Part 4669

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gadfly</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gad"fly`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gadflies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[<ets>Gad</ets> + <ets>fly</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any dipterous insect of the genus <spn>Oestrus</spn>, and allied genera of botflies.</def>

<note>&hand; The sheep <i>gadfly</i> (<spn>Oestrus ovis</spn>) deposits its young in the nostrils of sheep, and the larv\'91 develop in the frontal sinuses. The common species which infests cattle (<spn>Hypoderma bovis</spn>) deposits its eggs upon or in the skin where the larv\'91 or bots live and produce sores called <i>wormels</i>. The <i>gadflies</i> of the horse produce the intestinal parasites called <i>bots</i>. See <er>Botfly</er>, and <er>Bots</er>. The true horseflies are often erroneously called <i>gadflies</i>, and the true <i>gadflies</i> are sometimes incorrectly called <i>breeze flies</i>.</note>

<cs><col>Gadfly petrel</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>one of several small petrels of the genus <spn>Oestrelata</spn>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gadhelic</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gadhel"ic</hw> <tt>(g&amac;l"&icr;k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gaelic</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx.</def>

<i>J. Peile.</i>

<h1>Gadic</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gad"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the cod (<spn>Gadus</spn>); -- applied to an acid obtained from cod-liver oil, viz., <i>gadic</i> acid.</def>

<h1>Gaditanian</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gad`i*ta`ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Gaditanus</ets>, fr. <ets>Gades</ets> Cadiz.]</ety> <def>Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of Cadiz.</def></def2>

<h1>Gadling</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gad"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gad</ets>, n. + <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Medi\'91val Armor)</fld> <mark>[R.]</mark> <def>See <er>Gad</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</def>

<h1>Gadling</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gad"ling</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gad</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>Gadding about.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gadling</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gad"ling</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A roving vagabond.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Rom. of R.</i>

<h1>Gadman</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gadman</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A gadsman.</def>

<h1>Gadoid</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Ga"doid</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>gadus</ets> cod + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>gado\'8bde</ets> gadoid, Gr. <?/ a sort of fish, F. <ets>gade</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (<spn>Gadid\'91</spn>) which includes the cod, haddock, and hake.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the <spn>Gadid\'91</spn>.</def></def2> <altsp>[Written also <asp>gadid</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Gadolinia</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gad`o*lin"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Gadolinite</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A rare earth, regarded by some as an oxide of the supposed element gadolinium, by others as only a mixture of the oxides of yttrium, erbium, ytterbium, etc.</def>

<h1>Gadolinic</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gad`o*lin"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to or containing gadolinium.</def>

<h1>Gadolinite</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gad"o*lin*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after <ets>Gadolin</ets>, a Russian chemist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron.</def>