gieseckite (gezekit)

[Named after Charles Gieseck or Giesecke, whose original name was Metzler (born about 1760, died 1833), an actor, playwright, mineralogist, etc.] A mineral occurring in hexagonal prisms of a greenish-gray or brown color. It is a hydrated silicate of aluminium, sodium, and pota ium, and is supposed to have been derived from the alteration of nepheline. gif (gif), conj. An obsolete or dialectal (Scotch) form of if. Gif I have failyeit, baldlie repreif my ryme. Gavin Douglas , Pref. to tr. of Virgil. Your brother's mistre , Gif she can be reclaimed; gif not, his prey! B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, ii. 1. giff-gaff (gif'gaf), n . [E. dial. and Sc., a varied redupl. of give1 . Cf. gewgaw .] Mutual or reciprocal giving and taking; mutual obligation; tit for tat. IMG:content-2282.png:[blocks in formation] She said twenty giddy things that looked like joy, and then laughed loud at her own want of meaning. Goldsmith , Vicar, xix. 3. Affected with vertigo, or a swimming sensation in the head, causing liability to reel or fall; a gift (the lit. sense not found in AS.), English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 320. Therefore these two, her eldest sonnes, she sent To seeke for succour of this Ladies gieft . IMG:content-2283.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2284.png:[blocks in formation] I know that the humblest man and the feeblest has the same civil rights, according to the theory of our institu- tions, as the most gifted . W. Phillips , Speeches, p. 19. giftedne (gif'ted-nes), n. The state of be- ing gifted. May not a conformist, though of an ordinary invention, and not endued with the sublimest giftedne es of our separatists, say, Seek, seek, seek, or Good, good, good? J. Echard , Grounds of the Contempt of the Clergy, p. 120. gift-enterprise (gift'en"tèr-priz), n. A bus i- ne , as the selling of books or works of art, the publication of a newspaper, etc., in which presents are given to purchasers as an induce- IMG:content-2285.png:[blocks in formation] Euery man that payeth to such a yefte or lone aboue specificied, shalle have repayment. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 387. Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 1. IMG:content-2286.png:[blocks in formation] And if the boy have not a woman's gift , To rain a shower of commanded tears, An onion will do well for such a shift. Shak ., T. of the S., Ind., i. You have a gift , sir (thank your education), Will never let you want, while there are men, And malice, to breed causes. gift (gift), v . t. [=MLG. giften = OHG. gift an , MHG. giften , give, = Icel. gift a = Sw. gift a = Dan. gifte , give away in marriage; from the noun: see gift , n.] 1. To confer or transfer as agift; make a gift of; donate formally. [Ar- chaic or colloq.] The King has gifted my land is lang syne - It cannot be nae warse wi' me. The gear that is gifted , it never Will last like the gear that is won. Am I better gifted than another? Thou art an ill judge of either, who enviest the gifts of both. Bp. Hall , Satan's Fiery Darts, § 9. For the world must love and fear him Whom I gift with heart and hand. IMG:content-2287.png:[blocks in formation] (c) Naut ., a long narrow rowing-boat, very lightly built, adapted for racing; also, a ship's boat suited for fast row- ing, and generally furnished with sails: in the United States navy, a single-banked boat, usually pulling six oars, devoted to the use of the commanding officer. (d) A ma- chine consisting of rotatory cylinders covered with wire teeth for teazeling woolen cloth. See gigging -machine. 4. Sport; fun; lively time. [Prov. Eng.] A laughter-loving la of eighteen, who dearly loved a bit of gig . Do you know, gentle reader, what is a bit of gig? This young lady laughs at everything, and cries, "What a bit of gig !". Now, if the twopenny postman of the rockets were to mistake one of the directions and deliver it among the crowd so as to set fire to six or seven muslin dre es, what a bit of gig it would be! gigl (gig), v.; pret. and pp. gigged , ppr. gig- ging . [See gig1 , n. Same as jig , v.] I. in- trans. 