Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Gowan

Gow″an (?), n. [Scot., fr. Gael. gugan bud, flower, daisy.] 1. The daisy, or mountain daisy.And pu'd the gowans fine. Burns.2. (Min.) Decomposed granite.

2324

Gowany

Gow″an‐y (?), a. Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies.Sweeter than gowany glens or new-mown hay. Ramsay.

2325

Gowd

Gowd (?), n. [Cf. Gold.] Gold; wealth.The man's the gowd for a' that. Burns.

2326

Gowden

Gowd″en (?), a. Golden.

2327

Gowdie

Gow″die (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Dragont.

2328

Gowdnook

Gowd″nook″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The saury pike; — called also gofnick.

2329

Gowk

Gowk (?), v. t. [See Gawk.] To make a, booby of one); to stupefy. B. Jonson.

2330

Gowk (2)

Gowk, n. [See Gawk.] (Zoöl.) 1. The European cuckoo; — called also gawky.2. A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.

2331

Gowl

Gowl (?), v. i. [OE. gaulen, goulen. Cf. Yawl, v. i.] To howl. Wyclif.

2332

Gown

Gown (?), n. [OE. goune, prob. from W. gwn gown, loose robe, akin to Ir. gunn, Gael. gùn; cf. OF. gone, prob. of the same origin.] 1. A loose, flowing upper garment; especially:...

2333

Gowned

Gowned (?), p. a. Dressed in a gown; clad.Gowned in pure white, that fitted to the shape. Tennyson.

2334

Gownsman

Gowns″man (?), Gown″man (�), n.; pl.-men (–men). One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civi...

2335

Gozzard

Goz″zard (?), n. See Gosherd.

2336

Graafian

Graaf″i‐an (?), a.(Anat.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch physician.Graafian follicles or vesicles, small cavities in which the ova are developed in t...

2337

Graal

Graal (grāl), n. See Grail, a dish.

2338

Grab

Grab (grăb), n. [Ar. & Hind. ghurāb crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship.] (Naut.) A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

2339

Grab (2)

Grab (grăb), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Grabbed (grăbd); p. pr. & vb. n.Grabbing.] [Akin to Sw. grabba to grasp. Cf. Grabble, Grapple, Grasp.] To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatc...

2340

Grab (3)

Grab, n. 1. A sudden grasp or seizure.2. An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; — specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from a...

2341

Grabber

Grab″ber (?), n. One who seizes or grabs.

2342

Grabble

Grab″ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Grabbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Grabbling (�).] [Freq. of grab; cf. D. grabbelen.] 1. To grope; to feel with the hands.He puts his hands into his p...

2343

Grace

Grace (?), n. [F. grâce, L. gratia, from gratus beloved, dear, agreeable; perh. akin to Gr. � to rejoice, � favor, grace, Skr. hary to desire, and E. yearn. Cf. Grateful, Gratis...

2344

Grace (2)

Grace (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Graced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gracing (?).] 1. To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.Great Jove and Phoebus graced his noble line. Pope.We a...

2345

Graced

Graced (?), a. Endowed with grace; beautiful; full of graces; honorable. Shak.

2346

Graceful

Grace″ful (?), a. Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.High o'er the ...

2347

Graceless

Grace″less, a. 1. Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt. “In a graceless age.” Milton.2. Unfortunate. Cf. Grace, ...

2348

Gracile

{ Grac″ile (?), Grac″il‐lent (?) } a. [L. gracilis, gracilentus.] Slender; thin. Bailey.

2349

Gracility

Gra‐cil″i‐ty (?), n. [L. gracilitas; cf. F. gracilité.] State of being gracilent; slenderness. Milman. “Youthful gracility.” W. D. Howells.