. E. _gliffen_, to be terrified.]

GLIM, glim, _n._ (_coll._) a light: (_slang_) an eye. [A.S. _gleomu_; cf. Ger. _glimm_, a spark.]

GLIMMER, glim'[.e]r, _v.i._ to burn or appear faintly.--_n._ a faint light: feeble rays of light: (_min._) mica.--_ns._ GLIMM'ER-GOWK (_Tenn._), an owl; GLIMM'ERING, a glimmer: an inkling.--_adv._ GLIMM'ERINGLY. [M. E. _glimeren_; most prob. directly Scand.; Dan. _glimre_, to glimmer, Sw. prov. _glim_, a glance.]

GLIMPSE, glimps, _n._ a short gleam: a weak light: transient lustre: a hurried view: fleeting enjoyment: the exhibition of a faint resemblance.--_v.i._ to appear by glimpses.--_v.t._ to get a glimpse of. [M. E. _glimsen_, to glimpse, a variant of _glimmer_.]

GLINT, glint, _v.i._ to shine, gleam: (_Burns_) to move quickly.--_v.t._ to reflect.--_n._ a gleam. [From Scand.; Old Dan. _glinte_, to shine.]

GLISK, glisk, _n._ (_Scot._) a glimpse. [M. E. _glissen_--A.S. _glisian_, to glance.]

GLISSADE, glis-[=a]d', _v.i._ to slide or glide down.--_n._ act of sliding down a slope.

GLIST, glist, _n._ a dark ferruginous mineral found in lodes, micaceous iron ore.

GLISTEN, glis'n, _v.i._ to glitter or sparkle with light: to shine.--_n._ glitter. [M. E. _glis-ien_, to shine--A.S. _glisnian_, to shine; cf. Dut. _glinsteren_.]

GLISTER, glis't[.e]r, _v.i._ to sparkle, glitter.--_adj._ GLIS'TERING (_Shak._), glittering. [M. E. _glistren_; see above.]

GLIT, a Scotch form of _gleet_.

GLITTER, glit'[.e]r, _v.i._ to glisten, to sparkle with light: to be splendid: to be showy.--_n._ lustre: brilliancy.--_adjs._ GLITT'ERAND (_Spens._), sparkling, glittering; GLITT'ERING, shining: splendid: brilliant.--_adv._ GLITT'ERINGLY. [M. E. _gliteren_; cf. Ice. _glitra_, Mid. High Ger. _glitzern_.]

GLOAMING, gl[=o]m'ing, _n._ twilight, dusk--(_Scot._) GLOAMIN. [A.S. _glómung_; akin to _gloom_.]

GLOAT, gl[=o]t, _v.i._ to look eagerly, in a bad sense: to view with a wicked joy. [Ice. _glotta_, to grin.]

GLOBATE, -D, gl[=o]b'[=a]t, -ed, _adj._ like a globe: circular. [L. _glob[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to form into a ball--_globus_.]

GLOBE, gl[=o]b, _n._ a ball: a round body, a sphere: the earth: a sphere representing the earth (terrestrial globe) or the heavens (celestial globe): (_obs._) a group.--_v.t._ to form in a circle.--_ns._ GLOBE'-FISH, one of a genus of fishes found in warm seas, remarkable for its power of swelling out its body to a globular form; GLOBE'-FLOW'ER, a small palæarctic genus of plants of the order _Ranunculaceæ_, with a globe of large showy sepals enclosing the small inconspicuous linear petals; GLOBE'-TROT'TER, one who travels for pleasure around the world; GLOBE'-TROT'TING; GL[=O]'BIN, a proteid constituent of red blood corpuscles.--_adjs._ GL[=O]BOSE', GL[=O]B'OUS, resembling a globe.--_n._ (_Milt._) a globe.--_n._ GL[=O]BOS'ITY.--_adjs._ GLOB'[=U]LAR, GLOB'[=U]LOUS, GLOB'[=U]LOSE, like a globe: spherical.--_n._ GLOB[=U]LAR'ITY.--_adv._ GLOB'[=U]LARLY.--_ns._ GLOB'[=U]LE, a little globe or round particle--also GLOB'[=U]LET; GLOB'[=U]LIN, GLOB'[=U]LINE, a substance closely allied to albumen, which forms the main ingredient of the blood globules, and also occurs in the crystalline lens of the eye; GLOB'[=U]LITE, the name given by Vogelsang to minute crystallites of spherical, drop-like form.--_adj._ GL[=O]B'Y (_Milt._), round. [O. Fr.,--L. _globus_; _gleba_, a clod.]

GLOBIGERINA, glob-i-je-r[=i]'na, _n._ a genus typical of _Globigerinidæ_, a pelagic family of foraminifers.

GLODE, gl[=o]d (_Spens._), _pa.t._ of _glide_.

GLOME, gl[=o]m, _n._ (_bot._) a globular head of flowers.--_adj._ GLOM'EROUS. [L. _glomus_=_globus_.]

GLOMERATE, glom'[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.t._ to gather into a ball: to collect into a spherical mass.--_adj._ growing in rounded or massive forms: conglomerate.--_n._ GLOMER[=A]'TION, act of gathering into a ball: a body formed into a ball. [L. g_lomer[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_glomus_, _glomeris_, a clew of yarn.]

