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A kind of internal-combustion engine (which see) using fixed gas; also, broadly, any internal-combustion engine.

ney for admission to an inclosure. -- Gate tender, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad crossing. -- Gate valva, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate which affords a straight passageway when open. -- Gate vein (Anat.), the portal vein. -- To break gates (Eng. Univ.), to enter a college inclosure afte…

, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired.

ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler. -- Gauge concussion (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail. -- Gauge glass, a glass tube for a water gauge. -- Gauge lathe, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster…

The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad. [Eng.]

A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.

hey really are. The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. W. Black.

The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs.

to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York. His amorous expressions go no further than virtue may allow. Dryden.

d of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle. We love not loaded boards and goblets crowned. Denham.

A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads. [U. S.]

Woad. [Obs.]

In a railroad or highway:

rth, esp. one with a plow blade suspended from the center, used specifically for grading roads.

Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.

e act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade.

to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. -- Graduated spring (Railroads), a combination of metallic and rubber springs.

A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail.