gymnasticize (jimnastisiz)

i.; pret. and pp. gymnastic i zed, ppr. gymnastic i zing. [ Pray during the holidays make Arthur ride hard and shoot often, and in short, gymnasticise in every po ible manner. A. J. C. Hare , To Mrs. Stanley, 1828. gymnastics (jim-nas'tiks), n. sing . or pl. [Pl. of gymnastic : see-ics.] The art of performing athletic exercises; also, athletic exercises; feats of skill or addre , mental or bodily. The horse is an exercise unto which they have so natu rall a disposition and addre e, that the whole earth doth not contain so many academies dedicated chiefly to this discipline, and other martial gymnastiques. Evelyn, State of France. But you must not think to discredit these gymnastics by a little raillery, which has its foundation only in modern prejudices. Bp. Hurd , Age of Queen Elizabeth. gymnaxony (jim-nak'sō-ni), n . [ άξων , axis.] A rare monstrosity in flowers, in which the placenta with its ovules is protruded from an orifice in the ovary. gym no branchiate