Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 5
Galvanize (v. t.) To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity.
Galvanize (v. t.) To restore to consciousness by galvanic action (as from a state of suspended animation); hence, to stimulate or excite to a factitious animation or activity.
Galvanize (v. t.) To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanized iron.
Galvanized iron, Formerly, iron coated with zink by electrical deposition; now more commonly, iron coated with zink by plunging into a bath of melted zink, after its surface has been cleaned by friction with the aid of dilute acid.
Galvanize (v.) To stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action" [syn: {startle}, {galvanize}, {galvanise}].
Galvanize (v.) Cover with zinc; "galvanize steel" [syn: {galvanize}, {galvanise}].
Galvanize (v.) Stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock [syn: {galvanize}, {galvanise}].
Galvanized (a.)（鐵）鍍過鋅的；galvanize 的動詞過去式、過去分詞美式
Galvanizer (n.) 電鍍工；電鍍器；鉛絲 One who, or that which, galvanize.
Galvanizer (n.) A skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc [syn: {galvanizer}, {galvaniser}].
Galvanizer (n.) A leader who stimulates and excites people to action [syn: {galvanizer}, {galvaniser}, {inspirer}].
Galvanocaustic (a.) Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especially in medicine.
Galvanocautery (n.) (Med.) Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current.
Galvanoglyphy (n.) Same as Glyphography.
Galvanograph (n.) (Engraving) A copperplate produced by the method of galvanography; also, a picture printed from such a plate.
Galvanographic (a.) Of or pertaining to galvanography.
Galvanography (n.) The art or process of depositing metals by electricity; electrotypy.
Galvanography (n.) A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.
Galvanologist (n.) One who describes the phenomena of galvanism; a writer on galvanism.
Galvanology (n.) A treatise on galvanism, or a description of its phenomena.
Galvanometer (n.) (Elec.) An instrument or apparatus for measuring the intensity of an electric current, usually by the deflection of a magnetic needle.
Differential galvanometer. See under Differental, a.
Sine galvanometer, Cosine galvanometer, Tangent Galvanometer (Elec.), A galvanometer in which the sine, cosine, or tangent respectively, of the angle through which the needle is deflected, is proportional to the strength of the current passed through the instrument.
Galvanometer (n.) Meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents.
Galvanometric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or measured by, a galvanometer.
Galvanometry (n.) The art or process of measuring the force of electric currents.
Galvanoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the art or process of electrotyping; employing, or produced by, the process of electolytic deposition; as, a galvano-plastic copy of a medal or the like.
Galvanoplasty (n.) The art or process of electrotypy.
Galvanopuncture (n.) (Med.) Same as Electro-puncture.
Galvanoscope (n.) (Elec.) An instrument or apparatus for detecting the presence of electrical currents, especially such as are of feeble intensity.
Galvanoscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to a galvanoscope.
Galvanoscopy (n.) (Physiol.) The use of galvanism in physiological experiments.
Galvanotonus (n.) (Physiol.) Same as Electrotonus.
Galvanotropism (n.) (Bot.) The tendency of a root to place its axis in the line of a galvanic current.
Galwes (n.) Gallows. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Gam (n.) A leg. [slang]
Gam (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Gammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gam"ming.] (Naut.) (a) To gather in a gam; -- said of whales.
Gam (v. i.) (Naut.) (b) To engage in a gam, or (Local, U. S.) in social intercourse anywhere.
Gam (v. t.) (Naut.) To have a gam with; to pay a visit to, esp. among whalers at sea.
Gam (n.) (Naut.) A herd, or school, of whales.
Gam (n.) A visit between whalers at sea; a holding of social intercourse between those on different vessels at sea, or (Local U. S.) between persons ashore.
Gam (n.) A herd of whales.
Gama grass () (Bot.) A species of grass ({Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; -- called also sesame grass.
Gamashes (n. pl.) High boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing.
Gamba (n.) A viola da gamba.
Gamba (n.) Viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello [syn: viola da gamba, gamba, bass viol].
Gambadoes (n.) Same as Gamashes.
His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps. -- Sir W. Scott.
Gambeson (n.) Same as Gambison.
Gambet (n.) (Zool.) Any bird of the genuis Totanus. See Tattler.
Gambia (n.) 甘比亞 A narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa [syn: {Gambia}, {The Gambia}, {Republic of The Gambia}].
The Gambia (n.) 甘比亞 The Gambia , officially the Republic of The Gambia, [3] is a country in West Africa that is entirely surrounded by Senegal except for its coastline on the Atlantic Ocean at its western end. It is the smallest country in mainland Africa. [4]
The Gambia is situated on either side of the Gambia River, the nation's namesake, which flows through the centre of The Gambia and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Its area is 10,689 square kilometres (4,127 sq mi) with a population of 1,882,450 at the April 2013 census (provisional). Banjul is the Gambian capital, and the largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama.
