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A scholiast, a commentator.

—nổ, mỏve, nor, nốt ;—tube, tủ, bull ;oil;—pound ;—thin, THIS. GLOMEROUS, glôm'ér-ůs. a. (314). GLOSSOGRAPHER, glos-sôg'grå-für. s.. Gathered into a ball or sphere. GLOOM, gloom. s. (306). Imperfect darkness, dismalness, obscurity, defect of light; cloudiness of aspect, heaviness of mind, sullenness.

To GLOOM, glỏỏm. v. n. To shine obscurely, as the twilight; to be cloudy, to be dark; to be melancholy, to be sullen. GLOOMILY, gloom'è-lè. ad. Obscurely, dimly, without perfect light, dismally; sullenly, with cloudy aspect, with daik intentions.

GLOOMINESS, gloom'è-nės. s. Want
of light, obscurity, imperfect light, dismal-
ness; cloudiness of look.

GLOOMY, gloom'è. a. Obscure, imper
fectly illuminated, almost dark; dark of
complexion; sullen, melancholy, cloudy of
look, heavy of heart.
GLORIED, glo'rid. a. (282). Illustrious,

honourable.

GLORIFICATION, glo'rè-fè-kâ'shůn. s.
The act of giving glory.

To GLORIFY, glo'ré-fi. v. a. (183).
To procure honour or praise to one; to
pay honour or praise in worship; to praise,
to honour, to extol; to exalt to glory or
dignity.

GLORIOUS, glo'ré-us. a. (314). Noble,

illustrious, excellent.

GLORIOUSLY, glo'ré-is-lé. ad. Nobly,
splendidly, illustriously.
GLORY, glo'ré. s. Praise paid in adora-
tion; the felicity of heaven prepared for
those that please God; honour, praise,
fame, renown, celebrity; a circle of rays
which surrounds the heads of saints in pic-
tures; generous pride.

To GLORY, glo'rè. v. n. To boast in,
to be proud of.

To GLOSE, glóze. v. a. (437). To flatter, to collogue.

GLOSS, glôs. s. (437). A scholium, a comment; an interpretation artfully specious, a specious representation; superficial lustre.

To GLOSS, glôs. v. n.

To comment,

to make sly remarks. To GLOSS, glôs. v. a. To explain by comment; to palliate by specious exposition or representation; to embellish with superficial lustre. GLOSSARY, glos'så-ré. s. A dictionary of obscure or antiquated words. GLOSSER, glôs'sûr. s. A scholiast, a

commentator; a polisher. GLOSSINESS, glos'sé-nés. s. Smooth polish; superficial lustre.

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GLOSSOGRAPHY, glos-sogʻgrâ-fè,
(518). The writing of commentaries.
GLOSSY, glôs'sé. a. Shining, smoothly
polished.

GLOTTIs, glôtʼtis. s.

The head of the windpipe, the aperture of the 1 rynx. GLOVE, glův. s. (165). Cover of the

hands.

GLOVER, glův'ůr. s.

One whose trade

is to make or sell gloves.
To GLOUT, glóút. v., n. (313). To
pout, to look sullen.

To GLow, glo. v. n. (324). To be
heated so as to shine without flame; to burn
with vehement he t; to feel heat of body;
to exhibit a strong bright colour; to feel
passion of mind, or activity of fancy; to
To GLOW, glo. v. a.
rage or burn as a passion.

GLOW, gló. s.

as to shine.

To make hot so

Shining heat, unusual warmth; vehemence of passion; brightness or vividness of colour. GLOW-WORM, glo'wůrm. s. A small To GLOZE, gloze. v. n. creeping insect with a luminous tail. To flatter, to

GLOZE, glóze. s. Flattery, insinuation;

wheedle, to fawn; to comment.

specious show, gloss.

GLUE, glú. s. A viscous body com

monly made by boiling the skins of animals to a gelly, a cement.

To GLUE, glů. v. a.

To join with a viscous cement; to hold together; to join, to unite, to inviscate. GLUEBOILER, glù'bỏil-ůr. S. One whose trade is to make glue. GLUER, glu'ůr. s. (98). One who cements with glue.

