Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 34
Gorgerin (n.) (Arch.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column.
Gorgerin (n.) The molding at the top of a column [syn: gorgerin, necking].
Gorget (n.) A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century.
Gorget (n.) A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor.
Unfix the gorget's iron clasp. -- Sir W. Scott.
Gorget (n.) A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies.
Gorget (n.) A ruff worn by women. [Obs.]
Gorget (n.) (Surg.) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
Gorget (n.) (Surg.) A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget. -- Dunglison.
Gorget (n.) (Zool.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.
Gorget hummer (Zool.), A humming bird of the genus Trochilus. See Rubythroat.
Gorget (n.) Armor plate that protects the neck.
Gorgon (n.) (Gr. Myth.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone.
The name is particularly given to Medusa.
Gorgon (n.) Anything very ugly or horrid. -- Milton.
Gorgon (n.) (Zool.) The brindled gnu. See Gnu.
Gorgon (a.) Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face. -- Dryden.
Gorgon (n.) (Greek mythology) Any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone.
Gorgon, (n.) The Gorgon was a maiden bold Who turned to stone the Greeks of old That looked upon her awful brow. We dig them out of ruins now, And swear that workmanship so bad Proves all the ancient sculptors mad.
Gorgonacea (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) See Gorgoniacea.
Gorgonacea (n.) Red corals and sea fans [syn: Gorgonacea, suborder Gorgonacea, Gorgoniacea, suborder Gorgoniacea].
Gorgonean (a.) See Gorgonian, 1.
Gorgoneia (n. pl. ) of Gorgoneion
Gorgoneion (n.) (Arch.) A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head. -- Elmes.
Gorgonia (n.) (Zool.) A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan ({Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume ({G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis.
Gorgonia (n.) Any slender branched gorgonian.
Gorgoniacea (n. pl.) (Zool.) One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c[oe]nenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated.
Note: The axis is commonly horny, but it may be solid and stony (composed of calcium carbonate), as in the red coral of commerce, or it may be in alternating horny and stony joints, as in Isis. See Alcyonaria, Anthozoa, C[oe]nenchyma.
Gorgoniacea (n.) Red corals and sea fans [syn: Gorgonacea, suborder Gorgonacea, Gorgoniacea, suborder Gorgoniacea].
Gorgonian (a.) [L. Gorgoneus.] Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.
The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. -- Milton.
Gorgonian (a.) (Zool.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral.
Gorgonian (n.) (Zool.) One of the Gorgoniacea.
Gorgonian (n.) Corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton [syn: gorgonian, gorgonian coral].
Gorgonize (v. t.) To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify. [R.]
Gorhen (n.) (Zool.) The female of the gorcock.
Gorilla (n.) [C] (Zool.) 大猩猩；（俚）暴徒，打手；具有轟動效應的作品 A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man. Goring
Gorilla (n.) Largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa [syn: gorilla, Gorilla gorilla].
Gorilla (n.) [ C ] 大猩猩 A large ape that comes from western Africa.
Compare: Gore
Gore (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Gored; p. pr. & vb. n. Goring.] To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab.
The low stumps shall gore His daintly feet. -- Coleridge.
Goring (n.) Alt. of Goring cloth.
Goring cloth (n.) (Naut.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.
Goring (n.) German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946) [syn: Goring, Goering, Hermann Goring, Hermann Goering, Hermann Wilhelm Goring]
Compare: Gome
Gome (n.) A man. [Obs.] -- P. Plowman.
Gome (n.) The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm. [Prov. Eng.]
Gorm (n.) Axle grease. See Gome. [Prov. Eng.]
Gorm (v. t.) To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky. [Prov. Eng.]
Gorma (n.) (Zool.) The European cormorant.
Gormand (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.
Gormand (a.) Gluttonous; voracious. -- Pope.
Gormander (n.) See Gormand, n. [Obs.]
Gormandism (n.) Gluttony. Gormandize
Gormandized (imp. & p. p.) of Gormandize.
Gormandizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gormandize.
