Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 35
Gothicism (n.) A Gothic idiom.
Gothicism (n.) Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture.
Gothicism (n.) Rudeness of manners; barbarousness.
Gothicized (imp. & p. p.) of Gothicize.
Gothicizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gothicize.
Gothicize (v. t.) To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism. gothite
Gothite (n.) Alt. of Goethite.
Goethite (n.) (Min.) A hydrous oxide of iron ({HFeO2), occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown.
Goethite (n.) (Miner.) An oxide of iron.
Syn: gothite.
Goethite (n.) A red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust [syn: goethite, gothite].
Gotten () p. p. of Get.
Gouache (n.) A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted.
Gouache (n.) An opaque watercolor prepared with gum.
Gouache (n.) A watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum.
Goud (n.) Woad. [Obs.]
Goudron (n.) (Mil.) A small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts. -- Farrow.
Gouge (n.) A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood.
Gouge (n.) A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve.
Gouge (n.) An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc. -- Knight.
Gouge (n.) (Mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein aud the solid vein. -- Raymond.
Gouge (n.) The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge.
Gouge (n.) Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person. [Slang, U. S.]
Gouge bit, A boring bit, shaped like a gouge.
Gouge (n.) An impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: dent, ding, gouge, nick].
Gouge (n.) And edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves.
Gouge (n.) The act of gouging.
Gouge (v.) Force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" [syn: gouge, force out].
Gouge (v.) Obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" [syn: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring].
Gouge (v.) Make a groove in [syn: rout, gouge].
Gouged (imp. & p. p.) of Gouge.
Gouging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gouge.
Gouge (v. t.) To scoop out with a gouge.
Gouge (v. t.) To scoop out, as an eye,
with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb. [K S.]
Note: A barbarity mentioned by some travelers as
formerly practiced in the brutal frays of desperadoes in some parts of the
United States.
Gouge (v. t.) To cheat in a bargain; to chouse. [Slang, U. S.]
Gouger (n.) (Zool.) See Plum Gouger.
Gouger (n.) An attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye
Gouger (n.) A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud [syn: swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter].
Gougeshell (n.) (Zool.) A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.
Goujere (n.) The venereal disease. [Obs.]
Gouland (n.) See Golding.
Goulards extract () (Med.) An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract.
Compare: Gaur
Gaur (n.) [Native name.] (Zool.) An East Indian species of wild cattle ({Bibos gauris), of large size and an untamable disposition. [Spelt also gour.]
Gour (n.) A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber. -- Tylor.
Gour (n.) (Zool.) See Koulan.
Compare: Koulan
Koulan (n.) [Native name.]
(Zool.) A wild horse ({Equus onager or Asinus onager) inhabiting the plains of
Central Asia; -- called also gour, khur, and onager. [Written also kulan.]
Note: It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it is closely
related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It has a well
defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is
intermediate between the horse and ass.
Goura (n.) (Zool.) One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon ({Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon ({G. coronata) are among the beat known species.
Gourami (n.) A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made to introduce it into Southern Europe.
Gourd (n.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.
Gourd (n.) A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle.
Gourd (n.) A false die. See Gord.
Gourd (n.) Alt. of Gourde
Gourde (n.) A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc.
Gourdiness (n.) The state of being gourdy.
Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America.
Gourdworm (n.) The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.
Gourdy (a.) Swelled in the legs.
Gourmand (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.
Gourmet (n.) A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.
Gournet (n.) A fish. See Gurnet.
Gout (n.) A drop; a clot or coagulation.
Gout (n.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc.
Gout (n.) A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn.
Gout (n.) Taste; relish.
Goutily (adv.) In a gouty manner.
Goutiness (n.) The state of being gouty; gout.
Goutweed (n.) Alt. of Goutwort.
Goutwort (n.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Aegopodium Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard.
Gouty (a.) Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint.
Gouty (a.) Pertaining to the gout.
Gouty (a.) Swollen, as if from gout.
Gouty (a.) Boggy; as, gouty land.
