Part 5048

<h1>Gynocracy</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gy*noc"ra*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gynecocracy</er>.]</ety> <def>Female government; gynecocracy.</def>

<blockquote>The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from absolute despotism to republicanism, not forgetting the intermediate stages of oligarchy, limited monarchy, and even <b>gynocracy</b>; for I myself remember Alsatia governed for nearly nine months by an old fishwoman. <i>Sir H. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gynodi\'d2cious</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gy"no*di*\'d2`cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a woman + E. <ets>di<?/cious</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.</def>

<h1>Gyn\'d2cium</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gy*n\'d2"ci*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a woman + <?/ house.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of <er>Carpophore</er>.</def>

<h1>Gynophore</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gyn"o*phore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ woman, female + <?/ to bear, produce: cf. F. <ets>gynophore</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower.</def>

<i>Lindley.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.</def>

<h1>Gyp</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gyp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Said to be a sportive application of Gr. <?/ a vulture.]</ety> <def>A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a <i>scout</i>.</def> <mark></mark>

<h1>Gypse</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gypse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>See <er>Gypsum</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Pococke.</i>

<h1>Gypseous</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gyp"se*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gypseus</ets>. See <er>Gypsum</er>.]</ety> <def>Resembling or containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum.</def>

<h1>Gypsey</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gyp"sey</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A gypsy. See <er>Gypsy</er>.</def>

<h1>Gypsiferous</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gyp*sif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gypsum</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>: cf. F. <ets>gypsif<?/re</ets>.]</ety> <def>Containing gypsum.</def>

<h1>Gyp'sine</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gyp'sine</hw> <tt>((?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Gypseous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Chambers.</i>

<h1>Gypsography</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gyp*sog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gypsum</ets> + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or art of engraving on gypsum.</def>

<h1>Gypsoplast</h1> <Xpage=660>