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Peculiar to a people; national. Sir T. Browne.

he principles of geometry. Nature geometrizeth, and observeth order in all things. Sir T. Browne.

A kind of brown loaf. [Obs.] Dryden.

Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant. [R.] "Clouds gestant with heat." Mrs. Browning.

re. [Obs.] Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by many nations. Sir T. Browne.

Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. -- Gib"bous*ly, adv. -- Gib"bous*ness, n.

Pertaining to, consisting of or resembling, ice; icy. Sir T. Browne.

Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

An aureole. [R.] Msr. Browning.

A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances. Bee glue. See under Bee. -- Fish glue, a st…

(Aquila Chrysaëtos) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is the ring-tailed eagle. -- Golden fleece. (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been ta…

w, 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, worthless person. My father always said I was born to be a good for nothing. Ld. Lytton. -- G…

Idle talk; gossip. Mrs. Browning.

fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown.

The state of being gradual; gradualness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

as, to graduate the heat of an oven. Dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts. Browne.

ersons lightly dipped, not grained, in generous honesty, are but pale in goodness. Sir T. Browne.

ath left an inscription upon all his works, not graphical, or composed of letters. Sir T. Browne.

The brown crust formed upon a gratinated dish; also, dish itself, as crusts bread, game, or poultry.

silver mullet (M. Braziliensis). See Mullet. -- Gray owl (Zoöl.), the European tawny or brown owl (Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) inhabits arctic America. -- Gray parrot (Zoöl.), a parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. -- Gray pi…