GIDDILY
GID'DILY, adverb [See Giddy.] With the head seeming to turn or reel.1. Inconstantly; unsteadily; with various turnings; as, to roam about giddily2. Carelessly; heedlessly; negli...
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GIDDINESS
GID'DINESS, noun The state of being giddy or vertiginous; vertigo; a sensation of reeling or whirling, when the body loses the power of preserving its balance or a steady attitu...
GIDDY
GID'DY, adjective Vertiginous; reeling; whirling; having in the head a sensation of a circular motion or swimming; or having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body...
GIDDY-BRAINED
GID'DY-BRAINED, adjective Careless; thoughtless; unsteady.
GIDDY-HEAD
GID'DY-HEAD, noun A person without thought or judgment.
GIDDY-HEADED
GID'DY-HEADED, adjective Heedless; unsteady; volatile; incautious.
GIDDY-PACED
GID'DY-PACED, adjective Moving irregularly.
GIE
GIE, a contraction of guide. [Not in use.]
GIER-EAGLE
GIE'R-EAGLE, noun A fowl of the eagle kind, mentioned in Leviticus 2:1.
GIESECKITE
GIE'SECKITE, noun A mineral of a rhomboidal form and compact texture, of a gray or brown color, and nearly as hard as calcarious spar.
GIF
GIF, verb transitive The old but true spelling of if.
GIFT
GIFT, noun [from give.] A present; any thing given or bestowed; any thing, the property of which is voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a dona...
GIFTED
GIFT'ED, participle passive or adjective Endowed by nature with any power or faculty; furnished with any particular talent.
GIFTEDNESS
GIFT'EDNESS, noun The state of being gifted.
GIFTING
GIFT'ING, participle present tense Endowing with any power or faculty.
GIG
GIG, verb transitive [Latin gigno.] To engender. [Not in use.]1. To fish with a gig or fishgig.GIG, noun1. Any little thing that is whirled round in play.2. A light carriage wit...
GIGANTEAN
GIGANTE'AN, adjective [Latin giganteus. See Giant.] Like a giant; mighty.
GIGANTIC
GIGAN'TIC, adjective [Latin giganticus.] Of extraordinary size; very large; huge; like a giant. A man of gigantic stature.1. Enormous; very great or mighty; as gigantic deeds; g...
GIGANTOLOGY
GIGANTOL'OGY, noun [Gr. a giant, and discourse.] An account or description of giants.
GIGGLE
GIG'GLE, noun A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath.GIG'GLE, verb intransitive To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a silly, puer...
GIGGLER
GIG'GLER, noun One that giggles or titters.
GIGLET
GIG'LETGIG'LOT, noun A wanton; a lascivious girl.GIG'LOT, adjective Giddy; light; inconstant; wanton.
GIGLOT
GIG'LOT, n. A wanton; a lascivious girl.GIG'LOT, a. Giddy; light; inconstant; wanton.
GIGOT
GIG'OT, noun The hip-joint; also, a slice. [Not English.]
GILBERTINE
GIL'BERTINE, noun One of a religious order, so named from Gilbert, lord of Sempringham, in Lincolnshire, England.GIL'BERTINE, adjective Belonging to the monastic order, mentione...
GILD
GILD, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive gilded or gilt.1. To overlay with gold, either in leaf or powder, or in amalgam with quicksilver; to overspread with a...
GILDED
GILD'ED, participle passive Overlaid with gold leaf or liquid; illuminated.