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GLUM, glim. a. Sullen, stubbornly

grave. A 'ow cant word.

To GLUT, glåt. v. a. To swallow, to devour; to cloy, to fill beyond sufficiency; to feast or delight even to satiety; to overfill, to load.

GLUT, glút. s. That which is gorged or swallowed; plenty even to loathing and satiety; more than enough, overmuch. GLUTINOUS, glu'tè-nůs. a. Gluy, vis

cous, tenacious.

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GLUTINOUSNESS, glù'tè-nůs-nė.
Visc sity, tenacity.
GLUTTON, glüt't'n. s. (170). One who
indulges himself too much in eating ; one
eager of any thing to excess; an animal re-
markable for a voracious appetite.

(559)-Fate, får, fåll, fât;-mè, mêt ;-pine, pin;

Though the second syllable of this word suppresses the 0, the compounds seem to preserve it. This, however, is far from being regular; for if we were to form compounds of Cotton, Button, or Mutton, as Cottony, Buttony, Muttony, &c. we should as certainly suppress the last o in the compounds, as in the simples. See Principles, No. 103.

To GLUTTONISE, glüt'tůn-ize. v. a. To
play the glutton.

GLUTTONOUS, glüt'tůn-ús. a. Given to
excessive feeding.
GLUTTONOUSLY,glůt'tůn-ůs-lè. ad. With
the voracity of a glutton.

GLUTTONY, glút'tůn-è. s. Excess of eat-
ing, luxury of the table.-See GLUTTON.
GLUY, glue. a. Viscous, tenacious,
glutinous.
GLYN, glin. s.

mountains.

A hollow between two

To GNARL, nårl. v. n. (384). To growl,
to murmur, to snarl.

GNARLED, når led. a. Knotty.
To GNASH, nåsh. v. a. (384). To strike
together, to clash.

To GNASH, nåsh. v. n.

To grind or

regulated by any method; to proceed upon principles; to be pregnant; to be expended; to reach or be extended to any degree; to spread, to be dispersed, to reach farther; to contribute, to conduce; to succeed; to proceed in train or consequence. To go about; to attempt, to endeavour. To go aside; to err, to deviate from the right; to abscond. To go between; to interpose, to moderate between two. To go by; to pass unnoticed; to observe as a rule. To go down; to be swallowed, to be received, not rejected. To go in and out; to be at liberty. To go off; to die, to decease; to depart from a post. To go on; to make attack; to proceed. To go over; to revolt, to betake himself to another party. To go out ; to go upon any expedition; to be extinguished. To go through; to perform thoroughly, to execute; to suffer, to undergo. Go-ro, gò-tôô'. interject. Come, come, take the right course. A scornful exhortation.

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Go-BY, go-bi'. s. Delusion, artifice,

circumvention.

Go-CART, go'kårt. s.

A machine in which children are enclosed to teach them to walk

collide the teeth; to rage even to collision GOAD, gode. s. (295). A pointed in

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gnaws.

GNOMON, no'môn. s. (384). The hand
or pin of a dial.
GNOMONICKS, no-môn'îks. s. (509). The
art of dialling.

To Go, go. v. n. Pret. I went, I have
gone. To walk, to move step by step; to
walk leisurely, not run; to journey a-foot;
to proceed; to depart from a place; to ap-
ply one's self; to have recourse; to be
about to do; to decline, to tend towards

death or ruin; to escape; to tend to any act; to pass; to move by mechanism; to be in motion from whatever cause; to be

strument with which oxen are driven forward.

To GOAD, gode. v. a. To prick or drive with a goad; to incite, to stimulate, to instigate.

GOAL, góle. s. (295). The landmark
set up to bound a race; the starting post;
the final purpose, the end to which a de-
sign tends.

GOAL, jåle. s. An incorrect spelling
for gaol-which see.
GOAR, gore. s. (295). Any edging

sewed upon cloth.
GOAT, gote. s. (295).

An animal that seems a middle species between deer and sheep. GOATBEARD, gote'bėrd. s. A plant. GOATCHAFER, gote'tshà-für. s. A kind of beetle, vulgarly COCKCHAFER. GOATHERD, gote herd. s. One whose employmont is to tend goats. GOATMARJORAM, gote'mår-jûr-ům. s.

