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Producing fumes; fumous. "Drowned in fumy wine." H. Brooke.

Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.

Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings.

Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence. "Fury of the wind." Shak. I do oppose my patience to his fury. Shak.

A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer.

loping roof which forms a gable at each end. -- Gable wall. Same as Gable (b). -- Gable window, a window in a gable.

Marvell. The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged, and reason to be hood winked. Maccaulay.

To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.

A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.

Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bed sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue.

In wine making, to add water and sugar to (unfermented grape juice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced. -- Gal`li*za"tion (#), n.

ontest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc. But war's a game, which, were their subject wise, Kings would not play at. Cowper.

n games. When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shak.

To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.

go through the ordeal of severe criticism or controversy, or ill-treatment at many hands. Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights. Palfrey.

with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.

An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh. Sir. W. Scott.

piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle. Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand. Pope.

Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.

Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.