Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 22
Give (v. t.) To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.
It is given me once again to behold my friend. -- Rowe.
Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine. -- Pope.
Give (v. t.) To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
Give (v. t.) To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.
Give (v. t.) (Logic & Math.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given.
Give (v. t.) To allow or admit by way of supposition.
I give not heaven for lost. -- Mlton.
Give (v. t.) To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover. -- Sheridan.
Give (v. t.) To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.
Give (v. t.) To pledge; as, to give one's word.
Give (v. t.) To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.
But there the duke was given to understand That in a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica. -- Shak.
Give (v. t.) To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.
To give away, To make over to another; to transfer.
Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our lives, is given away from ourselves. -- Atterbury.
To give back, To return; to restore. -- Atterbury.
To give the bag, To cheat. [Obs.]
I fear our ears have given us the bag. -- J. Webster.
To give birth to. (a) To bear or bring forth, as a child.
To give birth to. (b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise, idea.
To give chase, To pursue.
To give ear to. See under Ear.
To give forth, To give out; to publish; to tell. -- Hayward.
To give ground. See under Ground, n.
To give the hand, To pledge friendship or faith.
To give the hand of, To espouse; to bestow in marriage.
To give the head. See under Head, n.
To give in. (a) To abate; to deduct.
To give in. (b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender; as, to give in one's adhesion to a party.
To give the lie to (a person), To tell (him) that he lies.
To give line. See under Line.
To give off, To emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc.
To give one's self away, To make an inconsiderate surrender of one's cause, an unintentional disclosure of one's purposes, or the like. [Colloq.]
To give out. (a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare.
One that gives out himself Prince Florizel. -- Shak.
Give out you are of Epidamnum. -- Shak.
To give out. (b) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as, a substance gives out steam or odors.
To give over. (a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon.
To give over. (b) To despair of.
To give over. (c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self).
The Babylonians had given themselves over to all manner of vice. -- Grew.
To give place, To withdraw; to yield one's claim.
To give points. (a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a certain advantage; to allow a handicap.
To give points. (b) To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.]
To give rein. See under Rein, n.
To give the sack. Same as To give the bag.
To give and take. (a) To average gains and losses.
To give and take. (b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc.
To give time (Law), To accord extension or forbearance to a debtor. -- Abbott.
To give the time of day, To salute one with the compliment appropriate to the hour, as "good morning." "good evening", etc.
To give tongue, In hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of dogs.
To give up. (a) To abandon; to surrender. "Don't give up the ship."
He has . . . given up For certain drops of salt, your city Rome. -- Shak.
To give up. (b) To make public; to reveal.
I'll not state them By giving up their characters. -- Beau. & Fl.
To give up. (c) (Used also reflexively.)
To give up the ghost. See under Ghost.
To give one's self up, To abandon hope; to despair; to surrender one's self.
To give way. (a) To withdraw; to give place.
To give way. (b) To yield to force or pressure; as, the scaffolding gave way.
To give way. (c) (Naut.) To begin to row; or to row with increased energy.
To give way. (d) (Stock Exchange). To depreciate or decline in value; as, railroad securities gave way two per cent.
To give way together, To row in time; to keep stroke.
Syn: To Give, Confer, Grant.
Usage: To give is the generic word, embracing all the rest. To confer was originally used of persons in power, who gave permanent grants or privileges; as, to confer the order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the giving of something which might have been withheld; as, to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way dependent or inferior.
Give (v. i.) To give a gift or gifts.
Give (v. i.) To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.
Give (v. i.) To become soft or moist. [Obs.] -- Bacon .
Give (v. i.) To move; to recede.
Now back he gives, then rushes on amain. -- Daniel.
Give (v. i.) To shed tears; to weep. [Obs.]
Whose eyes do never give But through lust and laughter. -- Shak.
Give (v. i.) To have a misgiving. [Obs.]
My mind gives ye're reserved To rob poor market women. -- J. Webster.
Give (v. i.) To open; to lead. [A Gallicism]
This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk. -- Tennyson.
To give back, To recede; to retire; to retreat.
They gave back and came no farther. -- Bunyan.
To give in, To yield; to succumb; to acknowledge one's self beaten; to cease opposition.
The Scots battalion was enforced to give in. -- Hayward.
