Part 4798

<i>Meyrick (Ancient Armor).</i>

<h1>Gigerium</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gi*ge"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gigeria</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>gigeria</ets>, pl., the cooked entrails of poultry.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The muscular stomach, or gizzard, of birds.</def>

<h1>Gigget</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gig"get</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Gigot</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Cut the slaves to <b>giggets</b>. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Giggle</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gig"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Giggled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Giggling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Akin to <ets>gaggle</ets>: cf. OD. <ets>ghichelen</ets>, G. <ets>kichern</ets>.]</ety> <def>To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity.</def>

<blockquote><b>Giggling</b> and laughing with all their might At the piteous hap of the fairy wight. <i>J. R. Drake.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Giggle</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gig"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.</def>

<h1>Giggler</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gig"gler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who giggles or titters.</def>

<h1>Giggly</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gig"gly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Prone to giggling.</def>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Giggot</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gig"got</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Gigot</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Giggyng</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gig"gyng</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gige</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Gigging</i> of shields."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Giglot, Giglet</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw><hw>Gig"lot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gig"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>gikkr</ets> a pert, rude person, Dan. <ets>giek</ets> a fool, silly man, AS. <ets>gagol</ets>, <ets>g\'91gl</ets>, lascivious, wanton, MHG. <ets>gogel</ets> wanton, <ets>giege</ets> fool, and E. <ets>gig</ets> a wanton person.]</ety> <def>A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>giglet</b> is willful, and is running upon her fate. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Giglot</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gig"lot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Giddi; light; inconstant; wanton.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "O <i>giglot</i> fortune!"

<i>Shak.</i>