gabardine, gaberdine

[Sp. gabardina dine; Sp. gab an a great coat; Ital. gabanio =a =a coarse frock; Ital. gavardina; O. Fr. galvar shepherd's cloak, gabanello =a gabardine; O. Fr. gab an a great coat; Fr. cab an.] A coarse frock or loose outer dre . "My best way is to creep under his gaberdine ; there is no other shelter hereabout."- Shakesp .: Tempest , ii. 2. *găb-bard, gab-art, *găb-ert, s . [Fr. gab are ; Arm. kobar , gobar =a lighter.] Naut .: A kind of heavy-built ve el or lighter, built especially for inland navigation; a barge. ( Scotch .) gabert." Cowper: A Tule (June, 1793). "In a block or pulley near the head of the mast of a *găbbe, v. i. [GAB, v.] *găbbed, a . [Eng.gab; -ed.] Projecting. "None have gabbed tusks standing forth of the mouth." -P. Holland: Pliny , bk. xi., ch. xxv. *găb-ber, *gab-bare, *gab-bere, s. [A. S. gab bere; O. Fr. gaberes , gabeur ; Port. gabador ; Ital. gabbatore .] A chatterer; a talkative person; a for 40,000, 2. In music : (1) The note Lichanos in Greek music. [GREEK MUSIC.] Eolian, the highest in pitch of the authentic modes. (2) The first note of the church called (3) The lowest note of the grave hexachord; in the Guidon i an system, gamma ut . (4) The fifth note of the normal scale of C, called Sol. third of the viola and violoncello. (5) The lowest or fourth string of a violin, the (6) The key-note of the major scale, having one sharp in the signature. (7) The letter-name of the treble clef. 3. In Church Calendar : For the seventh of the Dominical letters. 4. Physics: A symbol for the acceleration of a body falling in vacuo . It=980 C. G. S. units of acceleration. *ga, v. i. [Go.]