Part 4673

<hw>Gahn"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after <ets>Gahn</ets>, a Swedish chemist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Zinc spinel; automolite.</def>

<h1>Gaidic</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Ga*id"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ earth.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to hypogeic acid; -- applied to an acid obtained from hypogeic acid.</def>

<h1>Gaiety</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gai"e*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Gayety</er>.</def>

<h1>Gailer</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gail"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A jailer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gaillard</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gail`lard"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Galliard</er>.]</ety> <def>Gay; brisk; merry; galliard.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gailliarde</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gail*liarde"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Galliard</er> a dance.]</ety> <def>A lively French and Italian dance.</def>

<h1>Gaily</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gai"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Gay</er>.]</ety> <def>Merrily; showily. See <er>gaily</er>.</def>

<h1>Gain</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>gan</ets> a mortise.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.</def>

<h1>Gain</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gein</ets>, <ets>gain</ets>, good, near, quick; cf. Icel. <ets>gegn</ets> ready, serviceable, and <ets>gegn</ets>, adv., against, opposite. CF. <er>Ahain</er>.]</ety> <def>Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Gain</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gain</ets>, <ets>gein</ets>, <ets>ga<?/hen</ets>, gain, advantage, Icel. <ets>gagn</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>gagn</ets>, Dan. <ets>gavn</ets>, cf. Goth. <ets>gageigan</ets> to gain. The word was prob. influenced by F. <ets>gain</ets> gain, OF. <ets>gaain</ets>. Cf. <er>Gain</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to <i>loss</i>.</def>

<blockquote>But what things were <b>gain</b> to me, those I counted loss for Christ. <i>Phil. iii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Godliness with contentment is great <b>gain</b>. <i>1 Tim. vi. 6.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Every one shall share in the <b>gains</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.</def> "The lust of <i>gain</i>."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Gain</h1> <Xpage=607>

<hw>Gain</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gained</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gaining</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <ets>gain</ets>, <tt>n.</tt> but. prob. influenced by F. <ets>gagner</ets> to earn, gain, OF. <ets>gaaignier</ets> to cultivate, OHG. <ets>weidin<?/n</ets>, <ets>weidinen</ets> to pasture, hunt, fr. <ets>weida</ets> pasturage, G. <ets>weide</ets>, akin to Icel. <ets>vei<?/r</ets> hunting, AS. <ets>wa<?/u</ets>, cf. L. <ets>venari</ets> to hunt, E. <ets>venison</ets>. See <er>Gain</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, profit.]</ety>