Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 21
Ginnee (n.) See Jinnee.
Ginnet (n.) See Genet, a horse.
Ginning (v. i.) Beginning.
Ginny-carriage (n.) A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad.
Ginseng (n.) 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 that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness.
Ginshop (n.) A shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage.
Gip (v. t.) To take out the entrails of (herrings).
Gip (n.) A servant. See Gyp.
Gipoun (n.) A short cassock.
Gipser (n.) Alt. of Gipsire
Gipsire (n.) A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle.
Gipsy (n. a.) See Gypsy.
Gipsyism (n.) See Gypsyism.
Giraffe (n.) An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.
Girandole (n.) An ornamental branched candlestick.
Girandole (n.) A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form.
Girandole (n.) A kind of revolving firework.
Girandole (n.) A series of chambers in defensive mines.
Girasole Girasol (n.) See Heliotrope.
Girasole Girasol (n.) A variety of opal which is usually milk white, bluish white, or sky blue; but in a bright light it reflects a reddish color.
Gird (n.) 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 atheist feels. -- Tillotson.
Gird (n.) A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio. -- Shak.
Gird (v. t.) To strike; to smite. [Obs.]
To slay him and to girden off his head. -- Chaucer.
Gird (v. t.) To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods. -- Shak.
Gird (v. i.) To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
Girt (imp. & p. p.) of Gird.
Girded () of Gird.
Girding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gird.
Gird (v. t.) To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
Gird (v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
Gird (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
Gird (v. t.) To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
Gird (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.
Gird (v.) Prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" [syn: arm, build up fortify, gird] [ant: demilitarise, demilitarize, . disarm].
Gird (v.) Put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins" [syn: girdle, gird].
Gird (v.) Bind with something round or circular [syn: gird, encircle].
Girder (n.) One who girds; a satirist.
Girder (n.) One who, or that which, girds.
Girder (n.) (Arch. & Engin.) 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.
Bowstring girder, Box girder, etc. See under Bowstring, Box, etc.
Girder bridge. See under Bridge.
Lattice girder, A girder consisting of longitudinal bars united by diagonal crossing bars.
Half-lattice girder, A girder consisting of horizontal upper and lower bars connected by a series of diagonal bars sloping alternately in opposite directions so as to divide the space between the bars into a series of triangles. -- Knight.
Sandwich girder, A girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.
Girder (n.) A beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure.
Girding (n.) That with which one is girded; a girdle.
Instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth. -- Is. iii. 24.
Girdle (n.) A griddle. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Girdle (n.) 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.
Within the girdle of these walls. -- Shak.
Their breasts girded with golden girdles. -- Rev. xv. 6.
Girdle (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] -- Bacon.
From the world's girdle to the frozen pole. -- Cowper.
That gems the starry girdle of the year. -- Campbell.
Girdle (n.) (Jewelry) The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant. -- Knight.
Girdle (n.) (Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. -- Raymond.
Girdle (n.) (Zool.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
Girdle bone (Anat.), The sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid.
Girdle wheel, A spinning wheel.
Sea girdle (Zool.), A ctenophore. See Venus's girdle, under Venus.
Shoulder, Pectoral, & Pelvic, girdle. (Anat.) See under Pectoral, and Pelvic.
To have under the girdle, To have bound to one, that is, in subjection.
Girdled (imp. & p. p.) of Girdle.
Girdling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Girdle.
Girdle (v. t.) To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. -- Shak.
Girdle (v. t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
Those sleeping stones, That as a waist doth girdle you about. -- Shak.
Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. [U. S.]
Girdle (n.) An encircling or ringlike structure.
Girdle (n.) A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers [syn: girdle, cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth].
Girdle (n.) A woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn: corset, girdle, stays].
Girdle (v.) Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant" [syn: girdle, deaden].
Girdle (v.) Put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins" [syn: girdle, gird].
Girdle, () Heb. hagor, a girdle of any kind worn by soldiers (1 Sam. 18:4; 2 Sam. 20:8; 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 3:21) or women (Isa. 3:24).