Gove (n.) A mow; a rick for hay.
Governed (imp. & p. p.) of Govern.
Governing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Govern.
Govern (v. t.) To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority.
Govern (v. t.) To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse.
Govern (v. t.) To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case.
Govern (v. i.) To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control.
Governability (n.) Governableness.
Governable (a.) Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient.
Governableness (n.) The quality of being governable; manageableness.
Governal (n.) Alt. of Governail
Governail (n.) Management; mastery.
Governance (n.) Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.
Governante (n.) A governess.
Governess (n.) A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.
Governing (a.) Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state.
Governing (a.) Requiring a particular case.
Government (n.) [C] [G]（常大寫）政府，內閣；[U] 政體；體制；[U] 政治；[U] 統治 The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
Government (n.) The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
Government (n.) The right or power of governing; authority.
Government (n.) The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
Government (n.) The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
Government (n.) Management of the limbs or body.
Government (n.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
Government (n.) The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" [syn: {government}, {authorities}, {regime}].
Government (n.) The act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" [syn: {government}, {governing}, {governance}, {government activity}, {administration}].
Government (n.) (government) The system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government".
Government (n.) The study of government of states and other political units [syn: {politics}, {political science}, {government}].
Government (n.) (Group) (B1) [ C, + sing/pl. verb ] (Written abbreviation govt) 政府，內閣 The group of people who officially control a country.
// The government of Israel.
// The government is/ are expected to announce its/their tax proposals today.
// The minister has announced that there will be no change in government policy.
// Senior government officials will be attending a meeting tomorrow.
// Theatre companies are very concerned about cuts in government grants to the arts.
// A government enquiry has been launched.
Government (n.) (System) (B2) [ U ] 政體，體制 The system used for controlling a country, city, or group of people.
// The 1990s saw a shift to democratic government in Eastern Europe.
// What this state needs is really strong government.
Government (n.) (System) (B2) [ U ] 統治，執政；治理，管理 The activities involved in controlling a country, city, group of people, etc..
// The party that was elected to power has no experience of government.
// (UK) The party was in government (= controlled the country) for four years in the 1960s.
Her/ His Majesty's Government 英國女王／國王陛下的政府，英國政府 The government of the UK.
Governmental (a.) Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.
Governor (n.) One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania. "The governor of the town." -- Shak.
Governor (n.) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
Governor (n.) (Naut.) A pilot; a steersman. [R.]
Governor (n.) (Mach.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.
Note: The illustration shows a form of governor commonly used for steam engines, in wich a heavy sleeve (a) sliding on a rapidly revolving spindle (b), driven by the engine, is raised or lowered, when the speed varies, by the changing centrifugal force of two balls (c c) to which it is connected by links (d d), the balls being attached to arms (e e) which are jointed to the top of the spindle. The sleeve is connected with the throttle valve or cut-off through a lever (f), and its motion produces a greater supply of steam when the engine runs too slowly and a less supply when too fast.
Governor cut-off (Steam Engine), A variable cut-off gear in which the governor acts in such a way as to cause the steam to be cut off from entering the cylinder at points of the stroke dependent upon the engine's speed.
Hydraulic governor (Mach.), A governor which is operated by the action of a liquid in flowing; a cataract.
Governor (n.) The head of a state government.
Governor (n.) A control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) [syn: governor, regulator].
Governor, () (1.) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace (2 Chr. 28:7; comp. 1 Kings 4:6), chief of the temple (1 Chr. 9:11; Jer. 20:1), the leader of the Aaronites (1 Chr. 12:27), keeper of the sacred treasury (26:24), captain of the army (13:1), the king (1 Sam. 9:16), the Messiah (Dan. 9:25).
Governor, () (2.) Heb. nasi, raised; exalted. Used to denote the chiefs of families (Num. 3:24, 30, 32, 35); also of tribes (2:3; 7:2; 3:32). These dignities appear to have been elective, not hereditary.
