Ghostless Ghost"less adjective Without life or spirit. [ R.]

Ghostlike Ghost"like` adjective Like a ghost; ghastly.

Ghostliness Ghost"li·ness noun The quality of being ghostly.

Ghostly Ghost"ly adjective [ Middle English gastlich , gostlich , Anglo-Saxon gāstlic . See Ghost .] 1. Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor.

Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies.

Book of Common Prayer [ Ch. of Eng. ]

One of the gostly children of St. Jerome.

Jer. Taylor.

2. Of or pertaining to apparitions. Akenside.

Ghostly Ghost"ly adverb Spiritually; mystically. Chaucer.

Ghostology Ghost·ol"o·gy noun Ghost lore. [ R.]

It seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of ghostology and witchcraft.

Hawthorne.

Ghoul Ghoul (gōl) noun [ Persian ghōl an imaginary sylvan demon, supposed to devour men and animals: confer Arabic ghūl , French goule .] An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies. [ Written also ghole .] Moore.

Ghoulish Ghoul"ish adjective Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.

Ghyll Ghyll noun A ravine. See Gill a woody glen. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wordsworth.

Giallolino Gial`lo·li"no noun [ Italian , from giallo yellow, probably from Old High German gelo , German gelb ; akin to English yellow .] A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot. Fairholt.

Giambeux Giam"beux (zhȧm"bu) noun plural [ See Jambeux .] Greaves; armor for the legs. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Giant Gi"ant noun [ Middle English giant , geant , geaunt , Old French jaiant , geant , French géant , Latin gigas , from Greek ..., ..., from the root of English gender , genesis . See Gender , and confer Gigantic .]

1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.

Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise.

Milton.

2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.

3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.

Giant's Causeway , a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.

Giant Gi"ant adjective Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.

Giant cell . (Anat.) See Myeloplax . -- Giant clam (Zoology) , a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna , esp. T. gigas , which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. -- Giant heron (Zoology) , a very large African heron ( Ardeomega goliath ). It is the largest heron known. -- Giant kettle , a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole . -- Giant powder . See Nitroglycerin . -- Giant puffball (Botany) , a fungus ( Lycoperdon giganteum ), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. -- Giant salamander (Zoology) , a very large aquatic salamander ( Megalobatrachus maximus ), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. -- Giant squid (Zoology) , one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.

Giantess Gi"ant·ess noun A woman of extraordinary size.

Giantize Gi"ant·ize intransitive verb [ Confer French géantiser .] To play the giant. [ R.] Sherwood.

Giantly Gi"ant·ly adjective Appropriate to a giant. [ Obsolete] Usher.

Giantry Gi"ant·ry noun The race of giants. [ R.] Cotgrave.

Giantship Gi"ant·ship noun The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant.

His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen

. Milton.

Giaour Giaour noun [ Turk. giaur an infidel, Persian gawr , another form of ghebr fire worshiper. Confer Kaffir , Gheber .] An infidel; -- a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, especially Christrians. Byron.

Gib Gib noun [ Abbreviated from Gilbert , the name of the cat in the old story of "Reynard the Fox". in the "Romaunt of the Rose", etc.] A male cat; a tomcat. [ Obsolete]

Gib Gib intransitive verb To act like a cat. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.

Gib Gib noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw.

Gib and key , or Gib and cotter (Steam Engine) , the fixed wedge or gib , and the driving wedge, key , or cotter , used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting rod.

Gib Gib transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Gibbed ; present participle & verbal noun Gibbing .] To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs.

Gibbed lathe , an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.

Gib Gib intransitive verb To balk. See Jib , intransitive verb Youatt.

Gib boom Gib" boom` See Jib boom .

Gib-cat Gib"-cat` noun A male cat, esp. an old one. See lst Gib . noun [ Obsolete] Shak.

