GUNSTICK — GYVE

GUNSTICK — GYVE NWAD GUNSTICK.1

GUNSTICK, n. A rammer, or ramrod; a stick or rod to ram down the charge of a musket, etc. NWAD GUNSTICK.1

GUNSTOCK, n. The stock or wood in which the barrel of a gun is fixed. NWAD GUNSTOCK.1

GUNSTONE, n. A stone used for the shot of cannon. Before the invention of iron balls, stones were used for shot. NWAD GUNSTONE.1

GUNTACKLE, n. The tackle used on board of ships to run the guns out of the ports, and to secure them at sea. The tackles are pulleys affixed to the sides of a gun-carriage. NWAD GUNTACKLE.1

GUNWALE, GUNNEL, n. The upper edge of a ship’s side; the uppermost wale of a ship, or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the fore-castle, being the uppermost bend which finishes the upper works of the hull. NWAD GUNWALE.1

GURGE, n. [L. gurges.] A whirlpool. [Little used.] NWAD GURGE.1

GURGE, v.t. To swallow. [Not in use.] NWAD GURGE.2

GURGION, n. The coarser part of meal separated from the bran. [Not used.] NWAD GURGION.1

GURGLE, v.i. [L. gurges. See Gargle, which seems to be of the same family, or the same word differently applied.] NWAD GURGLE.1

To run as liquor with a purling noise; to run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream on a stony bottom. NWAD GURGLE.2

Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace. NWAD GURGLE.3

GURGLING, ppr. Running or flowing with a purling sound. NWAD GURGLING.1

GURHOFITE, n. A subvariety of magnesian carbonate of lime, found near Gurhof, in Lower Austria. It is snow white, and has a dull, slightly conchoidal, or even fracture. NWAD GURHOFITE.1

GURNARD, n. A fish of several species of the genus Trigla. The head is loricated with rough lines, or bony plates, and there are seven rays in the membranes of the gills. NWAD GURNARD.1

GURRAH, n. A kind of plain, coarse India muslin. NWAD GURRAH.1

GUSH, v.i. NWAD GUSH.1

1. To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; as, blood gushes from a vein in venesection. NWAD GUSH.2

Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out. Psalm 78:20. NWAD GUSH.3

2. To flow copiously. Tears gushed from her eyes. NWAD GUSH.4

GUSH, v.t. To emit in copious effusion. NWAD GUSH.5

The gaping wound gushed out a crimson flood. [Unusual.] NWAD GUSH.6

GUSH, n. A sudden and violent issue of a fluid from an inclosed place; an emission of liquor in a large quantity and with force; the fluid thus emitted. NWAD GUSH.7

GUSHING, ppr. Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as gushing waters. NWAD GUSHING.1

1. Emitting copiously; as gushing eyes. NWAD GUSHING.2

GUSSET, n. A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening or enlarging some part. NWAD GUSSET.1

GUST, n. [L. gustus, gusto; Gr. a contracted word, for it has taste.] NWAD GUST.1

1. Taste; tasting, or the sense of tasting. More generally, the pleasure of tasting; relish. NWAD GUST.2

2. Sensual enjoyment. NWAD GUST.3

Where love is duty on the female side, NWAD GUST.4

On theirs, mere sensual gust, and sought with surly pride. NWAD GUST.5

3. Pleasure; amusement; gratification. NWAD GUST.6

Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust. NWAD GUST.7

4. Turn of fancy; intellectual taste. NWAD GUST.8

A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients. [Taste is now generally used.] NWAD GUST.9

GUST, v.t. To taste; to have a relish. [Little used.] NWAD GUST.10

GUST, n. NWAD GUST.11

1. A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden rushing or driving of the wind, of short duration. NWAD GUST.12

2. A sudden, violent burst of passion. NWAD GUST.13

GUSTABLE, a. That may be tasted; tastable. NWAD GUSTABLE.1

1. Pleasant to the taste. [Little used.] NWAD GUSTABLE.2

GUSTATION, n. The act of tasting. [Little used.] NWAD GUSTATION.1

GUSTFUL, a. Tasteful; well-tasted; that relishes. NWAD GUSTFUL.1

GUSTFULNESS, n. Relish; pleasantness to the taste. NWAD GUSTFULNESS.1

GUSTLESS, a. Tasteless. NWAD GUSTLESS.1

GUSTO, n. Relish; that which excites pleasant sensations in the palate or tongue. NWAD GUSTO.1

