Part 4731

<hw>Gau"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.</def>

<h1>Gauger-ship</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gau"ger-ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of a gauger.</def>

<h1>Gauging rod</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gau"ging rod`</hw>. <def>See <er>Gauge rod</er>, under <er>Gauge</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Gaul</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaul</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>Gaule</ets>, fr. L. <ets>Gallia</ets>, fr. <ets>Gallus</ets> a Gaul.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The Anglicized form of <i>Gallia</i>, which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul).</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A native or inhabitant of Gaul.</def>

<h1>Gaulish</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaul"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Gault</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gault</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Norw. <ets>gald</ets> hard ground, Icel. <ets>gald</ets> hard snow.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period.</def>

<h1>Gaultheria</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaul*the"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (<spn>Gaultheria procumbens</spn>), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (<spn>Gaultheria Shallon</spn>).</def>

<h1>Gaunt</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaunt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Norw. <ets>gand</ets> a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. <ets>gwan</ets> weak.]</ety> <def>Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim.</def> "The <i>gaunt</i> mastiff."

<i>Pope.</i>

<blockquote>A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding <b>gaunt</b> and fleshless across our land. <i>Nichols.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gauntlet</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaunt"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>See <er>Gantlet</er>.</def>

<h1>Gauntlet</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaunt"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gantelet</ets>, dim. of <ets>gant</ets> glove, LL. <ets>wantus</ets>, of Teutonic origin; cf. D. <ets>want</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>vante</ets>, Icel. <ets>v\'94ttr</ets>, for <ets>vantr</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.</def>

<note>&hand; The gauntlet of the Middle Ages was sometimes of chain mail, sometimes of leather partly covered with plates, scales, etc., of metal sewed to it, and, in the 14th century, became a glove of small steel plates, carefully articulated and covering the whole hand except the palm and the inside of the fingers.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A long glove, covering the wrist.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.</def>

<cs><col>To take up the gauntlet</col>, <cd>to accept a challenge.</cd> -- <col>To throw down the gauntlet</col>, <cd>to offer or send a challenge. The gauntlet or glove was thrown down by the knight challenging, and was taken up by the one who accepted the challenge; -- hence the phrases.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gauntletted</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaunt"lett*ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wearing a gauntlet.</def>