Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 4
Galley-worm (n.) (Zool.) 【動】 倍足綱的多足昆蟲 A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or "thousand legs." See Chilognatha.
Compare: Chilognatha
Chilognatha (n.) pl. (Zool.) 唇顎亞綱（學名：Chilognatha）是倍足綱之下三個亞綱之一。One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrally, near together.
Gallflies (n. pl. ) of Gallfly.
Gallfly (n.) (Zool.) An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Gall.
Galliambic (a.) (Pros.) Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse.
Gallian (a.) Gallic; French. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Galliard (a.) Gay; brisk; active. [Obs.]
Galliard (n.) A brisk, gay man. [Obs.]
Selden is a galliard by himself. -- Cleveland.
Galliard (a.) A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde.
Never a hall such a galliard did grace. -- Sir. W. Scott.
Compare: Cinque-pace
Cinque-pace (n.) [Cinque + pace.] 一種輕快的舞曲 A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five. [Obs.] -- Nares. Shak.
Compare: Galliard
Galliard (a.)【古】活潑的 Allied genera. See Illust. of Gall.
Galliambic (a.) (Pros.) Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse.
Gallian (a.) Gallic; French. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Galliard (a.) Gay; brisk; active. [Obs.]
Galliard (n.) A brisk, gay man. [Obs.]
Selden is a galliard by himself. -- Cleveland.
Galliard (a.) A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde.
Never a hall such a galliard did grace. -- Sir. W. Scott.
Compare: Cinque-pace
Cinque-pace (n.) [Cinque + pace.] 一種輕快的舞曲 A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five. [Obs.] -- Nares. Shak.
Galliard (n.) 活潑輕快的雙人舞A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five. [Obs.] -- Nares. Shak.
Galliardise (a.) Excessive gayety; merriment. [Obs.]
The mirth and galliardise of company. -- Sir. T. Browne.
Galliardness (n.) Gayety. [Obs.] -- Gayton.
Galliass (n.) Same as Galleass.
Gallic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.
Gallic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like.
Gallic acid (Chem.), An organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially.
It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink.
Gallic (a.) Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.
Gallic (a.) Of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls; "Ancient Gallic dialects"; "Gallic migrations"; "the Gallic Wars."
Gallic (a.) Of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French cooking"; "a Gallic shrug" [syn: French, Gallic].
Gallican (a.) Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the Gallican church or clergy.
Gallican (n.) An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism. -- Shipley.
Gallican (a.) Relating to or characteristic of Gallicanism.
Gallicanism (n.) The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church. -- Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
Gallicanism (n.) A religious movement originating among the French Roman Catholic clergy that favored the restriction of papal control and the achievement by each nation of individual administrative autonomy of the church.
Gallicism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom.
Gallicism (n.) A word or phrase borrowed from French.
Gallicized (imp. & p. p.) of Gallicize.
Gallicizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gallicize.
Gallicize (v. t.) To conform to the French mode or idiom.
Gallied (p. p. & a.) (Naut.) Worried; flurried; frightened. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Galliform (a.) 雞形目 Like the Gallinae (or Galliformes) in structure.
Galligaskins (n. pl.) Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.
Gallimatia (n.) Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See Galimatias.
Gallimaufries (n. pl. ) of Gallimaufry.
Gallimaufry (n.) A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout.
Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat. -- King.
Gallimaufry (n.) Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch.
The Mahometan religion, which, being a gallimaufry made up of many, partakes much of the Jewish. -- South.
Gallimaufry (n.) A motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash,
mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum].
Gallin (n.) (Chem.) A substance obtained by the reduction of gallein.
Gallinaceae (n. pl.) Same as Gallinae.
Compare: Gallinae
Gallinae (n.; pl.) (Zool.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes {Rasores">called {Rasores.
Gallinacean (n.) (Zool.) One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds.
Gallinacean (n.) Heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds [syn: gallinaceous bird, gallinacean].
Gallinaceous (a.) (Zool.) Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.
Gallinaceous (a.) Of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean.
Gallinaceous (a.) 鶉雞類的, 雞的 Of or relating to an order (Galliformes) of heavy-bodied largely terrestrial birds including the pheasants, turkeys, grouse, and the common domestic chicken.
Gallinae (n.) (Zool.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes {Rasores"> called {Rasores.
Gallinae (n. pl. Gallinae) A group of birds usually nearly equivalent to Galliformes.
Gallinae (n. pl. Gallinae) (or gallinae) Wild birds (as wild turkey, grouse, pheasant, partridge, and quail) of the order Galliformes that are fit or lawful for hunting.
