Lexicon: gambol – garlanded

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gambol (-s), n. [Fr. gambade, leap or spring.]

Sportive prank.

gambol (-s, -led), v. [see gambol, n.]

Play; dance; skip for joy; [fig.] stray; amble; wander about; walk around aimlessly.

gambrel (-s), n. [var. of gable, n.]

game, n. [Ice. gaman; OE gamen, jest, sport.]

Play; exercise for amusement.

gammut (-s), n. [Gk letter gamma.]

Musical scale; scale on which music notes are printed.

gap, n. [Sw. gap, Da. gab, open mouth, also opening, chasm.]

Opening; yawn; fissure; chasm made by something breaking apart; [fig.] loss; void; vacancy caused by death; emptiness caused by parting from a loved one.

gaping, verbal adj. [ON.]

Open; yawning; empty; [fig.] devoid of life.

garden, n. [ONF.]

Place for growing plants; ground devoted to cultivation of plants.

garland (-s), n. [OFr.]

  1. Wreath; floral crown; circular ornament of flowers worn on the head.
  2. Chaplet; funeral wreath for a maiden; [fig.] crown of thorns that soldiers placed on Christ's head (see Matthew 27:29).

garlanded, adj. [see garland, n.]