Gibaro Gi"ba·ro noun ; plural Gibaros . [ Amer. Spanish jíbaro wild.] (Ethnol.) The offspring of a Spaniard and an Indian; a Spanish-Indian mestizo. [ Spanish Amer.]

Gibbartas Gib·bar"tas noun [ Confer Arabic jebbār giant; or Latin gibber humpbacked: confer French gibbar .] (Zoology) One of several finback whales of the North Atlantic; -- called also Jupiter whale . [ Written also jubartas , gubertas , dubertus .]

Gibber Gib"ber noun [ From Gib to balk.] A balky horse. Youatt.

Gibber Gib"ber intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Gibbered ; present participle & verbal noun Gibbering .] [ Akin to jabber , and gabble .] To speak rapidly and inarticulately. Shak.

Gibberish Gib"ber·ish noun [ From Gibber , intransitive verb ] Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon.

He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go;
All kinds of gibberish he had learnt to know.

Drayton.

Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with.

Hawthorne.

Gibberish Gib"ber·ish adjective Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.

Gibbet Gib"bet noun [ Middle English gibet , French gibet , in Old French also club, from Late Latin gibetum ;; confer Old French gibe sort of sickle or hook, Italian giubbetto gibbet, and giubbetta , dim. of giubba mane, also, an under waistcoat, doublet, Prov. Italian gibba (cf. Jupon ); so that it perhaps originally signified a halter, a rope round the neck of malefactors; or it is, perhaps, derived from Latin gibbus hunched, humped, English gibbous ; or confer English jib a sail.]

1. 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 as a warning.

2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

Gibbet Gib"bet transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Gibbeted ; present participle & verbal noun Gibbeting .]

1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.

2. To expose to infamy; to blacken.

I'll gibbet up his name.

Oldham.

Gibbier Gib"bier noun [ French gibier .] Wild fowl; game. [ Obsolete] Addison.

Gibbon Gib"bon noun [ Confer French gibbon .] (Zoology) 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.

» The white-handed gibbon ( Hylobates lar ), the crowned ( H. pilatus ), the wou-wou or singing gibbon ( H. agilis ), the siamang, and the hoolock. are the most common species.

Gibbose Gib·bose" adjective [ Latin gibbosus , from gibbus , gibba , hunch, hump. Confer Gibbous .] Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations. Brande & C.

Gibbostity Gib·bost"i·ty noun [ Confer French gibbosité .] The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.

Gibbous Gib"bous adjective [ Confer French gibbeux . See Gibbose .]

1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half- moon and the full moon.

The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member.

Wiseman.

2. Hunched; hump-backed. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

-- Gib"bous*ly , adverb -- Gib"bous*ness , noun

Gibbsite Gibbs"ite noun [ Named after George Gibbs .] (Min.) A hydrate of alumina.

Gibe Gibe intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Gibed ; present participle & verbal noun Gibing .] [ Confer Prov. French giber , equiv. to French jouer to play, Icelandic geipa to talk nonsense, English jabber .] To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

Fleer and gibe , and laugh and flout.

Swift.

Gibe Gibe intransitive verb To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.

Draw the beasts as I describe them,
From their features, while I gibe them.

Swift.

Gibe Gibe noun An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.

Mark the fleers, the gibes , and notable scorns.

Shak.

With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me.

Tennyson.

Gibel Gib"el noun [ German gibel , giebel .] (Zoology) A kind of carp ( Cyprinus gibelio ); -- called also Prussian carp .

Giber Gib"er noun One who utters gibes. B. Jonson.

Gibfish Gib"fish` noun The male of the salmon. [ Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Gibingly Gib"ing·ly adverb In a gibing manner; scornfully.

Giblet Gib"let adjective Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie.

Giblets Gib"lets noun plural [ Middle English gibelet , Old French gibelet game: confer French gibelotte stewed rabbit. Confer Gibbier .] The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry.

Gibraltar Gi·bral"tar noun 1. A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain, held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable stronghold.

2. A kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; -- called, in full, Gibraltar rock .

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