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Doing nothing; shiftless. -- n.

A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped.

The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens. See under Bean.

Intended beforehand; premeditated. [Obs.] Spenser.

Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope.

One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds.

A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color.

An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal.

Belonging to the Gephyrea. -- n. One of the Gerphyrea.

Like a giant; mighty; gigantic. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

gmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. Shak.

One who gathers after reapers.

The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning. Glenings of natural knowledge. Cook.

Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.

See Gorgonian, 1.

Of or pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland. -- n.

uiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.

Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.

Pertaining to the Holostei.

Pertaining to Hybla, an ancient town of Sicily, famous for its bees.