Webster's Dictionary 1913

649

Gaudy (2)

Gaud″y, n.; pl.Gaudies (#) [See Gaud, n.] One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. Gower.

650

Gaudy (3)

Gaud″y, n. A feast or festival; — called also gaud-day and gaudy day. Conybeare.

651

Gaudygreen

Gaud″y‐green′ (?), a. or n. [OE. gaude grene.] Light green. Chaucer. Spenser.

652

Gauffer

Gauf″fer (?), v. t. [F. gaufrer to figure cloth, velvet, and other stuffs, fr. gaufre honeycomb, waffle; of German origin. See Waffle, Wafer, and cf. Goffer, Gopher an animal.] ...

653

Gauffering

Gauf″fer‐ing (?), n. A mode of plaiting or fluting.Gauffering iron, a kind of fluting iron for fabrics. — Gauffering press(Flower Manuf.), a press for crimping the leaves and pe...

654

Gauffre

‖Gauf″fre (?), n. [See Gopher.] (Zoöl.) A gopher, esp. the pocket gopher.

655

Gauge

Gauge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gauged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gauging (?)] [OF. gaugier, F. jauger, cf. OF. gauge gauge, measuring rod, F. jauge; of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an as...

656

Gauge (2)

Gauge, n. [Written also gage.] 1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.This plate must be a gauge to file y...

657

Gaugeable

Gauge″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being gauged.

658

Gauged

Gauged (?), p. a. Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge.Gauged brick, brick molded, rubbed, or cut to an exact size and shape, for arches or ornamental work. — Gauged ...

659

Gauger

Gau″ger (?), n. One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.

660

Gauger-ship

Gau″ger–ship, n. The office of a gauger.

661

Gauging rod

Gau″ging rod′. See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n.

662

Gaul

Gaul (?), n. [F. Gaule, fr. L. Gallia, fr. Gallus a Gaul.] 1. The Anglicized form of Gallia, which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cis...

663

Gaulish

Gaul″ish (?), a. Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic.

664

Gault

Gault (?), n. [Cf. Norw. gald hard ground, Icel. gald hard snow.] (Geol.) A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the...

665

Gaultheria

‖Gaul‐the″ri‐a (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and ...

666

Gaunt

Gaunt (?), a. [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak.] Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim. “The gaunt ...

667

Gauntlet

Gaunt″let (?), n.(Mil.) See Gantlet.

668

Gauntlet (2)

Gaunt″let (?), n. [F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus, of Teutonic origin; cf. D. want, Sw. & Dan. vante, Icel. vöttr, for vantr.] 1. A glove of such material that it d...

669

Gauntletted

Gaunt″lett‐ed, a. Wearing a gauntlet.

670

Gauntly

Gaunt″ly, adv. In a gaunt manner; meagerly.

671

Gauntree

{ Gaun″tree (?), Gaun″try (?), } n. [F. chantier, LL. cantarium, fr. L. canterius trellis, sort of frame.] 1. A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere. Sir W. Sco...

672

Gaur

‖Gaur (ga̤r or gour), n.(Zoöl.) An East Indian species of wild cattle (Bibos gauris), of large size and an untamable disposition. [Spelt also gour.]

673

Gaure

Gaure (ga̤r), v. i. To gaze; to stare. Chaucer.

674

Gauss

Gauss (gous), n. [So named after Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician.] (Elec.) The C.G.S. unit of density of magnetic field, equal to a field of one line of force per square c...

675

Gaussage

‖Gauss″age (?), n.(Elec.) The intensity of a magnetic field expressed in C.G.S. units, or gausses.