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Talkative; loquacious; tattling. [Obs.] Talkers and futile persons. Bacon.

In a futile manner.

A jailer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope.

A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a churc…

Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective.

See Falcon-gentil.

Gentleness; courtesy; kindness; nobility. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Guile. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Slender; thin. [Obs.] Bailey.

Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery. Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John i. 47. To wage by force or guile eternal war. Milton.

Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty. -- Guile"ful*ly, adv. -- Guile"ful*ness, n.

Free from guile; artless. -- Guile"less*ly, adv. Guile"less*ness, n.

Fit; qualified; also, apt. [Obs.] Spenser.

Same as Hastate. Gray.

To hide. See Hele. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who loves horses. Holmes.

A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler. [Obs.] Brande & C.

See with hobnails, as a shoe.

A homilist.