GLOOM, gl[=oo]m, _n._ partial darkness: cloudiness: heaviness of mind, sadness: hopelessness: sullenness.--_v.i._ to be sullen or dejected: to be cloudy or obscure.--_v.t._ to fill with gloom.--_adv._ GLOOM'ILY.--_n._ GLOOM'INESS.--_p.adj._ GLOOM'ING (_Shak._), shining obscurely.--_n._ twilight: gloaming.--_adj._ GLOOM'Y, dim or obscure: dimly lighted: sad, melancholy. [A.S. _glóm_, gloom; prov. Ger. _glumm_, gloomy.]

GLORIA, gl[=o]'ri-a, _n._ a doxology.--GLORIA IN EXCELSIS, the 'Greater Doxology'--'Glory be to God on high;' GLORIA PATRI, the 'Lesser Doxology'--'Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it was,' &c. [L. _gloria_, glory.]

GLORIFY, gl[=o]'ri-f[=i], _v.t._ to make glorious: to honour: to exalt to glory or happiness: to ascribe honour to, to worship:--_pa.p._ gl[=o]'rified.--_n._ GLORIFIC[=A]'TION. [L. _gloria_, glory, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]

GLORY, gl[=o]'ri, _n._ renown: honour: the occasion of praise: an object of pride: excellency: splendour: brightness: in religious symbolism, a combination of the nimbus and the aureola, but often erroneously used for the nimbus: a burst of sunlight: a luminous glow of reflected light upon clouds: vain-glory: (_B._) the presence of God: the manifestation of God to the blessed in heaven: heaven.--_v.i._ to boast: to be proud of anything: to exult:--_pa.p._ gl[=o]'ried.--_adj._ GL[=O]'RIED (_Milt._), illustrious, honourable.--_ns._ GL[=O]'RIOLE, a halo or glory; GLORI[=O]'SA, a genus of _Liliaceæ_, of which the best-known species, a native of India, is a herbaceous perennial, with beautiful red and yellow flowers.--_adj._ GL[=O]'RIOUS, noble, splendid: conferring renown: (_coll._) elated, tipsy.--_adv._ GL[=O]'RIOUSLY.--_ns._ GL[=O]'RIOUSNESS; GL[=O]'RY-HOLE, an opening through which to see the inside of a furnace: a place for concealing articles of value; GL[=O]'RYING, boasting; GL[=O]'RY-PEA, a leguminous Australian plant with red flowers. [O. Fr. _glorie_--L. _gloria_ (for _cloria_), akin to _clarus_, from root of L. _clu[=e]re_, Gr. _klu-ein_, to be famed; Eng. _loud_.]

GLOSS, glos, _n._ brightness or lustre, as from a polished surface: external show.--_v.t._ to give a superficial lustre to: to render plausible: to palliate. [Ice. _glossi_, brightness, _glóa_, to glow. See GLASS.]

GLOSS, glos, _n._ a remark to explain a subject: a comment.--_v.i._ to comment or make explanatory remarks.--_adj._ GLOSS[=A]'RIAL, relating to a glossary: containing explanation.--_ns._ GLOSS'ARIST, a writer of a glossary; GLOSS'ARY, a vocabulary of words requiring special explanation: a dictionary; GLOSS[=A]'TOR, GLOSS'ER, a writer of glosses or comments, a commentator; GLOSS'IC, a phonetic alphabet devised by Mr A. J. Ellis (1814-90) for the scientific expression of speech-sounds--to be used concurrently with the _Nomic_ or existing English orthography; GLOSS[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the tongue; GLOSS'OCELE, swelled tongue; GLOSSOG'RAPHER.--_adj._ GLOSSOGRAPH'ICAL.--_n._ GLOSSOG'RAPHY, the writing of glossaries or comments.--_adj._ GLOSSOLOG'ICAL.--_ns._ GLOSSOL'OGIST; GLOSSOL'OGY, the science of language, comparative philology: the knowledge of the definition of technical terms--also GLOTTOL'OGY; GLOSSOT'OMY, dissection of the tongue. [L. _glossa_, a word requiring explanation--Gr. _gl[=o]ssa_, the tongue.]

GLOSSY, glos'i, _adj._ smooth and shining: highly polished.--_adv._ GLOSS'ILY.--_n._ GLOSS'INESS.

GLOTTIS, glot'is, _n._ the opening of the larynx or entrance to the windpipe.--_adj._ GLOTT'AL; GLOTT'IC, pertaining to the tongue or to glottology. [Gr. _gl[=o]ttis_--_gl[=o]tta_, the tongue.]

GLOTTOLOGY. See GLOSSOLOGY.

GLOUT, glowt, _v.i._ to be sulky.--_n._ a sulky look, the sulks. [See GLOAT.]

GLOVE, gluv, _n._ a covering for the hand, with a sheath for each finger: a boxing-glove.--_v.t._ to cover with, or as with, a glove.--_adj._ GLOVED, covered with a glove.--_ns._ GLOVE'-FIGHT, a boxing-match in which the hands are gloved; GLOVE'-MON'EY, a gratuity given to servants, officers of a court, &c.; GLOV'ER, one who makes or sells gloves; GLOVE'-SHIELD, a shield worn by a knight on the left-hand gauntlet to parry blows; GLOVE'-STRETCH'ER, a scissors-shaped instrument for inserting into the fingers of gloves to stretch them.--HANDLE WITHOUT GLOVES, to treat with vigour or with scant ceremony; THROW DOWN, TAKE UP, THE GLOVE, to offer, or to accept, a challenge. [A.S. _glóf_; cf. Scot. _loof_, Ice. _lôfi_, palm.]

