Part 4735

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<h1>Gayal</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gay"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle (<spn>Bibos frontalis</spn>).</def>

<h1>Gaydiang</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gay"di*ang</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk.</def>

<h1>Gayety</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gay"e*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gayeties</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <altsp>[Written also <asp>gaiety</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[F. <ets>gaiet\'82</ets>. See <er>Gay</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; <as>as, the <ex>gayeties</ex> of the season</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Finery; show; <as>as, the <ex>gayety</ex> of dress</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee; blithesomeness; sprightliness; jollity. See <er>Liveliness</er>.</syn>

<h1>Gaylus-site</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gay"lus-site`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after <ets>Gay-Lussac</ets>, the French chemist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water.</def>

<h1>Gayly</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gay"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>With mirth and frolic; merrily; blithely; gleefully.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Finely; splendidly; showily; <as>as, ladies <ex>gayly</ex> dressed; a flower <ex>gayly</ex> blooming.</as></def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Gayne</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gayne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gain</er>.]</ety> <def>To avail.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gayness</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gay"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Gayety; finery.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Gaysome</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gay"some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of gayety. <i>Mir</i>. <i>for Mag</i>.</def>

<h1>Gaytre</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gay"tre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gaitre</er>.]</ety> <def>The dogwood tree.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gaze</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gazed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gazing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>gasen</ets>, akin to dial. Sw. <ets>gasa</ets>, cf. Goth. us-<ets>gaisjan</ets> to terrify, us-<ets>geisnan</ets> to be terrified. Cf. <er>Aghast</er>, <er>Ghastly</er>, <er>Ghost</er>, <er>Hesitate</er>.]</ety> <def>To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention.</def>

<blockquote>Why stand ye <b>gazing</b> up into heaven? <i>Acts i. 11.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To gape; stare; look.</syn> <usage> -- To <er>Gaze</er>, <er>Gape</er>, <er>Stare</er>. To <i>gaze</i> is to look with fixed and prolonged attention, awakened by excited interest or elevated emotion; to <i>gape</i> is to look fixedly, with open mouth and feelings of ignorant wonder; to <i>stare</i> is to look with the fixedness of insolence or of idiocy. The lover of nature <i>gazes</i> with delight on the beauties of the landscape; the rustic <i>gapes</i> with wonder at the strange sights of a large city; the idiot <i>stares</i> on those around with a vacant look.</usage>