Part 408

Ga*id"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; earth.] (Chem.) Pertaining to hypogeic acid; -- applied to an acid obtained from hypogeic acid.

Gai"e*ty (?), n. Same as Gayety.

Gail"er (?), n. A jailer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||Gail`lard" (?), a. [F. See Galliard.] Gay; brisk; merry; galliard. ||Chaucer.

||Gail*liarde" (?), n. [See Galliard a dance.] A lively French and ||Italian dance.

Gai"ly (?), adv. [From Gay.] Merrily; showily. See gaily.

Gain (gn), n. [Cf. W. gan a mortise.] (Arch.) A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

Gain, a. [OE. gein, gain, good, near, quick; cf. Icel. gegn ready, serviceable, and gegn, adv., against, opposite. Cf. Ahain.] Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Gain (gn), n. [OE. gain, gein, gahen, gain, advantage, Icel. gagn; akin to Sw. gagn, Dan. gavn, cf. Goth. gageigan to gain. The word was prob. influenced by F. gain gain, OF. gaain. Cf. Gain, v. t.] 1. That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss.

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

Phil. iii. 7.

Godliness with contentment is great gain.

1 Tim. vi. 6.

Every one shall share in the gains.

Shak.

2. The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation. "The lust of gain." Tennyson.

Gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gained (gnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gaining.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F. gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG. weidinn, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage, G. weide, akin to Icel. veir hunting, AS. wu, cf. L. venari to hunt, E. venison. See Gain, n., profit.]

1. To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.

What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Matt. xvi. 26.

To gain dominion, or to keep it gained.

Milton.

For fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease.

Pope.

2. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.

3. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.

If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Matt. xviii. 15.