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 GLOOMY, gloom'è. a. Obscure, imper honourable. GLORIFICATION, glo'rè-fè-kâ'shůn. s. To GLORIFY, glo'ré-fi. v. a. (183). GLORIOUS, glo'ré-us. a. (314). Noble, illustrious, excellent. GLORIOUSLY, glo'ré-is-lé. ad. Nobly, To GLORY, glo'rè. v. n. To boast in, 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. S. GLOSSOGRAPHY, glos-sogʻgrâ-fè, 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 GLow, glo. v. n. (324). To be 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. 1 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. S. GLUTINOUSNESS, glù'tè-nůs-nė. (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 GLUTTONOUS, glüt'tůn-ús. a. Given to GLUTTONY, glút'tůn-è. s. Excess of eat- mountains. A hollow between two To GNARL, nårl. v. n. (384). To growl, GNARLED, når led. a. Knotty. 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. 1 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 of the teeth.' gnaws. GNOMON, no'môn. s. (384). The hand To Go, go. v. n. Pret. I went, I have 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 GOAL, jåle. s. An incorrect spelling sewed upon cloth. 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. -no, move, nòr, nôt ;-tube, tub, båll ;-ỏll;-pound;-thin, THIS. GOBBLER, gobblår. s. One that de vours in haste. 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. girl for whom one became sponsor in bap-"Judges and senates have been bought for tism. Re 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. 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. . 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 tium. '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." Popes 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. One GOLDEN, gol'd'n. a. (103). Made of kind of bird. 3 A (559)—Fåte, får, fåll, fât;-mè, mêt ;-pine, pin ;— GOLDING, gold'ing. A sort of apple. ed Coom. 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. } 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 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 herb. 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. of plants; the long white cobwebs which 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 GOVERNOUR, gåv'ûr-når. s. (314). One A 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. A man GoWNED, goin'd. a. (362). Dressed a. (405). GRACE, gråse. s. (560). Favour, kind- GRACE-CUP, gråse'kůp. s. The cup or health drunk after grace. To GRACE, gråse. v. a. To adorn, to GRACEFULLY, gråse'fül-lè. GRACEFULNESS, gråse'ful-nês. s. Ele- small. |