Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GEWGAW, n. [Qu; Sax. ge-gaf, a trifle, or Fr. joujou, a plaything, or from the root of gaud, joy, jewel.]

A showy trifle; a pretty thing of little worth; a toy; a bauble; a splendid plaything. A heavy gewgaw, called a crown. Dryden.

GEY'SER, n.

The name of a boiling fountain in Iceland. Mantell.

GHAST-FUL, a. [See Ghastly.]

Dreary; dismal; fit for walking ghosts. [Obs.] Spenser.

GHAST-FUL-LY, adv.

Frightfully. Pope.

GHAST-LI-NESS, n. [from ghastly.]

Horror of countenance; a deathlike look; resemblance of a ghost; paleness.

GHASTLY, a. [Sax; gastlic, from gas', spirit, G. geist, D. geest. In Sax. gast is both a ghost and a guest, both from the same radical sense, to move, to rush; Ir. gaisim to flow; Eng; gush, gust.]

Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; dismal; as, a ghastly face; ghastly smiles. Milton. 2. Horrible shocking; dreadful. Mangled with ghastly wounds. Milton.

GHAST-NESS, n.

Ghastliness. [Not used.] Shak.

GHAUT, n.

1. In the East Indies, a pass through a mountain; also, a range or chain of hills.
2. Stairs descending to a river. Malcom.

GHER'KIN, n. [G; gurke, a cucumber.]

A small pickled cucumber. Skinner.

GHESS,

for Guess. [Not used.]

GHOST, n. [Sax; gast; G. geist; D. geest; Ir. gasda; See Ghastly.]

1. Spirit; the soul of man. Shak. In this sense seldom used. But hence,
2. The soul of a deceased person; the soul or spirit separate from the body; an apparition. The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. Dryden. To give up the ghost, is to die; to yield up the breath or spirit; to expire. Scripture. The Holy Ghost, is the third person in the adorable Trinity. Scripture.

GHOST, v.i.

To die; to expire. [Obs.] Sidney.

GHOST, v.t.

To haunt with an apparition. [Obs.] Shak.

GHOST-LESS, a.

Without life or spirit. [Not used.] Sherwood.

GHOSTLIKE, a.

Withered; having sunken eyes; ghastly. Sherwood.

GHOST-LI-NESS, n.

Spiritual tendency. [Little used.] Johnson.

GHOST-LY, a.

1. Spiritual; relating to the soul; not carnal or secular. Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies. Common Prayer.
2. Spiritual; having a character from religion; as, a ghostly father. Shak.
3. Pertaining to apparitions. Akenside.

GHOTE, n.

An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations. T. Moore.

GHOUL, n.

A demon that feeds on the dead.

GI-AL-LO-LI-NO, n. [It. giallo; Eng; yellow.]

A fine yellow pigment much used under the name of Naples Yellow. Encyc.

GI-AM'BEAUX, n. [Fr. jambe, the leg.]

Greaves; armor for the legs. [Obs.]

GI'ANT, a.

Like a giant; extraordinary in size or strength. as, giant brothers; a giant son. Dryden. Pope.

GI'ANT, n. [Fr. geant; Sp. gigante; It. id; L. gigas; Gr. {foreign}, probably from sin, the earth, and {foreign} or {foreign}. The word originally signified earth-born, terrigena, The ancients believed the firm inhabitants of the earth to be produced from the ground and to be of enormous size.]

1. A man of extraordinary bulk and stature. Giants of mighty bone, and bold emprise. Milton.
2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual; The judge is a giant in his profession.

GI'ANT-ESS, n.

A female giant; a female of extraordinary size and stature. Shak.

GI'ANT-IZE,

v, i; To play the giant. Sherwood.