gaebhardite

[An unpublished name of unknown origin, given by Breithaupt.] Min.: The same as FUCHSITE (q. v.). IMG:content-0267.png:[blocks in formation] "Sicken a blythe gaedown as we had again e'en! That was a night!"- Scott : Guy Manner ing , ch. xxii. Gael, s. [Gael. gaidheal .] [GADHELIC.] A Scottish highlander. gael-ic, a . & s. [Gael. Gaidhealach , Gaelach (a), Gaidhlig , Gaelig (s.), from Gaidheal =a Gael.] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to the Gaels, a Celtic race inhabiting the highlands of Scotland. B. As subst.: The language spoken by the Gaels or highlanders of Scotland. gaen, pa. par. [GONE.] găff (1), s . [Fr. gaffe a gaff, from Ir. gaf , gafa =a hook; Wel. caff a grasp, a dungfork; Sp. & Port. gafa a hook, a gaff.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. A gaff-hook; a harpoon. "Night, or blaze-fishing, during close-time, with gaf's , spears, leisters, ., is very injurious to the legal fishing." -Prize E ays, Highland Society , ii. 409. 2. The metallic spur fastened to the leg of a fighting-cock. 1956 ered. gaff-hook, s. A heavy, barbed hook with a line, used in landing large fish. the mainsail of a cutter, or other fore-and-aft gaff-topsail, A sail spread by a gaff above rigged ve el. găff (2), s . [Etym. doubtful.] A theater or music hall of the lowest cla , the admi ion being gener- ally a penny. ( Prov . Eng .) gaff. them." London Field. "As they pa ed me I lunged out and gaffed one of