Webster's Dictionary 1828

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GASTRORAPHY

GASTROR'APHY, noun [Gr. belly, and a sewing or suture.]The operation of sewing of wounds of the abdomen.

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GASTROTOMY

GASTROT'OMY, noun [Gr. belly, and to cut.]The operation of cutting into or opening the abdomen.

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GAT

GAT, preterit tense of get.

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GAT-TOOTHED

GAT-TOOTHED, adjective Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth.

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GATE

GATE, noun1. A large door which gives entrance into a walled city, a castle, a temple, palace or other large edifice. It differs from door chiefly in being larger. gate signifie...

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GATED

GA'TED, adjective Having gates.

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GATEVEIN

GA'TEVEIN, noun The vena portae, a large vein which conveys the blood from the abdominal viscera into the liver.

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GATEWAY

GA'TEWAY, noun A way through the gate of some inclosure.1. A building to be passed at the entrance of the area before a mansion.

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GATHER

GATH'ER, verb transitive1. To bring together; to collect a number of separate things into one place or into one aggregate body.Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a he...

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GATHERABLE

GATH'ERABLE, adjective That may be collected; that may be deduced. [Unusual.]

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GATHERED

GATH'ERED, participle passive Collected; assembled; contracted; plaited; drawn by inference.

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GATHERER

GATH'ERER, noun One who gathers or collects; one who gets in a crop.

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GATHERING

GATH'ERING, participle present tense Collecting; assembling; drawing together; plaiting; wrinkling.GATH'ERING, noun The act of collecting or assembling.1. Collection; a crowd; a...

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GATHERS

GATH'ERS, noun Plaits; folds; puckers; wrinkles in cloth.

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GATTERTREE

GAT'TERTREE, noun A species of Cornus or Cornelian cherry.

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GAUD

GAUD, verb intransitive [Latin gaudeo, to rejoice.] To exult; to rejoice.GAUD, noun [Latin gaudium.] An ornament; something worn for adorning the person; a fine thing.

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GAUDED

GAUD'ED, adjective Adorned with trinkets; colored.

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GAUDERY

GAUD'ERY, noun Finery; fine things; ornaments.

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GAUDILY

GAUD'ILY, adverb Showily; with ostentation of fine dress.

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GAUDINESS

GAUD'INESS, noun Showiness; tinsel appearance; ostentatious finery.

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GAUDY

GAUD'Y, adjective Showy; splendid; gay.A goldfinch there I saw, with gaudy prideOf painted plumes--1. Ostentatiously fine; gay beyond the simplicity of nature or good taste.Cost...

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GAUGE

GAUGE, verb transitive gage.1. To measure or to ascertain the contents of a cask or vessel, as a pipe, puncheon, hogshead, barrel, tierce or keg.2. To measure in respect to prop...

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GAUGED

GA'UGED, participle passive Measured.

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GAUGER

GA'UGER, noun One who gauges; an officer whose business is to ascertain the contents of casks.

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GAUGING

GA'UGING, participle present tense Measuring a cask; ascertaining dimensions or proportions of quantity.GA'UGING, noun The art of measuring the contents or capacities of vessels...

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GAUGING-ROD

GA'UGING-ROD, noun An instrument to be used in measuring the contents of casks or vessels.

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GAUL

GAUL, noun [Latin Gallia.] A name of ancient France; also, an inhabitant of gaul