Ghost

[ A.S.gast; Ger. geist, spirit, breath.] The soul of man; the spirit. IMG:content-0383.jpg:[blocks in formation] del.] A term applied by the Turks to all who reject Mohammedanism, especially to European Christians. Though at first used exclusively as a term of reproach, its signification has been since modified, and now it is frequently employed merely as a distinctive epithet. Sultan Mahmoud II. forbade his subjects to apply the term G. to any European. G. is the title of a poem written by Lord Byron, published in 1813. Gi'ard, in low a , a post-township of Clayton co. Giarretta, or Sime'to, ( jar - ret'ta ,) a river of Sicily, which, with its affluents the Adriano, Trachino, Dettaino, and Chris as, waters the plain of Catania, and the portion of the island W. of Mount Etna. It rises 20 m. S.E. of Car on i a, and after a very tortuous course of 50 m. enters the Mediterranean 6 m. S. of Catania. Giaven'no, a town of Italy, on the Sangone, at the foot of the Cottian Alps, 16 m. from Turin; pop . 10,500 Gib, n. ( Mach .) A piece or slip, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts together. or keep them in place: - usually held in its own place by a wedge or key, or by a screw. to stature. The Anakim and some other tribes seem, how- ever, to have been distinguished from other races by their superior strength and proportions. There are several instances in the Scriptures of individual G .; such as Og and Goliath. The height of the former is not mentioned, but the latter, at most, did not exceed 81⁄2 feet in stature. In most of the cases where the existence of G. has been based upon the discovery of colo al bones, it has been afterwards discovered that the remains were not those of human beings, but of extinct quadrupeds. In 1456, the bones of a supposed G. were exposed by the action of the Rhone. The height of this G. was estimated at 30 feet, but the bones were probably those of an elephant. In 1613, the remains of another supposed G. were found -a. Unmeaning; unintelligible, as words. on the Rhone; it was stated that the skeleton had been found in a tomb 30 feet long, bearing the inscription "Teutobochus Rex." The Parisians crowded to see the bones of the King Teutobochus; but it was afterwards found that the remains were not those of a man, but of a mastodon. Dr. Mather, in 1712, announced the dis- Gib and key. ( Mach .) The fixed wedge and the driving wedge for tightening the strap which holds the bra es at the end of a connecting-rod in steam-machinery. Gib'ber, ( jib'br ,) n. A balky horse. Gib'berish, n. [By corruption from gabble or jabber .] Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words. "Upon reading this gibberish." - Swift.