Gormandize (v. i. & v. t.) To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton ; to make a pig of oneself. -- Shak.
Syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gourmandize, binge, pig out, pok out, satiate, scarf out.
Gormandize (v.) Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out].
Gormandizer (n.) A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.
Gormless (a.) (British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality [syn: gaumless, gormless].
Goroon shell () (Zool.) A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell ({Triton femorale).
Compare: Furze
Furze (n.) (Bot.) A thorny evergreen shrub ({Ulex Europ[ae]us), with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; -- called also gorse, and whin. The dwarf furze is Ulex nanus.
Gorse (n.) (Bot.) Furze. See Furze.
The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse. -- Cowper.
Gorse bird (Zool.), The European linnet; -- called also gorse hatcher. [Prov. Eng.]
Gorse chat (Zool.), The winchat.
Gorse duck, The corncrake; -- called also grass drake, land drake, and corn drake.
Gorse (n.) Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden -- yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe [syn: gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus].
Gory (a.) Covered with gore or clotted blood.
Thou canst not say I did it; never shake Thy gory locks at me. -- Shak.
Gory (a.) Bloody; murderous. "Gory emulation." -- Shak.
Gory (a.) Covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory dagger" [syn: bloodstained, gory].
Gory (a.) Accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly].
Goshawk (n.) (Zool.) Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species and varieties are known. The European ({Astur palumbarius) and the American ({A. atricapillus) are the best known species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk ({A. Novae-Hollandiae) is pure white.
Goshawk (n.) Large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry [syn: goshawk, Accipiter gentilis].
Gosherd (n.) One who takes care of geese.
Goslet (n.) (Zool.) One of several species of pygmy geese, of the genus Nettepus. They are about the size of a teal, and inhabit Africa, India, and Australia.
Gosling (n.) A young or unfledged goose.
Gosling (n.) A catkin on nut trees and pines. -- Bailey.
Gosling (n.) Young goose.
Gospel (n.) （大寫）福音，基督教教義 [U]；（大寫）福音書 [the S]；信條，準則，真理 [C] [U] Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ, the Kingdom of God, and salvation.
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom. -- Matt. iv. 23.
The steadfast belief of the promises of the gospel. -- Bentley.
Note: It is probable that gospel is from. OE. godspel, God story, the narrative concerning God; but it was early confused with god spell, good story, good tidings, and was so used by the translators of the Authorized version of Scripture. This use has been retained in most cases in the Revised Version.
Thus the literal sense [of gospel] is the "narrative of God," i. e., the life of Christ. -- Skeat.
Gospel (n.) One of the four narratives of the life and death of Jesus Christ, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Gospel (n.) A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a religious service; as, the gospel for the day.
Gospel (n.) Any system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this political gospel. -- Burke.
Gospel (n.) Anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as, they took his words for gospel. [Colloq.]
If any one thinks this expression hyperbolical, I shall only ask him to read [OE]dipus, instead of taking the traditional witticisms about Lee for gospel. -- Saintsbury.
Gospel (a.) 福音的；傳播福音的；福音讚美詩的 Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness. -- Bp. Warburton.
Gospel (v. t.) To instruct in the gospel. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Gospel (n.) The four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings [syn: {Gospel}, {Gospels}, {evangel}].
Gospel (n.) An unquestionable truth; "his word was gospel" [syn: {gospel}, {gospel truth}].
Gospel (n.) Folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul) [syn: {gospel}, {gospel singing}].
Gospel (n.) The written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group [syn: {religious doctrine}, {church doctrine}, {gospel}, {creed}].
Gospel (n.) A doctrine that is believed to be of great importance; "Newton's writings were gospel for those who followed."
