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Constituting the freight or cargo. [Obs.] "The fraughting souls within her." Shak.

velation or of the church; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century. Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker, child. Addison.

Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. Swift.

Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, th…

genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation.

See Fodder, a weight.

flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter.

Movable goods which may be valued by weight or measure, in contradistinction from those which must be judged of individually. Jamieson.

at one end to a fixed point, and having the other passed over a pulley and sustaining a weight, while one or more other weights are suspended from the cord at points between the fixed support and the pulley. -- Funicular polygon (Mech.), the polygonal figure assumed by a cord fastened at its extremities, and sustaini…

A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.

In time to come. [Obs.] Raleigh.

Disposed to gad. -- Gad"dish*nes, n. "Gaddishness and folly." Abp. Leighton.

piness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily. Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion. Ezek. xxii. 12. Gaining twist, in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle. To gain on or upon. (a) To encroach on; as, the ocean gains on the land. (b…

ly called the track. -- Gauge cock, a stop cock used as a try cock for 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…

Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed. Why is my neighbor's wife so gay Chaucer. A bevy of fair women, richly gay In gems and wanton dressMilton.

A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.

embles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3.

iant clam (Zoöl.), a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. -- Giant heron (Zoöl.), a very large African heron (Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known. -- Giant kettle, a pothole of very large d…

engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.

Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice. Prior. Upon the giddy footing of the hatches. Shak.