gingerbread tree, gingerbread plum

Botany: 1. Parinarium macrophyllum , one of the Chryso balanacer. 2. The name given in Egypt to a palm, Hyphæne thebaica , its mealy rind resembling gingerbread. gingerbread-work, s. Arch.: Ornamental work cut or carved in fanciful shapes, as an ornament to buildings. gin-ger-lỹ, adv . & a. [Etym. doubtful. According to Skeat, from Sw. dial. gingla , gängla =to go gently: hence with tottering steps. According to others, from an O. Eng. gingralic like a young person, from A. S. gingra =a young person.] A. As adv .: In a delicate, fastidious, or nice manner; daintily, fastidiously. "Has it a corn? or do's it walk on conscience, It treads so gingerly ?" Beaum. & Flet.: Love's Cure , ii. 2. *B. As adj .: Delicate, dainty, fastidious. ġin-ger-ne , s. [Eng. ginger ; -ne .] Delicacy, nicene , daintine , fastidiousne . *gin-ger-ous, a . [Eng. ginger (q. v.); -ous .] Of the color of ginger; pale yellow. "Mr. Lammle takes his gingerous whiskers in his left hand, and bringing them together frowns furtively at his beloved out of a thick gingerous bush." - Dickens : Our Mutual Friend , ch. x. IMG:content-0465.jpg:[blocks in formation]