GLOW, gl[=o], _v.i._ to shine with an intense heat: to feel great heat of body: to be flushed: to feel the heat of passion: to be ardent.--_n._ shining or white heat: unusual warmth: brightness of colour: vehemence of passion.--_p.adj._ GLOW'ING, shining with intense light, white with heat: ardent, fervent, fiery.--_adv._ GLOW'INGLY.--_ns._ GLOW'-LAMP, an incandescent lamp, usually electric; GLOW'-WORM, a name given to many beetles in the sub-family _Lampyrides_, having phosphorescent structures on the abdomen. [A.S. _glówan_, to glow; Ger. _glühen_, Ice. _glóa_, to glow.]

GLOWER, glow'[.e]r, _v.i._ to stare frowningly: to scowl.--_n._ a fierce or threatening stare.

GLOXINIA, glok-sin'i-a, _n._ a genus of plants of the order _Gesneraceæ_, almost stemless, with bright bell-shaped flowers. [From _Gloxin_, a German botanist.]

GLOZE, gl[=o]z, _v.i._ to give a false meaning to: to flatter: to wheedle: (_obs._) to comment.--_v.t._ to palliate by specious explanation.--_n._ (_obs._) an explanation.--_n._ GL[=O]'ZING, flattery, deceit. [See GLOSS (2).]

GLUCINUM, gl[=oo]-s[=i]'num, _n._ a white metal prepared from beryl--its oxide, GLUC[=I]'NA, white, tasteless, insoluble in water.--_adj._ GL[=U]'CIC, pertaining to sugar.--_ns._ GLUCIDE'--Saccharin (q.v.); GLUCOHÆ'MIA, the presence of an excessive quantity of glucose in the blood; GLUC[=O]SE', the peculiar kind of sugar in the juice of fruits: the sugar-syrup obtained by the conversion of starch into sugar by sulphuric acid--grape-sugar, &c.; GLU'COSIDE, any of those vegetable products which, on treatment with acids or alkalies, yield a sugar or some closely allied carbohydrate; GLUCOS[=U]R'IA, the presence of glucose in the urine. [Gr. _glykys_, sweet.]

GLUE, gl[=oo], _n._ an adhesive substance obtained by boiling the skins, hoofs, &c. of animals.--_v.t._ to join with glue:--_pr.p._ glu'ing; _pa.p._ glued.--_ns._ GLUE'-POT, a vessel for melting glue; GLU'ER, one who cements with glue.--_adj._ GLU'EY, containing glue: sticky: viscous.--_n._ GLU'EYNESS.--_adj._ GLU'ISH, having the nature of glue.--_n._ MARINE'-GLUE, not a glue, but a cementing composition, used in shipbuilding, for paying seams in ships' decks after being caulked. [Fr. _glu_--Low L. _glus_, _glutis_--_glu[)e]re_, to draw together.]

GLUM, glum, _adj._ frowning: sullen: gloomy.--_adv._ GLUM'LY.--_n._ GLUM'NESS.--_adj._ GLUMP'ISH, glum.--_n.pl._ GLUMPS, the sulks.--_adj._ GLUMP'Y, sulky. [M. E. _glomben_, _glommen_, to frown: prob. related to Sw. _glomma_, Low Ger. _glummen_.]

GLUME, gl[=oo]m, _n._ a term applied to certain bracts in grasses and sedges.--_adjs._ GLUM[=A]'CEOUS, GLU'MAL, GLUMIF'EROUS, GLU'MOSE, GLU'MOUS. [L. _gluma_, husk--_glub[)e]re_, to peel off bark.]

GLUT, glut, _v.t._ to swallow greedily: to feast to satiety: to supply in excess:--_pr.p._ glut'ting; _pa.p._ glut'ted.--_n._ an over-supply: anything that obstructs the passage. [L. _glut[=i]re_, to swallow.]

GLUTÆUS, GLUTEUS, gl[=oo]-t[=e]'us, _n._ one of the natal or buttock muscles.--_adjs._ GLUT[=E]'AL, GLUT[=E]'AN. [Gr. _gloutos_, the rump.]

GLUTEN, gl[=oo]'ten, _n._ the nitrogenous part of the flour of wheat and other grains, insoluble in water.--_ns._ GLU'TIN, GL[=I]'ADIN, the separable viscid constituent of wheat-gluten, soluble in alcohol. [L. _gluten_, the same as _glus_. See GLUE.]

GLUTINATE, gl[=oo]'tin-[=a]t, _v.t._ to unite, as with glue.--_n._ GLUTIN[=A]'TION.--_adj._ GLU'TINATIVE, having the quality of cementing: tenacious.--_ns._ GLUTINOS'ITY, GLU'TINOUSNESS.--_adj._ GLU'TINOUS, gluey: tenacious: (_bot._) covered, as a leaf, with slimy moisture. [L. _glutin[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_.]

