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rd, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata).

A strip of material, as leather, running around a shoe at and above the sole, as for protection or ornament.

vein; a matrix; a gangue. Gang board, or Gang plank. (Naut.) (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel. (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on. -- Gang cask, a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships o…

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder. Meyrick (Ancient Armor).

The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield. [Obs.] "Gigging of shields." Chaucer.

To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.

The skin of a goat, or leather made from it. -- a.

rson; a goose cap. Goldsmith. Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub (Pereskia aculeata) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries. -- Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. -- Gooseberry fool. See lst Fool. -- Gooseberry worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a small moth (Dakruma convolutel…

An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc.. from leather, paper, etc. Knight.

The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. Knight.

A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.

Leather workers' materials. [Eng.] Grindery warehouse, a shop where leather workers' materials and tools are kept on sale. [Eng.]

A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal. [Western U.S.]

notch. -- Half binding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. -- Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only. -- Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of the half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the l…

Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.

Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds. Harmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass. Pope.

A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.

One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.

Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.

Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet- shaped part; galeate.