To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron.

The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.

The production of offspring by the union of parents of different sexes; sexual reproduction; -- the opposite of agamogenesis.

Relating to gamogenesis.

That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which the reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparation for propagating the species.

Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous.

Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent).

Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.

A large umbrella; -- said to allude to Mrs. Gamp's umbrella, in Dickens's /Martin Chuzzlewit./

The scale.

Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored.

Began; commenced.

Designating, pertaining to, or held under, the Spanish system of law (called ganancial system) which controls the title and disposition of the property acquired during marriage by the husband or wife.

To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment.

The male of any species of goose.

Mohandas Gandhi, a Hindu nationalist and religious leader, who preached non-violent resistance to oppression.

of or pertaining to Mohandas Gandhi.

To yawn; to gape.

The Hindu god of wisdom, prudence and prophesy; the remover of obstacles.

A going; a course.

a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside.

The common English milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), so called from blossoming in gang week.

criminal organizations, collectively.

To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.

One who oversees a gang of workmen.

Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges River; as, the Gangetic shark.

A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n.

Relating to a ganglion; ganglionic.

Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system.

Having the form of a ganglion.

A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve. A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.

Ganglionic.

Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.

Wandering; vagrant.

To gangrene.

To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.

Tending to mortification or gangrene.

Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene.

The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore.

A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.

A kind of brittle limestone.

The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.

One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans.

A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.

A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes.

Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala.

Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.

Ganoid.

One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales.

Ganoid.

A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale.

Same as Ganza.

A glove. See Gauntlet.

A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.

See Gantlet.

See Gauntree.

A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.

A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.

a person serving a prison sentence; a jail bird.

an escape from jail; same as jailbreak.

To notch, as a sword or knife.

Having conspicuous interstices between the teeth; as, his gap-toothed grin.

The act of gaping; a yawn.

One who gapes.

See as the gapes, under gape, n..

Any strange sight.

Act of gazing about; sightseeing.

The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.

One who is an object of open-mouthed wonder.

To cause; to make.

To keep in a garage.

An arborescent cactus of Western Mexico (Myrtillocactus geometrizans) bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit.

An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin.

A semiautomatic rifle, also called the M-1, used by soldiers of the U. S. army in World War II and Korea. It was the standard weapon issued to infantrymen.

To clothe; array; deck.

To strip of the bowels; to clean.

Dressed; habited; clad.

Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken.

Refuse; rubbish.

One who garbles.

One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake.

Tumult; disturbance; disorder.

A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr. Garcin.

A boy; a young unmarried man.

See Guard.

Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast.

To cultivate as a garden.

One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist.

A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden.

The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture.

Destitute of a garden.

Like a garden.

Horticulture.

A European cyprinoid fish; the id.

An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh.

Coarse wool on the legs of sheep.

The great auk; also, the razorbill. See Auk.

A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike. One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribb/us, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.

To gargle; to rinse.

A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal.

Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate.

A gargle.

To gargle; to rinse or wash, as the mouth and throat.

The throat.

A distemper in geese, affecting the head.

A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect.

A distemper in swine; garget.

A water cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet.

A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely.

See Gargoyle.

A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.

Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention.

tasteless showiness.

To deck with a garland.

Destitute of a garland.

A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.

Like or containing garlic.

Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.

Having on a garment; attired; enveloped, as with a garment.

Clothing; dress.