Giantess

A female of extraordinary size and stature. Giant's Causeway, ( -kāw'zi ,) a series of curious basaltic formations, in Ireland, on the N. coast of co. Antrim, between the headlands of Bengore and Fair head. The whole formation is abt. 8 m. in extent; but the Causeway proper, abt. 2 m. N.N.E. of Bush mills, is a platform composed of closely arranged columns of basalt, generally hexagonal or polygonal prisms of short irregular lengths piled vertically. It is about 25 ft. high, 350 ft. in breadth, and abt. 600 ft. in length, running out from a steep cliff until lost beneath the sea. The regularity of these columns gave rise to the legend that it was the work of giants. It is connected with the town of Port rush, 6 m. off, by an electric R. W., opened in 1883. Giantlike, a . Of unusual size; gigantic; huge. Gi'antship, n. Quality or character of a giant. "His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen." - Milton. declared an outlaw, shortly after died. His rents transferred their allegiance to his son, Henry the Lion, at that time a boy of ten years old, and the whole empire was divided into the partisans of Conrad, who a umed the name of Ghi bel lines , and those of Henry, or the Guelphs. These titles were first used at the battle of Weinsberg in 1140. The strife between the two parties subsided in Germany, but continued in Italy, resulting in war in 1159. The supporters of the popes were termed Guelphs , and those of the emperors Ghibel lines. Charles of Anjou expelled the Ghi bel lines from Italy in 1268; but the contest between the two factions continued until the French invasion in 1495 united them against a common enemy.