Webster's Dictionary 1828

1702

GUM-SENEGAL

GUM-SEN'EGAL, noun A gum resembling gum-arabic, brought from the country of the river Senegal in Africa.

1703

GUM-TRAGACANTH

GUM-TRAG'ACANTH, noun The gum of a thorny shrub of that name, in Crete, Asia and Greece.

1704

GUMLAC

GUM'LAC, noun The produce of an insect which deposits its eggs on the branches of a tree called bihar, in Assam, a country bordering on Tibet, and elsewhere in Asia. [See Lac.]

1705

GUMMINESS

GUM'MINESS, noun The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.1. Accumulation of gum.

1706

GUMMOSITY

GUMMOS'ITY, noun The nature of gum; gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality.

1707

GUMMOUS

GUM'MOUS, adjective Of the nature or quality of gum; viscous; adhesive.

1708

GUMMY

GUM'MY, adjective Consisting of gum; of the nature of gum; viscous; adhesive.1. Productive of gum.2. Covered with gum or viscous matter.

1709

GUMP

GUMP, noun A foolish person; a dolt. [Vulgar.]

1710

GUMPTION

GUMP'TION, noun Care; skill; understanding. [Vulgar.]

1711

GUN

GUN, noun An instrument consisting of a barrel or tube of iron or other metal fixed in a stock, from which balls, shot or other deadly weapons are discharged by the explosion of...

1712

GUN-CARRIAGE

GUN'-CARRIAGE, noun A wheel carriage for bearing and moving cannon.

1713

GUNBOAT

GUN'BOAT, noun A boat or small vessel fitted to carry a gun or two at the bow.

1714

GUNNEL

GUN'NEL. [See Gunwale.]

1715

GUNNER

GUN'NER, noun One skilled in the use of guns; a cannoneer; an officer appointed to manage artillery. The gunner of a ship of war has the charge of the ammunition and artillery, ...

1716

GUNNERY

GUN'NERY, noun The act of charging, directing and firing guns, as cannon, mortars and the like. gunnery is founded on the science of projectiles.

1717

GUNNING

GUN'NING, noun The act of hunting or shooting game with a gun.

1718

GUNPOWDER

GUN'POWDER, noun A composition of saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal, mixed and reduced to a fine powder, then granulated and dried. It is used in artillery, in shooting game, in b...

1719

GUNROOM

GUN'ROOM, noun In ships, an apartment on the after end of the lower gun-deck, occupied by the gunner, or by the lieutenants as a mess-room.

1720

GUNSHOT

GUN'SHOT, noun The distance of the point blank range of a cannon-shot.GUN'SHOT, adjective Made by the shot of a gun; as a gunshot wound.

1721

GUNSMITH

GUN'SMITH, noun A maker of small arms; one whose occupation is to make or repair small fire-arms.

1722

GUNSMITHERY

GUN'SMITHERY, noun The business of a gunsmith; the art of making small firearms.

1723

GUNSTICK

GUN'STICK, noun A rammer, or ramrod; a stick or rod to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.

1724

GUNSTOCK

GUN'STOCK, noun The stock or wood in which the barrel of a gun is fixed.

1725

GUNSTONE

GUN'STONE, noun A stone used for the shot of cannon. Before the invention of iron balls, stones were used for shot.

1726

GUNTACKLE

GUN'TACKLE, noun The tackle used on board of ships to run the guns out of the ports, and to secure them at sea. The tackles are pulleys affixed to the sides of a gun-carriage.

1727

GUNWALE

GUN'WALEGUN'NEL, noun The upper edge of a ship's side; the uppermost wale of a ship, or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the fore-castl...

1728

GURGE

GURGE, noun [Latin gurges.] A whirlpool. [Little used.]GURGE, verb transitive To swallow. [Not in use.]