11. To move up and down or spin round; wriggle. Dryden . No wonder they'l confe e no lo e of men; For Rupert knocks 'em, till they gig agen. Cleveland, Poems (1651). Endowed by nature with 2t. To fasten the leather strap to the shield. any power or faculty; furnished with any par- ticular talent; specifically, largely endowed with intellect. Squyeres Naylyng the speres, and helmes bokelynge, Gigging of scheeldes, with layneres lasynge. Chaucer , Knight's Tale, 1. 1646. Two of their gifted brotherhood, Hacket and Cop pinger, 3. In mach ., to use a gig or gigging-machine. Dryden. See gig1 , n., 3 (d). 2. Pertaining to or suitable for a giant; charac- teristic of giants; immense in scale or degree. I dread him not, nor all his giant brood, Though Fame divulge him father of five sons, All of gig antick size, Goliath chief. Milton , S. A., 1. 1249. On each hand slaughter, and gigantic deeds. Milton, P. L., xi. 659. Now I the strength of Hercules behold, A towering spectre of gigantic mould. IMG:content-2288.png:[blocks in formation] gigging2 (gig'ing), n. [Verbal n. of gig2 , v .] The use of the gig in fishing; the act or art of taking fish with the gig. gigging-machine (gig'ing-ma-shen"), n. A ma- chine for napping or finishing cloth; a ma- chine employing teazels to draw the loose ends of wool in a woven fabric to the surface to form a nap. The teazels are arranged on the face of revolving cylinders, before which the fabric is made to pa . Arti ficial teazels of wire are sometimes used. After the nap- ping, the fabric is finished by shearing. Also called gig- machine , gig - mill , and teazeling - machine . giggisht, a. [ gig1 + -ish1.] Trifling; pre ten gigman2 (gig'man), n .; pl. gigmen (-men). One tious. Harde to make ought of that is naked nought This fustian maistres and this giggishe gase. giggit (gig'it), v. [ gig1 + -it , equiv. to -et , used as freq. suffix.] I. trans . To convey rap- idly. [New Eng.] He nearly like to have got her eat up by sharks, by giggiting her off in the boat out to sea, when she warn't more'n three years old. IMG:content-2289.png:[ocr errors] see gigantomachy .] Same as gigantomachy . Of these giants, which Moses calleth mighty men, Goro- pius Be can us, an An twerp i an, discourse, intituled Gigantomachia , and strained his brains to prove that there were never any such men. q.v. Cf. cackle , equiv. to gaggle , and sometimes to giggle ; G. kichern, OD. ghichelen , giggle. Cf. also L. cachinnare , laugh: see cachinnation .] To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; laugh in a silly or affected manner; tit- Fool, giggle on, and waste thy wanton breath; Thy morning laughter breeds an ev'ning death. IMG:content-2290.png:[blocks in formation] Their visit was not so still as Mi Ingram's had been: we heard hysterical giggling and little shrieks proceeding from the library. Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, xviii. giggott, n. See gigot , 2. gig-lamp (gig'lamp), n. 1. A lamp attached to a gig for use at night.-2. A firefly. [Local.] the leaves of the creepers, with two long antennæ, at the Fireflies as large as cockchafers flitting round us among point of each of which hangs out a blazing lantern. The unimaginative colonists called them gig - lamps . 3. pl . Spectacles or eye-gla es. [Slang.] 3. pl . Spectacles giglett, giglott (gig'let, -lot), n. [Also gigglet ; gigelot , giggelot , gygelot , gigge , a wan- ton girl, a gig (see (see gig3 ), + dim. -lot , -let .] A light, giddy girl; a lascivious girl; a wanton. Go not to the wrastelinge, ne to schotynge at cok, As it were a strumpet or a giggelot . And go among the Greekes erly and late So giglot like , taking thy foule pleas a unce. The fam'd Ca ibelan, who was once at point (0, giglot fortune!) to master Cæsar's sword. Shak ., Cymbeline, iii. 1. gigot gigot (jig'ot), n . [= It. gigot to , gigot , F. gigot , a leg of mutton, dim. of OF. gigue , a fid- dle, hence also the thigh (in mod. pop. speech the leg): see gig1 and jig . Cf. gibbet2 .] 