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Ichthy.: The same as GIBEL (q. v.). (Yarrell.) Gib-el-Ine, Gib-el-line, s. [GHIBELLINE.] Gib-e-on-ite, s. [Eng. Gibeon ; -ite.] 1. Lit .: One of the inhabitants of Gibeon, who were condemned by Joshua for their duplicity to be "hewers of wood and drawers of water." ( Joshua ix. 10.) 2. Fig .: A drudge; a slave's slave; the lowest of servants. gib-er, *gyb-er, s . [Eng. gibe (1), v.; -er.] One who makes use of gibes, taunts, or sarcastic language; a scoffer, a taunter; a sarcastic and censorious person; a mocker. 2003 A. As subst.: A rock, seaport, and fortified town at the southern extremity of Spain, but since A. D. 1704 a British po e ion. B. As adj .: In any way pertaining to or connected with the place described under A. Gibraltar-monkey, s . Zool.: Inuus ecaudatus, an originally African IMG:content-0447.png:[blocks in formation] monkey, a colony of which is wild on the rocks of steady motion; moving irregularly; flighty, fickle. IMG:content-0448.png:[blocks in formation] *gib-ship, s . [Eng. gib , and ship .] A ludicrous form of addre to a gib or tom-cat. gib-staff, s. [Eng. gib, s., and staff.] 1. A long pole to gauge water or to shove a boat into deep water. *2. A weapon used to fight beasts upon the stage. gid, s. [A contract. for giddy or giddine (q. v.).] A disease in sheep, more generally known as sturdy (q. v.). gid-died, pa. par. ora. [GIDDY, v.] gid-di-ly, adv. [Eng. giddy; -ly.] 1. In a giddy manner; with a feeling of giddine in the head. 2. In an inconstant, unsteady, or irregular man ner. "Our boasted liberty sometimes trodden down, some times giddily set up."-Burke: Vindication of Natural Society . 3. Carele ly, heedle ly, negligently. "The parts that fortune hath bestowed upon her, Tell her, her, I hold as giddily as fortune." gid-di-ne , s. [Eng. giddy ; -ne .] Shakesp.: Twelfth Night, ii. 4. 1. The state or quality of being giddy; a vertigo or swimming in the head; dizzine . "His head was not strong enough to bear without gid