| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| gab | noun | The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric., The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness., To deceive; to lie., To talk idly; to prate; to chatter. |
| gad | noun | The point of a spear, or an arrowhead., A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc., A sharp-pointed rod; a goad., A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling., A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel., A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with., To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled. |
| gag | verb t. | To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to., To pry or hold open by means of a gag., To cause to heave with nausea., To heave with nausea; to retch., To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3., Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking., A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat., A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion. |
| gan | verb | Began; commenced., of Gin |
| gap | noun | An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass., To notch, as a sword or knife., To make an opening in; to breach. |
| gar | verb | Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish., The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike., To cause; to make. |
| gas | noun | An aeriform fluid; — a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aeriform state., A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes., Laughing gas., Any irrespirable aeriform fluid. |
| gat | imp. of Get., of Get | |
| gay | superl. | Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry., Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed., Loose; dissipated; lewd., An ornament |
| ge- | An Anglo-Saxon prefix. See Y-. | |
| ged | noun | Alt. of Gedd |
| gee | verb i. | To agree; to harmonize., To turn to the off side, or from the driver (i.e., in the United States, to the right side); — said of cattle, or a team; used most frequently in the imperative, often with off, by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw, or hoi., To cause (a team) to turn to the off side, or from the driver. |
| gem | noun | A bud., A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel., Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying., To put forth in the form of buds., To adorn with gems or precious stones., To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops. |
| get | noun | Jet, the mineral., Fashion; manner; custom., Artifice; contrivance., To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc., Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have., To beget; to procreate; to generate., To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one’s Greek lesson., To prevail on; to induce; to persuade., To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; — with a following participle., To betake; to remove; — in a reflexive use., To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased., To arrive at, or bring one’s self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; — with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected., Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion. |
| got | imp. | of Get, of Get, imp. & p. p. of Get. See Get. |
| gib | noun | A male cat; a tomcat., To act like a cat., A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; — usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw., To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs., To balk. See Jib, v. i. |
| gid | adjective | A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the C/nurus, a larval tapeworm, in the brain. See C/nurus. |
| gie | verb t. | To guide. See Gye ., To give. |
| gif | conj. | If. |
| gig | noun | A fiddle., To engender., A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig., To fish with a gig., A playful or wanton girl; a giglot., A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play., A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise., A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain’s gig., A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth. |
| gim | adjective | Neat; spruce. |
| gin | noun | Against; near by; towards; as, gin night., If., To begin; — often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan., A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; — also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine., Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare., A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc., A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim., A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin., To catch in a trap., To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton. |
| gon | of Gin, imp. & p. p. of Go. | |
| gun | of Gin, A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary., A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon., Violent blasts of wind., To practice fowling or hunting small game; — chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning. | |
| gip | verb t. | To take out the entrails of (herrings)., A servant. See Gyp. |
| git | noun | See Geat. |
| gnu | noun | One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes. |
| goa | noun | A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet. |
| gob | noun | Same as Goaf., A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful., The mouth. |
| god | adjective & noun | Good., A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol., The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah., A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard., Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power., To treat as a god; to idolize. |
| gog | noun | Haste; ardent desire to go. |
| gre | noun | See Gree, a step., See Gree, good will. |
| gry | noun | A measure equal to one tenth of a line., Anything very small, or of little value. |
| gue | noun | A sharper; a rogue. |
| gum | noun | The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws., To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer., A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins., See Gum tree, below., A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log., A rubber overshoe., To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance., To exude or from gum; to become gummy. |
| gut | noun | A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso., An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails., One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut., The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line., To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate., To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the bouse. |
| guy | noun | A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened., To steady or guide with a guy., A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot., A person of queer looks or dress., To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule. |
| gyb | noun | Alt. of Gybe |
| gye | verb t. | To guide; to govern. |
| gyn | verb i. | To begin [Obs.] See Gin. |
| gyp | noun | A college servant; — so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout. |