Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Gaby

Ga″by (?), n. [Icel. gapi a rash, reckless man. Cf. Gafe.] A simpleton; a dunce; a lout.

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Gad

Gad (?), n. [OE. gad, Icel. gaddr goad, sting; akin to Sw. gadd sting, Goth. gazds, G. gerte switch. See Yard a measure.] 1. The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.2. A pointed o...

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Gad (2)

Gad, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Gadded; p. pr. & vb. n.Gadding.] [Prob. fr. gad, n., and orig. meaning to drive about.] To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to ru...

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Gadabout

Gad″a‐bout′ (?), n. A gadder

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Gadbee

Gad″bee′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The gadfly.

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Gadder

Gad″der (?), n. One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.

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Gadding

Gad″ding, a. & n. Going about much, needlessly or without purpose.Envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets. Bacon.The good nuns would check her gadding tongue. Tennyso...

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Gaddingly

Gad″ding‐ly (?), adv. In a roving, idle manner.

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Gaddish

Gad″dish (?), a. Disposed to gad. — Gad″dish‐nes, n. “Gaddishness and folly.” Abp. Leighton.

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Gade

Gade (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) A small British fish (Motella argenteola) of the Cod family. (b) A pike, so called at Moray Firth; — called also gead.

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Gadere

Gad″er‐e (?), Gad″re (�), v. t. & i. To gather. Chaucer.

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Gadfly

Gad″fly′ (?), n.; pl.Gadflies (#). [Gad + fly.] (Zoöl.) Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies.☞ The sheep gadfly (Oestrus ovis) deposits its y...

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Gadhelic

Gadhel″ic (gāl″ĭk), a. [See Gaelic.] Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx. J. Peile.

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Gadhelic (2)

Ga‐dhel″ic (gȧ‐dĕl″ĭk; găd″el‐ĭk), a. [See Gael.] Of, belonging to, or designating, that division of the Celtic languages which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx.

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Gadic

Gad″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the cod (Gadus); — applied to an acid obtained from cod-liver oil, viz., gadic acid.

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Gaditanian

Gad′i‐ta′ni‐an (?), a. [L. Gaditanus, fr. Gades Cadiz.] Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain. — n. A native or inhabitant of Cadiz.

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Gadling

Gad″ling (?), n. [Gad, n. + -ling.] (Mediæval Armor) See Gad, n., 4.

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Gadling (2)

Gad″ling, a. [See Gad, v. i.] Gadding about.

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Gadling (3)

Gad″ling, n. A roving vagabond. Rom. of R.

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Gadman

Gadman (?), n. A gadsman.

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Gadoid

Ga″doid (?; 277), a. [NL. gadus cod + -oid: cf. F. gadoïde gadoid, Gr. � a sort of fish, F. gade.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (Gadidæ) which includes the c...

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Gadolinia

Gad′o‐lin″i‐a (?), n. [NL. See Gadolinite.] (Chem.) A rare earth, regarded by some as an oxide of the supposed element gadolinium, by others as only a mixture of the oxides of y...

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Gadolinia (2)

Gad′o‐lin″i‐a (?), n. [NL. See Gadolinite.] A rare earth associated with yttria and regarded as the oxide (Gd2O3) of a metallic element, Gad′o‐lin″i‐um (�), with an assigned ato...

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Gadolinic

Gad′o‐lin″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to or containing gadolinium.

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Gadolinite

Gad″o‐lin‐ite (?), n. [Named after Gadolin, a Russian chemist.] (Min.) A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttr...

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Gadolinium

Gad′o‐lin″i‐um (?), n. [NL. See Gadolinite.] (Chem.) A supposed rare metallic element, with a characteristic spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare metals. Its i...

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Gadsman

Gads″man (?), n. One who uses a gad or goad in driving.