Gaudday

See GAUDY. Gau'dens. (St.,) a town of France, dep. Haute-Garonne, cap. of arrond., on a hill near the Garonne, 48 m. S.W. of Toulouse. Manuf. Serge and tape. Pop. 5,781. Gau'dery, n. Finery; ostentatious luxury of dre . "The triumph was not pageants and gaudery." - Bacon. Gaud'ful, a. Showy; joyful. Gaud'ily, ade . With vain show; ostentatiously. Gau'dine , n. Showine ; tinsel appearance; ostentatious finery. Gau'dish, a. Same as GAUDY, q. u Gaud'le , a. Void of ornament. Too of an inch, and so on: thus we may, by graduating downwards from ac to bd, measure tenths by units, Fig . 1131. hundredths by tenths, and so on to still finer quantities, if required. This is applicable to lengths as well as diameters. By means of fine screws with large graduated heads, small pieces of steel to the one-millionth of an inch have been measured (see MICROMETER). Pre ure-G., wind-G., . will be treated under the special subjects. (Naut.) The number of feet a ship sinks in the water. Pointing of a ship with respect to another ship and to the wind. (Railroads.) The distance between the rails. (Gun.) The calibre of a gun. (Masonry.) A mixture of fine stuff and plaster, or putty and plaster, or coarse stuff and plaster; used in finishing the best ceilings and for mouldings, and sometimes for setting walls. Gauge'able, a . That may be gauged or measured. Gauge-cock, n. ( Mach .) One of the two or three small cocks fixed in front of the boiler of a steam-engine, for the purpose of ascertaining the height of the water.