Giallolino
Gial•lo•li´no, n. [It., from giallo yellow, prob. fr. OHG. gelo, G. gelb; akin to E. yellow.] A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot. Fairholt.

Giant
Gi´ant, n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant, F. geant, L. gigas, fr. Gr.,, from the root of E. gender, genesis. See Gender, and cf. Gigantic.]
1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
"Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise." Milton.
2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power. Giant’s Causeway, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.

Giant
Gi´ant, a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as giant brothers; a giant son. Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax. — Giant clam (Zoöl.), a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. — Giant heron (Zoöl.), a very large African heron ( Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known. — Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole. — Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin. — Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus ( Lycoperdon giganteum), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. — Giant salamander (Zoöl.), a very large aquatic salamander ( Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. — Giant squid (Zoöl.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.

Giantess
Gi´ant•ess, n. A woman of extraordinary size.

Gib, n. [Abbreviated fr. Gilbert, the name of the cat in the old story of "Reynard the Fox". in the "Romaunt of the Rose", etc.] A male cat; a tomcat. [Obs.]

Gib, v. i. To act like a cat. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Gib, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; — usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw. Gib and key, or Gib and cotter (Steam Engine), the fixed wedge or gib, and the driving wedge, key, or cotter, used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting rod.

Gib, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gibbed p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbing.] To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs. Gibbed lathe, an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.

Gib, v. i. To balk. See Jib, v. i. Youatt.

Gib boom
Gib" boom See Jib boom.

Gibaro
Gi´ba•ro, n. ; pl. Gibaros (#). [Amer. Sp. jíbaro wild.] (Ethnol.) The offspring of a Spaniard and an Indian; a Spanish-Indian mestizo. [Sp. Amer.]

Gibberish
Gib´ber•ish, n. [From Gibber, v. i.] Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon.
"He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go; All kinds of gibberish he had learnt to know." Drayton.
"Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with." Hawthorne.

Gibberish
Gib´ber•ish, a. Unmeaning; as gibberish language.

Gibbier
Gib´bier, n. [F. gibier.] Wild fowl; game. [Obs.] Addison.

Gibbostity
Gib•bost´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. gibbosite.] The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.

Gibbsite
Gibbs´ite, n. [Named after George Gibbs.] (Min.) A hydrate of alumina.

Gibe, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gibed p. pr. & vb. n. Gibing.] [Cf. Prov. F. giber, equiv. to F. jouer to play, Icel. geipa to talk nonsense, E. jabber.] To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.
"Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout." Swift.

Gibe, v. i. To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.
"Draw the beasts as I describe them, From their features, while I gibe them." Swift.

Gibe, n. An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.
"Mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns." Shak.
"With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me." Tennyson.

Gibraltar
Gi•bral´tar, n.
1. A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain, held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable stronghold.
2. A kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; — called, in full, Gibraltar rock.

Giddily
Gid´di•ly, adv. In a giddy manner.

Gieseckite
Gie´seck•ite, n. [Named after Karl Giesecke.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elaeolite.

Giffard injector
Gif"fard in•ject"or (Mach.) See under Injector.

Giffgaff
Giff´gaff, n. [Reduplicated fr. give.] Mutual accommodation; mutual giving. [Scot.]

Gift, n. [OE. gift, yift, yeft, AS. gift, fr. gifan to give; akin to D. & G. gift, Icel. gift, gipt, Goth. gifts (in comp.). See Give, v. t.]
1. Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.
"Shall I receive by gift, what of my own, … I can command ?" Milton.
2. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as the office is in the gift of the President.
3. A bribe; anything given to corrupt.
"Neither take a gift, for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise." Deut. xvi. 19.
4. Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preëminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.
5. (Law) A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession. Bouvier. Burrill.Gift rope (Naut), a rope extended to a boat for towing it; a guest rope.
Syn. — Present; donation; grant; largess; benefaction; boon; bounty; gratuity; endowment; talent; faculty. — Gift, Present, Donation. These words, as here compared, denote something gratuitously imparted to another out of one’s property. A gift is something given whether by a superior or an inferior, and is usually designed for the relief or benefit of him who receives it. A present is ordinarly from an equal or inferior, and is always intended as a compliment or expression of kindness. Donation is a word of more dignity, denoting, properly, a gift of considerable value, and ordinarly a gift made either to some public institution, or to an individual on account of his services to the public; as a donation to a hospital, a charitable society, or a minister.

Gift, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gifting.] To endow with some power or faculty.
"He was gifted … with philosophical sagacity." I. Taylor.

Giftedness
Gift´ed•ness, n. The state of being gifted. Echard.

Gigantean
Gi•gan•te´an, a. [L. giganteus, fr. gigas, antis. See Giant.] Like a giant; mighty; gigantic. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Gigantesque
Gi•gan•tesque´, a. [F.] Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.
"The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque With which we bantered little Lilia first." Tennyson.

Gigantical
Gi•gan´tic•al, a. Bulky, big. [Obs.] Burton. — Gi•gan´tic•al•ly, adv.

Giggle
Gig´gle, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Giggled p. pr. & vb. n. Giggling ] [Akin to gaggle: cf. OD. ghichelen, G. kichern.] To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity.
"Giggling and laughing with all their might At the piteous hap of the fairy wight." J. R. Drake.

Giggle
Gig´gle, n. A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.

Giggyng
Gig´gyng, n. [See Gige.] The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield. [Obs.] "Gigging of shields." Chaucer. { Gig´lot, Gig´let } n. [Cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person, Dan. giek a fool, silly man, AS. gagol, gaegl, lascivious, wanton, MHG. gogel wanton, giege fool, and E. gig a wanton person.] A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl. [Obs.]
"The giglet is willful, and is running upon her fate." Sir W. Scott.