GLUTTON, glut'n, _n._ one who eats to excess: a popular name of the wolverine, a carnivorous quadruped of the weasel family.--_v.i._ GLUTT'ONISE, to eat to excess, like a glutton.--_adjs._ GLUTT'ONOUS, GLUTT'ONISH, given to, or consisting in, gluttony.--_adv._ GLUTT'ONOUSLY.--_n._ GLUTT'ONY, excess in eating. [Fr. _glouton_--L. _gluton-em_--_glutt[=i]re_, to devour.]

GLYCERINE, glis'[.e]r-in, _n._ a colourless, viscid, neutral, inodorous fluid, of a sweet taste, soluble in water and alcohol. [Fr.,--Gr. _glykeros_--_glykys_, sweet.]

GLYCOCOLL, gl[=i]'k[=o]-kol, _n._ amido-acetic acid, a crystalline solid of sweetish taste, very soluble in water, a product of various processes of decomposition of animal matters.--Also GLY'CIN. [Formed from Gr. _glykys_, sweet, _kolla_, glue.]

GLYCOGEN, gl[=i]'k[=o]-jen, _n._ animal starch, a substance first discovered by Claude Bernard in the human liver--when pure, a white, amorphous, tasteless powder, insoluble in alcohol. [Formed from Gr. _glykys_, sweet, _gen[=e]s_, producing.]

GLYCOL, gl[=i]'kol, _n._ the type of a class of artificial compounds forming chemically a link between alcohol and glycerine. [Formed from _glyc_(erine) and (alcoh)_ol_.]

GLYCONIC, gl[=i]-kon'ik, _adj._ and _n._ of or pertaining to the ancient Greek poet _Glycon_, or the verse attributed to him, consisting of four feet--one a dactyl, the others trochees.

GLYPH, glif, _n._ (_archit._) an ornamental channel or fluting, usually vertical.--_adjs._ GLYPH'IC; GLYPHOGRAPH'IC.--_ns._ GLYPHOG'RAPHY, a process of taking a raised copy of a drawing by electrotype; GLYPH'OGRAPH, a plate formed by this process.--_adj._ GLYP'TIC, pertaining to carving on stone, &c.: (_min._) figured.--_n.pl._ GLYP'TICS, the art of engraving, esp. on precious stones.--_adj._ GLYPTOGRAPH'IC.--_ns._ GLYPTOG'RAPHY, the art of engraving on precious stones; GLYPTOTH[=E]'CA, a place for keeping sculpture. [Gr. _glyph[=e]_--_glyphein_, to carve.]

GLYPTODON, glip'to-don, _n._ a gigantic fossil armadillo of South America with fluted teeth. [Gr. _glyptos_, carved, _odous_, _odontos_, tooth.]

GMELINA, mel'i-na, _n._ a genus of verbenaceous trees. [From Samuel Gottlieb _Gmelin_ (1744-74).]

GNAPHALIUM, na-f[=a]'li-um, _n._ a genus of composite herbs of the aster family, the cudweed or everlasting. [L.,--Gr. _gnaphalion_, a downy plant.]

GNAR, när, _v.i._ to snarl or growl.--Also GNARR, KNAR, GNARL. [From a Teut. root found in Ger. _knurren_, Dan. _knurre_, to growl; formed from the sound.]

GNARL, närl, _n._ a twisted knot in wood.--_adj._ GNARLED, knotty, twisted. [From a Teut. root, as in Ger. _knurren_, Dan. _knort_, a knot, gnarl, and prob. akin to _gnarl_ in the sense of pressing close together.]

GNASH, nash, _v.t._ to strike the teeth together in rage or pain.--_v.i._ to grind the teeth.--_n._ a sudden snap.--_adv._ GNASH'INGLY. [M. E. _gnasten_--Sw. _knastra_, to crash; cf. Ger. _knastern_, Dan. _knaske_.]

GNAT, nat, _n._ a genus of dipterous insects of numerous species, esp. abundant in marshy districts--the female lives on the blood of animals.--_n._ GNAT'LING. [A.S. _gnæt_; Ice. _gnata_, to clash.]

GNATHIC, nath'ik, _adj._ of the jaws--also GN[=A]'THAL.--_ns._ GNATH'ISM, the classification of mankind based on measurements of the jaw; GNATH[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the cheek or upper jaw; GNATHOPLAST'Y, the formation of a cheek by plastic surgery; GNATHOP'ODA, the xiphosura: the arthropoda. [Gr. _gnathos_, the jaw.]

GNATHONIC, -AL, nä-thon'ik, -al, _adj._ flattering. [From _Gnatho_, a character in Terence's _Eunuchus_--Gr. _gnathos_, the jaw.]

GNAW, naw, _v.t._ to bite so as to make a noise with the teeth: to bite off by degrees: to corrode or wear away: to bite in agony or rage: (_fig._) to torment.--_v.i._ to use the teeth in biting.--_n._ GNAW'ER, a rodent. [A.S. _gnagan_; cf. Dut. _knagen_, Ice. _naga_, prov. Eng. _nag_, to tease.]

GNEISS, n[=i]s, _n._ (_geol._) a species of stratified rock composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica.--_adjs._ GNEISS'OID, having some of the characters of gneiss; GNEISS'OSE, having the structure of gneiss. [Ger. _gneiss_, a miners' word of unknown origin.]