The Gambia shares historical roots with many other West African nations in the slave trade, which was the key factor in the placing and keeping of a colony on the Gambia River, first by the Portuguese, during which era it was known as A Gâmbia. Later, on 25 May 1765, [5] The Gambia was made a part of the British Empire when the government formally assumed control, establishing the Province of Senegambia. In 1965, The Gambia gained independence under the leadership of Dawda Jawara, who ruled until Yahya Jammeh seized power in a bloodless 1994 coup.
Adama Barrow became The Gambia's third president in January 2017, after defeating Jammeh in December 2016 elections. [6] Jammeh initially refused to accept the results, which triggered a constitutional crisis and military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States, resulting in his exile. [7] [8] [9]
The Gambia's economy is dominated by farming, fishing, and especially tourism. In 2008, about a third of the population lived below the international poverty line of US$1.25 per day. [10]
Gambier (n.) [Malayan.] The inspissated juice of a plant ({Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing.
Gambier (n.) [Malayan.] Catechu. [Written also gambeer and gambir.]
Compare: Catechu
Catechu (n.) [See Cashoo.] (Chem.) A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc. -- Ure. -- Dunglison.
Gambier, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 1871
Housing Units (2000): 305
Land area (2000): 0.936194 sq. miles (2.424731 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.936194 sq. miles (2.424731 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29246
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.376400 N, 82.396570 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 43022
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gambier, OH
Gambier
Gambison (n.) A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.
Gambist (n.) (Mus.) A performer upon the viola di gamba. See under Viola.
Gambist (n.) A musician who performs upon the viola da gamba.
Gambit (n.) (Chess Playing) A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position.
Gambit (n.) An opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker [syn: gambit, ploy].
Gambit (n.) A maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: ploy, gambit, stratagem].
Gambit (n.) A chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position.
Gambit, () A variant of Scheme R3.99 supporting the future construct of Multilisp by Marc Feeley . Implementation includes optimizing compilers for Macintosh (with Toolbox and built-in editor) and Motorola 680x0 Unix systems and HP300, BBN GP100 and NeXT. Version 2.0 conforms to the IEEE Scheme standard.
Gambit used PVM as its intermediate language. (1998-02-10)
Gambled (imp. & p. p.) of Gamble.
Gambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gamble.
Gamble (v. i.) 賭博，孤注一擲 To play or game for money or other stake.
Gamble (v. t.) 賭博，孤注一擲 To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away. "Bankrupts or sots who have gambled or slept away their estates." -- Ames.
Gamble (n.) 冒險 An act of gambling; a transaction or proceeding involving gambling; hence, anything involving similar risk or uncertainty. [Colloq.]
Gamble (n.) Money that is risked for possible monetary gain.
Gamble (n.) A risky act or venture.
Gamble (v.) Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance].
Gamble (v.) Play games for money.
Gambler (n.) One who gambles..
Gambler (n.) A person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events.
Gambler (n.) Someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement [syn: gambler, risk taker].
Gamboge (n.) A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, -- whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic. [Written also camboge.]
Note: There are several kinds of gamboge, but all are derived from species of Garcinia, a genus of trees of the order Guttifer[ae]. The best Siam gamboge is thought to come from Garcinia Hanburii. Ceylon gamboge is from G. Morella. G. pictoria, of Western India, yields gamboge, and also a kind of oil called gamboge butter. Gambogian
Gamboge (n.) A gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative.
Gamboge (n.) A strong yellow color [syn: gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize].
Gambogian (a.) Alt. of Gambogic.
Gambogic (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, gamboge.
Gambol (n.) （小孩等）跳躍，嬉戲 [P1] A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank. -- Dryden.
Gamboled (imp. & p. p.) of Gambol.
Gambolled () of Gambol.
Gamboling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gambol.
Gambolling () of Gambol.
Gambol (v. i.) 跳躍，嬉戲 [（+about）] To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.
Gambol (n.) Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly" [syn: play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper].
Gambol (v.) Play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about].
Gambrel (n.) The hind leg of a horse.
Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Gambrel roof (Arch.), A curb roof having the same section in all parts, with a lower steeper slope and an upper and flatter one, so that each gable is pentagonal in form.
Gambrel (v. t.) To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. -- Beau. & Fl.
Gambrel (n.) A gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper [syn: gambrel, gambrel roof].
Gambroon (n.) A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining. -- Simmonds.
Game (a.) Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. [Colloq.]
Game (n.) Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.
We have had pastimes here, and pleasant game. -- Shak.
Game (n.) A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.
But war's a game, which, were their subject wise, Kings would not play at. -- Cowper.
