Webster's Dictionary 1828

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GIRTH

GIRTH, noun The band or strap by which a saddle or any burden on a horse's back is made fast, by passing under his belly.1. A circular bandage.2. The compass measured by a firth...

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GISE

GISE, verb transitive To feed or pasture. [See Agist.]

651

GISLE

GIS'LE, noun A pledge. [Not in use.]

652

GIST

GIST, noun In law, the main point of a question; the point on which an action rests.

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GITH

GITH, noun Guinea pepper.

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GITTERN

GIT'TERN, noun [Latin cithara.] A guitar. [See Guitar.]GIT'TERN, verb intransitive To play on a gittern

655

GIVE

GIVE, verb transitivepreterit tense gave; participle passive given. [Heb. to give The sense of give is generally to pass, or to transfer, that is, to send or throw.]1. To bestow...

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GIVEN

GIV'EN, participle passive giv'n. Bestowed; granted; conferred; imparted; admitted or supposed.

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GIVER

GIV'ER, noun One who gives a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.It is the giver and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of the christian.

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GIVES

GIVES, nounplural Fetters or shackles for the feet. [See Gyves.]

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GIVING

GIV'ING, participle present tense Bestowing; conferring; imparting; granting; delivering.GIV'ING, noun The act of conferring.1. An alleging of what is not real.

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GIZZARD

GIZ'ZARD, noun The strong musculus stomach of a fowl.To fret the gizzard to harass; to vex one's self, or to be vexed.

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GLABRIATE

GLA'BRIATE, verb transitive [Latin glabro.] To make smooth. [Not used.]

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GLABRITY

GLA'BRITY, noun Smoothness. [Not used.]

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GLABROUS

GLA'BROUS, adjective [Latin glaber, allied to Eng. glib.Smooth; having an even surface.

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GLACIAL

GLA'CIAL, adjective [Latin glacialis, from glacies, ice.]Icy; consisting of ice; frozen.

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GLACIATE

GLA'CIATE, verb intransitive To turn to ice.

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GLACIATION

GLACIA'TION, noun [supra.] The act of freezing; ice formed.

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GLACIER

GLA'CIER, noun A field or immense mass of ice, formed in deep but elevated valleys, or on the sides of the Alps or other mountains. These masses of ice extend many miles in leng...

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GLACIOUS

GLA'CIOUS, adjective Like ice; icy.

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GLACIS

GLA'CIS, noun In building, or gardening, an easy, insensible slope.1. In fortification, a sloping bank; that mass of earth which serves as a parapet to the covered way, having a...

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GLAD

GLAD, adjective [Latin loetus, without a prefix.]1. Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.A wise son maketh a glad father. Proverbs 10:1.It is usuall...

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GLADDEN

GLAD'DEN, verb transitive glad'n. To make glad; to cheer; to please; to exhilarate. The news of peace gladdens our hearts.Churches will every where gladden his eye,and hymns of ...

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GLADDER

GLAD'DER, noun One that makes glad, or gives joy.

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GLADDING

GLAD'DING, participle present tense Making glad; cheering; giving joy.

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GLADE

GLADE, noun An opening or passage made through a wood by lopping off the branches of the trees. Locally, in the U. States, a natural opening or open place in a forest.There inte...

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GLADEN

GLA'DENGLA'DER, noun [Latin glaldius, a sword.] Swordgrass; the general name of plants that rise with a broad blade like sedge.