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GLUT v. 9 definitions
His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes. Dryden. The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace. C. Kingsley. To glut the market, to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for…
GLUTTON a. 5 definitions
Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." Dryden. A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller.
GNAPHALIUM n.
A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.
GNAW v. 4 definitions
us biting with the teeth; to nibble at. His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw. Dryden.
GO v. 32 definitions
en with the infinitive; as, this goes to show. Against right reason all your counsels go. Dryden. To master the foul flend there goeth some complement knowledge of theology. Sir W. Scott.
GODHEAD n. 3 definitions
[Obs.] Adoring first the genius of the place, The nymphs and native godheads yet unknown. Dryden.
GODLING n.
A diminutive god. Dryden.
GOLD n. 4 definitions
(b) One who empties privies. [Obs. & Low] Swift. -- Gold flower, a composite plant with dry and persistent yellow radiating involucral scales, the Helichrysum Stoechas of Southern Europe. There are many South African species of the same genus. -- Gold foil, thin sheets of gold, as used by dentists and others. See Go…
GOLDEN a. 3 definitions
nd purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the silver, bronze, and iron ages. Dryden. (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D. 14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when Cicero, Cæsar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence: (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when it flouri…
GOOD n. 16 definitions
goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice. Shak. Dress goods, Dry goods, etc. See in the Vocabulary. -- Goods engine, a freight locomotive. [Eng.] -- Goods train, a freight train. [Eng.] -- Goods wagon, a freight car [Eng.] See the Note under Car, n., 2.
GOODLY a. 4 definitions
ge; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number. Goodly and great he sails behind his link. Dryden.
GORGE v. 11 definitions
atiate. The giant gorged with flesh. Addison. Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite. Dryden.
GORGON a. 4 definitions
Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face. Dryden.
GOSSIP n. 8 definitions
e, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. The common chat of gossips when they meet. Dryden.
GOVERN v. 4 definitions
To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. Dryden.
GOWN n. 5 definitions
il officers, in distinction from military. He Mars deposed, and arms to gowns made yield. Dryden.
GRACEFUL a.
portment, speaker, air, act, speech. High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode. Dryden. -- Grace"ful*ly, adv. Grace"ful*ness, n.
GRACIOUSLY adv. 2 definitions
In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly. Dryden.
GRADUAL n. 4 definitions
A series of steps. [Obs.] Dryden.
GRAIN n. 25 definitions
s, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain. Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. Dryden.
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