gayness, gaynesse

[Eng. gay; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being gay; gayety, finene , finery. "Our gayne and our gilt are all besmircht With rainy marching in the painful field " Shakesp.: Henry V., iv. 3. *2. Choice language. ( Fairfax.) gāy'-some, a. [Eng. gay; -some.] Full of gayety: gay, merry, jovial. ( Chapman. ) gāy-you, s. (A native name.] Naut .: A narrow, flat-bottomed fishing-boat, used i in Annam, carrying two or three masts, and usually covered in the middle with a flat roof. Găz-a-ri, s. pl . [A corruption of Gr. katharoi (?)=pure. ( Mosheim .)] Ch. Hist .: A name given, especially in Italy, to the Paulicians and sects confounded with them. gāze, *gase, v. i. & t. [Sw. dial. gas a =to gaze, stare, connected with ghast (q. v.).] A. In trans .: To fix the eye intently; to look earnestly or eagerly, as in curiosity, admiration, astonishment, or anxiety. (Followed by at , on , or upon , when the object is expre ed.) "Dismi ed, again on open day I gazed At houses, men, and common light, amazed." Words worth: Female Vagrant. on earnestly or attentively; to stare or gaze at. *B. Trans.: To view steadfastly; to fix the eyes "Straight toward heaven my wondering eyes I turned, And gazed awhile the ample sky." Milton : P. I., viii. 250. For the difference between to gaze and to gape, see GAPE. gāze, s . [GAZE, v.] 1. The act of gazing or looking intently at any IMG:content-0376.png:[blocks in formation] "And make the sun to stand at gaze , Till he forgot his way." fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fall, father; we, wet, here, camel, her, there; "Then look, who list thy gazeful eyes to feed With sight of that is fair." Spenser: Hymn of Heavenly Beauty. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-0377.png:[blocks in formation] "Then forth he brought his snowy Florimele, Whom Tromp art had in keeping there beside, Covered from people's gazement with a veile." Spenser: F. Q., V. iii. 17. ga-zět te, v . t . [GAZETTE, 8.] To insert or pub lish in a gazette; to announce or publish officially. găz-ět teër', s. [Eng. gazette ; -er .] *1. A writer for a gazette; a writer of news. "And monumental bra this record bears, These are ah no! these were the Gazetteers."" Pope: Dunciad , ii. 314. 2. A gazette, a newspaper. "Gla es and bottles, pipes and gazetteers ." Thomson: Autumn, 558. placed above the other. There is a long funnel used to fill the lower globe with water, then a tube, run- ning vertically through the two globes, is closed by the stopper, and bicarbonate of soda and tartaric acid are placed in the upper globe by means of a small funnel. The stopper is then withdrawn and the long tube inserted and screwed closely down. If, after remaining closed about two hours, the screw stopcock at the top be opened, the carbonated water will flow out. [SELTZOGENE.] găz-o-lite, s. [Fr. gaz =gas; o connective, and Gr. lithos stone.] găz-o-lyteş, s.pl. [Fr.gaz=gas, and Gr. lutos soluble; luō -to di olve.] Chem.: The name given by Berzelius to those simple substances capable by their union with other simple substances of forming permanent gases. They were one of four cla es of bodies into which sim ple substances were divided, the others being metals, metalloids, and halogens. gaz-on', s . [Fr., from O. H. Ger. waso; Ger. wasena turf.] Fortif.: A piece of sod used as a revetment or lining for parapets and earthen banks. ge-, pref. [A. S.] A common prefix in Anglo- Saxon. With nouns it often gives a collective sense to the word to which it is prefixed; as, fer a =a traveler: gefera =a companion. To neuter verbs it often gives an active force; as, winn an to fight: gewinnan to win; rid an to ride: geridan to reach by riding. Frequently it appears to be a simple augment. It is common in past participles, appearing later as i ory, as yclept . It also appears now as a or e, as in alike =A. S. gelic , among A. S. gemang, enough=A. S. genóg , genóh . *ģēal, *gell-yn, v. i. [Fr. geler ; from Lat. gelo to freeze.] To freeze, to congeal. "Wer't no for houp, that darling bli , That cheers us wi' a fancied ki , Our very hearts wou'd geal ." gean, s. [Fr. guigne ; Sp. quinda : Low Lat. guindolum , and guina . According to Diez, cognate also with the following words, being replaced by v: Ital. visciola ; O. H. Ger. wihsela ; N. H. Ger, weichsel ; Mod. Gr. bisinon . Littré.] Bot.: The wild cherry, Prunus avium, by some botanists made a distinct species, but by Sir Joseph Hooker arranged as a sub-species of Prunus cerasus . It is a tree with flaccid drooping leaves, drooping peduncles, the calyx tube contracted at the top, the lobes sub-acute serrate, the petals sub-erect. Drupe black, the stone adhering to the flesh. It occurs in Europe, in North Africa, and in Western Asia to the Himalaya mountains. The fruit is excellent. The tree is the origin of the Morella cherry. IMG:content-0378.png:[blocks in formation] "I shall appear some harmle villager, Whom thrift keeps up about his country gear ." Milton: Comus , 167. 