giant (jiant)

and a. [ géant = Pr. jai an, gigant = Sp. Pg. It. gigante = AS. gigant = OHG. G. Dan. Sw. gigant, or apparitions. M. Binet treats all ghost - seers as so paralysed with terror that they do not move their eyes from the figure. Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, III. 172, note. ghost-show (gōst'shō), n. A spiritualistic exhibition. [Colloq.]