Note: Among the ancients, especially the Greeks and Romans, there were regularly recurring public exhibitions of strength, agility, and skill under the patronage of the government, usually accompanied with religious ceremonies. Such were the Olympic, the Pythian, the Nemean, and the Isthmian games.
Game (n.) The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
Talk the game o'er between the deal. -- Lloyd.
Game (n.) That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.
Game (n.) (Card Playing) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
Game (n.) A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.
Your murderous game is nearly up. -- Blackw. Mag.
It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack. -- Saintsbury.
Game (n.) Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.
Those species of animals . . . distinguished from the rest by the well-known appellation of game. -- Blackstone.
Confidence game. See under Confidence.
To make game of, To make sport of; to mock. -- Milton.
Game (a.) Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.
I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought even to the death. -- W. Irving.
Game (a.) Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.
Game bag, A sportsman's bag for carrying small game captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken.
Game bird, Any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse, partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew, and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and guns.
Game egg, An egg producing a gamecock.
Game laws, Laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking game for food or for sport.
Game preserver, A land owner who regulates the killing of game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.]
To be game. (a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit.
To be game. (b) To be victor in a game. [Colloq.]
To die game, To maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the last; to die fighting.
Gamed (imp. & p. p.) of Game.
Gaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Game.
Game (v. i.) To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative. [Obs.]
God loved he best with all his whole hearte At alle times, though him gamed or smarte. -- Chaucer.
Game (v. i.) To play at any sport or diversion.
Game (v. i.) To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble. gamebag
Game (a.) Disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game].
Game (a.) Willing to face danger [syn: game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky].
Game (n.) A contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game".
Game (n.) A single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours".
Game (n.) An amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games".
Game (n.) Animal hunted for food or sport.
Game (n.) (Tennis) A division of play during which one player serves.
Game (n.) (Games) The score at a particular point or the score needed to win; "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game."
Game (n.) The flesh of wild animals that is used for food.
Game (n.) A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start" [syn: plot, secret plan, game].
Game (n.) The game equipment needed in order to play a particular game; "the child received several games for his birthday."
Game (n.) Your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz" [syn: game, biz].
Game (n.) Frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games".
Game (v.) Place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt].
GAME. () Birds and beasts of a wild-nature, obtained by fowling and hunting.
Bac. Ab. h. t.; Animals; Ferae natural.
Gamecock (n.) (Zool.) The male game fowl.
Gamecock (n.) A cock bred and trained for fighting [syn: gamecock, fighting cock].
Gamecock (n.) Someone who is a very fierce fighter [syn: hell-kite, hell-rooster, gamecock].
Game fowl () (Zool.) A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males.
Game fowl (n.) Any of several breeds reared for cockfighting.
Gameful (a.) Full of game or games.
Gamekeeper (n.) One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve. -- Blackstone.
Gamekeeper (n.) 獵場看守人 A person employed to take care of game and wildlife [syn: gamekeeper, game warden].
Gameless (a.) 無獵物的 Destitute of game.
Gameless (a.) Without game (wild animals to be hunted as food).
Gamely (adv.) 不屈地；勇敢地 In a plucky manner; spiritedly.
Gamely (adv.) In a plucky manner; "he was seen by a shepherd, gamely negotiating a particularly tricky section of the mountain road to San Doloroso".
Gameness (n.) 勇敢；頑強 [U] Endurance; pluck.
Gameness (n.) Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet [syn: lameness, limping, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, claudication].
Gamesome (a.) Gay; sportive; playful; frolicsome; merry. -- Shak.
Gladness of the gamesome crowd. -- Byron. -- Game"some*ly, adv. -- Game"some*ness, n.
Gamester (n.) A merry, frolicsome person. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Gamester (n.) A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games.
When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. -- Shak.
Gamester (n.) A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Gamic (a.) (Biol.) Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements.
Gamin (n.) A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab.
In Japan, the gamins run after you, and say, 'Look at the Chinaman.' -- L. Oliphant.
Gamin (n.) (Sometimes offensive) A homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets [syn: street arab, gamin, throwaway].
Gaming. () A contract between two or more persons by which they agree to play by certain rules at cards, dice, or other contrivance, and that one shall be the loser, and the other the winner. When considered in itself, and without regard to the end proposed by the player's, there is nothing in it contrary to natural equity, and the contract will be considered as a reciprocal gift, which the parties make of the thing played for, under certain. conditions.
Gaming. () There are some games which depend altogether upon skill, others, upon chance, and some others are of a mixed nature. Billiards is an example of the first; lottery of the second; and backgammon of the last.
Gaming. () In general, at common law all games are lawful, unless some fraud has been practiced, or such games are contrary to public policy. Each of the parties to the contract must, 1. Have a right to the money or thing played for. 2. He must have given his full and free consent, and not been entrapped by fraud. 3. There must be equality in the play. 4. The play must be conducted fairly. But even when all these rules have been observed, the courts will not countenance gaming by giving too easy a remedy for the recovery of money won at play. Bac. Ab. h. t. A.