1. Intellectual taste. [Little used.] NWAD GUSTO.2

GUSTY, a. Subject to sudden blasts of wind; stormy; tempestuous. NWAD GUSTY.1

Once upon a raw and gusty day, NWAD GUSTY.2

The troubled Tyber chafing with his shores-- NWAD GUSTY.3

GUT, n. The intestinal canal of an animal; a pipe or tube extending, with many circumvolutions, from the pylorus to the vent. This pipe is composed of three coats, and is attached to the body by a membrane called the mesentery. This canal is of different sizes in different parts, and takes different names. The thin and small parts are called the duodenum, the ilium, and the jejunum; the large and thick parts are called the eaecum, the colon, the rectum. By this pipe, the undigested and unabsorbed parts of food are conveyed from the stomach and discharged. This word in the plural is applied to the whole mass formed by its natural convolutions in the abdomen. NWAD GUT.1

2. The stomach; the receptacle of food. NWAD GUT.2

3. Gluttony; love of gormandizing. NWAD GUT.3

GUT, v.t. To take out the bowels; to eviscerate. NWAD GUT.4

1. To plunder of contents. NWAD GUT.5

GUTTA SERENA, n. In medicine, amaurosis; blindness occasioned by a diseased retina. NWAD GUTTA_SERENA.1

GUTTED, pp. Deprived of the bowels; eviscerated; deprived of contents. NWAD GUTTED.1

GUTTER, n. [L. gutta, a drop.] NWAD GUTTER.1

1. A channel for water; a hollow piece of timber, or a pipe, for catching and conveying off the water which drops from the eaves of a building. NWAD GUTTER.2

2. A channel or passage for water; a hollow in the earth for conveying water; and, in popular usage, a channel worn in the earth by a current of water. NWAD GUTTER.3

GUTTER, v.t. To cut or form into small hollows. NWAD GUTTER.4

GUTTER, v.i. To be hollowed or channeled. NWAD GUTTER.5

1. To run or sweat as a candle. NWAD GUTTER.6

GUTTLE, v.t. To swallow. [Not used.] NWAD GUTTLE.1

GUTTLE, v.i. To swallow greedily. [Not used.] NWAD GUTTLE.2

GUTTULOUS, a. [from L. guttula, a little drop.] NWAD GUTTULOUS.1

In the form of a small drop, or of small drops. [Little used.] NWAD GUTTULOUS.2

GUTTURAL, a. [L. guttur, the throat.] Pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; as a guttural letter or sound; a guttural voice. NWAD GUTTURAL.1

GUTTURAL, n. A letter pronounced in the throat; as the Gr. x. NWAD GUTTURAL.2

GUTTURALLY, adv. In a guttural manner; in the throat. NWAD GUTTURALLY.1

GUTTURALNESS, n. The quality of being guttural. NWAD GUTTURALNESS.1

GUTTURINE, a. Pertaining to the throat. [Not in use.] NWAD GUTTURINE.1

GUTTY, a. [from L. gutta, a drop.] In heraldry, charged or sprinkled with drops. NWAD GUTTY.1

GUTWORT, n. A plant. NWAD GUTWORT.1

GUY, n. gi. In marine affairs, a rope used to keep a heavy body steady while hoisting or lowering; also, a tackle to confine a boom forwards, when a vessel is going large, and to prevent the sail from gybing. Guy is also a large slack rope, extending from the head of the main-mast to that of the fore-mast, to sustain a tackle for loading or unloading. NWAD GUY.1

GUZZLE, v.i. To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much; to drink frequently. NWAD GUZZLE.1

Well seasoned bowls the gossip’s spirits raise, NWAD GUZZLE.2

Who, while she guzzles, chats the Doctor’s praise. NWAD GUZZLE.3

GUZZLE, v.t. To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust. NWAD GUZZLE.4

--Still guzzling must of wine. NWAD GUZZLE.5

GUZZLE, n. An insatiable thing or person. NWAD GUZZLE.6

GUZZLER, n. One who guzzles; an immoderate drinker. NWAD GUZZLER.1

GYBE, n. A sneer. [See Gibe.] NWAD GYBE.1

GYBE, v.t. In seamen’s language, to shift a boom-sail from one side of a vessel to the other. NWAD GYBE.2