Governor, () (3.) Heb. pakid, an officer or magistrate. It is used of the delegate of the high priest (2 Chr. 24:11), the Levites (Neh. 11:22), a military commander (2 Kings 25:19), Joseph's officers in Egypt (Gen. 41:34).
Governor, () (4.) Heb. shallit, one who has power, who rules (Gen. 42:6; Ezra 4:20; Eccl. 8:8; Dan. 2:15; 5:29).
Governor, () (5.) Heb. aluph, literally one put over a thousand, i.e., a clan or a subdivision of a tribe. Used of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen. 36), and of the Jewish chiefs (Zech. 9:7).
Governor, () (6.) Heb. moshel, one who rules, holds dominion. Used of many classes of rulers (Gen. 3:16; 24:2; 45:8; Ps. 105:20); of the Messiah (Micah 5:2); of God (1 Chr. 29:12; Ps. 103:19).
Governor, () (7.) Heb. sar, a ruler or chief; a word of very general use. It is used of the chief baker of Pharaoh (Gen. 40:16); of the chief butler (40:2, etc. See also Gen. 47:6; Ex. 1:11; Dan. 1:7; Judg. 10:18; 1 Kings 22:26; 20:15; 2 Kings 1:9; 2 Sam. 24:2). It is used also of angels, guardian angels (Dan. 10:13, 20, 21; 12:1; 10:13; 8:25).
Governor, () (8.) Pehah, whence _pasha_, i.e., friend of the king; adjutant; governor of a province (2 Kings 18:24; Isa. 36:9; Jer. 51: 57; Ezek. 23:6, 23; Dan. 3:2; Esther 3: 12), or a perfect (Neh. 3:7; 5:14; Ezra 5:3; Hag. 1:1). This is a foreign word, Assyrian, which was early adopted into the Hebrew idiom (1 Kings 10:15).
Governor, () (9.) The Chaldean word _segan_ is applied to the governors of the Babylonian satrapies (Dan. 3:2, 27; 6:7); the prefects over the Magi (2:48). The corresponding Hebrew word _segan_ is used of provincial rulers (Jer. 51:23, 28, 57); also of chiefs and rulers of the people of Jerusalem (Ezra 9:2; Neh. 2:16; 4:14, 19; 5:7, 17; 7:5; 12:40).
In the New Testament there are also different Greek words rendered thus.
Governor, () (1.) Meaning an ethnarch (2 Cor. 11:32), which was an office distinct from military command, with considerable latitude of application.
Governor, () (2.) The procurator of Judea under the Romans (Matt. 27:2). (Comp. Luke 2:2, where the verb from which the Greek word so rendered is derived is used.)
Governor, () (3.) Steward (Gal. 4:2).
Governor, () (4.) Governor of the feast (John 2:9), who appears here to have been merely an intimate friend of the bridegroom, and to have presided at the marriage banquet in his stead.
Governor, () (5.) A director, i.e., helmsman; Lat. gubernator, (James 3:4).
Governor general () A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.
Governor general (n.) A governor of high rank.
Governorship (n.) The office of a governor.
Gowan (n.) The daisy, or mountain daisy. [Scot.]
And pu'd the gowans fine. -- Burns.
Gowan (n.) (Min.) Decomposed granite.
Compare: Goldin
Goldin, Golding (n.) (Bot.) A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold ({Chrysanthemum segetum). [This word is variously corrupted into gouland, gools, gowan, etc.]
Gowany (a.) Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies.
Gowd (n.) Gold; wealth.
Gowden (a.) Golden.
Gowdie (n.) See Dragont.
Gowdnook (n.) (Zool.) The saury pike; -- called also gofnick.
Compare: Saury
Saury (n.; pl. Sauries.) (Zool.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
Gowk (v. t.) To make a, booby of one; to stupefy. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Gowk (n.) (Zool.) The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.
Gowk (n.) (Zool.) A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.
Gowl (v. i.) To howl. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Gown (n.) A loose, flowing upper garment ; especially:
Gown (n.) The ordinary outer dress of a woman, especially one that is full-length/ex>.