Goatsbeard.

GOATS RUE, góts'rôô. s.
A plant.
GOATS-THORN, gots'thorn. s. A plant.
GOATISH, gòte'ish. a. Resembling a
To GOBBLE, gobbl. v. a. (405). To
goat in rankness or lust.
swallow hastily with tumult and noise.

-no, move, nòr, nôt ;-tube, tub, båll ;-ỏll;-pound;-thin, THIS.

GOBBLER, gobblår. s. One that de

vours in haste.

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GOD, god. s. The Supreme Being; a false god, an idol; any person or thing deified, or too much honoured. GODCHILD, god'tshild. s.

The child for whom one became sponsor at baptism. GOD-DAUGHTER, god'dàw-tůr. s. A

That is a term in architecture signifying a member or moulding, one half of which is convex and the other concave.

GOLD, gold, or goöld. s. (164). The purest, heaviest, and most precious of all metals; money.

It is much to be regretted that the second sound of this word is grown much more frequent than the first. It is not easy to guess at the cause of this unmeaning deviation from the general rule, but the effect is to impoverish the sound of the language, and to add to its irregularities. It has not, however, like some other words, irrevocably lost its true pronunciation. Rhyme still claims its right to the long open o as in bold, cold, fold, &c.

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GODDESS, god'dès. s. A female divinity. GODDESS-LIKE, god'dès-like. a. sembling a goddess. GOD-FATHER, gôd'få-тнůг. s. The sponsor at the font.

GODHEAD, gôd'hed. s. Godship, divine nature, a deity in person, a god or goddess. GODLESS, god'lês. a. Without sense of duty to God, atheistical, wicked, impious. GODLIKE, god'like. a. Divine, resembling a divinity.

GODLINESS, gôd'le-nês. s. Piety to God; general observation of all the duties prescribed by religion.

GODLING, god'ling. s. A little divinity.
GODLY, gôď'lė. a.
Pious towards God;

good, righteous, religious. GODLY, god'le. ad. Piously, righteously. GODLYHEAD, god'le-hed. s. Goodness, righteousness.

GOD-MOTHER, gôd'můтн-ůr. s. A woman who has become sponsor in baptism. GODSHIP, god'ship. s. The rank or character of a god, deity, divinity. GODSON, god'sun. s. One for whom one has been sponsor at the font. GODWARD, god wård. ad. Toward God. GODWIT, god'wit. s. A bird of particuA bird of particular delicacy. GOER, go'ûr. s.. One that goes, a run

ner, a walker.

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To GOGGLE, gogʻgl. v. n. (405). To look asquint. GOGGLE-EYED, gôg'gl-ide. a. (283). Squint-eyed, not looking straight. GOING, going. s. The act of walking; pregnancy; departure.

GOLA, go'lâ. s. The same with Cyma

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'gold;

"Esteem and Love were never to be sold. "Now Europe's laurels on their brows be"hold,

"But stain'd with blood, or ill exchanged "for gold."

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And solemn speaking, particularly the language of Scripture, indispensably requires the same sound. With these established authorities in its favour, it is a disgrace to the language to suffer indolence and vulgarity to corrupt it into the second sound.--See WIND.-But since it is generally corrupted, we ought to keep this corruption from spreading, by confining it as much as possible to familiar objects and familiar occasions: thus Goldbeater, Goldfinch, Goldfinder, Golding, and Goldsmith, especially when a proper name, as Dr. Goldsmith, may admit of the second sound of o, but GOLD, gold. a. not Golden, as, the Golden Age. Made of gold, golden. GOLDBEATER, gold'bè-tůr. s. whose occupation is to beat gold. GOLDBEATER'S SKIN, gold'be-tûrz-skin'. S. Skin which goldbeaters, lay between the leaves of their metal while they beat it. GOLDBOUND, gòld'bỏùnd. a. Encompassed with gold.