Gospel, () A word of Anglo-Saxon origin, and meaning "God's spell", i.e., word of God, or rather, according to others, "good spell", i.e., good news. It is the rendering of the Greek _evangelion_, i.e., "good message." It denotes (1) "the welcome intelligence of salvation to man as preached by our Lord and his followers. (2.) It was afterwards transitively applied to each of the four histories of our Lord's life, published by those who are therefore called 'Evangelists', writers of the history of the gospel (the evangelion). (3.) The term is often used to express collectively the gospel doctrines; and 'preaching the gospel' is often used to include not only the proclaiming of the good tidings, but the teaching men how to avail themselves of the offer of salvation, the declaring of all the truths, precepts, promises, and threatenings of Christianity." It is termed "the gospel of the grace of God" (Acts 20:24), "the gospel of the kingdom" (Matt. 4:23), "the gospel of Christ" (Rom. 1:16), "the gospel of peace (Eph. 6:15), "the glorious gospel," "the everlasting gospel," "the gospel of salvation" (Eph. 1:13).
Gospeler (n.) One of the four evangelists. -- Rom. of R.
Mark the gospeler was the ghostly son of Peter in baptism. -- Wyclif.
Gospeler (n.) A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious reformer; hence, a Puritan. [Obs.] -- Latimer.
The persecution was carried on against the gospelers with much fierceness by those of the Roman persuasion. -- Strype.
Gospeler (n.) A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service.
The Archbishop of York was the celebrant, the epistoler being the dean, and the gospeler the Bishop of Sydney. -- Pall Mall Gazette.
Gospeler (n.) A preacher of the Christian gospel [syn: evangelist, revivalist, gospeler, gospeller].
Gospelized (imp. & p. p.) of Gospelize.
Gospelizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gospelize.
Gospelize (v. t.) To form according to the gospel; as, a command gospelized to us. -- Milton.
Gospelize (v. t.) To instruct in the gospel; to evangelize; as, to gospelize the savages. -- Boyle.
Goss (n.) Gorse. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Gossamer (n.) A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders.
Gossamer (n.) Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff.
Gossamer (n.) An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer.
Gossamer spider (Zool.), Any small or young spider which spins webs by which to sail in the air. See Ballooning spider.
Gossamer (a.) Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing" [syn: ethereal, gossamer].
Gossamer (a.) So thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby].
Gossamer (n.) A gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture.
Gossamer (n.) Filaments from a web that was spun by a spider [syn: cobweb, gossamer].
Gossamery (a.) Like gossamer; flimsy.
The greatest master of gossamery affectation. -- De Quincey.
Gossan (n.) (Geol.) Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein. Called also iron hat.
Gossaniferous (a.) Containing or producing gossan.
Gossat (n.) (Zool.) A small British marine fish ({Motella tricirrata); -- called also whistler and three-bearded rockling. [Prov. Eng.]
Gossib (n.) A gossip. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Spenser.
Gossip (n.) 閑聊，隨筆，流言，愛講閑話的人 A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. -- Selden.
Gossip (n.)【字源】基督教國家的小孩在出生後需接受洗禮並取教名. 被請當作監護人的人 (即 godfather (教父) 及 godmother, (教母)， 通常會參加受洗儀式並親自為小孩命名. gossip 原來是指這 godfather 和 godmother；不久因為熟知那小孩家庭情形的教父、教母在別處閒談這一家的事,而成為“喜歡說閒話的人”之意,到今天便成為“沒根據的閒言”之意《不及物動詞》
Gossip (n.) A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. [Obs.]
My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. -- Shak.
Gossip (n.) One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
The common chat of gossips when they meet. -- Dryden.
Gossip (n.) The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite. -- Tennyson.
Gossip (v. t.) To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Gossiped (imp. & p. p.) of Gossip.
Gossiping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gossip.
Gossip (v. i.) 說閑話，閑聊 To make merry. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Gossip (v. i.) To prate; to chat; to talk much. -- Shak.
Gossip (v. i.) To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
Gossip (n.) Light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie].
Gossip (n.) A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" [syn: gossip, comment, scuttlebutt].
Gossip (n.) A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others [syn: gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger].
Gossip (v.) Wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt" [syn: dish the dirt, gossip].
Gossip (v.) Talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit].
Gossiper (n.) One given to gossip. -- Beaconsfield.
Gossiper (n.) A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others [syn: gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger].
Gossiprede (n.) The relationship between a person and his sponsors. [Obs.]
