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Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance. Geostatic arch, an arch having a form adapted to sustain pressure similar to that exerted by earth. Rankine.

The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [Obs.]

Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy.

California; -- a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits.

Minnesota; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of gophers.

New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite.

To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object. Why does this apple fall to the ground Because all bodies gravitate toward each other. Sir W. Hamilton. Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the strong…

The act of gravitating.

Of or pertaining to the force of gravity; as, gravitational units.

Causing to gravitate; tending to a center. Coleridge.

The act of tasting. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue.

Spotted, as if discolored by drops.

Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots. Bailey.

The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality.

n flange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studying the dynamics of rotating bodies.

Of or pertaining to the gyrostat or to gyrostatics.

The doctrine or theory of the gyrostat, or of the phenomena of rotating bodies.

Qualified or entitled. [Obs.] Bacon.

Equipment; qualification. [Obs.] Bacon.