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eness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. Pope. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed. Gray.

A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle (Bibos frontalis).

A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk.

The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season.

The process of removing moisture from the blast of an iron blast furnace by reducing its temperature so far that it will not remain suspended as vapor in the blast current, but will be deposited as snow in the cooling apparatus. The resultant uniformly dehydrated blast effects great economy in fuel consumption, and pro…

A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water.

Finely; splendidly; showily; as, ladies gayly dressed; a flower gayly blooming. Pope.

To avail. [Obs.]

Gayety; finery. [R.]

Full of gayety. Mir. for Mag.

The dogwood tree. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The dogwood tree. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II. Nares. In his hand a launcegay, A long sword by his side. Chaucer.

See Langegaye. [Obs.]

An American wild cat (Felis tigrina), ranging from Mexico to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also long-tailed cat.

The European small-spotted dogfish, or houndfish. See the Note under Houndfish.

A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy. Pope.

See Popinjay, 1 (b).

villany." South. Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth Gay.

ts usual acceptation. My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. Gay.