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Gid"di*ly (?), adv. In a giddy manner.

Gid"di*ness, n. The quality or state of being giddy.

Gid"dy (?), a. [Compar. Giddier (?); superl. Giddiest.] [OE. gidi mad, silly, AS. gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw. gidda to shake, tremble.]

1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.

By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed.

Tate.

2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice. Prior.

Upon the giddy footing of the hatches.

Shak.

3. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.

The giddy motion of the whirling mill.

Pope.

4. Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. "Giddy, foolish hours." Rowe. "Giddy chance." Dryden.

Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm.

Cowper.

Gid"dy, v. i. To reel; to whirl. Chapman.

Gid"dy, v. t. To make dizzy or unsteady. [Obs.]

Gid"dy-head` (?), n. A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment. [Colloq.] Burton.

Gid"dy-head`ed (?), a. Thoughtless; unsteady.

Gid"dy-paced` (?), a. Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle. [R.] Shak.

Gie (?), v. t. To guide. See Gye . [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gie (?), v. t. To give. [Scot.] Burns.

Gier"-ea`gle (?), n. [Cf. D. gier vulture, G. gier, and E. gyrfalcon.] (Zoˆl.) A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).

Gier"-fal`con (?), n. [Cf. Gier- eagle, Gyrfalcon.] (Zoˆl.) The gyrfalcon.

Gie"seck*ite (?), n. [Named after Karl Giesecke.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elÊolite.

Gif (?), conj. [AS. See If.] If. [Obs.]

Gif is the old form of if, and frequently occurs in the earlier English writers. See If.

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