Webster's Dictionary 1913

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G

G (jē) 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...

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Gab

Gab (?), 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 (2)

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; chat...

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Gab (3)

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. Chaucer.2. To talk idly; to prate;...

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Gabarage

Gab″ar‐age (?), n. A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods.

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Gabardine

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 f...

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Gabber

Gab″ber (?), n. 1. A liar; a deceiver.2. One addicted to idle talk.

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Gabble

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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Gabble (2)

Gab″ble, n. 1. Loud or rapid talk without meaning.Forthwith a hideous gabble rises loudAmong the builders. Milton.2. Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls.

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Gabbler

Gab″bler (?), n. One who gabbles; a prater.

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Gabbro

Gab″bro (?), n.(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, ig...

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Gabel

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...

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Gabeler

Ga″bel‐er (?), n.(O. Eng. Law) A collector of gabels or taxes.

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Gabelle

‖Ga′belle″ (?), n. [F. See Gabel.] A tax, especially on salt. Brande & C.

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Gabelleman

Ga‐belle″man (?), n. A gabeler. Carlyle.

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Gaber-lunzie

Gab″er–lun′zie (?), n. [Gael. gabair talker + lunndair idler.] A beggar with a wallet; a licensed beggar. Sir W. Scott.

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Gaberdine (2)

Gab′er‐dine″ (?), n. See Gabardine.

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Gabert

Gab″ert (?), n. [Cf.F. gabare, Arm. kobar, gobar.] A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation. Jamieson.

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Gabion

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. ...

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Gabionade

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.2. A structure of gabions su...

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Gabionage

Ga″bi‐on‐age (?), n. [F. gabionnage.] (Mil.) The part of a fortification built of gabions.

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Gabioned

Ga″bi‐oned (?), p. a. Furnished with gabions.

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Gabionnade

‖Ga′bion′nade″ (?), n. See Gabionade.

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Gable

Ga″ble (?), n. A cable. Chapman.

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Gable (2)

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;...

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Gablet

Ga″blet (?), n.(Arch.) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc.

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Gablock

Gab″lock (?), n. [See Gavelock.] A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock. Wright.