5. Tools; implements; household nece aries. 6. Material; stuff. IMG:content-0379.png:[blocks in formation] gear, *geir, v . t . [GEAR, s.] To dre ; to harne ; "That all maner of men be reddy hors it and geirit." -Acts James II . (1456), ch. lxii. gear-ing, s. [Eng. gear , s.; -ing.] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0381.png:[blocks in formation] "And to become the geck and scorn O' the other's villainy." and the New Worlds. Though reported venomous, they are really harmle . For Gecko ver us see Gecko. The Croaking lizard, Thæcadactylus lævis , is common in the boiling-houses on estates in Jamaica. ged, gědd, s . [Icel. gedda ; Sw. gadde ; cf. Icel. gad do ; A. S. gád =a goad.] [GOAD, 8.] "A gedd , or a dish of perch now and then." -Scott: Rob Roy, ch. xxxvi. ged-rite, s . [From Gedres, in France, near which it is found.] Min.: A variety of Anthophyllite, with micro- scopic black spinels. ġeë, jeē, v . i . [Probably a variant of go (q. v.). Mahn refers the second and third senses to Fr. deá, used to turn a horse to the left, in Switzerland to the right; Arm. dia , diou ; Ir. deas = to the right hand.J IMG:content-0382.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Scrip. Geog.: A valley anciently belonging to a man, Hinnom, of whom nothing is known (Josh. xviii. 6), and inherited by his son or sons, whence it is called the Valley of the Son of Hinnom (Josh. xv. 8), or of the children of Hinnom (2 Kings xxiii. 10). In Joshua it is described as lying south of Jebusi, the Jebusite capital, which afterward be- came Jerusalem (xviii. 16). Here, during the later period of the Jewish kings, men made their sons and daughters pa through the fire to Molech or Moloch, the Ammonite fire-god (2 Kings xxiii. 10; 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6), or actually burnt them in the fire (2 Chron. xxviii. 3). Tophet was in it (2 Kings xxiii. 10), and a prophetic pa age mentions the size and fiercene of the fires there burning for the "king" [Molech means king] (Isaiah xxx. 33). Josiah put an end to these cruel practices, and de- filed the place (2 Kings xxiii. 10). It was doomed afterward to become an overcrowded cemetery (Jer. vii. 32). When outgrew all love of human sacrifice, they regarded the place with horror the Rabbins deeming it the gate of hell. [2.] The valley, which the Arabs call Gehennam, is thoroughly known. It is narrow and deep, with rugged lime- stone cliffs, excavated for tombs, and the mountain sides overtopping all. "The pleasant valley of Hinnom, Tophet thence And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell." Milton: P. L. , i. 405. 2. Script. Doctrine: Hell, the place of punish- those of the children sacrificed to Moloch. [1.] ment, the sufferings of the lost being compared to IMG:content-0383.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0384.png:[blocks in formation] geiz-en, giz-zen, v. i. [Sw. gisna =to dry up; Icel. gis in dried.] To become dry and shrink for lack of moisture; to wither; to fade. frost.] That may or can be congealed; capable of being converted or concreted into a jelly. gel-a-da, s . [An Aby in i an word (?).] Zool .: A baboon closely allied to Hamadryas, dis- covered by Rüppel in Aby in i a, and in consequence named Gelada rüppelii . IMG:content-0385.png:[blocks in formation] gelatinous gě-lat-i-nous, a . [Eng. gelatin (e); -ous.] Of, pertaining to, or consisting of gelatine; resembling, or of the nature or consistency of gelatine; viscous, jelly-like. "The gelatinous substance being nothing but the half digested remains of earthworms, on which these birds feed."-Pennant: British Zoology ; Common Gull. gelatinous-lichens, s. pl. Bot.: Lichens having a gelatinous thallus. Examples: Iceland Mo ( Cetraria islandica , and Reindeer Mo ( Cladonia rangi fer in a ).