Gag (n.) A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat.
Gag (n.) A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion.
Gagate (n.) Agate.
Gage (n.) A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.
Gage (n.) A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance.
Gage (n.) A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage.
Gaged (imp. & p. p.) of Gage
Gaging (p. pr & vb. n.) of Gage
Gage (n.) To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
Gage (n.) To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
Gage (n.) A measure or standard. See Gauge, n.
Gage (v. t.) To measure. See Gauge, v. t.
Gager (n.) A measurer. See Gauger.
Gagger (n.) One who gags.
Gagger (n.) A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place.
Gaggled (imp. & p. p.) of Gaggle
Gaggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gaggle
Gaggle (v. i.) To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.
Gaggle (v. i.) A flock of wild geese.
Gagtooth (n.) A projecting tooth.
Gag-toothed (a.) Having gagteeth.
Gahnite (n.) Zinc spinel; automolite.
Gaidic (a.) Pertaining to hypogeic acid; -- applied to an acid obtained from hypogeic acid.
Gaiety (n.) Same as Gayety.
Gailer (n.) A jailer.
Gaillard (a.) Gay; brisk; merry; galliard.
Gailliarde (n.) A lively French and Italian dance.
Gaily (adv.) Merrily; showily. See gaily.
Gain (n.) A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
Gain (a.) Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.
Gain (v. t.) That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss.
Gain (v. t.) The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.
Gained (imp. & p. p.) of Gain
Gaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gain
Gain (n.) To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.
Gain (n.) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.
Gain (n.) To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
Gain (n.) To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
Gain (n.) To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.
Gain (v. i.) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.
Gainable (v. t.) Capable of being obtained or reached.
Gainage (v. t.) The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.
Gainage (v. t.) The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself.
Gainer (n.) One who gains.
Gainful (a.) Profitable; advantageous; lucrative.
Gaingiving (n.) A misgiving.
Gainless (a.) Not producing gain; unprofitable.
Gainly (a.) Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously.
Gainpain (n.) Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.
Gainsaid (imp. & p. p.) of Gainsay
Gainsaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gainsay
Gainsay (v. t.) To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
Gainsayer (n.) One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies.
Gainsome (a.) Gainful.
Gainsome (a.) Prepossessing; well-favored.
'Gainst (prep.) A contraction of Against.
Gainstood (imp. & p. p.) of Gainstand
gainstanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gainstand
Gainstand (v. t.) To withstand; to resist.
Gainstrive (v. t. & i.) To strive or struggle against; to withstand.
Gairfowl (n.) See Garefowl.
Gairish (n.) Alt. of Gairish/ness
Gairishly (n.) Alt. of Gairish/ness
Gairish/ness (n.) Same as Garish, Garishly, Garishness.
Gait (n.) A going; a walk; a march; a way.
Gait (n.) Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
Gaited (a.) Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited.
Gaiter (n.) A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
Gaiter (n.) A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.
Gaiter (v. t.) To dress with gaiters.
Gaitre (n.) Alt. of Gaytre
Gaytre (n.) The dogwood tree.
Gala (n.) Pomp, show, or festivity.
Galacta-gogue (n.) An agent exciting secretion of milk.
Galactic (a.) Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid.
Galactic (a.) Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way.
Galactin (n.) An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent.
Galactin (n.) A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (Galactodendron).
Galactin (n.) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose.
Galactodensimeter (n.) Same as Galactometer.
Galactometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk (i.e., its richness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer.
Galactophagist (n.) One who eats, or subsists on, milk.
Galactophagous (a.) Feeding on milk.
Galactophorous (a.) Milk-carrying; lactiferous; -- applied to the ducts of mammary glands.
Galactopoietic (a.) Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing. -- n. A galactopoietic substance.
Galactose (n.) A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).
Galage (n.) See Galoche.
Galagos (pl. ) of Galago
Galago (n.) A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species.
Galanga (n.) Alt. of Galangal
Galangal (n.) The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family.
Galantine (n.) A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold.
Galapee tree () The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves.
Galatian (a.) Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.
Galaxies (pl. ) of Galaxy
Galaxy (n.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars.
Galaxy (n.) A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
Galban (n.) Alt. of Galbanum
Galbanum (n.) A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish.
Gale (n.) A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.