GNOME, n[=o]m, _n._ a pithy and sententious saying, generally in verse, embodying some moral sentiment or precept.--GNOMIC POETS, a class of writers of this form in Greek literature. [Gr. _gn[=o]m[=e]_, an opinion--_gn[=o]nai_, _gign[=o]skein_, to know.]

GNOME, n[=o]m, _n._ a sprite guarding the inner parts of the earth and its treasures: a dwarf or goblin. [Fr.,--a word traced by Littré to Paracelsus, and perh. formed from Gr. _gn[=o]m[=e]_, intelligence.]

GNOMON, n[=o]'mon, _n._ the pin of a dial, whose shadow points to the hour: the index of the hour-circle of a globe: (_geom._) the name given to the sum of any three of the parts of a rectangle when divided into four parts by cross-lines parallel to its sides: interpreter, as in Bengel's _Gnomon Novi Testamenti_.--_adjs._ GNOMON'IC, -AL, pertaining to the art of dialling.--_adv._ GNOMON'ICALLY.--_ns._ GNOMON'ICS, the art of dialling; GNOMONOL'OGY, a treatise on dialling. [Gr. _gn[=o]m[=o]n_, an interpreter--_gn[=o]nai_, to know.]

GNOSTIC, nos'tik, _n._ (_theol._) one of a sect in the beginning of the Christian era which maintained that knowledge (_gn[=o]sis_) and not faith (_pistis_) was the way of salvation, allegorised away the great facts of Christ's person and work, and represented individual life as the result of a process of emanation from the original essence.--_adj._ having knowledge: knowing, cunning: pertaining to the Gnostics.--_ns._ GN[=O]'SIS, knowledge: mystical knowledge; GNOS'TICISM, the eclectic doctrines of the Gnostics. [Gr. _gn[=o]stikos_, good at knowing--_gign[=o]skein_, to know.]

GNU, n[=u], _n._ a genus of antelopes native to South Africa, of which the best-known species has characters of the ox, buffalo, and horse. [Hottentot.]

GO, g[=o], _v.i._ to pass from one place to another: to be in motion: to proceed: to walk: to depart from: to lead in any direction: to extend: to tend: to be about to do: to pass in report: to pass, as in payment: to be accounted in value: to happen in a particular way: to turn out: to fare: to give way:--_pr.p._ g[=o]'ing; _pa.t._ went; _pa.p._ gone (gon).--_n._ affair, matter, as in 'a pretty go:' fashion, as in 'all the go:' energy, activity.--_adj._ GO'-AHEAD', dashing, energetic.--_ns._ GO'-BETWEEN', G[=O]'ER-BETWEEN' (_Shak._), one who is agent between two parties; GO'-BY, escape by artifice: evasion: any intentional disregard: in coursing, the act of passing by or ahead in motion.--_adj._ GO-TO-MEET'ING (_coll._), used of clothes, good and fit for public use.--GO ABOUT (_B._), to set one's self about: to seek: to endeavour; GO ABOUT ONE'S BUSINESS, to attend to one's duties: to be off; GO ABROAD, to go to a foreign country: to leave one's house; GO AGAINST, to invade: to be repugnant to; GO ASIDE, to err: to withdraw, retire; GO AT, to attack; GO BEYOND (_B._), to overreach; GO DOWN, to sink, decline: to be believed or accepted; GO FAR, to last long; GO FOR, to pass for: to attack: to take up a line of policy; GO FOR NOTHING, to have no value; GO HARD WITH, to be in real difficulty or danger; GO IN AND OUT, to come and go freely; GO IN FOR, to be in favour of: to aim after; GO IN UNTO, to have sexual intercourse with; GO IT, to act in a striking or dashing manner--often in _imperative_ by way of encouragement; GO OFF, to leave: to die: to explode: to fade; GO ON, to proceed; GO ONE BETTER, to take a bet and add another more to it: to excel another in fitness for some purpose; GO ONE'S WAY, to depart; GO OUT, to become extinct or expire; GO OVER, to study, to examine; GO THE WHOLE HOG, to go to the fullest extent; GO THROUGH, to perform thoroughly, to accomplish; GO THROUGH FIRE AND WATER, to undertake any trouble or risks for one's end (from the usage in ancient ordeals); GO TO, come now (a kind of interjection, like the L. _agedum_, the Gr. [Greek: age nun]); GO TO PIECES, to break up entirely, to be dismembered; GO TO THE WALL, to be pushed aside, passed by; GO UNDER, to be called by some title or character: to be overwhelmed or ruined, to die; GO WELL, to prosper; GO WITH, to accompany: to agree, accord; GO WITHOUT SAYING, to be plainly self-evident (Fr. _Cela va sans dire_).--GREAT GO, a degree examination, compared with LITTLE GO, a preliminary examination in the university of Cambridge; LET GO, to release, to quit hold of; NO GO, not possible: of no use. [A.S. _gán_, contr. for _gangan_, to go; cf. Ger. _gehen_, Dut. _gaan_.]

GOAD, g[=o]d, _n._ a sharp-pointed stick, often shod with iron, for driving oxen: a stimulus.--_v.t._ to drive with a goad: to urge forward. [A.S. _gád_, a goad; cf. Ice. _gaddr_, a goad.]

GOAF, g[=o]f, _n._ a rick: the coal-waste left in old workings.

