Part 4794

<h1>Gid</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Giddy</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the C<?/nurus, a larval tapeworm, in the brain. See <er>C<?/nurus</er>.</def>

<h1>Giddily</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gid"di*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a giddy manner.</def>

<h1>Giddiness</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gid"di*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being giddy.</def>

<h1>Giddy</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gid"dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Giddier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Giddiest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>gidi</ets> mad, silly, AS. <ets>gidig</ets>, of unknown origin, cf. Norw. <ets>gidda</ets> to shake, tremble.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.</def>

<blockquote>By <b>giddy</b> head and staggering legs betrayed. <i>Tate.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Promoting or inducing giddiness; <as>as, a <ex>giddy</ex> height; a <ex>giddy</ex> precipice.</as></def>

<i>Prior.</i>

<blockquote>Upon the <b>giddy</b> footing of the hatches. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>giddy</b> motion of the whirling mill. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. "<i>Giddy</i>, foolish hours." <i>Rowe</i>. "<i>Giddy</i> chance." <i>Dryden</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Young heads are <b>giddy</b> and young hearts are warm. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Giddy</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gid"dy</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To reel; to whirl.</def>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Giddy</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gid"dy</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make dizzy or unsteady.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Giddy-head</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gid"dy-head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Giddy-headed</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gid"dy-head`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Thoughtless; unsteady.</def>

<h1>Giddy-paced</h1> <Xpage=624>