ga mely, gameliche, gamli, gamliche

& adv. [Eng. game; -ly.] *A. As adj .: Merry, sportive. "Mi gode gameliche game gurte to grounde." -Relig. Antiq., ii. 8. B. As adverb: *1. Merrily, gayly. "William gamli to his gomes gan for to seie." William of Palerne, 3,382. IMG:content-0307.png:[blocks in formation] gā me-ster, s. [Eng. game , and suff. -ster.] 1. One who joins in any game; a player. "Like gamesters , who, with eager zeal, Talk the game o'er between the deal." Cowper: Conversation , 313. *3. A merry, frolicsome person. ( Shakesp .: Henry VIII ., i. 4.) *4. A prostitute. "[She] was a common gamester to the camp." Shakesp.: All's Well that Ends Well, v. 3. *gā me-stre , s. [English gamester; -e .] A female player or gambler. "This [character], I need not tell you, is that of a game stre ." - Mi Burney: Camilla , bk. x., ch. v. *gām-eň, a . [GAMY.] găm'-Ic, a . [ Gr.gamos =marriage.] Zobl.: Of an ovum, sexual; requiring sexual congre to make it develop. (Opposed to an organic ovum which is capable of development by parthenogenesis.) ( Herbert Spencer .) găm-in, s. [Fr.) A street Arab; a boy neglected and allowed to run about the streets. gām-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [GAME, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or habit of playing for money or other stake; gambling; addiction to gambling. " Gaming is a principle inherent in human nature. It belongs to us all."- Burke : On Economical Reform.