Gossipry (n.) Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy. -- Bale.
Gossipry (n.) Idle talk; gossip. -- Mrs. Browning.
Gossipy (a.) Full of, or given to, gossip.
Gossipy (a.) Prone to friendly informal communication [syn: chatty, gossipy, newsy].
Gossoon (n.) A boy; a servant. [Ireland]
Gossypium (n.) (Bot.) A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these.
Gossypium (n.) Herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton [syn: Gossypium, genus Gossypium].
Compare: Get
Get (v. t.) [imp. Got] 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.
Get (v. t.) Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have. -- Johnson.
Thou hast got the face of man. -- Herbert.
Get (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; to generate.
I had rather to adopt a child than get it. -- Shak.
Get (v. t.) 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.
It being harder with him to get one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty. -- Bp. Fell.
Get (v. t.) To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
Get him to say his prayers. -- Shak.
Get (v. t.) To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle.
Those things I bid you do; get them dispatched. -- Shak.
Get (v. t.) To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.
Get thee out from this land. -- Gen. xxxi. 13.
He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town of Mega. -- Knolles.
Note: Get, as a transitive verb, is combined with adverbs implying motion, to express the causing to, or the effecting in, the object of the verb, of the kind of motion indicated by the preposition; thus, to get in, to cause to enter, to bring under shelter; as, to get in the hay; to get out, to make come forth, to extract; to get off, to take off, to remove; to get together, to cause to come together, to collect.
To get by heart, To commit to memory.
To get the better of, To get the best of, To obtain an advantage over; to surpass; to subdue.
To get up, To cause to be established or to exit; to prepare; to arrange; to construct; to invent; as, to get up a celebration, a machine, a book, an agitation.
Syn: To obtain; gain; win; acquire. See Obtain.
Got () imp. & p. p. of Get. See Get.
GOT, () Global Offset Table.
Gote (n.) A channel for water. [Prov. Eng.] -- Crose.
Goter (n.) A gutter. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Goth (n.) (Ethnol.) One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire.
Note: Under the reign of Valens, they took possession of Dacia (the modern Transylvania and the adjoining regions), and came to be known as Ostrogoths and Visigoths, or East and West Goths; the former inhabiting countries on the Black Sea up to the Danube, and the latter on this river generally. Some of them took possession of the province of Moesia, and hence were called Moesogoths. Others, who made their way to Scandinavia, at a time unknown to history, are sometimes styled Suiogoths.
Goth (n.) One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person. -- Chesterfield.
Goth (n.) A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike].
Goth (n.) One of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries.
Gothamist (n.) A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders. -- Bp. Morton.
Gothamite (n.) A gothamist.
Gothamite (n.) An inhabitant of New York city. [Jocular] -- Irving.
Gothic (a.) Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.
Gothic (a.) (Arch.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital.
Gothic (n.) The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth.
Note: Bishop Ulfilas or Walfila translated most of the Bible into Gothic about the Middle of the 4th century. The portion of this translaton which is preserved is the oldest known literary document in any Teutonic language.
Gothic (n.) A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines.
Note: This is Nonpareil GOTHIC.
Gothic (n.) (Arch.) The style described in Gothic, a., 2.
Compare: Pointed
Pointed (a.) Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.
Pointed (a.) Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing.
His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. -- Pope.
Pointed arch (Arch.), An arch with a pointed crown.
Pointed style (Arch.), A name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; -- more commonly called Gothic. -- Point"ed*ly, adv. -- Point"ed*ness, n.
Compare: Moesogothic
Moesogothic (n.) The language of the Moesogoths; -- also called Gothic.
Gothic (a.) Characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German.
Gothic (a.) Of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; "the Gothic Bible translation."
Gothic (a.) Of or relating to the Goths; "Gothic migrations."
Gothic (a.) As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating" [syn: medieval, mediaeval, gothic].
Gothic (a.) Characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'."
Gothic (n.) Extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas.
Gothic (n.) A heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries [syn: Gothic, black letter].
Gothic (n.) A style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches [syn: Gothic, Gothic architecture].