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galbulus - a closed fleshy cone of thickened or fleshy peltate scales, as in the cypress.
peltate
adj.
5< L pelta (< Gr peltc: see prec.) + 3ATE16 Bot. shield-shaped; specif., having the stalk attached to the lower surface within the margin: said of a leaf: see LEAF, illus.
pel4tate#ly
adv.
peltast
n.
5L peltasta < Gr peltastcs < peltc, light shield < IE *pelto3, a cover < base *pel3, to cover, skin: see FELL46 in ancient Greece, a soldier carrying a light shield
Joke on me. I thought a peltast was extra furry hobbit.
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gambusia
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5ModL, altered from Cuban Sp gambusino6 >any of a genus (Gambusia) of small freshwater livebearers useful in mosquito control, including the mosquito fish
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gamete
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5ModL gameta < Gr gametc, a wife < gamein, to marry < gamos: see GAMO36 a reproductive cell that is haploid and can unite with another gamete to form the cell (zygote) that develops into a new individual
ga[met[ic 7g! met4ik8
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gammon 1
n.
5ME gambon < NormFr < dial. Fr gambe: see GAMB6
1 the bottom end of a side of bacon
2 a smoked or cured ham or side of bacon
gammon 2
n.
5ME gammen, var. of game, gamen: see GAME16 Backgammon a victory in which the winner gets rid of all his men before his opponent gets rid of any
vt.
to defeat by scoring a gammon
gammon 3
vt.
5< gammon, a lashing up < ?6 to secure (the bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel
gam[mon4 7gam4!n8
n., interj.
5prob. orig. thieves‘ cant < ?6 [Brit. Colloq.] nonsense intended to deceive; humbug
vt., vi.
[Brit. Colloq.]
1 to talk humbug (to)
2 to deceive or mislead
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gamelan
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5Jav, a bamboo xylophone6 a musical ensemble of Indonesia, consisting of wind, string, and percussion instruments, as flute, lute, gongs, drums, and bamboo xylophones
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ganache - a smoothly blended mixture of chopped chocolate and heavy cream for baking
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garçon
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pl. 3Ions$ 73sbn$8 5Fr, old acc. of gars, boy: see GASKET6
1 a boy, youth or young man
2 a waiter or servant
I wonder if it is still safe to call a snotty waiter this. Especially if you forget the cedilla,
as the Scripps-Howard list did.
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gavage
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5Fr < gaver, to stuff: see GAVOTTE6 the administration of liquids through a stomach tube, as in forced feeding
I was taught that it was a contraction of "gastric lavage" - and it is most often used for aspirating
overdoses of medication in an accident floor (I think).
I get a laugh out of allegation it is related to "gavotte". When and Fannie backed into the rollers of
a 1920 clothes wringer (the type few of you have ever seen, with two horizontal rubber rollers that
squeezed the water out of the clothes) she danced the Ascot Gavptte.
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gauntlet 1
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5ME < OFr gantelet, dim. of gant, a glove < Frank *want, a mitten, akin to EFris wante6
1 a medieval glove, usually of leather covered with metal plates, worn by knights in armor to protect the hand in combat: see ARMOR, illus.
2 a) a long glove with a flaring cuff covering the lower part of the arm b) the flaring cuff
take up the gauntlet
1 to accept a challenge
2 to undertake the defense of a person, etc.
throw down the gauntlet to challenge, as to combat
gauntlet2
n.
see GANTLET1 (n. 1)
Posted by Barney Scott on October 09, 2000 at 15:39:29:
In Reply to: "Run the gauntlet" posted by Hilary on October 09, 2000 at 12:28:41:
: Does anyone know the meaning/origin of the term "run the gauntlet"?
From Brewer's Phrase and Fable (online at www.bibliomania.com/Reference/PhraseAndFable)
Gauntlet (g hard). To run the gantlet. To be hounded on all sides. Corruption of gantlope, the passage
between two files of soldiers. (German, ganglaufen or
gassenlaufen.) The reference is to a punishment common among sailors. If a companion had disgraced
himself, the crew, provided with gauntlets or ropes' ends,
were drawn up in two rows facing each other, and the delinquent had to run between them, while every
man dealt him, in passing, as severe a chastisement as he
could.
The custom exists among the North American Indians. (See Fenimore Cooper and Mayne Reid.)
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gazette
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5Fr < It gazzetta < dial. (Venetian) gazeta, a small coin, price of the newspaper, orig., prob. dim. of L gaza, treasure < Gr < Pers, the royal treasure6
1 a newspaper: now used mainly in some newspaper titles
2 [Brit.] any of various official publications containing announcements and bulletins
vt.
3zet4ted, 3zet4ting [Brit.] to publish, announce, or list in a gazette
Joke on me. I always thought it was something to gaze at.
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