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GOLDEN, gol'd'n. a. (103). Made of
gold, consisting of gold; shining; yellow,
of the colour of gold; excellent, valuable;
happy, resembling the age of gold.
GOLDENLY, gol'd'n-lè. ad. Delightful-
ly, splendidly.
GOLDFINGH,gold'finsh.s. A singing bird.
GOLDFINDER, gold'find-år. s. One who
finds gold. A term ludicrously applied to
those that empty a jakes.
GOLDHAMMER, gold'hâm-můr. s. A

kind of bird.

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(559)—Fåte, får, fåll, fât;-mè, mêt ;-pine, pin ;—

GOLDING, gold'ing. A sort of apple.
GOLDSIZE, gold'size. s. A glue of a
golden colour.
GOLDSMITH, gold'smith. s. One who
manufactures gold; a banker, one who
keeps money for others n his hands.
GOME, gome. s. The black and oily
grease of a cart-wheel; vulgarly pronounc-

ed Coom.

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used in Venice, a small boat. GONDOLIER,gon-do-lèèr'. s. A boatman. GONE, gôn. Part. pret. from Go. Advanced, forward in progress; ruined, undone; past; lost, departed; dead, departed from life. GONFALON, gôn'få-lûn. GONFANON, gon'få-nůn. An ensign, a standard.

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s. (166).

GONORRHOEA, gắn-or-rea. s. A mor

bid running of venereal hurts. GOOD, gůd. a. (307). Comp. Better, Superl. Best. Having such physical qualities as are expected or desired; proper, fit, convenient; uncorrupted, undamaged; wholesome, salubrious; pleasant to the taste; complete, full; useful, valuable; sound, not false, not fallacious; legal, valid, rightly claimed or held; well qualified, not deficient; skilful, ready, dexterous;having moral qualities, such as are wished, virtuous; benevolent; companionable, sociable, merry; not too fast; really, seriously. To make good; to maintain, to perform, to supply any deficiencies. GOOD, gud. s. That which physically contributes to happiness, the contrary to evil; moral qualities, such as are desirable; virtue, righteousness. GooD, gud. ad. Well, not ill, not amiss; as good, not worse. GOOD-CONDITIONED, gud-kon-dish'un'd. a. (362). Without ill qualities or symp

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lity used to mean old women; corrupted from Goodwife.

Goose, goose. s. A large waterfowl proverbially noted for foolishness; a taylor's smoothing-iron. GOOSEBERRY, gôôz'bêr-é. s. A tree and fruit. Wild orach. GOOSEFOOT, gỏỏse'fût. s. GOOSEGRASS, goose'grâs. s. Clivers, an

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pierce; to pierce with a horn. GORGE, gorje. s. The throat, the swallow; that which is gorged or swallowed. To GORGE, gorje. v. a. To fill up to

Fine,

Splen

the throat, to glut, to satiate; to swallow, as, the fish has gorged the hook. GORGEOUs, gor'jùs. a. (262). glittering in various colours, showy. GORGEOUSLY, gor'jůs-lè. ad. GORGEOUSNESS, gór'jůs-nês. s. Splendidly, magnificently, finely. dour, magnificence, show. GORGET, gor'jêt. s.

The piece of armour that defends the throat.

GORGON, gor'gun. s. (166). A monster with snaky hairs, of which the sight turned beholders to stone; any thing ugly or horrid.

GORMAND, gor'mând. s. A greedy eater. To GORMANDIZE, gor'mân-dize.'v. n. To feed ravenously.

GORMANDIZER, gor'mân-di-zůr. s. A

voracious eater.

GORSE, gorse, s. Furze, a thick prickly

shrub.

GORY, go'rè. a. Covered with congeal

ed blood; bloody, murderous. GOSHAWK, gos'hawk. s. A hawk of a large kind.

GOSLING, goz'ling. s. A young goose, a goose not yet full grown; a catkin. GOSPEL, gôs'pel. s. God's word, the holy book of the Christian revelation; divinity, theology.

