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 (n.) Alt. of Goethite

Goethite (n.) A hydrous oxide of iron, occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown.

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.

Goud (n.) Woad.

Goudron (n.) 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.

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.

Gouge (n.) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein aud the solid vein.

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.

Gouged (imp. & p. p.) of Bouge

Gouging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bouge

Bouge (v. t.) To scoop out with a gouge.

Bouge (v. t.) To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb.

Bouge (v. t.) To cheat in a bargain; to chouse.

Gouger (n.) See Plum Gouger.

Gougeshell (n.) A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.

Goujere (n.) The venereal disease.

Gouland (n.) See Golding.

Goulards extract () 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.

Gour (n.) A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber.

Gour (n.) See Koulan.

Goura (n.) 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.) 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.

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.

Governor (n.) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.

Governor (n.) A pilot; a steersman.

Governor (n.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.

Governor general () A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.

Governorship (n.) The office of a governor.

Gowan (n.) The daisy, or mountain daisy.

Gowan (n.) Decomposed granite.

Gowany (a.) Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies.

Gowd (n.) Gold; wealth.

Gowden (a.) Golden.

Gowdie (n.) See Dragont.

Gowdnook (n.) The saury pike; -- called also gofnick.

Gowk (v. t.) To make a, booby of one); to stupefy.

Gowk (n.) The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.

Gowk (n.) A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.

Gowl (v. i.) To howl.

Gown (n.) A loose, flowing upper garment

Gown (n.) The ordinary outer dress of a woman; as, a calico or silk gown.

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