professedly for the instruction of the Duke of Cumber Gazeebo, Gazebo

[From gaze, q. v.] A trivial land, and published with a dedication to that prince in 1726; but though they were popular, they failed to serve him at court. He thereupon wrote The Beggar's Opera , which was first acted in 1727, and ran for 63 succe ive nights; but it so offended the persons in power, that the lord chamberlain refused to license for performance a second part of it, entitled Polly . The cause of G. was taken up by the Duke and Duche of Queens berry, who gave him a residence in their house, where he died, 1732. Gay'a, a city of British India, pres. Bengal, prov. Bahar, on the Phalgu, a tributary of the Ganges, 46 m. S.W. of Bahar, and 56 S.W. by S. of Patna. Many Buddhic remains are found in the vicinity. Pop . estim. at 45,000. Gay'diang, n. ( Naut . ) A ve el of Annam with two or three masts, and lofty triangular sails.