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||Gom*phi"a*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; toothache or gnashing of ||teeth, fr. &?; a grinder tooth, from &?; a bolt.] (Med.) A disease of ||the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.

||Gom*pho"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, prop., a bolting together, fr. ||&?; to fasten with bolts or nails, &?; bolt, nail: cf. F. gomphose.] ||(Anat.) A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part ||is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws.

Go*mu"ti (?), n. [Malayan gumuti.] A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo.

Gon (?), imp. & p. p. of Go. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gon"ad (?), n.; pl. Gonads (#). [Gr. &?; that which generates.] (Anat.) One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland. Wiedersheim.

Go"na*kie (?), n. (Bot.) An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii).

||Go`nan*gi"um (?), n.; pl. L. Gonangia (#), E. Gonangiums (#). [NL., ||fr. Gr. &?; offspring + &?; vessel.] (Zoˆl.) See Gonotheca.

Gon"do*la (?), n. [It., dim. of gonda a gondola; cf. LL. gandeia a kind of boat, Gr. &?; a drinking vessel; said to be a Persian word; cf. F. gondole gondola, cup.]

1. A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now.

2. A flat-bottomed boat for freight. [U. S.]

3. A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads. [U. S.]

Gon"do*let (?), n. [It. gondoletta, dim. of gondola.] A small gondola. T. Moore.

Gon`do*lier" (?), n. [It. gondoliere: cf. F. gondolier.] A man who rows a gondola.

Gone (?), p. p. of Go.

Gone"ness, n. A state of exhaustion; faintness, especially as resulting from hunger. [Colloq. U. S.]

{ Gon"fa*lon (?), Gon"fa*non (?), } n. [OE. gonfanoun, OF. gonfanon, F. gonfalon, the same word as F. confalon, name of a religious brotherhood, fr. OHG. gundfano war flag; gund war (used in comp., and akin to AS. g) + fano cloth, flag; akin to E. vane; cf. AS. gfana. See Vane, and cf. Confalon.] 1. The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediÊval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope.

2. A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself.

Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear, Stream in the air.

Milton.

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Gon`fa*lon*ier" (?), n. [F. gonfalonier: cf. It. gonfaloniere.] He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer; as: (a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church. (b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediÊveal Italy. (c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper.

Gong (?), n. [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See Gang.] A privy or jakes. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]

Gong, n. 1. [Malayan (Jav.) gng.] An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise.

O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong.

Longfellow.

2. (Mach.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell.

Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from which Oriental gongs are made.