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Not producing gain; unprofitable. Hammond. -- Gain"less/ness, n.

Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.

rbid. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15. The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother, My sacred aunt, should by my mortal sword Be drained. Shak.

One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9.

A woman's broad-brimmed hat of a form thought to resemble those shown in portraits by Thomas Gainsborough, the English artist (1727- 88).

Gainful.

To withstand; to resist. [Obs.] Durst . . . gainstand the force of so many enraged desires. Sir P. Sidney.

To strive or struggle against; to withstand. [Obs.] Spenser.

See Garefowl.

Same as Garish, Garishly, Garishness.

A going; a walk; a march; a way. Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks pass. Shak.

Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited.

To dress with gaiters.

The dogwood tree. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Germane.

A yellow-tailed worm or larva.

The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in bookbinding, for pastry, etc.

See Glair.

Glairy; covered with glair.