This consideration may induce a translator to give in to those general phrases. -- Pope.
To give off, To cease; to forbear. [Obs.] -- Locke.
To give on or To give upon. (a) To rush; to fall upon. [Obs.]
To give on or To give upon. (b) To have a view of; to be in sight of; to overlook; to look toward; to open upon; to front; to face. [A Gallicism: cf. Fr. donner sur.]
Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch. -- Tennyson.
The gloomy staircase on which the grating gave. -- Dickens.
To give out. (a) To expend all one's strength. Hence:
To give out. (b) To cease from exertion; to fail; to be exhausted; as, my feet being to give out; the flour has given out.
To give over, To cease; to discontinue; to desist.
It would be well for all authors, if they knew when to give over, and to desist from any further pursuits after fame. -- Addison.
To give up, To cease from effort; to yield; to despair; as, he would never give up.
Compare: Gyve
Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter. [Written also give.]
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves. -- Shak.
With gyves upon his wrist. -- Hood.
Give (n.) The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length [syn: give, spring, springiness].
Give (v.) Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold".
Give (v.) Be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" [syn: yield, give, afford].
Give (v.) Transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" [ant: take].
Give (v.) Convey or reveal information; "Give one's name".
Give (v.) Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention" [syn: give, pay].
Give (v.) Organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" [syn: hold, throw, have, make, give].
Give (v.) Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look" [syn: give, throw].
Give (v.) Give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" [syn: give, gift, present].
Give (v.) Cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory" [syn: give, yield].
Give (v.) Dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to" [syn: give, pay, devote].
Give (v.) Give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" [syn: render, yield, return, give, generate].
Give (v.) Transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" [syn: impart, leave, give, pass on].
Give (v.) Bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" [syn: establish, give].
Give (v.) Leave with; give temporarily; "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?"
Give (v.) Emit or utter; "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp."
Give (v.) Endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" [syn: sacrifice, give].
Give (v.) Place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give].
Give (v.) Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" [syn: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote].
Give (v.) Give (as medicine); "I gave him the drug".
Give (v.) Give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" [syn: give, apply].
Give (v.) Bestow; "give
homage"; "render thanks" [syn: give, render].
Give (v.) Bestow, especially officially; "grant a
degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new
rights" [syn: grant, give].
Give (v.) Move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" [syn: move over, give way, give, ease up, yield].
Give (v.) Give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" [syn: feed, give] [ant: famish, starve].
Give (v.) Contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office" [syn: contribute, give, chip in, kick in].
Give (v.) Break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" [syn: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder].
Give (v.) Estimate the duration or outcome of something; "He gave the patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good chance at success".
Give (v.) Execute and deliver; "Give bond."
Give (v.) Deliver in exchange or recompense; "I'll give you three books for four CDs."
Give (v.) Afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace" [syn: afford, open, give].
Give (v.) Present to view; "He gave the sign to start."
Give (v.) Perform for an audience; "Pollini is giving another concert in New York."
Give (v.) Be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give" [syn: give, yield].
Give (v.) Propose; "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party."
Give (v.) Accord by verdict; "give a decision for the plaintiff".
Give (v.) Manifest or show; "This student gives promise of real creativity"; "The office gave evidence of tampering".
Give (v.) Offer in good faith; "He gave her his word".
Give (v.) Submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse".
Give (v.) Guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion; "You gave me to think that you agreed with me".
Give (v.) Allow to have or take; "I give you two minutes to respond."
Give (v.) Inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years."
Give (v.) Occur; "what gives?"
Give (v.) Consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men."
Give (v.) Proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister."
Given () p. p. & a. from Give, v.
Given (v.) (Math. & Logic) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.
Given (v.) Disposed; inclined; -- used with an adv.; as, virtuously given.
Given (v.) Stated; fixed; as, in a given time.
Given name, The Christian name, or name given by one's parents or guardians, as distinguished from the surname, which is inherited. [Colloq.]
Given (a.) Acknowledged as a supposition; "given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started" [syn: given, granted].
Given (a.) (Usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions" [syn: apt(p), disposed(p), given(p), minded(p), tending(p)].
Given (n.) An assumption that is taken for granted [syn: given, presumption, precondition].
