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or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate. And Belgium's capital had gathered them Her beauty and her chivalry. Byron. When he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together. Matt. ii. 4.

A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe.

etc., to the agency of germs. The science of bacteriology was developed after this theory had been established.

Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have. Johnson. Thou hast got the face of man. Herbert.

apparition; a specter. The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. Shak. I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed ghost. Coleridge.

Ghost lore. [R.] It seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of ghostology and witchcraft. Hawthorne.

unmeaning words; jargon. He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go; All kinds of gibberish he had learnt to known. Drayton. Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with. Hawthorne.

ossession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow. For generous lords had rather give than pay. Young.

ed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks. Gizzard shad (Zoöl.), an American herring (Dorosoma cepedianum) resembling the shad, but of little value. -- To fret the gizzard, to harass; to vex one's self; to worry. [Low] Hudibras. -- To stick in one's gizzard, to be difficult of di…

lamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women. It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a knight. Sir W. Scott.

Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.

ty or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton.

lls of life victorious. Burns. During his office treason was no crime, The sons of Belial had a glorious time. Dryden.

ied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth. Owen.

The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.

e art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.

A mouthful; a lump; a small piece. Spenser. [He] had broken the stocks to small gobbets. Wyclif.

ing and instruction. There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it is desired. Book of Common Prayer (Prot. Episc. Ch., U. S. ).

d, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive, or troublesome, etc. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Gen. i. 31. Good company, good wine, good welcome. Shak.

A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing.