| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| gip | verb t. | To take out the entrails of (herrings)., A servant. See Gyp. |
| git | noun | See Geat. |