giganticide

[Lat. gigas (gen it. gigantis ) =a giant, and cædo to kill.] 1. The act of slaying or killing a giant. 2. A giant-killer. *gi-găn-tic-ne , s . [English gigantic ; -ne .] The quality or state of being gigantic; gigantic nature, size, or proportion. *gi-găn-tine, a . [Lat. gigas (gen it. gigantis ) value. "You have plucked pretty gift lings from it."- Thack eray: Roundabout Papers, x. *gift-üre, s . [Eng. gift ; ure .] A gift, an endow ment. gig (1), s. [Etymology doubtful.] A harpoon; a fish-gig (q. v.). "One of these stories is, that this stone is originally a fish, which they strike with a gig in the water, tie a rope to it, and drag it to the shore, to which they fasten it, and it afterward becomes stone." -Cook: Voyages, vol. v., bk. i., ch. vii. gig (2), s. [A contracted form of GIGLET (q. v.).] A wanton, silly girl.