Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: GAT'-TOOTH-ED – GAUZE
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GAT'-TOOTH-ED, a.
Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GAUD, n. [L. gaudium.]
An ornament; something worn for adorning the person; a fine thing. [Obs.] Shak.
GAUD, v.i. [L. gaudeo, to rejoice.]
To exult; to rejoice. [Obs.] Shak.
GAUD'ED, a.
Adorned with trinkets; colored. [Obs.] Chaucer. Shak.
GAUD'ER-Y, n.
Finery; fine things; ornaments. Bacon. Dryden.
GAUD'FUL, a.
Joyful; showy.
GAUD'I-LY, adv.
Showily; with ostentation of fine dress. Guthrie.
GAUD'I-NESS, n.
Showiness; tinsel appearance ostentatious finery. Whitlock.
GAUD'LESS, a.
Destitute of ornament.
GAUD'Y, a.
- Showy; splendid; gay. A goldfinch there I saw, with gaudy pride / Of painted plumes. Dryden.
- Ostentatiously fine; gay beyond the simplicity of nature or good taste. Costly thy habit as the purse can buy, / But not express'd in fancy; rich not gaudy. Shak.
GAUD'Y, n.
A feast or festival; a word in the university. Cheyne.
GAUGE, n. [gage.]
- A measure; a standard of measure. Moxon.
- Measure; dimensions. Burke.
GAUGE, v.t. [gage; Fr. jauger, to gage; jauge, a measuring rod; Arm. jauja, or jauchi, to gage; jauch, a rod. Igrayisht is supposed by J. Thomson, that this is contracted from jaulge, from gaule, a rod or pole. But qu.]
- To measure or to ascertain the contents of a cask or vessel, as a pipe, puncheon, hogshead, barrel, tierce or keg.
- To measure in respect to proportion. The veins nicely gauged on each side. Derham.
GAUG'ED, pp.
Measured.
GAUG'ER, n.
One who gauges; an officer whose business is to ascertain the contents of casks.
GAUG'ING, n.
The art of measuing the contents or capacities of vessels of any form Ed. Encyc
GAUG'ING, ppr.
Meastiring a cask; ascertaining dimensions or proportions of quantity.
GAUG'ING-ROD, n.
An instrument to be used in measuring the contents of casks or vessels.
GAUL, n. [L. Gallia.]
A name of ancient France; also, an inhabitant of Gaul.
GAUL'ISH, a.
Pertaining to ancient France or Gaul.
GAUNT, or GANT, a. [gant; The origin is uncertain. Qu. Sax. gewanian, wanian, to wane. In W. gwan, is weak, poor.]
Vacant; hollow; empty, as an animal after long fasting; hence, lean; meager; thin; slender. Shak. Dryden,
GAUNT'LET, n. [See GANTLET.]
GAUNT'LET-ED, a.
Wearing a gauntlet.
GAUNT'LY, adv. [gant'ly.]
Leanly; meagerly.
GAUZE, n. [Sp. gasa; Fr. gaze; Arm. gazen. Qu. L. gausape, or gossipium.]
A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, of silk or linen. Encyc.