Part 4795

<hw>Gid"dy-paced`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Gie</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To guide. See <er>Gye</er> .</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gie</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To give.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Burns.</i>

<h1>Gier-eagle</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gier"-ea`gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>gier</ets> vulture, G. <ets>gier</ets>, and E. <ets>gyrfalcon</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bird referred to in the Bible (<i>Lev. xi. 18</i>and <i>Deut. xiv. 17</i>) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (<spn>Neophron percnopterus</spn>).</def>

<h1>Gier-falcon</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gier"-fal`con</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Gier-eagle</er>, <er>Gyrfalcon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The gyrfalcon.</def>

<h1>Gieseckite</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gie"seck*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after Karl <ets>Giesecke</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after el\'91olite.</def>

<h1>Gif</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gif</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>conj.</tt> <ety>[AS. See <er>If</er>.]</ety> <def>If.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<note>&hand; <i>Gif</i> is the old form of <i>if</i>, and frequently occurs in the earlier English writers. See <er>If</er>.</note>

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<h1>Giffard injector</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gif"fard in*ject"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>See under <er>Injector</er>.</def>

<h1>Giffgaff</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Giff"gaff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Reduplicated fr. <ets>give</ets>.]</ety> <def>Mutial accommodation; mutual giving.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Giffy</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gif"fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Jiffy</er>.</def>

<h1>Gift</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gift</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gift</ets>, <ets>yift</ets>, <ets>yeft</ets>, AS. <ets>gift</ets>, fr. <ets>gifan</ets> to give; akin to D. & G. <ets>gift</ets>, Icel. <ets>gift</ets>, <ets>gipt</ets>, Goth. <ets>gifts</ets> (in comp.). See <er>Give</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.</def>

<blockquote>Shall I receive by <b>gift</b>, what of my own, . . . I can command ? <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; <as>as, the office is in the <ex>gift</ex> of the President</as>.</def>