Webster's Dictionary 1913

3349

Gunny

Gun″ny (?), n., Gun″ny cloth′ (�). [Hind. gon, gon�,, a sack, sacking.] A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus...

3350

Gunocracy

Gu‐noc″ra‐cy (?), n. See Gyneocracy.

3351

Gunpowder

Gun″pow′der (?), n.(Chem.) A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasti...

3352

Gunreach

Gun″reach′ (?), n. The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot.

3353

Gunroom

Gun″room′ (�), n.(Naut.) An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; —...

3354

Gunshot

Gun″shot′ (?), n. 1. Act of firing a gun; a shot.2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.Those who are come ov...

3355

Gunshot (2)

Gun″shot′, a. Made by the shot of a gun; as, a gunshot wound.

3356

Gunsmith

Gun″smith (?), n. One whose occupation is to make or repair small firearms; an armorer.

3357

Gunsmithery

{ Gun″smith′er‐y (?), Gun″smith′ ing, } n. The art or business of a gunsmith.

3358

Gunster

Gun″ster (gŭn″stẽr), n. A gunner. Tatler.

3359

Gunstick

Gun″stick (?), n. A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod.

3360

Gunstock

Gun″stock′ (?), n. The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened.

3361

Gunstone

Gun″stone′ (?), n. A cannon ball; — so called because originally made of stone. Shak.

3362

Gunter rig

Gun″ter rig′ (?). (Naut.) A topmast arranged with metal bands so that it will readily slide up and down the lower mast.

3363

Gunter's chain

Gun″ter's chain′ (?). (Surveying) The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale.

3364

Gunter's line

Gun″ter's line′ (?). A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; — called also line of lin...

3365

Gunter's quadrant

Gun″ter's quad′rant (?). A thin quadrant, made of brass, wood, etc., showing a stereographic projection on the plane of the equator. By it are found the hour of the day, the sun...

3366

Gunter's scale

Gun″ter's scale′ (?). A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's...

3367

Gunwale

Gun″wale (?), n. [Gun + wale. So named because the upper guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not inclu...

3368

Gurge

Gurge (gûrj), n. [L. gurges.] A whirlpool.The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurgeBoils out from under ground. Milton.

3369

Gurge (2)

Gurge, v. t. [See Gorge.] To swallow up.

3370

Gurgeons (2)

Gur″geons (?), n. pl. See Grudgeons.

3371

Gurgle

Gur″gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Gurgled (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Gurgling (?).] [Cf. It. gorgogliare to gargle, bubble up, fr. L. gurgulio gullet. Cf. Gargle, Gorge.] To run or flow i...

3372

Gurgle (2)

Gur″gle, n. The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. “Tinkling gurgles.” W. Thompson.

3373

Gurglet

Gur″glet (?), n. [See Goglet.] A porous earthen jar for cooling water by evaporation.

3374

Gurglingly

Gur″gling‐ly′ (?), adv. In a gurgling manner.

3375

Gurgoyle

Gur″goyle (?), n. See Gargoyle.