A kind of Italian pressed milk cheese; -- so called from a village near Milan.

The female of the gorcock.

A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.

An industrial city in the European part of Soviet Russia.

To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky.

The European cormorant.

Gluttonous; voracious.

See Gormand, n.

Gluttony.

A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.

Furze. See Furze.

A mountain in Tibet, 26,287 feet high.

A small bamboo of Southeastern China (Phyllostachys aurea) having slender culms flexuous when young.

Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species and varieties are known. The European (Astur palumbarius) and the American (A. atricapillus) are the best known species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk (A. Nov/-Hollandi/) is pure white.

One who takes care of geese.

One of several species of pygmy geese, of the genus Nettepus. They are about the size of a teal, and inhabit Africa, India, and Australia.

A European weed (Hypochaeris radicata) widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears.

To instruct in the gospel.

One of the four evangelists.

Gorse.

Like gossamer; flimsy.

Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein. Called also iron hat.

Containing or producing gossan.

A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- called also whistler and three-bearded rockling.

A gossip.

To make merry.

One given to gossip.

The relationship between a person and his sponsors.

Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.

Full of, or given to, gossip.

A boy; a servant.

A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these.

imp. p. p. of Get. See Get.

A situation in which a mistake by one person which is pointed out by another person; see gotcha, phr..

A channel for water.

a port in southwestern Sweden; the second largest city in Sweden.

A gutter.

One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire.

A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders.

A gothamist.

The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth.

A Gothic idiom.

To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.

Got to; have to; must; as, I gotta leave now.

p. p. of Get.

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.

Woad.

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.

See Plum Gouger.

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

The venereal disease.

See Golding.

A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber.

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 best known species.

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.

A false die. See Gord.

A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Haiti, etc.

The state of being gourdy.

The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.

A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.

Same as gormandize.

To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton; to make a pig of oneself.

A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.

A fish. See Gurnet.

Taste; relish.

In a gouty manner.

The state of being gouty; gout.

A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Aegopodium Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard.

Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint.

A mow; a rick for hay.

To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control.

Governableness.

Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient.

The quality of being governable; manageableness.

Management; mastery.

Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.

A governess.

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.

Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state.

The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.

A temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated.

Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.

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.

The office of a governor.

The daisy, or mountain daisy.

Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies.

Gold; wealth.

Golden.

See Dragont.

The saury pike; -- called also gofnick.

The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.

To howl.

A loose, flowing upper garment The ordinary outer dress of a woman, especially one that is full-length/ex>. The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military.

Dressed in a gown; clad.

One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier.

See Gosherd.

Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch physician.

See Grail, a dish.

A sudden grasp or seizure.

One who seizes or grabs.

To grope; to feel with the hands.

To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.

Endowed with grace; beautiful; full of graces; honorable.

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt.

Any of several small dull or metallic-colored tineoid moths whose larvae mine in plant leaves; a member of the Gracilariidae.

A natural family of moths, the larvae of which are one type of leaf miner.

State of being gracilent; slenderness.

Same as Gracillariidae.

Slender; thin.

Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love, or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty.

In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly.

Quality of being gracious.

One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icterid/; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow. An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna.

To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colors in painting, etc.), so that they shall harmonize.

To form with gradations.

By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.

A series of steps from a cloister into a church.

To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc.