Part 4799

<mhw><h1>Gigot, Giggot</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gig"ot</hw>, <hw>Gig"got</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. OF. <ets>gigue</ets> fiddle; -- on account of the resemblance in shape. See <er>Jig</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A leg of mutton.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small piece of flesh; a slice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The rest in <b>giggots</b> cut, they spit. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gila monster</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gi"la mon"ster</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large tuberculated lizard (<spn>Heloderma suspectum</spn>) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth.</def>

<h1>Gild</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gild</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gilded</er> or <er>Gilt</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gilding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>gyldan</ets>, from <ets>gold</ets> gold. &root;234. See <er>Gold</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.</def> "<i>Gilded</i> chariots."

<i>Pope.</i>

<blockquote>No more the rising sun shall <b>gild</b> the morn. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.</def>

<blockquote>Let oft good humor, mild and gay, <b>Gild</b> the calm evening of your day. <i>Trumbull.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; <as>as, to <ex>gild</ex> a lie</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To make red with drinking.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>This grand liquior that hath <b>gilded</b> them. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gildale</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gild"ale`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>gilgan</ets> to pay + E. <ets>ale</ets>. See <er>Yield</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and <er>Ale</er>.]</ety> <def>A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gilden</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gild"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Gilded.</def>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Gilder</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gild"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.</def>

<h1>Gilder</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gil"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Dutch coin. See <er>Guilder</er>.</def>

<h1>Guilding</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Guild"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold.</def>