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called the Dwarf, an English painter, who studied under De Cleyn, became page to Charles I., and married a dwarf named Anna Shepherd, at which wedding the king gave away the bride. Bride and bridegroom measured each about 3 ft. 10 inches. They had 9 children, all of ordinary stature, and while the husband died in his 75th year, the wife lived to be 89, and died in 1709. heedle ; thoughtle ; unsteady; volatile; incautious. "Our giddy-headed antic youth will wear." - Donne. Gid'eon, a famous judge of Israel, B. с. 1249 to 1209. Gièn, ( zhe - an ',) (anc. Gianum ,) a town of France, dept. of Loiret, cap. arrond. on the Loire, 37 m. S.E. of Orleans. Manuf . Earthenware, serge, and leather. G. has a handsome stone bridge acro the Loire. Here, in 1410, a treaty was signed by the young Duke d'Orleans, with the dukes of Berry, Bourbon, and Britt any, against John the Fearle , Duke of Burgundy, to avenge the a a ination of his father, Louis I. Giengen, ( greng'en ,) a town of Würtemberg, on the Brenz, 22 m. S.S.E. of Ellwangen. Manuf . Linens, woollen goods, and cutlery. Pop . 2,500. In the neighborhood of G. are the Baths of Wildbad. The Gier-eagle, ( jer'e -gl. ) n. [Ger. geier , a vulture; L. Lat. gira , Gr. hiedaz , a hawk or falcon, an eagle. vulture-eagle; a bird of the eagle kind. - Lev . xi. 18. Gieseckite, n. ( Min . ) A hydrated silicate of alumina and potash from Green land. It occurs in hexagonal prisms of a grayish-green or brownish color. Sp. gr. 2-78-2-85. Gie en, ( gēēs'en ,) a town of Germany, cap. prov. Upper He e, on the Lahn, 47 m. N. by E. of Darmstadt, and 49 m. E.N.E. of Coblentz. G. has a castle, town-hall, observatory, and university; which latter has, under Baron Liebig, become famous as a school of organic chemistry, and is attended by many students from the U. States, as well as from all parts of Europe. G. was formerly fortified, but the wall surrounding it has been converted into a promenade. Manuf . Woollen goods, leather, tobacco, ,