GOAL, g[=o]l, _n._ a mark set up to bound a race: the winning-post--also the starting-post: the end aimed at: the two upright posts between which the ball is kicked in the game of football: the act of sending the ball between or over the goal-posts: an end or aim. [Fr. _gaule_, a pole; prob. of Teut. origin, as Old Fris. _walu_, a staff, Goth. _walus_; but acc. to Littré from L. _vallus_, a stake.]

GOAT, g[=o]t, _n._ the well-known quadruped, allied to the sheep.--_ns._ GOAT'CH[=A]FER, the dor or dung-beetle; GOAT[=EE]', a beard left on the chin, while the rest of the face is shaven; GOAT'-HERD, one who tends goats.--_adj._ GOAT'ISH, resembling a goat, esp. in smell: lustful: wanton.--_ns._ GOAT'ISHNESS; GOAT'-MOTH, a large moth common throughout Europe and Asia, having a thick heavy body, and measuring three inches or more across the wings; GOAT'S'-BEARD, GOAT'S'-RUE, GOAT'S'-THORN, names of plants; GOAT'SKIN, the skin of the goat, leather made from it; GOAT'SUCKER, a kind of swallow erroneously thought to suck goats. [A.S. _gát_; Ger. _geiss_, Dut. _geit_.]

GOB, gob, _n._ the mouth: a mouthful, lump: refuse coal.--_v.i._ to pack away such as a support to the walls.--_ns._ GOB'BING, GOB'BIN, coal refuse.

GO-BANG, g[=o]-bang', _n._ a game played on a checker-board of 256 squares, with fifty coloured counters, the object being to get five counters in a row. [Jap. _goban_.]

GOBBET, gob'et, _n._ a mouthful: (_obs._) a little lump.--GOBE MOUCHE, a silly credulous fellow. [O. Fr. _gobet_, from Celt.; Gael. _gob_, the mouth.]

GOBBLE, gob'l, _v.t._ to swallow in lumps: to swallow hastily.--_v.i._ to make a noise in the throat, as a turkey.--_n._ (_golf_) a rapid straight _putt_ so strongly played that if the ball had not gone into the hole, it would have gone a long way past.--_n._ GOBB'LER, a turkey-cock. [O. Fr. _gober_, to devour; Celt.]

GOBELIN, gob'e-lin, _n._ a rich French tapestry. [From the _Gobelins_, a famous family of French dyers settled in Paris as early as the 15th century.]

GOBLET, gob'let, _n._ a large drinking-cup without a handle. [O. Fr. _gobelet_, dim. of _gobel_--Low L. _cupellus_, a dim. of L. _cupa_, a cask. See Cup.]

GOBLIN, gob'lin, _n._ a frightful phantom: a fairy: a mischievous sprite. [O. Fr. _gobelin_--Low L. _gobelinus_--Gr. _kobalos_, a mischievous spirit.]

GOBY, g[=o]'bi, _n._ a genus of small carnivorous sea-fishes, with nests of seaweed. [L. _gobius_--Gr. _k[=o]bios_.]

GO-CART, g[=o]'-kärt, _n._ a wheeled apparatus for teaching children to walk.

GOD, god, _n._ the Supreme Being: the Creator and Preserver of the world: an object of worship, an idol: (_B._) a ruler:--_fem._ GOD'DESS: (_pl._) the occupants of the gallery of a theatre.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to deify.--_interj._ GOD'-A-MER'CY (_Shak._), probably a corruption of 'God have mercy!'--_ns._ GOD'CHILD; GOD'DAUGHTER; GOD'DESS-SHIP (_Byron_), state or quality of a goddess; GOD'FATHER, GOD'MOTHER, the persons who, at baptism, guarantee a child's religious education.--_adjs._ GOD'-FORSAK'EN, miserable, as if forsaken by God; GOD'-FEAR'ING, reverencing God.--_n._ GOD'HEAD, state of being a god: deity: divine nature--also rarely GOD'HOOD.--_adj._ GOD'LESS, living without God: impious: atheistical.--_adv._ GOD'LESSLY.--_n._ GOD'LESSNESS.--_adj._ GOD'LIKE, like God: divine.--_ns._ GODLI'NESS; GOD'LING (_Dryden_), a little god.--_adj._ GOD'LY, like God in character: pious: according to God's law.--_advs._ GOD'LY, GOD'LILY.--_ns._ GOD'LY-HEAD (_Spens._), goodness; GOD'SEND, an unexpected piece of good fortune; GOD'SHIP, the rank or character of a god: a divinity; GOD'-SMITH (_Dryden_), a maker of idols; GOD'SON; GOD'SPEED, a wish for good speed or success.--_adv._ GOD'WARD, toward God.--GOD'S ACRE, a burial-ground (imitated from Ger. _Gottesacker_); GOD'S TRUTH, an absolute truth--an emphatic asseveration.--HOUSEHOLD GODS, among the Romans, the special gods presiding over the family: anything bound up with home interests. [A.S. _god_; Ger. _gott_, Goth. _guth_, Dut. _god_; all from a Teut. root _gutha_, God, and quite distinct from _good_.]

GOD-DEN, a variant of _good-den_.

GODROON, go-dr[=oo]n', _n._ (_archit._) an inverted fluting or beading. [Fr. _godron_, a plait.]

GODWIT, god'wit, _n._ a genus of birds of the snipe family, with long bill and long slender legs, with a great part of the tibia bare. [Perh. from A.S. _gód_, good, _wiht_, creature.]