GOSPELLER, gos pêl-úr. s. A name given to the followers of Wickliffe, who professed to preach only the Gospel. GOSSAMER, gôs'sa-mûr. s. The down

-no, move, når, nôt;-tube, tůb, bull;-öll;-pound;-thin, THIS.
GOUTWORT, goùt'wûrt. s. An herb.
GOUTY, gou'te. a. Afflicted or diseased
with the gout; relating to the gout.
Gown, góùn. s. A long upper gar-
ment; a woman's upper garment; the long
habit of a man dedicated to arts of peace,
as, divinity, medicine, law; the dress of
peace.

of plants; the long white cobwebs which
float in the air about harves time.
GOSSIP, gos'sip. s. One who answers
for the child in baptism; a tippling com-
panion; one who runs about tattling like
a woman at a lying-in.
To GOSSIP, gôs'síp. v. n.

To chat, to prate, to be merry; to be a pot companion. Gor, gôt. Pret. of To get. GOTTEN, gôt't'n. Part. pass. of Get. To GOVERN, gův'ůrn. v. a. To rule as a chief magistrate; to regulate, to influence, to direct; to manage, to restrain: in grammar, to have force with regard to syntax; to pilot, to regulate the motions of a ship. To GOVERN, gůvůrn. v. n. (98). To keep superiority.

GOVERNABLE, gûv'ůr-nå-bl. a. Submissive to authority, subject to rule, manage

able.

GOVERNANCE, gåv'ůr-nânse. s. Government, rule, management. GOVERNANTE, gó-vůr-nånt'. s. A lady who has the care of young girls of quality. GOVERNESS, guv'ůr-nès. s. A female invested with authority; a tutoress, a woman that has the care of young ladies; a directress.

GOVERNMENT, gův'ůrn-mênt. s. Form of
a community with respect to the disposi-
tion of the supreme authority; an establish-
ment of legal authority, administration of
publick affairs; regularity of behaviour ;
manageableness, compliance, obsequious-
ness in grammar, influence with regard
to construction.

GOVERNOUR, gåv'ûr-når. s. (314). One
who has the supreme direction; one who
is invested with supreme authority in a
state; one who rules any place with dele-
gated and temporary authority; a tutor;
a pilot, a manager.
GOUGE, goodje. s. A chisel having a
round edge.
GOURD, gord, or gỏård. s. (318).
plant, a bottle.

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Mr. Elphinston, Mr. Nares, W. Johnston, and Buchanan, pronounce this word in the first manner; and Mr. Sheridan, Mr Scott, Dr. Kenrick, and Mr. Perry, in the last. The first is, in my opinion, the most agreeable to English analogy. GOURDINESS, gor'dé-nés. s. A swelling in a horse's leg.

GOURNET, går net. s. (314). A fish.
GOUT, goût. s. (313). A periodical
disease attended with great pain.
GOUT, goỏ. s. (315). A French word
signifying taste; a strong desire.

A man

GoWNED, goin'd. a. (362). Dressed
in a gown.
GowNMAN, gòùn'mân. s. (88).
devoted to the arts of peace.
To GRABBLE, grab'bl. v.
To GRABBLE, gråb'bl. v. n. To lie
To grope.
prostrate on the ground.

a. (405).

GRACE, gråse. s. (560). Favour, kind-
ness; favourable influence of God on the
human mind; virtue, effect of God's influ-
ence; pardon; favour conferred; privilege;
a goddess, by the heathens supposed to be-
stow beauty; behaviour, considered as de-
cent or unbecoming; adventitious or artifi-
cial beauty; ornament, flower, highest per-
fection; the title of a duke, formerly of the
king, meaning the same as your goodness
or your clemency; a short prayer said be
fore and after meat.

GRACE-CUP, gråse'kůp. s. The cup or

health drunk after grace.

To GRACE, gråse. v. a. To adorn, to
dignify, to embellish; to dignify or raise
by an act of favour; to favour.
GRACED, gråst. a. (359). Beautiful,
graceful; virtuous, regular, chaste.
GRACEFUL, gråse'fùl. a. Beautiful with
elegance.
ad. Ele-

GRACEFULLY, gråse'fül-lè.

GRACEFULNESS, gråse'ful-nês. s. Ele-
gantly, with pleasing dignity.
gance of manner.
GRACELESS, gråse'lês. a.
Without
grace, wicked, abandoned.
GRACES, grå'siz. s. (99). Good gra
ces, for favour: it is seldom used in the
GRACILE, grâs'sil. a. (140). Slender,
singular.

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