Girdle, () Heb. 'ezor, something "bound," worn by prophets (2 Kings 1:8; Jer. 13:1), soldiers (Isa. 5:27; 2 Sam. 20:8; Ezek. 23:15), Kings (Job 12:18).
Girdle, () Heb. mezah, a "band," a girdle worn by men alone (Ps. 109:19; Isa. 22:21).
Girdle, () Heb. 'abnet, the girdle of sacerdotal and state officers (Ex. 28:4, 39, 40; 29:9; 39:29).
Girdle, () Heb. hesheb, the "curious girdle" (Ex. 28:8; R.V., "cunningly woven band") was attached to the ephod, and was made of the same material.
The common girdle was made of leather (2 Kings 1:8; Matt. 3:4); a finer sort of linen (Jer. 13:1; Ezek. 16:10; Dan. 10:5). Girdles of sackcloth were worn in token of sorrow (Isa. 3:24; 22:12). They were variously fastened to the wearer (Mark 1:6; Jer. 13:1; Ezek. 16:10).
The girdle was a symbol of strength and power (Job 12:18, 21; 30:11; Isa. 22:21; 45:5). "Righteousness and faithfulness" are the girdle of the Messiah (Isa. 11:5).
Girdles were used as purses or pockets (Matt. 10:9. A. V., "purses;" R.V., marg., "girdles." Also Mark 6:8).
Girdler (n.) One who girdles.
Girdler (n.) A maker of girdles.
Girdler (n.) (Zool.) An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae.
Girdlestead (n.) That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [Obs.]
Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. -- Chapman.
Girdlestead (n.) The lap. [R.]
There fell a flower into her girdlestead. -- Swinburne.
Gire (n.) [Obs.] See Gyre.
Girkin (n.) [Obs.] See Gherkin.
Girl (n.) A young person of either sex; a child. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Girl (n.) A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden.
Girl (n.) A female servant; a maidservant. [U. S.]
Girl (n.) (Zool.) A roebuck two years old. [Prov. Eng.]
Girl (n.) A young woman; "a young lady of 18" [syn: girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille].
Girl (n.) A youthful female person; "the baby was a girl"; "the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle" [syn: female child, girl, little girl] [ant: boy, male child].
Girl (n.) A female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age" [syn: daughter, girl] [ant: boy, son].
Girl (n.) A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved; "his girlfriend kicked him out" [syn: girlfriend, girl, lady friend].
Girl (n.) A friendly informal reference to a grown woman; "Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls".
GIRL, () Generalized Information Retrieval Language
GIRL, () Graph Information Retrieval Language. A language for handling directed graphs.
["Graph Information Retrieval Language", S. Berkowitz, Report 76-0085, Naval Ship Res Dev Center, (Feb 1976)]. (1994-11-02)
Girlhood (n.) State or time of being a girl.
Girlish (a.) Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief.
Girlond (n.) A garland; a prize.
Girn (n.) To grin.
Girondist (n.) A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.
Girondist (a.) Of or pertaining to the Girondists.
Girrock (n.) A garfish.
Gird (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Girtor Girded; p. pr. & vb. n. Girding.] To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
Gird (v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
Gird (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
That Nyseian isle, Girt with the River Triton. -- Milton.
Gird (v. t.) To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
I girded thee about with fine linen. -- Ezek. xvi. 10.
The Son . . . appeared Girt with omnipotence. -- Milton.
Gird (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.
Thou hast girded me with strength. -- Ps. xviii. 39.
To
gird on, To put
on; to fasten around or to one securely, like a girdle; as, to gird on
armor or a sword.
Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it
off. -- 1 Kings xx. 11.
To gird up, To bind tightly with a girdle; to support and strengthen, as with a girdle.
He girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab. -- 1 Kings xviii. 46.
Gird up the loins of your mind. -- 1 Pet. i. 13.
