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A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed.

way by corrosion. Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with great excoriation. Wiseman.

Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time. I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportio…

position of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural. King James his funerals were performed very solemnly in the collegiate church at Westminster. Euller.

youth; a gallant officer. That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. Shak. The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave. Waller.

of chance; games of skill; field games, etc. But war's a game, which, were their subject wise, Kings would not play at. Cowper.

A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).

To coat, or otherwise treat, with gelatin.

gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying. Artificial gem, an imitation of a gem, made of glass colored with metallic oxide. Cf. Paste, and Strass.

A meeting; -- used in combination, as, Witenagemote, an assembly of the wise men.

mical process; to produce; to cause. Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle must likewise generate milk. Arbuthnot.

A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw. Gib and key, or Gib and cotter (Steam Engine), the fixed wedge or gib, and the driving we…

between the half-moon and the full moon. The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. Wiseman.

be; anything given to corrupt. Neither take a gift, for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise. Deut. xvi. 19.

at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason. A wise son maketh a glad father. Prov. x. 1. He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Prov. xvii. 5. The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. Dryden. He, glad of her attention gained. Milton. As we are now glad to…

glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy. Wiseman.

To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet. Wiseman.

Ichorous; thin; limpid. Wiseman.

Knowing; wise; shrewd. [Old Slang] I said you were a gnostic fellow. Sir W. Scott.

A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders. Bp. Morton.