Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Gahnite

Gahn″ite (?), n. [Named after Gahn, a Swedish chemist.] (Min.) Zinc spinel; automolite.

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Gaidic

Ga‐id″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to hypogeic acid; — applied to an acid obtained from hypogeic acid.

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Gaiety

Gai″e‐ty (?), n. Same as Gayety.

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Gailer

Gail″er (?), n. A jailer. Chaucer.

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Gaillard

‖Gail′lard″ (?), a. [F. See Galliard.] Gay; brisk; merry; galliard. Chaucer.

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Gailliarde

‖Gail‐liarde″ (?), n. [See Galliard a dance.] A lively French and Italian dance.

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Gaily

Gai″ly (?), adv. [From Gay.] Merrily; showily. See gaily.

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Gain

Gain (gān), n. [Cf. W. gan a mortise.] (Arch.) A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the en...

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Gain (2)

Gain, a. [OE. gein, gain, good, near, quick; cf. Icel. gegn ready, serviceable, and gegn, adv., against, opposite. Cf. Ahain.] Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dextero...

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Gain (3)

Gain (gān), n. [OE. gain, gein, ga”hen, gain, advantage, Icel. gagn; akin to Sw. gagn, Dan. gavn, cf. Goth. gageigan to gain. The word was prob. influenced by F. gain gain, OF. ...

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Gain (4)

Gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gained (gānd); p. pr. & vb. n.Gaining.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F. gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG. weidinōn, weid...

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Gain (5)

Gain (?), v. i. To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains dai...

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Gainable

Gain″a‐ble (?), a. [CF. F. gagnable. See Gain, v. t.] Capable of being obtained or reached. Sherwood.

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Gainage

Gain″age (?, 48), n. [OF. gaignage pasturage, crop, F. gaignage pasturage. See Gain, v. t.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carryin...

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Gainer

Gain″er (?), n. One who gains. Shak.

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Gainful

Gain″ful (?), a. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. “A gainful speculation.” Macaulay. — Gain″ful‐ly, adv. — Gain″ful‐ness, n.

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Gaingiving

Gain″giv′ing (?), n. [See Again, and Give.] A misgiving.

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Gainless

Gain″less, a. Not producing gain; unprofitable. Hammond. — Gain″less/ness, n.

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Gainly

Gain″ly, adv. [See Gain, a.] Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously. Dr. H. More.

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Gainpain

Gain″pain′ (?), n. [F. gagner to gain + pain bread.] Bread-gainer; — a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.

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Gainsay

Gain′say″ (? or?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gainsaid (? or?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gainsaying.] [OE. geinseien, ageinseien. See Again, and Say to utter.] To contradict; to deny; to con...

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Gainsayer

Gain′say″er (?), n. One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. “To convince the gainsayers.” Tit. i. 9.

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Gainsborough hat

Gains″borough hat (?). A woman's broad-brimmed hat of a form thought to resemble those shown in portraits by Thomas Gainsborough, the English artist (1727-88).

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Gainsome

Gain″some (?), a. 1. Gainful.2. Prepossessing; well-favored. Massinger.

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Gainstand

Gain″stand′ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gainstood; p. pr. & vb. n.gainstanding.] [See Again, and Stand.] To withstand; to resist.Durst... gainstand the force of so many enraged desi...

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Gainstrive

Gain″strive′ (?), v. t. & i. [See Again, and Strive.] To strive or struggle against; to withstand. Spenser.

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Gairfowl

Gair″fowl′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Garefowl.