Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Gairish

Gair″ish (?), a., Gair″ish‐ly, adv., Gair″ish/ness, n. Same as Garish, Garishly, Garishness.

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Gait

Gait (?), n. [See Gate a way.] 1. A going; a walk; a march; a way.Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks pass. Shak.2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carria...

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Gaited

Gait″ed (?), a. Having (such) a gait; — used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited.

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Gaiter

Gait″er (?), n. [F. guêtre, cf. Armor. gweltren; or perh. of German origin, and akin to E. wear, v.] 1. A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole...

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Gaiter (2)

Gai″ter (?), v. t. To dress with gaiters.

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Gaitre

Gai″tre, Gay″tre (�), n. [OE. Cf. Gatten tree.] The dogwood tree. Chaucer.

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Gala

Ga″la (?), n. [F. gala show, pomp, fr. It. gala finery, gala; of German origin. See Gallant.] Pomp, show, or festivity. Macaulay.Gala day, a day of mirth and festivity; a holiday.

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Galacta-gogue

Ga‐lac″ta–gogue (?), n.(Med.) An agent exciting secretion of milk.

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Galactic

Ga‐lac″tic (?), a. [Gr. � milky, fr. �, �, milk. See Galaxy, and cf. Lactic.] 1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid.2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or ...

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Galactin

Ga‐lac″tin (?), n. [Gr. �, �, milk. Cf. Lactin.] (Chem.) (a) An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone,...

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Galactodensimeter

Ga‐lac′to‐den‐sim″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. �, � + E. densimeter.] Same as Galactometer.

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Galactometer

Gal′ac‐tom″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. �, �, milk + -meter: cf. F. galactomètre. Cf. Lactometer.] An instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk (i.e., its richness in cream) by dete...

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Galactophagist

Gal′ac‐toph″a‐gist (?), n. One who eats, or subsists on, milk.

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Galactophagous

Gal′ac‐toph″a‐gous (?), a. [Gr. �: cf. F. galactophade.] Feeding on milk.

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Galactophorous

Gal′ac‐toph″o‐rous (?), a. [Gr. �; �, �, milk + � to bear: cf. F. galactophore. Cf. Lactiferous.] (Anat.) Milk-carrying; lactiferous; — applied to the ducts of mammary glands.

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Galactopoietic

Ga‐lac′to‐poi‐et″ic (?), a.(Med.) Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing. — n. A galactopoietic substance.

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Galactose

Ga‐lac″tose (?), n.(Chem.) A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it...

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Galage

Ga‐lage″ (?), n.(Obs.) See Galoche. Spenser.

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Galago

Ga‐la″go (?), n.; pl.Galagos (#). (Zoöl.) A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species.☞ The grand galago (Galago crassicaudata) is about the size of a cat; the mouse g...

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Galanga

{ Ga‐lan″ga (?), Ga‐lan″gal (?) }, n. [OE. galingale, OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob. fr. Ar. khalanj�n.] The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of ce...

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Galantine

Gal″an‐tine (? or?), n. [F. galantine.] A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold. Smart.

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Galapee tree

Gal″a‐pee′ tree″ (?), (Bot.) The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves.

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Galatea

Gal′a‐te″a (?), n. [After Galatea, a British man-of-war, the material being used for children's sailor suits.] A kind of striped cotton fabric, usually of superior quality and s...

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Galatian

Ga‐la″tian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. — A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.

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Galaxy

Gal″ax‐y (?), n.; pl.Galaxies (#). [F. galaxie, L. galaxias, fr. Gr. � (sc. � circle), fr. �, �, milk; akin to L. lac. Cf. Lacteal.]1. (Astron.) The Milky Way; that luminous tra...

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Galban

{ Gal″ban, Gal″ba‐num (?), } n. [L. galbanum, Gr. �, prob. from Heb. klekb'n�h: cf. F. galbanum.] A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mos...

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Galbe

‖Galbe (?), n. [F.; OF. garbe, fr. It. garbo grace, gracefulness. See Garb dress.] (Art) The general outward form of any solid object, as of a column or a vase.