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<h1>Gauntly</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaunt"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a gaunt manner; meagerly.</def>

<h1>Gauntree, Gauntry</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw><hw>Gaun"tree</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gaun"try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chantier</ets>, LL. <ets>cantarium</ets>, fr. L. <ets>canterius</ets> trellis, sort of frame.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <def>A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Gaur</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An East Indian species of wild cattle (<spn>Bibos gauris</spn>), of large size and an untamable disposition.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>gour</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Gaure</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To gaze; to stare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gauze</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gauze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gaze</ets>; so called because it was first introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.]</ety> <def>A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; <as>as, wire <ex>gauze</ex>; cotton <ex>gauze</ex>.</as></def>

<cs><col>Gauze dresser</col>, <cd>one employed in stiffening gauze.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gauze</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gauze</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; <as>as, <ex>gauze</ex> merino underclothing</as>.</def>

<h1>Gauziness</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gauz"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being gauzy; flimsiness.</def>

<i>Ruskin.</i>

<h1>Gauzy</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gauz"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze.</def>

<h1>Gave</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Give</er>.</def>

<h1>Gavel</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gav"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A gable.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Gavel</h1> <Xpage=616>

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