1. A leg of mutton. (This, the primary, is still the common meaning.]-2t. A small piece of flesh; a small piece of anything. Also giggot , gigget . They broild on coales and eate; the rest, in giggots cut, they split. Chapman , Iliad, ii. This is like the vanity of your Roman gallants, that cannot wear good suits, but they must have them cut and slashed in giggets , that the very crimson taffaties sit blushing at their follies. Middle ton ( and another ), Mayor of Queen borough, ii. 3. Cut the slaves to giggets ! Fletcher, Double Marriage, iii. 2. Gigot sleeve. Same as leg- of - mutton sleeve (which see, under sleeve ). Mas singer , Fatal Dowry, iii. 1. gig-saddle (gig's ad"l), n. A small saddle for The recompense of striving to preserve A wanton gigglet honest. Some young giglit on the green, With dimpled cheek and twa bewitching een. The giglet is wilful, and is running upon her fate. Scott . giglio (jē'lyō), n. [ giglio , lily, flower-de- luce, Sp. Pg. lirio , etc., = E. lily : see lily .] The form of fleur-de-lis constituting the badge of the city of Florence, and the chief bearing on the city's escutcheon. See obverse of coin in cut under florin . Also called Florentine lily. giglott, n. See giglet . gig-machine (gig'ma-shēn"), n. Same as gig- ging -machine. gigsman (gigz'man), n.; pl. gigsmen (-men). Naut ., one of the crew of a ship's gig. gigster (gig's ter), п . horse suitable for a gig. The gigster , or light harne horse, may also be a hack, and many are used for both purposes, with benefit both to themselves and their masters. J. H. Walsh. gigmanl (gig'man), n.; pl. gigmen (-men). [The second sense alludes to the story of Thurtell's gigue (zheg), n. trial, in which a witne , having said, "I always gike (jik), v . i . Same as jike . gigtree (gig'trē), n. The frame of a gig-saddle. [F., a jig.] See jig . IMG:content-2291.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary Of gold ther is a borde, & tretels ther bi, Of siluer othr ve elle gilte fulle richeli. by means of actual gold-leaf or in some other way, as by lacquering polished bra , bronz- ing with gold-colored bronze-powder, or the like. To distinguish real gilding with gold from the above, such terms as fire - gilding , leaf - gilding , etc., are in common use. See gilding . 3t. In old chem ., to impregnate or saturate with gold. Their armours, that march'd hence so silver-bright, Hither return all gilt with French men's blood. Shak ., K. John, ii. 2. Th' ensuing Scene revolves a Martial Age, And ardent Colours gild the glowing Page. 5. To give a fair and agreeable external ap- pearance to; recommend to favor and recep- tion by superficial decoration: as, to gild flat- tery or falsehood. For my part, if a lie may do thee grace, I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have. And Trinculo is reeling ripe; where should they Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them? Shak ., Tempest, v. 1. Old sack, old sack, boys. Fletcher , Chances, iv. 3. Duke. Is she not drunk too? Wh . A little gilded o'er, sir. tant legal powers and often exercised great political in- fluence. Many of these still exist in Great Britain, espe- cially in London, as the Stationers' or the Ironmongers Gild. There were also gilds of profe ional men; and a ociations for pious and charitable objects bearing the name of gilds are common in some churches. See frater- nity , 4. Gild signified among the Saxons a fraternity, derived from the verb gild an, to pay, because man paid his share towards the expenses of the community. And hence their place of meeting is frequently called the guild or guildhall. Black stone , Com., I. 473. The organization of the free craftsmen into Gilds , we thus see, was called forth by their want of protection against the abuse of power on the part of the lords. A third custom placed the right to vote in the freemen of the borough, or of the guild , which was coextensive with the borough. Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 422. 2t. A gildhall. The rowme was large and wyde, As it some Gyeld or solemne Temple weare. Spenser, F. Q., II. vii. 43. Adulterine gilds. See extract under adulterine , 4.- Dean of gild. See dean2. IMG:content-2293.png:[blocks in formation] gild3t, n. See geld2 . gildablet, guild ablet let (gil'da-bl), a. [AF. gild- able , guldable ; as gild3 , geld2 , + -able . able , a.] Same as geldable . By the discretion of the sheriffs, and bailiff, ministers, in places guild able . and other Spelman . made for a gild-feast held at the time of elec- tion of officers of a gild. Hence-2. The feast itself, or its prolongation on succeeding nights, perhaps till the ale brewed for the occasion was consumed. Bicker dyke .-3. A drinking- bout in which each person pays an equal share. E. D. who mustered at the call of the Gild - bell (the town-bell). English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. xcvii. gild-brother (gild' bruth" ér), n. [ME. gyld- brother = D. gildebroeder = MLG. gildebroder = G. gildebruder = Dan. gildebroder = Sw. gilles- broder.] A fellow-member of a gild. And ye Alderman and ye gylde breyeren shullen prouen [strive] vp-on here myght, for to acorden hem. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 101. The way in which this statute was drawn up shows clear- ly that "citizen" and Gild - brother were considered ident i- cal. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. xcix, gilden1 (gil'dn), a . [ gilden , gulden , gylden , golden, with reg. umlaut, gold , gold, + -en2 : see golden , of which gilden is the earlier form.] Golden. [Obsolete or archaic.] There beside is the gildene Zate, that may not ben Mandeville, Travels, p. 81. opened. Her joy in gilden chariots when alive, And love of ombre, after death survive. and enameling with gold on porcelain or gla , the gold being put on the ware as a paint and afterward vitrified in a furnace. 2. The art or practice of producing the ap- pearance of gilding by the use of other mate- rials than gold. Compare gild1 , r .-3. That which is laid on in overlaying with gold; hence, any superficial coating used to give a better appearance to a thing than is natural to it. Could laureate Dryden pimp and friar engage, And I not strip the gilding off a knave? With gilden pennons blown from side to side. R. II . Stoddard , Castle in the Air. gilden2+, n. [Also gylden ; var. of gulden (D. G. gulden ): see gulden2 .] Same as gulden2 . The Heraulte was highely feasted, and had a cuppe and a hundred golden gyldens to hym deliuered for a rewarde. Hall , Henry VI., an. 14. gilder1 (gil'der), n. gilds; specifically, as a trade or art. gild2, guild (gild), n. [The u in the second form is a mod. and unnece ary insertion; zilde , gegild , gegyld , also gild- scipe and gegildscipe (not * gild in this sense) (=OD. gulde , ghilde , D. gild = MLG. LG. gilde , > G. gilde = Icel. gild i = Sw. gille = Dan. gilde ; ML. gild a , a gild), gild , gyld , geld , gield (= OS. geld , payment, tribute, offering, = OFries. geld , jeld = D. geld , money, = MLG. geld , payment, = OHG. geld , MHG. gelt , payment, retribution, reward, G. geld , money, = Icel. gjald , payment, tribute, retribution, = Sw. gäld = Dan. gjæld , debt), gild an , gyldan , gieldan , pay, offer, etc., E. yield : see yield . Cf. geld2 .] 1. An as so-cally (with a capital), the corporation hall and gegyld , a gild, + heall , hall: see gild2 and hall .] The hall where a gild or corporation usually as- sembles; a town or corporation hall; specifi- seat of several of the courts of the city of London, England. To be presysed lawfully in the Yeldehall of the saide cite. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 332. The mayor towards Guildhall hies him in all post. Shak., Rich. III., iii. 5. gilet, n. A Middle English form of guile2 . OF. * guilerie , gillerie , guile, guiler , guile: see guile1.] Guile; fraud.