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o deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] Dryden.

; procreative; productive. "The genial bed." Milton. Creator Venus, genial power of love. Dryden.

Generation; procreation; birth. Dryden.

In a gentle manner. My mistress gently chides the fault I made. Dryden.

pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials. "True, genuine night." Dryden.

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

toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble. A heavy gewgaw called a crown. Dryden.

eable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. "Giddy, foolish hours." Rowe. "Giddy chance." Dryden. Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm. Cowper.

To engender. [Obs.] Dryden.

A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth.

its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness.

A gantline. Hammock girtline, a line rigged for hanging out hammocks to dry.

ies shall not be unpunished. Prov. xvii. 5. The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. Dryden. He, glad of her attention gained. Milton. As we are now glad to behold your eyes. Shak. Glad am I that your highness is so armed. Shak. Glad on 't, glad of it. [Colloq.] Shak.

To shine with a bright, dazzling light. The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden.

A collection made by gleaning. The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. Dryden.

wy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword. The field yet glitters with the pomp of war. Dryden.

In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.

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

A false or specious explanation. Dryden.

ed with heat or animation, with blushes, etc. Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays. Dryden. And glow with shame of your proceedings. Shak.