GYBING, ppr. Shifting a boom-sail from one side of a vessel to the other. NWAD GYBING.1

GYE, v.t. To guide. NWAD GYE.1

GYMNASIUM, n. [Gr. from naked.] NWAD GYMNASIUM.1

In Greece, a place where athletic exercises were performed. Hence, a place of exercise; a school. NWAD GYMNASIUM.2

GYMNASTIC, a. [L. gymnasticus; Gr. to exercise, from naked; the ancients being naked in their exercises.] NWAD GYMNASTIC.1

Pertaining to athletic exercises of the body, intended for health, defense or diversion, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin or the hoop, playing with balls, etc. The modern gymnastic exercises are intended chiefly for the preservation and promotion of health. NWAD GYMNASTIC.2

GYMNASTIC, n. Athletic exercise. NWAD GYMNASTIC.3

GYMNASTICALLY, adv. In a gymnastic manner; athletically. NWAD GYMNASTICALLY.1

GYMNASTICS, n. The gymnastic art; the art of performing athletic exercises. NWAD GYMNASTICS.1

GYMNIC, a. [L. gymnicus.] NWAD GYMNIC.1

1. Pertaining to athletic exercises of the body. NWAD GYMNIC.2

2. Performing athletic exercises. NWAD GYMNIC.3

GYMNIC, n. Athletic exercise. NWAD GYMNIC.4

GYMNOSOPHIST, n. [Gr. naked, and a philosopher.] NWAD GYMNOSOPHIST.1

A philosopher of India, so called from his going with bare feet, or with little clothing. The Gymnosophists in India lived in the woods and on mountains, subsisting on wild productions of the earth. They never drank wine nor married. Some of them traveled about, and practiced physic. They believed the immortality and transmigration of the soul. They placed the chief happiness of man in a contempt of the goods of fortune, and of the pleasures of sense. NWAD GYMNOSOPHIST.2

GYMNOSOPHY, n. The doctrines of the Gymnosophists. NWAD GYMNOSOPHY.1

GYMNOSPERM, n. [Gr. naked, and seed.] In botany, a plant that bears naked seeds. NWAD GYMNOSPERM.1

GYMNOSPERMOUS, a. Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel. NWAD GYMNOSPERMOUS.1

GYN, v.t. To begin. NWAD GYN.1

GYNANDER, n. [Gr. a female, and a male.] In botany, a plant whose stamens are inserted in the pistil. NWAD GYNANDER.1

GYNANDRIAN, a. Having stamens inserted in the pistil. NWAD GYNANDRIAN.1

GYNARCHY, n. [Gr. a woman, and rule.] Government by a female. NWAD GYNARCHY.1

GYPSEOUS, a. [See Gypsum.] Of the nature of gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum. NWAD GYPSEOUS.1

GYPSUM, n. Plaster stone; sulphate of lime; a mineral not infrequently found in crystals, often in amorphous masses. There are several subspecies and varieties; as the foliated, compact, earthy, granular, snowy and branchy. Gypsum is of great use in agriculture and the arts. As a manure, it is invaluable. NWAD GYPSUM.1

GYPSEY, GYPSY, n. [See Gipsey.] NWAD GYPSEY.1

GYRAL, a. [See Gyre.] Whirling; moving in a circular form. NWAD GYRAL.1

GYRATION, n. [L. gyratio. See Gyre.] A turning or whirling round; a circular motion. NWAD GYRATION.1

GYRE, n. [L. gyrus.] A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn. NWAD GYRE.1

Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres. NWAD GYRE.2

GYRED, a. Falling in rings. NWAD GYRED.1

GYRFALCON, n. [L. hierofalco, from Gr. sacred, and falco, and so named from the veneration of the Egyptians for hawks.] NWAD GYRFALCON.1

A species of Falco, or hawk. NWAD GYRFALCON.2

GYROMANCY, n. [Gr. a circuit, and divination.] A kind of divination performed by walking round in a circle or ring. NWAD GYROMANCY.1

GYVE, n. Gyves are fetters or shackles for the legs. NWAD GYVE.1

Gyves and the mill had tamed thee. NWAD GYVE.2