Gingerness
Gin″ger‐ness, n. Cautiousness; tenderness.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Gingham
Ging″ham (?), n. [F. guingan; cf. Jav. ginggang; or perh. fr. Guingamp, in France.] A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed befo...
Ginging
Ging″ing (?), n.(Mining) The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent caving.
Gingival
Gin″gi‐val (?), a. [L. gingiva the gum.] Of or pertaining to the gums. Holder.
Gingle
Gin″gle (?), n. & v. See Jingle.
Ginglyform
Gin″gly‐form (?), a.(Anat.) Ginglymoid.
Ginglymodi
‖Gin′gly‐mo″di (?), n. [NL.; cf. Gr. � ginglymoid. See Ginglymoid.] (Zoöl.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rho...
Ginglymoid
{ Gin″gly‐moid (?), Gin′gly‐moid″al (?), } a. [Gr. �; � ginglymus + � form: cf. F. ginglymoide, ginglymoïdal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint;...
Ginglymus
‖Gin″gly‐mus (?), n.; pl.Ginglymi (#). (Anat.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.
Ginhouse
Gin″house′ (?), n. A building where cotton is ginned.
Ginkgo
Gink″go (?), n.; pl.Ginkgoes (#). (Bot.) A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferæ. Its leaves are so like those of...
Ginnee
Gin″nee (?), n.; pl.Ginn (�). See Jinnee.
Ginnet
Gin″net (?), n. See Genet, a horse.
Ginning
Gin″ning (?), n. [See Gin, v. i.] Beginning. Chaucer.
Ginny-carriage
Gin″ny–car′riage (�), n. A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad.
Ginseng
Gin″seng (?), n.(Bot.) A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare t...
Ginshop
Gin″shop′ (?), n. A shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage.
Gip
Gip (?), v. t. To take out the entrails of (herrings).
Gip (2)
Gip, n. A servant. See Gyp. Sir W. Scott.
Gipoun
Gi‐poun″ (?), n. [See Jupon.] A short cassock. [Written also gepoun, gypoun, jupon, juppon.]
Gipser
{ Gip″ser (?), Gip″sire (?), } n. [F. gibecière a game pouch or game pocket. Cf. Gibbier.] A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle. Ld. Lytton.A gipser all of silk,Hung at h...
Gipsy
Gip″sy (jĭp″sy̆), n. & a. See Gypsy.
Gipsyism
Gip″sy‐ism (?), n. See Gypsyism.
Giraffe
Gi‐raffe″ (?), n. [F. girafe, Sp. girafa, from Ar. zurāfa, zarāfa.] (Zoöl.) An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a fami...
Girandole
Gir″an‐dole (?), n. [F. See Gyrate.]1. An ornamental branched candlestick.2. A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form.3. (Pyrotechny) A kind of revolving firewor...
Girasole
{ Gir″a‐soleGir″a‐sol } (?), n. [It. girasole, or F. girasol, fr. L. gyrare to turn around + sol sun.]1. (Bot.) See Heliotrope.2. (Min.) A variety of opal which is usually milk ...
Gird
Gird (gẽrd), n. [See Yard a measure.]1. A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.Conscience... is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the athe...