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Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father.

a lascivious or light, giddy girl. [Obs.] The giglet is willful, and is running upon her fate. Sir W. Scott.

initive, 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 behold your eyes. Shak…

A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches.

A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.

3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.

ism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather.

A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfather

A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather.

a) Of no value; useless; worthless. (b) Used substantively, an idle, worthless person. My father always said I was born to be a good for nothing. Ld. Lytton. -- Good Friday, the Friday of Holy Week, kept in some churches as a fast, in memoory of our Savior's passion or suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion. --…

A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. Selden.

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

me more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc. What cause Mov'd our grand parents, in that happy state, Favor'd of Heaven so highly, to fall off From their Creator. Milton. Grand action, a pianoforte action, used in grand pianos, in which spe…

The aunt of one's father or mother.

The mother of one's father or mother.

A grandfather.

Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor.

father's or mother's uncle.

satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede. Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree. Dryden.

Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.