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Gormandizer

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

gosan-chiku

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

Goshawk

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.

Gosherd

One who takes care of geese.

Goslet

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.

gosmore

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

Gospel

To instruct in the gospel.

Gossan

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

Gossat

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

Gossiprede

The relationship between a person and his sponsors.

Gossipry

Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.

Gossipy

Full of, or given to, gossip.

Gossypium

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.

Got

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

gotcha

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

Gote

A channel for water.

Goteborg

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

Goth

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.

Gothamist

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

Gothic

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

Gothicize

To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.

gotta

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

Gouache

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.

Goudron

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.

Gougeshell

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

Gour

A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber.

Goura

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.

Gourami

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

A false die. See Gord.

Gourde Gourd

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

Gourmand

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

Gourmandize Gormandize

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

Gourmet

A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.

Goutwort Goutweed

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

Gouty

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

Gove

A mow; a rick for hay.

Govern

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

Governable

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

Governance

Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.

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.

Governing

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

Government

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

government-in-exile

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

Governmental

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

Governor

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.

Gowan

The daisy, or mountain daisy.

Gowany

Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies.

Gowdnook

The saury pike; -- called also gofnick.

Gowk

The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.

Gown

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.

Gowned

Dressed in a gown; clad.

Gownman Gownsman

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.

Graafian

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

Grab

A sudden grasp or seizure.

Grabble

To grope; to feel with the hands.

Grace

To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.

Graced

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

Graceful

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

Graceless

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

gracilariid

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

Gracilariidae

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

Gracility

State of being gracilent; slenderness.

Gracious

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.

Graciously

In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly.

Grackle

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.

Gradate

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

Gradational

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

Gradatory

A series of steps from a cloister into a church.

Grade

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

graded

ordered by some quantitative ranking; as, Reading tests of graded difficulty.

Gradely

Decent; orderly. Decently; in order.

Grader

One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.

Gradient

The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.

Gradine

A toothed chised by sculptors.

Gradine Gradin

Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another.

Grading

The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade.

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