Galling (a.) Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating.
Gallinipper (n.) A large mosquito.
Gallinule (n.) 【鳥】鷭 One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule ({Gallinula galeata).
Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients.
Gallinule (n.) Any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens [syn: gallinule, marsh hen, water hen, swamphen].
Galliot (n.) See Galiot.
Gallipoli oil () An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy.
Gallipot (n.) A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc.
Gallium (n.) (Chem.)【化】鎵（金屬元素，符號Ga，原子序號31） A rare metallic element, found combined in certain zinc ores.
It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and
remarkable for its low melting point (86[deg] F., 30[deg] C.). Symbol, Ga; at.
wt., 69.9. Gallium is chiefly trivalent, resembling aluminium and indium. It
was predicted with most of its properties, under the name eka-aluminium, by the
Russian chemist Mendelyeev on the basis of the periodic law.
This prediction was verified in its discovery (in 1875)
by the French chemist Lecoq de Boisbaudran by its characteristic spectrum (two
violet lines), in an examination of a zinc blende from the Pyrenees.
Compare: Ekaluminium
Ekaluminium (n.) (Chem.) The name given by Mendeleev to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered and called gallium. See Gallium, and cf. Ekabor. Also see periodic table.
Gallium (n.) A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores [syn: gallium, Ga, atomic number 31].
Gallium
Symbol: Ga
Atomic number: 31
Atomic weight: 69.72
Soft silvery metallic element, belongs to group 13 of the periodic table.
The two stable isotopes are Ga-69 and Ga-71. Eight radioactive isotopes are known, all having short half-lives. Gallium Arsenide is used as a semiconductor. Corrodes most other metals by diffusing into their lattice.
First identified by Francois Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875.
Gallivant (v. i.) To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
Gallivat (n.) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on the Malabar coast.
Galliwasp (n.) A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous.
Gallnut (n.) A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall.
Gallomania (n.) An excessive admiration of what is French.
Gallon (n.) A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.
Galloon (n.) A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., -- sometimes made ornamental.
Galloon (n.) A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace.
Gallooned (a.) Furnished or adorned with galloon.
Galloped (imp. & p. p.) of Gallop.
Galloping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gallop.
Gallop (v. i.) To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.
But gallop lively down the western hill. -- Donne.
Gallop (v. i.) To ride a horse at a gallop.
Gallop (v. i.) Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it. -- Locke.
Gallop (v. t.) To cause to gallop.
Gallop (n.) A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds.
Hand gallop, A slow or gentle gallop.
Gallop (n.) A fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
Gallop (v.) Ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road."
Gallop (v.) Go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along."
Gallop (v.) Cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" [syn: gallop, extend].
Gallopade (n.) I horsemanship, a sidelong or curveting kind of gallop.
Gallopade (n.) A kind of dance; also, music to the dance; a galop.
Gallopaded (imp. & p. p.) of Gallopade.
Gallopading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gallopade.
Gallopade (v. i.) To gallop, as on horseback.
Gallopade (v. i.) To perform the dance called gallopade.
Galloper (n.) One who, or that which, gallops.
Galloper (n.) (Mil.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber. -- Farrow.
Galloper gun, A light gun, supported on a galloper, -- formerly attached to British infantry regiments.
Gallopin (n.) An under servant for the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errand boy. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.
Galloping (a.) Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a galloping horse.
Gallotannic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls.
Gallotannic acid. See Tannic acid, under Tannic.
Gallow (v. t.) To fright or terrify. See Gally, v. t. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Galloway (n.) (Zool.) A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway, Scotland; -- called also garran, and garron.
Galloway (n.) A district in southwestern Scotland.
Galloway (n.) Breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland.
Gallowglass (n.) A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward ? --Shak.
Gallowses (n. pl. ) of Gallows.
Gallows (n. pl. ) of Gallows.
Gallows (n. sing.) A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows. -- Esther vii. 10.
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. -- Shak.
O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses! -- Shak.
Gallows (n. sing.) A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] -- Shak.
Gallows (n. sing.) (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
Gallows (n. sing.) pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
Gallows bird, A person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
Gallows bitts (Naut.), One of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc.
Gallows frame. (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine.
Gallows frame. (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
Gallows tree, or Gallow tree, The gallows.
At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. -- Spenser.
Gallows (n.) An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging.
Gallows, () Heb. 'ets, meaning "a tree" (Esther 6:4), a post or gibbet. In Gen. 40:19 and Deut. 21:22 the word is rendered "tree."
Gallows. () An erection on which to bang criminals condemned to death.
