Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Gherkin

Gher″kin (gẽr″kĭn), n. [D. agurkje, a dim. akin to G. gurke, Dan. agurke; cf. Pol. ogórek, Bohem. okurka, LGr. αγγοὔριον watermelon, Ar. al-khiyār, Per. khiyār.]1. (Bot.) A kind...

1190

Ghess

Ghess (?), v. t. & i. See Guess.

1191

Ghetto

‖Ghet″to (?), n. The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. Evelyn.

1192

Ghetto (2)

Ghet″to (?), n. A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers.

1193

Ghibelline

Ghib″el‐line (?), n. [It. Ghibellino; of German origin.] (It. Hist.) One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which favored the German emperors, and opposed th...

1194

Ghole

Ghole (?), n. See Ghoul.

1195

Ghost

Ghost (?), n. [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS. gāst breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g�st spirit, soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.]1. The spirit; the ...

1196

Ghost (2)

Ghost, v. i. To die; to expire. Sir P. Sidney.

1197

Ghost (3)

Ghost, v. t. To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition. Shak.

1198

Ghost dance

Ghost dance. A religious dance of the North American Indians, participated in by both sexes, and looked upon as a rite of invocation the purpose of which is, through trance and ...

1199

Ghostfish

Ghost″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A pale unspotted variety of the wrymouth.

1200

Ghostless

Ghost″less, a. Without life or spirit.

1201

Ghostlike

Ghost″like′ (?), a. Like a ghost; ghastly.

1202

Ghostliness

Ghost″li‐ness, n. The quality of being ghostly.

1203

Ghostly

Ghost″ly, a. [OE. gastlich, gostlich, AS. gāstlic. See Ghost.] 1. Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor.Save and defend us from our gho...

1204

Ghostly (2)

Ghost″ly, adv. Spiritually; mystically. Chaucer.

1205

Ghostology

Ghost‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. Ghost lore.It seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of ghostology and witchcraft. Hawthorne.

1206

Ghoul

Ghoul (go͞ol), n. [Per. ghōl an imaginary sylvan demon, supposed to devour men and animals: cf. Ar. ghūl, F. goule.] An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was sup...

1207

Ghoulish

Ghoul″ish, a. Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.

1208

Ghyll

Ghyll (?), n. A ravine. See Gill a woody glen. Wordsworth.

1209

Giallolino

‖Gial′lo‐li″no (?), n. [It., from giallo yellow, prob. fr. OHG. gelo, G. gelb; akin to E. yellow.] A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating...

1210

Giambeux

Giam″beux (zhȧm″bụ), n. pl. [See Jambeux.] Greaves; armor for the legs. Spenser.

1211

Giant

Gi″ant (?), n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant, F. géant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. �, �, from the root of E. gender, genesis. See Gender, and cf. Gigantic.]1. A man of ext...

1212

Giant (2)

Gi″ant, a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax. — Giant clam(Zoöl.), a bivalve shell of th...

1213

Giantess

Gi″ant‐ess, n. A woman of extraordinary size.

1214

Giantize

Gi″ant‐ize (?), v. i. [Cf. F. géantiser.] To play the giant. Sherwood.

1215

Giantly

Gi″ant‐ly, a. Appropriate to a giant. Usher.