Part 4737

<h1>Gazer</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaz"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who gazes.</def>

<h1>Gazet</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Ga*zet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It.. <ets>gazeta</ets>, <ets>gazzetta</ets>, prob. dim. of L. <ets>gaza</ets> royal treasure.]</ety> <def>A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or one and a half cents.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gazette</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Ga*zette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gazette</ets>, It. <ets>gazzetta</ets>, perh. from <ets>gazetta</ets> a Venetian coin (see <er>Gazet</er>), said to have been the price of the first newspaper published at Venice; or perh. dim. of <ets>gazza</ets> magpie, a name perh. applied to the first newspaper; cf. OHG. <ets>agalstra</ets> magpie, G. <ets>elster</ets>.]</ety> <def>A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.</def>

<h1>Gazette</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Ga*zette"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gazetted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gazetting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.</def>

<h1>Gazetteer</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaz`et*teer"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>gazetier</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A newspaper; a gazette.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burke.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.</def>

<h1>Gazingstock</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaz"ing*stock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person or thing gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity or contempt.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Gazogene</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gaz"o*gene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gazog\'8ane</ets>; <ets>gaz</ets> gas + <ets>-g\'8ane</ets>, E. <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <def>A portable apparatus for making soda water or a\'89rated liquids on a small scale.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Gazon</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Ga*zon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gazon</ets> turf, fr. OHG. <ets>waso</ets>, G. <ets>wasen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.</def>

<h1>Ge-</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Ge-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>An Anglo-Saxon prefix. See <er>Y-</er>.</def>

<h1>Geal</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Geal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>geler</ets>, fr. L. <ets>gelare</ets>, fr. <ets>gelu</ets>. See <er>Gelid</er>.]</ety> <def>To congeal.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Gean</h1> <Xpage=616>