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Gyn`e*coc"ra*cy (jn`*kk"r*s), n. [Gr. gynaikokrati`a; gynh`, gynaiko`s, a woman + kratei^n to rule: cf. F. gynÈcocratie. Cf. Gynocracy.] Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy. Bailey.

Gyn`e*co*log"ic*al (jn`*k*lj"*kal or g`n-), a. Of or pertaining to gynecology.

Gyn`e*col"o*gy (jn`*kl"*j or g`n-), n. [Gr. gynh`, gynaiko`s, a woman + -logy.] The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women. -- Gyn`e*col"o*gist.

Gyn"e*oc`ra*cy (jn`*k"r*s), n. See Gynecocracy.

Gyn`e*ol"a*try (-l"*tr), n. [Gr. gynh` a woman + latrei`a worship.] The adoration or worship of woman.

The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin-deep.

Lowell.

||Gyn`e*pho"bi*a (-f"b*), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gynh` a woman + fo`bos ||fear.] Hatred of women; repugnance to the society of women. Holmes.

Gyn"ne (gn"ne), v. i. To begin. See Gin. [Obs.]

Gyn"o*base (jn"*bs), n. [Gr. gynh` a woman, female + E. base.] (Bot.) A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary.

Gyn`o*ba"sic (-b"sk), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.

Gy*noc"ra*cy (j*nk"r*s), n. [See Gynecocracy.] Female government; gynecocracy.

The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from absolute despotism to republicanism, not forgetting the intermediate stages of oligarchy, limited monarchy, and even gynocracy; for I myself remember Alsatia governed for nearly nine months by an old fishwoman.

Sir W. Scott.

Gy`no*di*ú"cious (j`n*d*"shs), a. [Gr. gynh` a woman + E. diúcious.] (Bot.) Diúcious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.

||Gy*nú"ci*um (j*n"s*m or -sh*m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gynh` a woman + ||oi^kos house.] (Bot.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. ||See Illust. of Carpophore.

Gyn"o*phore (jn"*fr), n. [Gr. gynh` woman, female + fe`rein to bear, produce: cf. F. gynophore.] 1. (Bot.) The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. Lindley.

2. (Zoˆl.) One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.

Gyp (jp), n. [Said to be a sportive application of Gr. gy`ps a vulture.] A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout.

Gypse (jps), n. [F.] See Gypsum. [Obs.] Pococke.

Gyp"se*ous (jp"s*s), a. [L. gypseus. See Gypsum.] Resembling or containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum.

Gyp"sey (-s), n. A gypsy. See Gypsy.

Gyp*sif"er*ous (jp*sf"r*s), a. [Gypsum + -ferous: cf. F. gypsifËre.] Containing gypsum.

Gyp"sine (jp"sn), a. Gypseous. [R.] Chambers.

Gyp*sog"ra*phy (jp*sg"r*f), n. [Gypsum + -graphy.] The act or art of engraving on gypsum.

Gyp"so*plast (jp"s*plst), n. [Gypsum + Gr. pla`ssein to mold.] A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime.

Gyp"sum (jp"sm), n. [L. gypsum, Gr. gy`psos; cf. Ar. jibs plaster, mortar, Per. jabsn lime.] (Min.) A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, stype forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.

Gyp"sy (jp"s), n.; pl. Gypsies (-sz). [OE. Gypcyan, F. Ègyptien Egyptian, gypsy, L. Aegyptius. See Egyptian.] [Also spelled gipsy and gypsey.] 1. One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in the 14th or 15th century, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany.