Part 4695

<hw>Gamble</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with <i>away</i>.</def> "Bankrupts or sots who have <i>gambled</i> or slept away their estates."

<i>Ames.</i>

<h1>Gambler</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gam"bler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who gambles.</def>

<h1>Gamboge</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gam*boge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from <i>Cambodia</i>, or <i>Cambogia</i>, -- whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic ad emetic.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>camboge</asp>.]</altsp>

<note>&hand; There are several kinds of gamboge, but all are derived from species of <spn>Garcinia</spn>, a genus of trees of the order <spn>Guttifer\'91</spn>. The best Siam gamboge is thought to come from <spn>Garcinia Hanburii</spn>. Ceylon gamboge is from <spn>G. Morella</spn>. <spn>G. pictoria</spn>, of Western India, yields gamboge, and also a kind of oil called <i>gamboge butter</i>.</note>

<h1>Gambogian, Gambogic</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw><hw>Gam*bo"gi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gambogic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, gamboge.</def>

<h1>Gambol</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gam"bol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gambolde</ets>, <ets>gambaulde</ets>, F. <ets>gambade</ets>, gambol, fr. It. <ets>gambata</ets> kick, fr. L. <ets>gamba</ets> leg, akin to F. <ets>jambe</ets>, OF. also, <ets>gambe</ets>, fr. L. <ets>gamba</ets>, hoof or perh. joint: cf. Gr. <?/ a binding, winding, W., Ir. & Gael. <ets>cam</ets> crooked; perh. akin to E. <ets>chamber</ets>: cf.F. <ets>gambiller</ets> to kick about. Cf. <er>Jamb</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Gammon</er> ham, <er>Gambadoes</er>.]</ety> <def>A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Gambol</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gam"bol</hw> <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gamboled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, or <er>Gambolled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gamboling</er> or <er>Gambolling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.</def>

<h1>Gambrel</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gam"brel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>gambe</ets>, <ets>jambe</ets> leg, F. <ets>jambe</ets>. Cf. <er>Cambrel</er>, <er>Chambrel</er>, and see <er>Gambol</er>. <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The hind leg of a horse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.</def>

<cs><col>Gambrel roof</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a curb roof having the same section in all parts, with a lower steeper slope and an upper and flatter one, so that each gable is pentagonal in form.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gambrel</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gam"brel</hw> <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.</def>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Gambroon</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gam*broon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining.</def>

<i>Simmonds.</i>

<h1>Game</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Game</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>cam</ets> crooked, and E. <ets>gambol</ets>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Crooked; lame; <as>as, a <ex>game</ex> leg</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Game</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Game</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>game</ets>, <ets>gamen</ets>, AS. <ets>gamen</ets>, <ets>gomen</ets>, play, sport; akin to OS., OHG., & Icel. <ets>gaman</ets>, Dan. <ets>gammen</ets> mirth, merriment, OSw. <ets>gamman</ets> joy. Cf. <er>Gammon</er> a game, <er>Backgammon</er>, <er>Gamble</er> <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.</def>