Gaming. () But when fraud has been practiced, as in all other cases, the contract is void and in some cases, when the party has been guilty of cheating, by playing with false dice, cards and the like, he may be indicted at common law, and fined and imprisoned, according to the heinousness of the offence. 1 Russ. on Cr, 406.
Gaming. () Statutes have been passed in perhaps all the states forbidding gaining for money, at certain games, and prohibiting the recovery of money lost at such games. Vide Bac. Ab. h. t.; Dane's Ab. Index, h. t.; Poth. Traite du Jeu; Merlin, Repertoire, mot Jeu; Barbeyrac, Traite du Jeu, tome 1, p. 104, note 4; 1 P. A. Browne's Rep. 171: 1 Overt. R. 360; 3 Pick. 446; 7 Cowen, 496; 1 Bibb, 614; 1 Miss. 635; Mart. & Yerg. 262; 1 Bailey, 315; 6 Rand. 694; 8 Cowen, 139; 2 Blackf. 251; 3 Blackf. 294; and Stakeholder; Wagers.
Gaming (n.) The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.
Gaming (n.) The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table" [syn: gambling, gaming, play].
Gamma (n.) The third letter ([Gamma], [gamma] = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet.
Gamma (n.) The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
Gamma (n.) A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred- thousandth of an oersted.
Gamma (n.) Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524) [syn: da Gamma, Vasco da Gamma, Gamma].
Gamma (n.) A language for matrices and generation of mathematical programming reports.
["GAMMA 3.3 for MPS/ MPSX, IBM System:/360", Bonnor & Moore Assocs (Mar 1975)].
Gamma (n.) A high-level parallel language.
[Research Directions in High-Level Parallel Languages, LeMetayer ed, Springer 1992]. (1994-11-29)
Compare: Fyllot
Fyllot (n.) A rebated cross, formerly used as a secret emblem, and a common ornament. It is also called gammadion, and swastika. Fyrd
Gammadion (n.) A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as a mysterious ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See Fylfot.
Compare: Swastika
Swastika, Swastica (n.) A symbol or ornament in the form of a Greek cross with the ends of the arms at right angles all in the same direction, and each prolonged to the height of the parallel arm of the cross. A great many modified forms exist, ogee and volute as well as rectilinear, while various decorative designs, as Greek fret or meander, are derived from or closely associated with it. The swastika is found in remains from the Bronze Age in various parts of Europe, esp. at Hissarlik (Troy), and was in frequent use as late as the 10th century. It is found in ancient Persia, in India, where both Jains and Buddhists used (or still use) it as religious symbol, in China and Japan, and among Indian tribes of North, Central, and South America.
It is usually thought to be a charm, talisman, or religious token, esp. a sign of good luck or benediction. Max M["u]ller distinguished from the swastika, with arms prolonged to the right, the suavastika, with arms prolonged to the left, but this distinction is not commonly recognized. Other names for the swastika are fylfot and gammadion.
Note: The swastika with arms bent to the right came to be used as a symbol of Aryan supremacy by the Nazi party in Germany, 1933 - 1945; hence, it is now associated in the United States and European countries with Nazism or antisemitism. It is sometimes used by neo-nazis, or by antisemites as an antisemitic symbol.
Gammer (n.) An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man.
Gammon (n.) The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. -- Goldsmith.
Gammoned (imp. & p. p.) of Gammon.
Gammoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gammon.
Gammon (v. t.) To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
Gammon (n.) Backgammon.
Gammon (n.) A victory in the game of backgammon in which one player gammons another, i. e., the winner bears off all of his pieces before his opponent bears off any pieces; as, he won the match with three gammons in a row.
Gammon (n.) An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.]
Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men" or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person. In certain variants of the game one who gammons an opponent scores twice the normal value of the game.
Gammon (v. t.) To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloq.] -- Hood.
Gammon (v. t.) (Naut.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. -- Totten.
Gammon (n.) Meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) [syn: ham, jambon, gammon].
Gammon (n.) Hind portion of a side of bacon.
Gammoning (n.) (Naut.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.
Gammoning fashion, In the style of gammoning lashing, that is, having the turns of rope crossed.
Gammoning hole (Naut.), A hole cut through the knee of the head of a vessel for the purpose of gammoning the bowsprit.
Gammoning (n.) The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person. [Colloq.]
Gamogenesis (n.) (Biol.) The production of offspring by the union of parents of different sexes; sexual reproduction; -- the opposite of agamogenesis.
Gamogenetic (a.) (Biol.) Relating to gamogenesis. -- Gam`o*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.
Gamomorphism (n.) (Biol.) 性功能成熟 That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which the reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparation for propagating the species.