Webster's Dictionary 1913

1891

Gnaphalium

‖Gna‐pha″li‐um (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.

1892

Gnar

Gnar (?), n. [OE. knarre, gnarre, akin to OD. knor, G. knorren. Cf. Knar, Knur, Gnarl.] A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; — written also gnarr.He was... a t...

1893

Gnar (2)

Gnar (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Gnarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gnarring.] [See Gnarl.] To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; — written also gnarr.At them he gan to rear his bristles strong,An...

1894

Gnarl

Gnarl (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Gnarled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gnarling.] [From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knarren, knurren. D. knorren, Sw. knorra, Dan. knurre.] ...

1895

Gnarl (2)

Gnarl, n. [See Gnar, n.] a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

1896

Gnarled

Gnarled (?), a. Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.The unwedgeable and gnarléd oak. Shak.

1897

Gnarly

Gnarl″y (?), a. Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.

1898

Gnash

Gnash (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gnashed (#); p. pr. & vb. n.Gnashing.] [OE. gnasten, gnaisten, cf. Icel. gnastan a gnashing, gn�sta to gnash, Dan. knaske, Sw. gnissla, D. knarsen,...

1899

Gnash (2)

Gnash, v. i. To grind or strike the teeth together.There they him laid,Gnashing for anguish, and despite, and shame. Milton.

1900

Gnashingly

Gnash″ing‐ly, adv. With gnashing.

1901

Gnat

Gnat (?), n. [AS. gnæt.] 1. (Zoöl.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike or...

1902

Gnathic

Gnath″ic (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the jaw.Gnathic index, in a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken equal to ...

1903

Gnathidium

‖Gna‐thid″i‐um (?), n.; pl.Gnathidia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. γνάθοσ the jaw.] (Zoöl.) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; — commonly used in the plural.

1904

Gnathite

Gnath″ite (?), n. [Gr. γνάθοσ the jaw.] (Zoöl.) Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillæ, and maxillipeds.

1905

Gnathonic

{ Gna‐thon″ic (?), Gna‐thon″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. Gnatho, name of a parasite in the “Eunuchus” of Terence, Gr. �; hence, a parasite in general.] Flattering; deceitful.

1906

Gnathopod

Gnath″o‐pod (?), n. [Gr. γνάθοσ the jaw + -pod.] (Zoöl.) A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See Maxilliped.

1907

Gnathopodite

Gna‐thop″o‐dite (?), n.(Zoöl,) Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.

1908

Gnathostegite

Gna‐thos″te‐gite (?), n. [Gr. γνάθοσ the jaw + � a roof.] (Zoöl.) One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other...

1909

Gnathostoma

‖Gna‐thos″to‐ma (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. γνάθοσ the jaw + �, �, the mouth.] (Zoöl.) A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast...

1910

Gnathotheca

‖Gnath′o‐the″ca (?), n.; pl.GnathothecÆ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. γνάθοσ the jaw + � a box.] (Zoöl.) The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.

1911

Gnatling

Gnat″ling (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small gnat.

1912

Gnatworm

Gnat″worm′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The aquatic larva of a gnat; — called also, colloquially, wiggler.

1913

Gnaw

Gnaw (na̤), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gnawed (na̤d); p. pr. & vb. n.Gnawing.] [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D. knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan. gnave, n...

1914

Gnaw (2)

Gnaw, v. i. To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teeth something hard, unwieldy, or unmanageable.I might well, like the sp...

1915

Gnawer

Gnaw″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, gnaws.2. (Zoöl.) A rodent.

1916

Gneiss

Gneiss (nīs), n.(Geol.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that...

1917

Gneissic

Gneis″sic (nīs″sĭk), a. Relating to, or resembling, gneiss; consisting of gneiss.