Gibberish (a.) Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.
Gibbet (n.) A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning.
Gibbet (n.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
Gibbeted (imp. & p. p.) of Gibbet
Gibbeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gibbet
Gibbet (v. t.) To hang and expose on a gibbet.
Gibbet (v. t.) To expose to infamy; to blacken.
Gibbier (n.) Wild fowl; game.
Gibbon (n.) Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.
Gib boom () See Jib boom.
Gibbose (a.) Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.
Gibbostity (n.) The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.
Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon.
Gibbous (a.) Hunched; hump-backed.
Gibbsite (n.) A hydrate of alumina.
Gib-cat (n.) A male cat, esp. an old one. See lst Gib. n.
Gibed (imp. & p. p.) of Gibe
Gibing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gibe
Gibe (v. i.) To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.
Gibe (v. i.) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.
Gibe (n.) An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.
Gibel (n.) A kind of carp (Cyprinus gibelio); -- called also Prussian carp.
Giber (n.) One who utters gibes.
Gibfish (n.) The male of the salmon.
Gibingly (adv.) In a gibing manner; scornfully.
Giblet (a.) Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie.
Giblets (n. pl.) The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry.
Gibstaff (n.) A staff to guage water, or to push a boat.
Gibstaff (n.) A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage.
Gid (a.) A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the C/nurus, a larval tapeworm, in the brain. See C/nurus.
Giddily (adv.) In a giddy manner.
Giddiness (n.) The quality or state of being giddy.
Giddy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.
Giddy (superl.) Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice.
Giddy (superl.) Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.
Giddy (superl.) Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless.
Giddy (v. i.) To reel; to whirl.
Giddy (v. t.) To make dizzy or unsteady.
Giddy-head (n.) A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment.
Giddy-headed (a.) Thoughtless; unsteady.
Giddy-paced (a.) Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle.
Gie (v. t.) To guide. See Gye .
Gie (v. t.) To give.
Gier-eagle (n.) A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).
Gier-falcon (n.) The gyrfalcon.
Gieseckite (n.) A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elaeolite.
Gif (conj.) If.
Giffard injector () See under Injector.
Giffgaff (n.) Mutial accommodation; mutual giving.
Giffy (n.) See Jiffy.
Gift (v. t.) Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.
Gift (v. t.) The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President.
Gift (v. t.) A bribe; anything given to corrupt.
Gift (v. t.) Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preeminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.
Gift (v. t.) A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession.
Gifted (imp. & p. p.) of Gift
Gifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gift
Gift (v. t.) To endow with some power or faculty.
Giftedness (n.) The state of being gifted.
Gig (n.) A fiddle.
Gig (v. t.) To engender.
Gig (n.) A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
Gig (v. t.) To fish with a gig.
Gig (n.) A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
Gig (n.) A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
Gig (n.) A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
Gig (n.) A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
Gig (n.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
Gigantean (a.) Like a giant; mighty; gigantic.
Gigantesque (a.) Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.
Gigantic (a.) Of extraordinary size; like a giant.
Gigantic (a.) Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense; tremendous; extraordinarly; as, gigantic deeds; gigantic wickedness.
Gigantical (a.) Bulky, big.
Giganticide (n.) The act of killing, or one who kills, a giant.
Gigantine (a.) Gigantic.
Gigantology (n.) An account or description of giants.
Gigantomachy (n.) A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.
Gide (n.) Alt. of Guide
Guide (n.) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.
Gigeria (pl. ) of Gigerium
Gigerium (n.) The muscular stomach, or gizzard, of birds.
Gigget (n.) Same as Gigot.
Giggled (imp. & p. p.) of Giggle
Giggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Giggle
Giggle (v. t.) To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity.
Giggle (n.) A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.
Giggler (n.) One who giggles or titters.
Giggly (a.) Prone to giggling.
Giggot (n.) See Gigot.
Giggyng (n.) The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield.
Giglot (n.) Alt. of Giglet
Giglet (n.) A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl.
Giglot (a.) Giddi; light; inconstant; wanton.
Gigot (n.) Alt. of Giggot
Giggot (n.) A leg of mutton.
Giggot (n.) A small piece of flesh; a slice.
Gila monster () A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth.
Gilded (imp. & p. p.) of Gild
Gilt () of Gild
Gilding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gild