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A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect. [Colloq.]

The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.

One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal.

The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries.

Military skill in a general officer or commander.

The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved.

on giganteum), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. -- Giant salamander (Zoöl.), a very large aquatic salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. -- Giant squid (Zoöl.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging…

ensation; a present; an offering. Shall I receive by gift, what of my own, . . . I can command Milton.

generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.

One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.

To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize. Hallywell.

Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillæ, and maxillipeds.

The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.

Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; conformed to God's law; devout; righteous; as, a godly life. For godly sorrow worketh repentance. 2 Cor. vii. 10.

The keel or lower outline of a bird's bill, so far as the mandibular rami are united.

aculeata) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries. -- Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. -- Gooseberry fool. See lst Fool. -- Gooseberry worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a small moth (Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior.

To form according to the gospel; as, a command gospelized to us. Milton.

d of the order of Freemasons or of Good Templars, etc. -- Grand paunch, a glutton or gourmand. [Obs.] Holland. -- Grand pensionary. See under Pensionary. -- Grand piano (Mus.), a large piano, usually harp-shaped, in which the wires or strings are generally triplicated, increasing the power, and all the mechanism is…

Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.

ed herb of the genus Ajuga (A. Chamæpitys), formerly included in the genus Teucrium or germander, and named from its resinous smell. Sir L. Hill. (b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium (L. clavatum); -- called also club moss. (c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in height, of the…