GOËL, g[=o]'[=a]l, _n._ the avenger of blood among the Hebrews, the nearest relative whose duty it was to hunt down the murderer. [Heb.]

GOER, g[=o]'[.e]r, _n._ one who, or that which, goes: a horse, considered in reference to his gait.

GOETY, g[=o]'[=e]-ti, _n._ black magic.--_adj._ GOET'IC. [Gr., _go[=e]s_, a sorcerer.]

GOFF, a variant of _golf_.

GOFFER, gof'[.e]r, _v.t._ to plait or crimp.--_n._ GOFF'ERING, plaits or ruffles, or the process of making them; indented tooling on the edge of a book. [O. Fr. _gauffrer_--_goffre_, a wafer.]

GOGGLE, gog'l, _v.i._ to strain or roll the eyes.--_adj._ rolling: staring: prominent.--_n._ a stare or affected rolling of the eye: (_pl._) spectacles with projecting eye-tubes: blinds for shying horses.--_adj._ GOGG'LE-EYED, having prominent, distorted, or rolling eyes. [Prob. related to Ir. and Gael. _gog_, to nod.]

GOGLET, gog'let, _n._ a water-cooler.

GOING, g[=o]'ing, _n._ the act of moving: departure: (_B._) course of life.--GOING FORTH (_B._), an outlet; GOINGS, or GOINGS OUT (_B._), utmost extremity: departures or journeys; GOINGS ON, behaviour.

GOITRE, GOITER, goi't[.e]r, _n._ a tumour on the forepart of the throat, being an enlargement of one of the glands (see CRETINISM).--_adjs._ GOI'TRED, GOI'TERED, affected with goitre; GOI'TROUS, pertaining to goitre. [Fr. _goître_--L. _guttur_, the throat.]

GOLD, g[=o]ld, _n._ one of the precious metals much used for coin: money: riches: anything very precious: yellow, gold colour.--_adj._ made of or like gold.--_ns._ GOLD'-BEAT'ER, one whose trade is to beat gold into gold-leaf; GOLD'-BEAT'ERS'-SKIN, the outer coat of the cæcum of the ox; GOLD'-BEAT'ING.--_adj._ GOLD'-BOUND (_Shak._), encompassed with gold.--_ns._ GOLD'-CLOTH, cloth woven with threads of gold; GOLD'-CREST, a golden-crested bird of genus _Regulus_; GOLD'-DIG'GER, one who digs for or mines gold, esp. a placer-miner; GOLD'-DUST, gold in dust or very fine particles, as it is sometimes found in rivers.--_adj._ GOLD'EN, made of gold: of the colour of gold: bright: most valuable: happy: highly favourable.--_v.t._ to become golden.--_ns._ GOLD'EN-AGE, an early period in history, a time of innocence and happiness; GOLD'EN-EYE, a species of oceanic ducks which breed in the Arctic regions, and are winter visitants of Britain.--_adj._ GOLD'EN-HILT'ED (_Tenn._), having a hilt made of, or mounted with, gold.--_adv._ GOLD'ENLY (_Tenn._), splendidly, delightfully.--_ns._ GOLD'EN-ROD, any herb of the genus _Solidago_, of the aster family; GOLD'-F[=E]'VER, a mania for seeking gold; GOLD'-FIELD, a region where gold is found; GOLD'FINCH, the most beautiful of English finches, with very handsome plumage, in which black, crimson-red, yellow, and white are, in the adult male, exquisitely mingled; GOLD'FISH, a Chinese and Japanese fresh-water fish, nearly allied to the carp--in its native waters it is brownish, but when domesticated becomes golden-yellow; GOLD'-FOIL, gold beaten into thin sheets, used by dentists; GOLD'ILOCKS, GOLD'YLOCKS, a common name for Ranunculus (q.v.); GOLD'-LACE, lace made of gold-thread; GOLD'-LEAF, gold beaten extremely thin, or into leaves; GOLD'-LIL'Y, the yellow lily; GOLD'-MINE, a mine from which gold is dug; GOLD'-PLATE, vessels and utensils of gold collectively; GOLD'SMITH, a worker in gold and silver; GOLD'SPINK (_Scot._), the goldfinch; GOLD'STICK, the colonel of a regiment of life-guards who attends the sovereign on state occasions--he receives a gold rod with his commission; GOLD'-THREAD, a ranunculaceous plant found from Denmark to Siberia, with evergreen leaves, resembling those of the strawberry: a thread formed of a strip of gold-leaf laid over a thread of silk; GOLD'-WASH'ER, one who obtains gold by washing it from sand and GRAVEL: a cradle or other implement for washing gold from auriferous dirt; GOLD'-WIRE, wire made of or covered with gold.--Golden beetle, the name popularly given to many members of the _Chrysomela_ genus of coleopterous insects, marked by their metallic splendour of colour; GOLDEN BULL (L. _bulla_ _aurea_), an edict issued by the Emperor Charles IV. in 1356, mainly for the purpose of settling the law of imperial elections; GOLDEN FLEECE, in Greek mythology, the fleece of the ram Chrysomallus, the recovery of which was the object of the famous expedition of the Argonauts--it gave its name to a celebrated order of knighthood in Austria and Spain, founded in 1429; GOLDEN HORDE, the Kipchaks, a Turkic people, whose empire was founded in central and southern Russia by Batu in the 13th century; GOLDEN LEGEND (L. _aurea legenda_), a celebrated medieval collection of lives of the greater saints, the work of Jacobus de Voragine (1230-98); GOLDEN NUMBER for any year, the number of that year in the Metonic Cycle, and as this cycle embraces nineteen years, the golden numbers range from one to nineteen; GOLDEN ROSE, a rose formed of wrought gold, and blessed by the Pope in person on the fourth Sunday in Lent, usually presented to some Catholic prince. [A.S. _gold_; Ice. _gull_, Ger. _gold_, Goth. _gulth_, Russ. _zlato_, Gr. _chrysos_.]

