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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to apparitions.</def>

<i>Akenside.</i>

<h1>Ghostly</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Ghost"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Spiritually; mystically.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ghostology</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Ghost*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Ghost lore.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>It seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of <b>ghostology</b> and witchcraft. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ghoul</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Ghoul</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Per. <ets>gh<?/l</ets> an imaginary sylvan demon, supposed to devour men and animals: cf. Ar. <ets>gh<?/l</ets>, F. <ets>goule</ets>.]</ety> <def>An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ghole</asp> .]</altsp>

<i>Moore.</i>

<h1>Ghoulish</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Ghoul"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.</def>

<h1>Ghyll</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Ghyll</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A ravine. See <er>Gill</er> a woody glen.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<i>Wordsworth.</i>

<h1>Giallolino</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gial`lo*li"no</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., from <ets>giallo</ets> yellow, prob. fr. OHG. <ets>gelo</ets>, G. <ets>gelb</ets>; akin to E. <ets>yellow</ets>.]</ety> <def>A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot.</def>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<h1>Giambeux</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Giam"beux</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Jambeux</er>.]</ety> <def>Greaves; armor for the legs.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Giant</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gi"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>giant</ets>, <ets>geant</ets>, <ets>geaunt</ets>, OF. <ets>jaiant</ets>, <ets>geant</ets>, F. <ets>g\'82ant</ets>, L. <ets>gigas</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, from the root of E. <ets>gender</ets>, <ets>genesis</ets>. See <er>Gender</er>, and cf. <er>Gigantic</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.</def>

<blockquote><b>Giants</b> of mighty bone and bold emprise.

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.</def>