| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| giaour | noun | An infidel; — a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, especially Christrians. |
| gibbed | imp. & past participle | of Gib |
| gibber | noun | A balky horse., To speak rapidly and inarticulately. |
| gibbet | noun | A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning., The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib., To hang and expose on a gibbet., To expose to infamy; to blacken. |
| gibbon | noun | Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing. |
| gibing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gibe |
| giblet | adjective | Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie. |
| gifted | imp. & past participle | of Gift |
| gigget | noun | Same as Gigot. |
| giggle | verb t. | To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity., A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh. |
| giggly | adjective | Prone to giggling. |
| giggot | noun | See Gigot., A leg of mutton., A small piece of flesh; a slice. |
| giglot | noun | Alt. of Giglet, Giddi; light; inconstant; wanton. |
| giglet | noun | A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl. |
| gilded | imp. & past participle | of Gild |
| gilden | adjective | Gilded. |
| gilder | noun | One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold., A Dutch coin. See Guilder. |
| gilour | noun | A guiler; deceiver. |
| giltif | adjective | Guilty. |
| gimbal | noun | Alt. of Gimbals |
| gimlet | noun | A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle., To pierce or make with a gimlet., To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet. |
| gimmal | noun | Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings., A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer. |
| gimmer | noun | Alt. of Gimmor |
| gimmor | noun | A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack. |
| ginned | imp. & past participle | of Gin |
| gingal | noun | See Jingal. |
| ginger | noun | A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale., The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine. |
| gingle | noun & verb | See Jingle. |
| ginkgo | noun | A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferae. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree. |
| ginnee | noun | See Jinnee. |
| ginnet | noun | See Genet, a horse. |
| gipoun | noun | A short cassock. |
| gipser | noun | Alt. of Gipsire |
| girded | of Gird | |
| girder | noun | One who girds; a satirist., One who, or that which, girds., A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double. |
| girdle | noun | A griddle., That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus., The zodiac; also, the equator., The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant., A thin bed or stratum of stone., The clitellus of an earthworm., To bind with a belt or sash; to gird., To inclose; to environ; to shut in., To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. |
| girkin | noun | See Gherkin. |
| girted | imp. & past participle | of Girt |
| gisarm | noun | A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers. |
| giusto | adjective | In just, correct, or suitable time. |
| giving | present participle & vb. noun | of Give, The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting., A gift; a benefaction., The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. |