GOLF, golf, _n._ a game played with a club and ball, in which he who drives the ball into a series of small holes in the ground with fewest strokes is the winner.--_ns._ GOLF'ER; GOLF'ING. [Dut. _kolf_, a club; cf. Ger. _kolbe_, Ice. _kólfr_.]

GOLGOTHA, gol'go-tha, _n._ the scene of our Lord's crucifixion, near Jerusalem: a charnel-house. [Heb.]

GOLIARD, gol'yard, _n._ a medieval monk who amused his superiors at table by merry jests.--_n._ GOL'IARDERY.--_adj._ GOLIAR'DIC.--_n._ GOL'IAS, the title assumed by the authors of several medieval satirical poems--Walter Map makes 'Bishop Golias' the type of the ribald priest. [O. Fr.]

GOLIATH, g[=o]-l[=i]'ath, _n._ a giant.--_v.i._ to exaggerate extravagantly.--_n._ GOL[=I]'ATH-BEE'TLE, a genus of tropical beetles of very large size, the male sometimes measuring about four inches. [From _Goliath_, the Philistine giant in 1 Sam. xvii.]

GOLLAR, gol'ar, _v.i._ (prov.) to scold or speak loudly.

GOLOE-SHOES. See GALOSH.

GOLOMYNKA, g[=o]-l[=o]-ming'ka, _n._ a fish found only in Lake Baikal, resembling the gobies.

GOLOSH, go-losh', _n._ Same as GALOSH.

GOMARIST, g[=o]'mar-ist, _n._ a follower of Francis _Gomarus_ (1563-1641), a vehement opponent of the Arminians, who mainly through his influence were expelled from the Reformed Church at the Synod of Dort in 1618.

GOMBEENISM, gom-b[=e]n'izm, _n._ the practice of depending on money-lenders.--_n._ GOMBEEN'MAN, a grasping and usurious money-lender in Ireland.

GOMERIL, gom'[.e]r-il, _n._ (_Scot._) a stupid fellow.

GOMPHIASIS, gom-f[=i]'a-sis, _n._ looseness of the teeth, esp. the molars.--_n._ GOMPH[=O]'SIS, a kind of synarthrosis or immovable articulation, as of the teeth in the jaw. [Gr., _gomphios_, a tooth.]

GOMUTI, g[=o]-m[=oo]'ti, _n._ the sago-palm: the black fibre it yields.--Also GOMU'TO. [Malay.]

GONAD, gon'ad, _n._ (_biol._) a mass of undifferentiated generative tissue.

GONAGRA, gon'a-gra, _n._ gout in the knee.--_ns._ GONAL'GIA, any painful affection of the knee; GONARTHR[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the knee-joint. [Gr. _gony_, knee, _agra_, a taking, _algos_, pain.]

GONDOLA, gon'do-la, _n._ a long, narrow boat (averaging 30 feet by 4) used chiefly on the canals of Venice--(_Spens._) GON'DELAY.--_n._ GONDOLIER (gon'dol-[=e]r), one who rows a gondola. [It., a dim. of _gonda_--Gr. _kondy_--a drinking-vessel, said to be a Pers. word.]

GONE, gon, _pa.p._ of go, lost, passed beyond help: weak, faint, feeling a sinking sensation: wide of the mark, of an arrow: (_slang_) entirely given up to (with on).--_ns._ GONE'NESS, a sinking sensation; GON'ER (_slang_), one ruined beyond recovery.

GONFALON, gon'fa-lon, _n._ an ensign or standard with streamers--also GON'FANON.--_n._ GONFALONIER', one who bears a gonfalon: the chief magistrate in many Italian cities because of his bearing this flag. [O. Fr. _gonfanon_--Mid. High Ger. _gundfano_--_gund_, battle, _fano_ (Ger. _fahne_), a flag.]

GONG, gong, _n._ a Chinese instrument of percussion, made of a mixture of metals, and shaped into a basin-like form, flat and large, with a rim a few inches deep. [Malay.]

GONGORISM, gong'gor-izm, _n._ a florid, inverted, and pedantic style of writing, introduced by the Spanish poet Luis de _Góngora_ y Argote (1561-1627), some of whose distinctive features reappeared in Euphuism.

GONGYLUS, gon'ji-lus, _n._ a round deciduous body connected with the reproduction of certain seaweeds. [Gr., 'round.']

GONIATITES, g[=o]-ni-a-t[=i]'t[=e]z, _n._ a genus of fossil cephalopodous mollusca, kindred to the Ammonites. [Gr. _gonia_, an angle, _lithos_, a stone.]