Giver (n.) One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.
It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of the Christian. -- Kollock.
Giver (n.) Someone who devotes himself completely; "there are no greater givers than those who give themselves".
Giver (n.) Person presenter, bestower, conferrer].
Giver, () contracts. He who makes a gift. (q. v.) By his gift, the giver always impliedly who makes a gift of property [syn: donor, giver, agrees with the donee that he will not revoke the gift.
Gives (n.) Fetters.
Giving (n.) The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
Giving (n.) A gift; a benefaction. [R.] -- Pope.
Giving (n.) The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. "Upon the first giving of the weather." -- Addison.
Giving in, A falling inwards; a collapse.
Giving out, Anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving.
His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true meant design. -- Shak.
Giving (a.) Given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded].
Giving (n.) The act of giving [syn: giving, gift].
Giving (n.) The imparting of news or promises etc.; "he gave us the news and made a great show of the giving"; "giving his word of honor seemed to come too easily."
Giving (n.) Disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return; "the alumni followed a program of annual giving."
Gizzard (n.) (Anat.) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium.
Gizzard (n.) (Zool.) A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals.
Gizzard (n.) (Zool.) A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks.
Gizzard shad (Zool.), An American herring ({Dorosoma cepedianum) resembling the shad, but of little value.
To fret the gizzard, To harass; to vex one's self; to worry. [Low] -- Hudibras.
To stick in one's gizzard, To be difficult of digestion; to be offensive. [Low]
Gizzard (n.) Thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food [syn: gizzard, ventriculus, gastric mill].
Glabell[ae] (n. pl. ) of Glabella.
Glabella (n.) (Anat.) The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon. -- Gla*bel"lar, a.
Glabella (n. pl. ) of Glabellum.
Glabellum (n.) (Zool.) The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. See Trilobite.
Glabella (n.) A smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges [syn: glabella, mesophyron].
Glabrate (a.) (Bot.) Becoming smooth or glabrous from age. -- Gray. Glabreate
Glabreate (v. t.) Alt. of Glabriate
Glabriate (v. t.) To make smooth, plain, or bare. [Obs.]
Glabrity (n.) Smoothness; baldness. [R.]
Glabrous (a.) 無毛的，光潔的 Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness.
Glabrous (a.) Having no hair or similar growth; smooth; "glabrous stems"; "glabrous leaves"; "a glabrous scalp."
Glacé (a.) Made or finished so as to have a smooth glossy surface <glacé silk>.
Glacé (a.) also glacéed : Coated with a glaze : Candied <glacé cherries>.
Glacial (a.) Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. -- Lyell.
Glacial (a.) (Chem.) Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.
Glacial acid (Chem.), An acid of such strength or purity as to crystallize at an ordinary temperature, in an icelike form; as acetic or carbolic acid.
Glacial drift (Geol.), Earth and rocks which have been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder drift.
Glacial epoch or Glacial period (Geol.), A period during which the climate of the modern temperate regions was polar, and ice covered large portions of the northern hemisphere to the mountain tops.
Glacial theory or Glacial hypothesis. (Geol.) See Glacier theory, under Glacier.
Glacial (a.) Relating to or derived from a glacier; "glacial deposit."
Glacial (a.) Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" [syn: frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry].
Glacial (a.) Extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather" [syn: arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar].
Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers.
Glaciate (v. i.) To turn to ice.
Glaciate (v. t.) To convert into, or cover with, ice.
Glaciate (v. t.) (Geol.) To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc.
Glaciated rocks, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice.
Glaciate (v.) Cover with ice or snow or a glacier; "the entire area was glaciated".
Glaciate (v.) Become frozen and covered with glaciers.
Glaciation (n.) Act of freezing.
Glaciation (n.) That which is formed by freezing; ice.
Glaciation (n.) The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.
Glaciation (n.) The condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action; "Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe."
Glaciation (n.) The process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice.
Glacier (n.) An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland.
Note: The mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a glacier is called the firn, or n['e]v['e]; the glacier proper consist of solid ice, deeply crevassed where broken up by irregularities in the slope or direction of its path. A glacier usually carries with it accumulations of stones and dirt called moraines, which are designated, according to their position, as lateral, medial, or terminal (see Moraine). The common rate of flow of the Alpine glaciers is from ten to twenty inches per day in summer, and about half that in winter.
