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o growl; -- written also gnarr. [Archaic] At them he gan to rear his bristles strong, And felly gnarre. Spenser. A thousand wants Gnarr at the heels of men. Tennison.

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

13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled. -- Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.] -- Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation. Angels guard him in the golden mean. Pope. -- Golden mole (Zoö…

en struck, a harsh and resounding noise. O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong. Longfellow.

Blackstone. (b) A valuable consideration, or one which will sustain a contract. -- Good fellow, a person of companionable qualities. [Familiar] -- Good folk, or Good people, fairies; brownies; pixies, etc. [Colloq. Eng. & Scot.] -- Good for nothing. (a) Of no value; useless; worthless. (b) Used substantively, an idle…

. Hazlitt. I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and the grace of the gift. Longfellow.

nced as his arrival to be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground. Camden.

Forwards; with one's face to the ground. [Obs.] They fellen gruf, and cryed piteously. Chaucer.

A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled. This said, he led me over hoults and hags; Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew. Fairfax.

To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully. That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper. Shak.

; to be delayed. A noble stroke he lifted high, Which hung not, but so swift with tempest fell On the proud crest of Satan. Milton. To hang around, to loiter idly about. -- To hang back, to hesitate; to falter; to be reluctant. "If any one among you hangs back." Jowett (Thucyd.). -- To hang by the eyelids. (a) To han…

Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. "A mad hare-brained fellow." North (Plutarch). [Written also hairbrained.]

nd the hemlocks . . . Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Longfellow.

e ancient Norman hue and cry. "Harrow and well away!" Spenser. Harrow! alas! here lies my fellow slain. Chaucer.

Specifically, a tomahawk. Buried was the bloody hatchet. Longfellow.

frequented by a ghost. All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses. Longfellow.

e hearse a fruitful palm tree grows. Fairfax Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse. Longfellow.

Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Dickens.

th. [Scot.] Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem. Longfellow. Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and E. cinerea).

Dull; stupid. "Gross heavy-headed fellows." Beau. & Fl.