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One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; the manager of a gymnasium; an athlete.

A gymnast. [Obs.]

avelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests, etc.

In a gymnastic manner.

Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character.

A mechanocal contrivance for exercesing the fingers of a pianist.

One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.

Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.

of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics.

One who teaches drill, especially in the way of gymnastics. Macaulay.

wo spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise.

der military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement. I wear my trusty sword, When I do exercise. Cowper.

A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.

Athletic; gymnastic. [Obs.] Have they not swordplayers, and every sort Of gymnic artists, wrestlers, riders, runners Milton.

d. (Bot.) Same as Cassava. -- Indian club, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise. -- Indian cordage, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut husk. -- Indian corn (Bot.), a plant of the genus Zea (Z. Mays); the maize, a native of America. See Corn, and Maize. -- Indian cress (Bot.), nasturt…

A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics.

An athlete; a gymnast.

raised about five feet above the floor or ground, and parallel to each other, -- used for gymnastic exercises. -- Parallel circles of a sphere, those circles of the sphere whose planes are parallel to each other. -- Parallel columns, or Parallels (Printing), two or more passages of reading matter printed side by side…

Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supple muscles, and an easy control of the limbs.

A dumb gymnastic apparatus for training the hands of pianists and organists, as to a legato touch.