Girt
up; Prepared or
equipped, as for a journey or for work, in allusion to the ancient
custom of gathering the long flowing garments into the girdle and
tightening it before any exertion; hence, adjectively, eagerly or constantly
active; strenuous; striving. "A severer, more girt-up way of living." --
J. C. Shairp.
Girt () imp. & p. p. of Gird.
Girted (imp. & p. p.) of Girt.
Girting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Girt.
Girt (v. t.) To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.
We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk, And girt thee with the sword. -- Shak.
Girt (a.) (Naut.) Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.
Girt (n.) Same as Girth.
Girth (n.) A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.
Girth (n.) The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything.
Girth (n.) A small horizontal brace or girder.
Girth (v. t.) To bind as with a girth.
Girtline (n.) A gantline.
Gisarm (n.) A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers.
Gise (v. t.) To feed or pasture.
Gise (n.) Guise; manner.
Gisle (n.) A pledge.
Gismondine (n.) Alt. of Gismondite
Gismondite (n.) A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome.
Gist (n.) A resting place.
Gist (n.) The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.
Git (n.) See Geat.
Git (n.) [ C ] (UK informal) A person, especially a man, who is stupid or unpleasant.
// You stupid/lying git!
// He's a miserable old git.
Gite (n.) A gown.
Gith (n.) The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower.
Gittern (n.) An instrument like a guitar.
Gittern (v. i.) To play on gittern.
Gittith (n.) A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David. It is mentioned in the title of Psalms viii., lxxxi., and lxxxiv.
Giuseppe Conte (n.) (Born 8 August 1964) 朱塞佩·孔蒂（義大利語：Giuseppe Conte，1964年8月8日－），也譯孔戴、孔特、康特，義大利官員、法學家，現任義大利部長會議主席。他1988年畢業於羅馬大學法律專業，後來在佛羅倫斯大學擔任私法學教授，兼為民事律師。出任總理之前，他並無從政經歷。2018年5月，民粹主義政黨五星運動和右翼民粹主義政黨北方聯盟提名孔蒂為義大利總理。由於財長人選被總統否決，孔蒂組閣一度失敗，但幾天後重新被總統塞爾焦·馬塔雷拉授權組織內閣，並於6月1日宣誓就職，組建義大利首個疑歐民粹政府。[3] Is an Italian jurist and politician serving as the 58th and current Prime Minister of Italy since 1 June 2018. [4]
A professor of private law, Conte was first proposed on 21 May 2018 for the role of Prime Minister as the head of a coalition government between the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the League. [5] After the two parties agreed on a "government contract", Conte formed his first cabinet on 1 June 2018. [6] [7]
On 20 August 2019, Conte offered his resignation as Prime Minister after the League filed in a motion of no-confidence against its own government. [8] [9] Subsequently, the M5S and the centre-left Democratic Party agreed to form a new coalition government with Conte remaining in his position as Prime Minister. [10] He was reappointed as Prime Minister of his second cabinet on 5 September. [11] Conte became the first person in the history of the Italian Republic to lead governments in the same legislature, both with the right-wing and the left-wing. [12] [13]
Conte's first Cabinet, which included Five Star's leader Luigi Di Maio and the League's leader Matteo Salvini, was considered by many newspapers such as The New York Times and la Repubblica as the first populist government in modern Western Europe. [14] [15] [16] Moreover, he was the first person to assume the premiership without prior government or administrative service since Silvio Berlusconi in 1994 and the first Prime Minister from Southern Italy since the Christian Democrat Ciriaco De Mita in 1989. [17] [18] Conte has been often nicknamed "the lawyer of the people" (l'avvocato del popolo), as he defined himself during his first speech as Prime Minister. [19] [20]
Guist (n.) Same as Joust.
Giusto (a.) In just, correct, or suitable time.
Gave (imp.) of Give.
Given (p. p.) of Give.
Giving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Give.
Give (v. t.) To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.
For generous lords had rather give than pay. -- Young.
Give (v. t.) To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.
What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? -- Matt. xvi. 26.
Give (v. t.) To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.
Give (v. t.) To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.