Part 4871

<hw>Gno*mon"ic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>According to the principles of the gnomonic projection.</def>

<h1>Gnomonics</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gno*mon"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gnomonic</er>.]</ety> <def>The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.</def>

<h1>Gnomonist</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gno"mon*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One skilled in gnomonics.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Gnomonology</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gno`mon*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gnomon</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>. Cf. <er>Gnomonology</er>.]</ety> <def>A treatise on gnomonics.</def>

<h1>Gnoscopine</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnos"co*pine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>gignw`skein</grk> to know + E. <ets>opium</ets>?]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium.</def>

<h1>Gnosis</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gno"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>gnw^sis</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics.</def>

<h1>Gnostic</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnos"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Knowing; wise; shrewd.</def> <mark>[Old Slang]</mark>

<blockquote>I said you were a <b>gnostic</b> fellow. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; <as>as, the <ex>Gnostic</ex> heresy</as>.</def>

<h1>Gnostic</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnos"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gnosticus</ets>, Gr. <?/ good at knowing, sagacious; as a n., man that claims to have a deeper wisdom, fr. <grk>gignw`skein</grk> to know: cf. F. <ets>gnostique</ets>. See <er>Know</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called <i>Eons</i>.</def>

<h1>Gnosticism</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnos"ti*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.</def>

<h1>Gnow</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnow</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <mark>obs.</mark> <tt>imp.</tt> <mord>of <er>Gnaw</er></mord>. <def>Gnawed.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gnu</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnu</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hottentot <ets>gnu</ets>, or <ets>nju</ets>: cf. F. <ets>gnou</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus <spn>Catoblephas</spn>, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>gnoo</asp>.]</altsp>

<note>&hand; The <i>common gnu</i> or <i>wildebeest</i> (<spn>Catoblephas gnu</spn>) is plain brown; the <i>brindled gnu</i> or <i>blue wildebeest</i> (<spn>C. gorgon</spn>) is larger, with transverse stripes of black on the neck and shoulders.</note>

<h1>Go</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <mark>obs.</mark> <tt>p. p.</tt> <mord>of <er>Go</er></mord>. <def>Gone.</def>