Webster's Dictionary 1828

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GIANTESS

GI'ANTESS, noun A female giant; a female of extraordinary size and stature.

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GIANTIZE

GI'ANTIZE, verb intransitive To play the giant.

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GIANTLIKE

GI'ANTLIKEGI'ANTLY, adjective Of unusual size; resembling a giant in bulk or stature; gigantic; huge.[Giantly is not much used.]

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GIANTLY

GI'ANTLY, a. Of unusual size; resembling a giant in bulk or stature; gigantic; huge.[Giantly is not much used.]

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GIANTRY

GI'ANTRY, noun The race of giants. [Little used.]

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GIANTSHIP

GI'ANTSHIP, noun The state, quality or character of a giant.His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen.

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GIB

GIB, noun A cat. [Not in use.]GIB, verb intransitive To act like a cat. [Not in use.]

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GIBBE

GIBBE, noun An old worn-out animal. [Not used.]

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GIBBER

GIB'BER, verb intransitive [See Gabble. It is probably allied to gabble, and to jabber.] To speak rapidly and inarticulately. [Not used.]

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GIBBERISH

GIB'BERISH, noun [from gibber.] Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words.GIB'BERISH, adjective Unmeaning, as words.

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GIBBET

GIB'BET, noun A gallows; a post or machine in form of a gallows, on which notorious malefactors are hanged in chains, and on which their bodies are suffered to remain, as specta...

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GIBBETED

GIB'BETED, participle passive Hanged and exposed on a gibbet.

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GIBBETING

GIB'BETING, participle present tense Hanging and exposing on a gibbet.

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GIBBIER

GIB'BIER, noun Wild fowl; game. [Not used.]

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GIBBOSITY

GIBBOS'ITY, noun [Latin gibbosus. See Gibbous.]Protuberance; a round or swelling prominence; convexity.

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GIBBOUS

GIB'BOUS, adjective [Latin gibbus; Gr. to bend.]1. Swelling; protuberant; convex. The moon is gibbous between the quarters and the full moon; the enlightened part being then con...

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GIBBOUSLY

GIB'BOUSLY, adverb In a gibbous or protuberant form.

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GIBBOUSNESS

GIB'BOUSNESS, noun Protuberance; a round prominence; convexity. [This word is preferable to gibbosity.]

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GIBBSITE

GIBBS'ITE, noun A mineral found at Richmond, in Massachusetts, and named in honor of George Gibbs, Esq. It occurs in irregular stalactical masses, which present an aggregation o...

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GIBCAT

GIB'CAT, noun A he-cat, or an old worn-out cat.

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GIBE

GIBE, verb intransitive To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail at; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.Fleer and gibe and laugh and fl...

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GIBELINE

GIB'ELINE, noun The Gibelines were a faction in Italy, that opposed another faction called Guelfs, in the 13th century.

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GIBER

GI'BER, noun One who utters reproachful, censorious and contemptuous expressions, or who casts cutting, sarcastic reflections; one who derides; a scoffer.

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GIBING

GI'BING, participle present tense Uttering reproachful, contemptuous and censorious words; scoffing.

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GIBINGLY

GI'BINGLY, adverb With censorious, sarcastic and contemptuous expressions; scornfully.

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GIBLETS

GIB'LETS, noun The entrails of a goose or other fowl, as the heart, liver, gizzard, etc.; a considerable article in cookery; as, to boil or stew giblets It is used only in the p...

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GIBSTAFF

GIB'STAFF, noun A staff to gauge water or to push a boat; formerly, a staff used in fighting beasts on the stage.