Webster's Dictionary 1913

1405

Girtline

Girt″line′ (?), n.(Naut.) A gantline.Hammock girtline, a line rigged for hanging out hammocks to dry.

1406

Gisarm

Gis‐arm″ (jĭs‐ärm″), n. [OF. gisarme, guisarme.] (Mediæval Armor) A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by fo...

1407

Gise

Gise (jīz), v. t. [See Agist.] To feed or pasture.

1408

Gise (2)

Gise (gīz), n. Guise; manner. Chaucer.

1409

Gisle

Gis″le (gĭz″'l), n. [AS. gīsel; akin to G. geisel, Icel. gīsl.] A pledge. Bp. Gibson.

1410

Gismondine

{ Gis‐mon″dine (jĭs‐mŏn″dĭn), Gis‐mon″dite (jĭs‐mŏn″dīt), } n. [From the name of the discoverer, Gismondi.] (Min.) A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first...

1411

Gist

Gist (jĭst), n. [OF. giste abode, lodgings, F. gîte, fr. gésir to lie, L. jacēre, prop., to be thrown, hence, to lie, fr. jacĕre to throw. In the second sense fr. OF. gist, F. g...

1412

Git

Git (gĭt), n.(Founding) See Geat.

1413

Gitana

{ ‖Gi‐ta″na (?), n. fem.; ‖Gi‐ta″no (?), n. masc. } [Sp., fr. (assumed) LL. Aegyptanus, fem. Aegyptana, Egyptian. Cf. Gypsy.] A Spanish gypsy.

1414

Gite

Gite (jīt), n. A gown.She came often in a gite of red. Chaucer.

1415

Gith

Gith (?), n. [Prov. E., corn cockle; cf. W. gith corn cockle.] (Bot.) The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower.

1416

Gittern

Git″tern (?), n. [OE. giterne, OF. guiterne, ultimately from same source as E. guitar. See Guitar, and cf. Cittern.] An instrument like a guitar. “Harps, lutes, and giternes.” C...

1417

Gittern (2)

Git″tern, v. i. To play on gittern. Milton.

1418

Gittith

Git″tith (?), n. A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David. It is mentioned in the title...

1419

Giust

Giust (jṳst), n. Same as Joust. Spenser.

1420

Giusto

‖Gius″to (?), a. [It., fr. L. justus. See Just, a.] (Mus.) In just, correct, or suitable time.

1421

Give

Give (gĭv), v. t. [imp.Gave (gāv); p. p.Given (gĭv″'n); p. pr. & vb. n.Giving.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. geðan, OHG. geban, G. geben, I...

1422

Give (2)

Give (?), v. i. 1. To give a gift or gifts.2. To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.3. To become soft or moist. Bacon...

1423

Give (3)

Give (?), v. t. To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.

1424

Given

Giv″en (?), p. p. & a. from Give, v.1. (Math. & Logic) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.2. Disposed; inclined; — used ...

1425

Giver

Giv″er (?), n. One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of the Christian. Kollock.

1426

Gives

Gives (?), n. pl. [See Give, n.] Fetters.

1427

Giving

Giv″ing (?), n. 1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.2. A gift; a benefaction. Pope.3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. “Upon the first givin...

1428

Gizzard

Giz″zard (?), n. [F. gésier, L. gigeria, pl., the cooked entrails of poultry. Cf. Gigerium.]1. (Anat.) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crush...

1429

Glabella

‖Gla‐bel″la (?), n.; pl.Glabell� (#). [NL., fr. L. glabellus hairless, fr. glaber bald.] (Anat.) The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the fro...

1430

Glabellum

‖Gla‐bel″lum (?), n.; pl.Glabella (#). [NL. See Glabella.] (Zoöl.) The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. See Trilobite.

1431

Glabrate

Gla″brate (?), a. [L. glabrare, fr. glaber smooth.] (Bot.) Becoming smooth or glabrous from age. Gray.