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3. (Arch.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7.

Gath"er*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises. [R.] Godwin.

Gath"er*er (?), n. 1. One who gathers or collects.

2. (Sewing Machine) An attachment for making gathers in the cloth.

Gath"er*ing, n. 1. The act of collecting or bringing together.

2. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together; as: (a) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation. (b) A charitable contribution; a collection. (c) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

Gath"er*ing, a. Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.

Gathering board (Bookbinding), a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book. Knight. -- Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning. -- Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them. -- Gathering peat. (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire. (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by the Highlanders.

Gat"ling gun` (&?;). [From the inventor, R.J. Gatling.] An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired.

The improved Gatling gun can be fired at the rate of 1,200 shots per minute. Farrow.

Gat"ten tree` (?). [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush.] (Bot.) A name given to the small trees called guelder- rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus EuropÊus).

Gat"-toothed` (?), a. [OE. gat goat + tooth. See Goat the animal.] Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth; lustful; wanton. [Obs.]

||Gauche (gsh), n. [F.] 1. Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.

2. (Geom.) Winding; twisted; warped; - - applied to curves and surfaces.

||Gauche`rie" (?), n. [F.] An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.

||Gau"cho (gou"ch), n., pl. Gauchos (-chz) [Sp.] One of the native ||inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live ||mostly by rearing cattle.

Gaud (?), n. [OE. gaude jest, trick, gaudi bead of a rosary, fr. L. gaudium joy, gladness. See Joy.] 1. Trick; jest; sport. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Deceit; fraud; artifice; device. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3. An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket. "An idle gaud." Shak.

Gaud, v. i. [Cf. F. se gaudir to rejoice, fr. L. gaudere. See Gaud, n.] To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] "Gauding with his familiars. " [Obs.] Sir T. North.

Gaud, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gauding.] To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint. [Obs.] "Nicely gauded cheeks." Shak.

Gaud"-day` (?), n. See Gaudy, a feast.

Gaud"er*y (?), n. Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display. [R.] "Tarnished gaudery." Dryden.

Gaud"ful (?), a. Joyful; showy. [Obs.]

Gaud"i*ly (?), adv. In a gaudy manner. Guthrie.

Gaud"i*ness, n. The quality of being gaudy. Whitlock.

Gaud"ish, a. Gaudy. "Gaudish ceremonies." Bale.

Gaud"less, a. Destitute of ornament. [R.]