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barrels, casks, etc. -- Gauge saw, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. Knight. -- Gauge stuff, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet. -- Gauge wheel, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow. -- Joiner's g…

the gauntlet, to offer or send a challenge. The gauntlet or glove was thrown down by the knight challenging, and was taken up by the one who accepted the challenge; -- hence the phrases.

A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure. Knight.

A mason's setting maul. Knight.

A portable apparatus for making soda water or aërated liquids on a small scale. Knight.

Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. [Obs.] All of a knight [who] was fair and gent. Chaucer.

by birth. [Obs.] "Pride of gentrie." Chaucer. She conquers him by high almighty Jove, By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath. Shak.

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder. Meyrick (Ancient Armor).

ill head (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills. Knight. -- Gill net, a flat net so suspended in the water that its meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the gills when they seek to extricate themselves. -- Gill opening, or Gill slit (Anat.), an opening behind a…

pposite directions so as to divide the space between the bars into a series of triangles. Knight. -- Sandwich girder, a girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.

a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant. Knight.

gift of fascination peculiar to women. It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a knight. Sir W. Scott.

Echinops. -- Globe valve. (a) A ball valve. (b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. Knight.

d blocking, printing with gold leaf, as upon a book cover, by means of an engraved block. Knight. -- Gold cloth. See Cloth of gold, under Cloth. -- Gold Coast, a part of the coast of Guinea, in West Africa. -- Gold cradle. (Mining) See Cradle, n., 7. -- Gold diggings, the places, or region, where gold is found by d…

, and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also Toison d'Or. -- Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang] -- Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers,…

a hyperboloid of revolution. -- Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead. Knight.

ng tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc.. from leather, paper, etc. Knight.

-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers. Knight.

The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. Knight.

ed to express thankfulness, with surprise; many thanks. Gramercy, Mammon, said the gentle knight. Spenser.