Glacier theory (Geol.), The theory that large parts of the frigid and temperate zones were covered with ice during the glacial, or ice, period, and that, by the agency of this ice, the loose materials on the earth's surface, called drift or diluvium, were transported and accumulated.
Glacier (n.) A slowly moving mass of ice.
Glacier -- U.S. County in Montana
Population (2000): 13247
Housing Units (2000): 5243
Land area (2000): 2994.717699 sq. miles (7756.282905 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 42.389528 sq. miles (109.788368 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3037.107227 sq. miles (7866.071273 sq. km)
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 48.627154 N, 112.810119 W
Headwords:
Glacier
Glacier, MT
Glacier County
Glacier County, MT
Glacier, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington
Population (2000): 90
Housing Units (2000): 228
Land area (2000): 3.007073 sq. miles (7.788284 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.007073 sq. miles (7.788284 sq. km)
FIPS code: 26875
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 48.888296 N, 121.933857 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 98244
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Glacier, WA
Glacier
Glacious (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of or resembling, ice; icy. -- Sir T. Browne.
Glacis (n.) A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).
Glad (a.) 高興的，快活的 [F] [（+at/ about/ for/ of）] [+to-v] [+（that）]；樂意的 [Z] [F] [+to-v]；令人高興的 [B] Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason.
A wise son maketh a glad father. -- Prov. x. 1.
He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. -- Prov. xvii. 5.
The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. -- Dryden.
He, glad of her attention gained. -- Milton.
As we are now glad to behold your eyes. -- Shak.
Glad am I that your highness is so armed. -- Shak.
Glad on 't, Glad of it. [Colloq.] -- Shak.
Glad (a.) Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.
Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day. -- Milton.
Syn: Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating.
Usage: Glad, Delighted, Gratified. Delighted expresses a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. Gratified always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human agent, and the feeling is modified by the consideration that we owe it in part to another. A person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and gratified at the attention shown by his visits.
Gladded (imp. & p. p.) of Glad.
Gladding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glad.
Glad (v. t.) 【古】使高興 To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
That which gladded all the warrior train. -- Dryden.
Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man. -- Pope.
Glad (v. i.) To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] -- Massinger.
Glad (a.) Showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion" [ant: sad].
Glad (a.) Eagerly disposed to act or to be of service; "glad to help" [syn: glad, happy].
Glad (a.) Feeling happy appreciation; "glad of the fire's warmth".
Glad (a.) Cheerful and bright; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning" [syn: beaming, glad].
Glad (n.) Any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel- shaped flowers; widely cultivated [syn: gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily].
Gladdened (imp. & p. p.) of Gladden.
Gladdening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gladden.
Gladden (v. t.) To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.
A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. -- Addison.
Gladden (v. i.) To be or become glad; to rejoice.
The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight. -- Wordsworth.
Gladden (v.) Make glad or happy [syn: gladden, joy] [ant: sadden].
Gladden (v.) Become glad or happy [ant: sadden].
Gladder (n.) One who makes glad. -- Chaucer.
Glade (n.) An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
There interspersed in lawns and opening glades. -- Pope.
Glade (n.) An everglade. [Local, U. S.]
Glade (n.) An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice. [Local, U. S.]
Bottom glade. See under Bottom.
Glade net, In England, A net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.
Glade (n.) A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area [syn: clearing, glade].
Glade, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 114
Housing Units (2000): 51
Land area (2000): 0.241000 sq. miles (0.624186 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.241000 sq. miles (0.624186 sq. km)
FIPS code: 26325
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.682582 N, 99.310965 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67639
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Glade, KS
Glade
Gladen (n.) (Bot.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris foetidissima. [Written also gladwyn, gladdon, and glader.]
Gladeye (n.) (Zool.) The European yellow-hammer.
Gladful (a.) Full of gladness; joyful; glad. [R.] -- Glad"ful*ness, n. [R.] -- Spenser.
It followed him with gladful glee. -- Spenser.
Gladiate (a.) (Bot.) Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus.
Gladiator (n.) Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement.
Gladiator (n.) One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.
Gladiator (n.) (Ancient Rome) A professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat.
