Part 4671

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A lever to bend crossbows.</def>

<h1>Gaff-topsail</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gaff`-top"sail</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.</def>

<h1>Gag</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gagged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gagging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Prob. fr. W. <ets>cegio</ets> to choke or strangle, fr. <ets>ceg</ets> mouth, opening, entrance.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to.</def>

<i>Marvell.</i>

<blockquote>The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be <b>gagged</b>, and reason to be hood winked. <i>Maccaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pry or hold open by means of a gag.</def>

<blockquote>Mouths <b>gagged</b> to such a wideness. <i>Fortescue (Transl. ).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cause to heave with nausea.</def>

<h1>Gag</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gag</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To heave with nausea; to retch.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To introduce gags or interpolations. See <er>Gag</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<i>Cornill Mag.</i>

<h1>Gag</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gag</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sometimes thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; <as>as, a <ex>gag</ex> of mutton fat</as>.</def>

<i>Lamb.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<cs><col>Gag rein</col> <fld>(Harness)</fld>, <cd>a rein for drawing the bit upward in the horse's mouth.</cd> -- <col>Gag runner</col> <fld>(Harness)</fld>, <cd>a loop on the throat latch guiding the gag rein.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gagate</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gag"ate</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gagates</ets>. See <er>Jet</er> a black mineral.]</ety> <def>Agate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Gage</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gage</ets>, LL. <ets>gadium</ets>, <ets>wadium</ets>; of German origin; cf. Goth. <ets>wadi</ets>, OHG. <ets>wetti</ets>, <ets>weti</ets>, akin to E. <ets>wed</ets>. See <er>Wed</er>, and cf. <er>Wage</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.</def>

<blockquote>Nor without <b>gages</b> to the needy lend. <i>Sandys.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance.</def> "There I throw my <i>gage</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>