Part 410

Luke xxi. 15.

The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother, My sacred aunt, should by my mortal sword Be drained.

Shak.

Gain`say"er (?), n. One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9.

Gain"some (?), a. 1. Gainful.

2. Prepossessing; well-favored. [Obs.] Massinger.

'Gainst (?), prep. A contraction of Against.

Gain"stand` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gainstood; p. pr. & vb. n. gainstanding.] [See Again, and Stand.] To withstand; to resist. [Obs.]

Durst . . . gainstand the force of so many enraged desires.

Sir P. Sidney.

Gain"strive` (?), v. t. & i. [See Again, and Strive.] To strive or struggle against; to withstand. [Obs.] Spenser.

Gair"fowl` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Garefowl.

Gair"ish (?), a., Gair"ish*ly, adv., Gair"ish/ness, n. Same as Garish, Garishly, Garishness.

Gait (?), n. [See Gate a way.] 1. A going; a walk; a march; a way.

Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks pass.

Shak.

2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

'T is Cinna; I do know him by his gait.

Shak.

Gait"ed (?), a. Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy- gaited.

Gait"er (?), n. [F. guÍtre, cf. Armor. gweltren; or perh. of German origin, and akin to E. wear, v.] 1. A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.

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2. A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.

Gai"ter (?), v. t. To dress with gaiters.

Gai"tre, Gay"tre (&?;), n. [OE. Cf. Gatten tree.] The dogwood tree. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ga"la (?), n. [F. gala show, pomp, fr. It. gala finery, gala; of German origin. See Gallant.] Pomp, show, or festivity. Macaulay.

Gala day, a day of mirth and festivity; a holiday.

Ga*lac"ta-gogue (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, milk + &?; to lead.] (Med.) An agent exciting secretion of milk.