Part 4786

<hw>Gey"ser*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Geyser</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs and geysers.</def>

<h1>Gharry</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Ghar"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>g\'be<?/i</ets>.]</ety> <def>Any wheeled cart or carriage.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>

<h1>Ghast</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Ghast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gasten</ets>. See <er>Ghastly</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To strike aghast; to affright.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Ghasted</b> by the noise I made. Full suddenly he fled. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ghastful</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Ghast"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ghastly</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Fit to make one aghast; dismal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Ghast"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Ghastliness</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Ghast"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.</def>

<h1>Ghastly</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Ghast"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Ghastlier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Ghastliest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>gastlich</ets>, <ets>gastli</ets>, fearful, causing fear, fr. <ets>gasten</ets> to terrify, AS. <ets>g\'91stan</ets>. Cf. <er>Aghast</er>, <er>Gast</er>, <er>Gaze</er>, <er>Ghostly</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.</def>

<blockquote>Each turned his face with a <b>ghastly</b> pang. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His face was so <b>ghastly</b> that it could scarcely be recognized. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.</def>

<blockquote>Mangled with <b>ghastly</b> wounds through plate and mail. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ghastly</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Ghast"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a ghastly manner; hideously.</def>

<blockquote>Staring full <b>ghastly</b> like a strangled man. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ghastness</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Ghast"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Ghastliness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ghat Ghaut</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw><hw>Ghat Ghaut</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>gh\'bet</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A pass through a mountain.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>

<i>J. D. Hooker.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A range of mountains.</def>

<i>Balfour (Cyc. of Ind. ).</i>