Part 4729

<i>Bale.</i>

<h1>Gaudless</h1> <Xpage=615>

<hw>Gaud"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of ornament.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Gaudy</h1> <Xpage=615>

<hw>Gaud"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Gaudier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Gauidiest</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.</def>

<blockquote>Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not <b>gaudy</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Gay; merry; festal.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<blockquote>Let's have one other <b>gaudy</b> night. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gaudy</h1> <Xpage=615>

<hw>Gaud"y</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gaudies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu> <ety>[See <er>Gaud</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Gaudy</h1> <Xpage=615>

<hw>Gaud"y</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A feast or festival; -- called also <altname>gaud-day</altname> and <altname>gaudy day</altname>.</def> <mark>[Oxford Univ.]</mark>

<i>Conybeare.</i>

<h1>Gaudygreen</h1> <Xpage=615>

<hw>Gaud"y*green`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. &or; n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gaude grene</ets>.]</ety> <def>Light green.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer. Spenser.</i>

<h1>Gauffer</h1> <Xpage=615>

<hw>Gauf"fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gaufrer</ets> to figure cloth, velvet, and other stuffs, fr. <ets>gaufre</ets> honeycomb, waffle; of German origin. See <er>Waffle</er>, <er>Wafer</er>, and cf. <er>Goffer</er>, <er>Gopher</er> an animal.]</ety> <def>To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See <er>Goffer</er>.</def>

<h1>Gauffering</h1> <Xpage=615>

<hw>Gauf"fer*ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mode of plaiting or fluting.</def>

<cs><col>Gauffering iron</col>, <cd>a kind of fluting iron for fabrics.</cd> -- <col>Gauffering press</col> <fld>(Flower Manuf.)</fld>, <cd>a press for crimping the leaves and petals into shape.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gauffre</h1> <Xpage=615>

<hw>Gauf"fre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gopher</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A gopher, esp. the pocket gopher.</def>

<h1>Gauge</h1> <Xpage=615>

<hw>Gauge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gauged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gauging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>gaugier</ets>, F. <ets>jauger</ets>, cf. OF. <ets>gauge</ets> gauge, measuring rod, F. <ets>jauge</ets>; of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an assumed L. <ets>qualificare</ets> to determine the qualities of a thing (see <er>Qualify</er>); but cf. also F. <ets>jalon</ets> a measuring stake in surveying, and E. <ets>gallon</ets>.]</ety> <def</def>><altsp>[Written also <asp>gage</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To measure or determine with a gauge.</def>