Webster's Dictionary 1828

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GANCH

GANCH, verb transitive To drop from a high place on hooks, as the Turks do malefactors, by way of punishment.

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GANDER

GAN'DER, noun [Latin anser.] The male of fowls of the goose kind.

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GANG

GANG, verb intransitive To go; to walk. [Local, or used only in ludicrous language.]GANG, noun [G., a metallic vein, a streak in a mine.]1. Properly, a going; hence, a number of...

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GANGBOARD

GANG'BOARD, noun A board or plank with cleats for steps, used for walking into or out of a boat.

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GANGDAYS

GANG'DAYS, noun Days or perambulation.

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GANGHON

GANG'HON, noun A flower.

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GANGLION

GANG'LION, noun In anatomy, a small circumscribed tumor, found in certain parts of the nervous system.1. In surgery, a movable tumor formed on the tendons, generally about the w...

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GANGRENATE

GAN'GRENATE, verb transitive To produce a gangrene.

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GANGRENE

GAN'GRENE, noun [Latin gangroena.] A mortification of living flesh, or of some part of a living animal body. It is particularly applied to the first state of mortification, befo...

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GANGRENESCENT

GANGRENES'CENT, adjective Tending to mortification; beginning to corrupt or putrefy, as living flesh.

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GANGRENOUS

GAN'GRENOUS, adjective Mortified; indicating mortification of living flesh.

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GANGUE

GANGUE, noun gang. [See Gang.] In mining, the earthy, stony, saline, or combustible substance, which contains the ore of metals, or is only mingled with it without being chimica...

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GANGWAY

GANG'WAY, noun A passage, way or avenue into or out of any inclosed place, especially a passage into or out of a ship, or from one part of a ship to another; also, a narrow plat...

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GANGWEEK

GANG'WEEK, noun Rogation week, when processions are made to lustrate or survey the bounds of parishes.

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GANIL

GAN'IL, noun A kind of brittle limestone.

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GANNET

GAN'NET, noun The Solan Goose, a fowl of the genus Pelicanus, about seven pounds in weight, with a straight bill, six inches long, and palmated feet. These fowls frequent the is...

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GANT

GANT, adjectivegant Vacant; hollow; empty, as an animal after long fasting; hence, lean; meager; thin; slender.

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GANTLET

GANT'LETGANT'LOPE, noun A military punishment inflicted on criminals for some heinous offense. It is executed in this manner; soldiers are arranged in two rows, face to face, ea...

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GANZA

GAN'ZA, noun A kind of wold goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.

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GAOL

GAOL, noun A prison; a place for the confinement of debtors and criminals.GAOL, verb transitive To imprison; to confine in prison.

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GAOLDELIVERY

GAOLDELIV'ERY, noun A judicial process for clearing jails of criminals, by trial and condemnation or acquittal.

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GAOLER

GAOLER, noun The keeper of a gaol or prisoner; a jailor.

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GAP

GAP, noun [See Gape and Gab.]1. An opening in any thing made by breaking or parting; as a gap in a fence or wall.2. A breach.Manifold miseries ensued by the opening of that gap ...

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GAPE

G'APE, verb intransitive1. To open the mouth wide, from sleepiness, drowsiness or dullness; to yawn.2. To open the mouth for food, as young birds.3. To gape for or after, to des...

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GAPER

G'APER, noun One who gapes; a yawner.1. One who opens his mouth for wonder and stares foolishly.2. One who longs or craves.3. A fish with six or seven bands and tail undivided.

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GAPING

G'APING, participle present tense Opening the mouth wide from sleepiness, dullness, wonder or admiration; yawning; opening in fissures; craving.

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GAPTOOTHED

GAP'TOOTHED, adjective Having interstices between the teeth.