Lexicon: giddy – gimblet

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giddy, adj. [Fr.]

  1. Cheerful; silly.
  2. Difficult to reach; high.
  3. Reeling; whirling.

gift (-s), n. [OE.]

  1. Present; thing bestowed gratuitously or without expectation of compensation.
  2. Product.
  3. Payment.
  4. Attributes; benefits; qualities.

gifted, adj. [see gift, n.]

Endowed with a special quality of ability; talented.

gig, n. [L. gigno.]

One-horse carriage with one pair of wheels.

gigantic, adj. [L.]

Enormous; very great; of extraordinary size.

giggle (-ing), v. [OE.]

Laugh; joke.

gilded, adj. [OE.]

Overlaid with gold leaf of liquid; illuminated.

gilt, adj. [see gilded, adj.]

gilt, v. [see gilded, adj.]

Covered in gold.

gimblet, n. [variant of gimlet < OFr.]

Tool for making holes; kind of boring tool; [fig.] jabbing pain; searing grief; jolting sensation of anguish.