Part 4917

<hw>Gowk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gawk</er>.]</ety> <def>To make a, booby of one); to stupefy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Gowk</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gowk</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gawk</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.</def>

<h1>Gowl</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gowl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gaulen</ets>, <ets>goulen</ets>. Cf. <er>Yawl</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>To howl.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Gown</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gown</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>goune</ets>, prob. from W. <ets>gwn</ets> gown, loose robe, akin to Ir. <ets>gunn</ets>, Gael. <ets>g\'97n</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>gone</ets>, prob. of the same origin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A loose, flowing upper garment</def>; especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The ordinary outer dress of a woman; <as>as, a calico or silk <ex>gown</ex></as></def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military</def>.

<blockquote>He Mars deposed, and arms to <b>gowns</b> made yield. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(c)</sd> <def>A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown</def>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any sort of dress or garb.</def>

<blockquote>He comes . . . in the <b>gown</b> of humility. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gowned</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gowned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Dressed in a gown; clad.</def>

<blockquote><b>Gowned</b> in pure white, that fitted to the shape. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<mhw><h1>Gownsman, Gownman</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gowns"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gown"man</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-men</plw> <tt>(-men)</tt></plu>. <def>One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier.</def>

<h1>Gozzard</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Goz"zard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Gosherd</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Graafian</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Graaf"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch physician.</def>

<cs><col>Graafian follicles</col><cd> or vesicles, small cavities in which the ova are developed in the ovaries of mammals, and by the bursting of which they are discharged.</cd></cs>

<h1>Graal</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Graal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See Grail., a dish.</def>

<h1>Grab</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Grab</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. & Hind. <ets>ghur<?/b</ets> crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.</def>