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See Urogenital.

A reciter of gests or legendary tales; a story-teller. [Obs.] Minstrels and gestours for to tell tales. Chaucer.

An infidel; -- a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, especially Christrians. Byron.

A guiler; deceiver. [Obs.]

gs to appear different from what they really are. The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. W. Black.

Glamour. [Scot.]

A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber. Tylor.

One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species.

A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made to introduce it into Southern Europe. [Written also goramy.]

the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceæ; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.

A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America.

A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. Simmonds.

The state of being gourdy.

The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.

Swelled in the legs.

A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand. That great gourmand, fat Apicius B. Jonson.

A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.

A fish. See Gurnet.

Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.

A harbinger. [Obs.] Chaucer.