Gallows, (n.) A stage for the performance of miracle plays, in which the leading actor is translated to heaven. In this country the gallows is chiefly remarkable for the number of persons who escape it.
Whether on the gallows high Or where blood flows the reddest, The noblest place for man to die -- Is where he died the deadest.
Gallstone (n.) A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1.
Gallstone (n.) A calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts [syn: gallstone, bilestone].
Gally (v. t.) To frighten; to worry. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- T. Brown.
Gally (a.) Like gall; bitter as gall. -- Cranmer.
Gally (n.) See Galley, n., 4.
Gallygaskins (n. pl.) See Galligaskins. Galoche
Galoche () Alt. of Galoshe.
Galoshe () A clog or patten. [Obs.]
Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche. -- Chaucer.
Galoshe () Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather, especially a waterproof rubber overshoe extending over the ankle, worn over one's regular shoes; now usually written galosh. It is used mostly in the plural; as, it's raining, so put your galoshes on.
Galoshe () A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.
Galoot (n.) A noisy, swaggering, or worthless fellow; a rowdy. [Slang, U. S.]
Galoot (n.) A disreputable or clumsy man.
Galop (n.) [F.] (Mus.) A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance.
Galore (n. & a.) （用在名詞後）大量的，豐富的 Plenty; abundance; in abundance.
Galore (a.) In great numbers; "daffodils galore."
Galore (a.) Existing in abundance; "abounding confidence"; "whiskey galore" [syn: abounding, galore(ip)].
Galoshe (n.) Same as Galoche.
Compare: Galoche
Galoche, Galoshe, () A clog or patten. [Obs.]
Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche. -- Chaucer.
Galoche, Galoshe, () Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather, especially a waterproof rubber overshoe extending over the ankle, worn over one's regular shoes; now usually written galosh. It is used mostly in the plural; as, it's raining, so put your galoshes on.
Galoche, Galoshe, () A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.
Galoshes (n.) (pl.) (also Overshoes) （雨雪天套在鞋上防水的橡膠）套鞋 Waterproff shoes, usually made of rubber, for wearing over ordinary shoes in the rain or snow.
Compare: Overshoes
Overshoes (n.) (pl.) （雨雪天套在鞋上防水的橡膠）套鞋 Coverings worn over your ordinary shoes, worn especially in order to protect your shoes or to keep the surface your are walking on clean.
// Raised overshoes were worn by women to keep the hems of their dresses out of the mud.
Galpe (v. i.) To gape, to yawn. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Galsome (a.) Angry; malignant. [Obs.] -- Bp. Morton.
Galt (n.) Same as Gault.
Galvanic (a.) 直流電的；觸電似的；令人震驚的 Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents.
Galvanic battery (Elec.), An apparatus for generating electrical currents by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; -- now usually called voltaic battery. See Battery.
Galvanic circuit or Galvanic circle. (Elec.) See under Circuit.
Galvanic pile (Elec.), The voltaic pile. See under Voltaic.
Galvanic (a.) Pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action; "a galvanic cell"; "a voltaic (or galvanic) couple" [syn: voltaic, galvanic].
Galvanic (a.) Affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling; "gave an electric reading of the play"; "the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale" [syn: electric, galvanic, galvanizing, galvanising].
Galvanism (n.) (Physics) 直電流；電療法 Electricity excited by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; dynamical electricity.
Galvanism (n.) The branch of physical science which treats of dynamical elecricity, or the properties and effects of electrical currents.
Note: The words galvanism and galvanic, formerly in very general use, are now rarely employed. For the latter, voltaic, from the name of Volta, is commonly used.
Compare: Voltaism
Voltaism (n.) (Physics) That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals.
Galvanism (n.) Electricity produced by chemical action.
Galvanism (n.) The therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) [syn: electrotherapy, galvanism, electric healing, electrical healing].
Galvanist (n.) 電流學家 One versed in galvanism.
Galvanization (n.) [U] 鍍鋅；通電；通電刺激 The act of process of galvanizing.
Galvanization (n.) Stimulation with a galvanic current [syn: galvanization, galvanisation].
Galvanization (n.) Stimulation that arouses a person to lively action; "the unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole team" [syn: galvanization, galvanisation].
Galvanization (n.) Either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting [syn: galvanization, galvanisation].
Galvanized (imp. & p. p.) of Galvanize.
Galvanizing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Galvanize.
Galvanize (v. t.) 在……上鍍鋅；用電流刺激；刺激；以某種方式激勵人心；激起，引起 [（+into）] To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.