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Ghost"ly, adv. Spiritually; mystically. Chaucer.

Ghost*ol"o*gy (?), n. Ghost lore. [R.]

It seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of ghostology and witchcraft.

Hawthorne.

Ghoul (gl), n. [Per. ghl an imaginary sylvan demon, supposed to devour men and animals: cf. Ar. ghl, F. goule.] An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies. [Written also ghole .] Moore.

Ghoul"ish, a. Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.

Ghyll (?), n. A ravine. See Gill a woody glen. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wordsworth.

||Gial`lo*li"no (?), n. [It., from giallo yellow, prob. fr. OHG. gelo, ||G. gelb; akin to E. yellow.] A term variously employed by early ||writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, ||or massicot. Fairholt.

Giam"beux (zhm"b), n. pl. [See Jambeux.] Greaves; armor for the legs. [Obs.] Spenser.

Gi"ant (?), n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant, F. gÈant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, from the root of E. gender, genesis. See Gender, and cf. Gigantic.]

1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.

Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise.

Milton.

2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.

3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.

Giant's Causeway, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.

Gi"ant, a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.

Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax. -- Giant clam (Zoˆl.), a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. -- Giant heron (Zoˆl.), a very large African heron (Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known. -- Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole. -- Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin. -- Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. -- Giant salamander (Zoˆl.), a very large aquatic salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. -- Giant squid (Zoˆl.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.

Gi"ant*ess, n. A woman of extraordinary size.

Gi"ant*ize (?), v. i. [Cf. F. gÈantiser.] To play the giant. [R.] Sherwood.

Gi"ant*ly, a. Appropriate to a giant. [Obs.] Usher.

Gi"ant*ry (?), n. The race of giants. [R.] Cotgrave.

Gi"ant*ship, n. The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant.

His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen

. Milton.

||Giaour (?), n. [Turk. giaur an infidel, Per. gawr, another form of ||ghebr fire worshiper. Cf. Kaffir, Gheber .] An infidel; -- a term ||applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, ||especially Christrians. Byron.

Gib (?), n. [Abbreviated fr. Gilbert, the name of the cat in the old story of "Reynard the Fox". in the "Romaunt of the Rose", etc.] A male cat; a tomcat. [Obs.]

Gib, v. i. To act like a cat. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.