Part 4785

<h1>Get-penny</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Get"-pen`ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Gettable</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Get"ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be obtained.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Getter</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Get"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates.</def>

<h1>Getterup</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Get"ter*up`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who contrives, makes, or arranges for, anything, as a book, a machine, etc.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>A diligent <b>getter-up</b> of miscellaneous works. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Getting</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Get"ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.</def>

<blockquote>With all thy <b>getting</b>, get understanding. <i>Prov. iv. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.</def>

<h1>Get-up</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Get"-up</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>General composition or structure; manner in which the parts of a thing are combined; make-up; style of dress, etc.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>H. Kingsley.</i>

<h1>Gewgaw</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Gew"gaw</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gigawe</ets>, <ets>gugawe</ets>, <ets>gewgaude</ets>, prob. the same word as OE. <ets>givegove</ets> gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated form fr. AS. <ets>gifan</ets> to give; cf. also F. <ets>joujou</ets> plaything, and E. <ets>gaud</ets>, <tt>n.</tt> See <er>Give</er>, and cf. <er>Giffgaff</er>.]</ety> <def>A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.</def>

<blockquote>A heavy <b>gewgaw</b> called a crown. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gewgaw</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Gew"gaw</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Showy; unreal; pretentious.</def>

<blockquote>Seeing his <b>gewgaw</b> castle shine. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Geyser</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Gey"ser</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>geysir</ets>, fr. <ets>geysa</ets> to rush furiously, fr. <ets>gj<?/sa</ets> to gush. Cf. <er>Gush</er>.]</ety> <def>A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Geysers</i> were first known in Iceland, and later in New Zealand. In the Yellowstone region in the United States they are numerous, and some of them very powerful, throwing jets of boiling water and steam to a height of 200 feet. They are grouped in several areas called <i>geyser basins</i>. The mineral matter, or <i>geyserite</i>, with which geyser water is charged, forms <i>geyser cones</i> about the orifice, often of great size and beauty.</note>

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<h1>Geyserite</h1> <Xpage=624>