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A man of extraordinari bulk and stature. Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. Milton.

A woman of extraordinary size.

To play the giant. [R.] Sherwood.

Appropriate to a giant. [Obs.] Usher.

The race of giants. [R.] Cotgrave.

The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant. His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen. Milton.

Loyal. Shak.

A powerful evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant.

to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain. Milton. That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain. T. Parker.

om, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style. A giant statue . . . Pushed by a wild and artless race, From off wide, ambitious base. Collins.

A race of giants living in Palestine.

Pertaining to Antæus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.

In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant. Fast asleep the giant lay supine. Dryden. By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Milton.

An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.

Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.

A giant. [Spelt often Brobdignagian.]

a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering. [Obs.] So fell this buffle-headed giant. Gayton.

I must have . . . little care of myself, if I ever more come near the clutches of such a giant. Bp. Stillingfleet.

One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna.

orn of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human. Some earthborn giant. Milton.