Gladiator (n.) A professional boxer [syn: prizefighter, gladiator].
Gladiatorial (a.) Alt. of Gladiatorian.
Gladiatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general.
Gladiatorial (a.) Of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat; "gladiatorial combats."
Gladiatorism (n.) The art or practice of a gladiator.
Gladiatorship (n.) Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator.
Gladiatory (a.) Gladiatorial. [R.]
Gladiature (n.) Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest. -- Gayton.
Gladiole (n.) (Bot.) A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also corn flag.
Gladioli (n. pl. ) of Gladiolus.
Gladioluses (n. pl. ) of Gladiolus.
Gladiolus (n.) (Bot.) A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily.
Gladiolus (n.) (Anat.) The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum.
Gladii (n. pl. ) of Gladius.
Gladius (n.) (Zool.) The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids.
Gladly (a.) Preferably; by choice. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Gladly (a.) With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly.
The common people heard him gladly. -- Mark xii. 37.
Gladly (adv.) In a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it" [syn: gladly, lief, fain].
Gladness (n.) State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness.
They . . . did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. -- Acts ii. 46.
Note: Gladness is rarely or never equivalent to mirth, merriment, gayety, and triumph, and it usually expresses less than delight. It sometimes expresses great joy.
The Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. -- Esther viii. 17.
Gladness (n.) Experiencing joy and pleasure [syn: gladness, gladfulness, gladsomeness].
Gladship (n.) A state of gladness. [Obs.] -- Gower.
Gladsome (a.) Pleased; joyful; cheerful.
Gladsome (a.) Causing joy, pleasure, or cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing.
Of opening heaven they sung, and gladsome day. -- Prior. -- Glad"some*ly, adv. -- Glad"some*ness, n.
Hours of perfect gladsomeness. -- Wordsworth.
Gladsome (a.) Experiencing or expressing gladness or joy; "a gladsome smile"; "a gladsome occasion."
Gladstone (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman.
Gladstone (n.) Liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898) [syn: Gladstone, William Gladstone, William Ewart Gladstone].
Gladstone (n.) A large travelling bag made of stiff leather [syn: portmanteau, Gladstone, Gladstone bag].
Gladstone, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 248
Housing Units (2000): 106
Land area (2000): 0.356407 sq. miles (0.923090 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.356407 sq. miles (0.923090 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30460
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.859737 N, 102.565592 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58630
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Headwords:
Gladstone, ND
Gladstone
Gladstone, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 284
Housing Units (2000): 146
Land area (2000): 0.393279 sq. miles (1.018589 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.393279 sq. miles (1.018589 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29431
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 40.864568 N, 90.958815 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61437
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Headwords:
Gladstone, IL
Gladstone
Gladstone, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 11438
Housing Units (2000): 4419
Land area (2000): 2.476277 sq. miles (6.413527 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.047863 sq. miles (0.123964 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.524140 sq. miles (6.537491 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29000
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 45.385642 N, 122.592725 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97027
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Headwords:
Gladstone, OR
Gladstone
Gladstone, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
Population (2000): 5032
Housing Units (2000): 2289
Land area (2000): 4.956658 sq. miles (12.837685 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.928697 sq. miles (7.585289 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.885355 sq. miles (20.422974 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32300
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 45.845808 N, 87.030235 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Gladstone, MI
Gladstone
Gladstone, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 26365
Housing Units (2000): 11919
Land area (2000): 7.996100 sq. miles (20.709802 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.996100 sq. miles (20.709802 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27190
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.211752 N, 94.561687 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 64118
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Headwords:
Gladstone, MO
Gladstone
Compare: Gladen
Gladen (n.) (Bot.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially the European Iris f[oe]tidissima. [Written also gladwyn, gladdon, and glader.]
Gladwyn (n.) (Bot.) See Gladen.
Glair (a.) The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in bookbinding, for pastry, etc.
Glair (a.) Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg.
Glair (a.) A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.
Glaired (imp. & p. p.) of Glair.
Glairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glair.
Glair (v. t.) To smear with the white of an egg.
Glaire (n.) See Glair.
Glaireous (a.) Glairy; covered with glair.
Glairin (n.) A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; -- called also baregin.
Glairy (a.) Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy. -- Wiseman.