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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.

Gradino

A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. Cf. Superaltar, and Gradin.

Gradual

An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.

Graduality

The state of being gradual; gradualness.

Gradualness

The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.

Graduate

Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated.

Graduated

Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.

Graduator

One who determines or indicates graduation; as, a graduator of instruments.

Gradus

A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek or Latin poetry.

Graf

A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See Earl.

Graffiti

Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.

Graffito

Production of decorative designs by scratching them through a surface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a different-colored ground; also, pottery or ware so decorated; -- chiefly used attributively.

Graft

To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.

Graftage

The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.

Grafter

One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting.

Grahamite

One who follows the dietetic system of Graham.

Grail

One of the small feathers of a hawk.

Graille

A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers.

Grained

Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough.

Grainer

An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.

graininess

the quality of being composed of relatively large particles.

Graining

A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dobule, and dace.

Grains

See 5th Grain, n., 2 (b).

Grainy

Resembling grains; granular.

Graith

Furniture; apparatus or accouterments for work, traveling, war, etc.

Grallae

An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers, and allied forms; -- called also Grallatores.

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