Giglot
Gig´lot, a. Giddi; light; inconstant; wanton. [Obs.] "O giglot fortune!" Shak.

Gigue (zheg), n. [F.] A piece of lively dance music, in two strains which are repeated; also the dance. { Gi•ta´na, n. fem.; Gi•ta´no, n. masc. } [Sp., fr. (assumed) LL. Aegyptanus, fem. Aegyptana, Egyptian. Cf. Gypsy.] A Spanish gypsy.

Gila monster
Gi"la mon"ster (Zoöl.) A large tuberculated lizard ( Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth.

Gildale
Gild´ale, n. [AS. gilgan to pay + E. ale. See Yield, v. t., and Ale.] A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share. [Obs.]

Gilden
Gild´en, a. Gilded. Holland.

Gilding
Gild´ing (gild"ing), n.
1. 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.
2. Gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any surface.
3. Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what is solid and genuine. Gilding metal, a tough kind of sheet brass from which cartridge shells are made.

Gill, n. [Dan. giaelle, gelle; akin to Sw. gäl, Icel. gjölnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.]
1. (Anat.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
"Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills." Ray. Gills are usually lamellar or filamentous appendages, through which the blood circulates, and in which it is exposed to the action of the air contained in the water. In vertebrates they are appendages of the visceral arches on either side of the neck. In invertebrates they occupy various situations.
2. pl. (Bot.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom.
3. (Zoöl.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
4. The flesh under or about the chin. Swift.
5. (Spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments. [Prob. so called from F. aiguilles, needles. Ure. ] Gill arches, Gill bars. (Anat.) Same as Branchial arches. — Gill clefts. (Anat.) Same as Branchial clefts. See under Branchial. — Gill cover, Gill lid. See Operculum. — Gill frame, or Gill head (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills. Knight. — Gill net, a flat net so suspended in the water that its meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the gills when they seek to extricate themselves. — Gill opening, or Gill slit (Anat.), an opening behind and below the head of most fishes, and some amphibians, by which the water from the gills is discharged. In most fishes there is a single opening on each side, but in the sharks and rays there are five, or more, on each side. — Gill rakes, or Gill rakers (Anat.), horny filaments, or progresses, on the inside of the branchial arches of fishes, which help to prevent solid substances from being carried into gill cavities.

Gill, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber. [Prov. Eng.]

Gill, n. A leech. [Also gell.] [Scot.] Jameison.

Gill, n. [Icel. gil.] A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Gill, n. [OF. gille, gelle, a sort of measure for wine, LL. gillo, gello., Cf. Gallon.] A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.

Gill, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.]
1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl. "Each Jack with his Gill." B. Jonson.
2. (Bot.) The ground ivy ( Nepeta Glechoma); — called also gill over the ground, and other like names.
3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy. Gill ale. (a) Ale flavored with ground ivy. (b) (Bot.) Alehoof.

Gillyflower
Gil´ly•flow•er, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. giroflee gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. clove tree; nut + leaf, akin to E. foliage. Cf. Caryophyllus, July- flower.] (Bot.)
1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink ( Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock ( Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white.
2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core. [Written also gilliflower.] Clove gillyflower, the clove pink. — Marsh gillyflower, the ragged robin ( Lychnis Flos-cuculi). — Queen’s, or Winter, gillyflower, damewort. — Sea gillyflower, the thrift ( Armeria vulgaris). — Wall gillyflower, the wallflower ( Cheiranthus Cheiri). — Water gillyflower, the water violet.

Gilour
Gil´our, n. [OF.] A guiler; deceiver. [Obs.]

Gilt, n. [See Geld, v. t.] (Zoöl.) A female pig, when young.

Gilt, imp. & p. p. of Gild.

Gilt, p. p. & a. Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow. "Gilt hair" Chaucer.

Gilt, n.
1. Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding. Shak.
2. Money. [Obs.] "The gilt of France." Shak. { Gilt´-edge•, Gilt´-edged• } a.
1. Having a gilt edge; as gilt-edged paper.
2. Of the best quality; — said of negotiable paper, etc. [Slang, U. S.]

Gilttail
Gilt´tail, n. A yellow-tailed worm or larva.

Gimbal
Gim´bal, or Gim´bals, n. [See Gimmal, n. ] A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship’s compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. Gimbal joint (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal. — Gimbal ring, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.

Gimblet
Gim´blet, n. & v. See Gimlet.

Gimcrack
Gim´crack, n. [OE., a spruce and pert pretender, also a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster.] A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing. Arbuthnot.

Gimmal
Gim´mal, n. [Prob. the same word as gemel. See Gemel, and cf. Gimbal.]
1. Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.
2. A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer. [Obs.]

Gimmal
Gim´mal, a. Made or consisting of interlocked rings or links; as gimmal mail.
"In their pale dull mouths the gimmal bit Lies foul with chewed grass." Shak. Gimmal joint. See Gimbal joint, under Gimbal.

Gimmer
Gim´mer, Gim´mor, n. [Cf. Gimmal, n. ] A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Shak.

Gimp, a. [W. gwymp fair, neat, comely.] Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Gimp, n. [OF. guimpe, guimple, a nun’s wimple, F. guimpe, OHG. wimpal a veil G. wimpel pennon, pendant. See Wimple, n. ] A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; — used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.
"Gimp nail, an upholsterer’s small nail."

Gimp, v. t. To notch; to indent; to jag.

Ging, n. Same as Gang, n. , 2. [Obs.]
"There is a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy against me." Shak.

Gingal
Gin•gal´, n. See Jingal.

Ginger
Gin´ger, n. [OE. ginger, gingever, gingivere, OF. gengibre, gingimbre, F. gingembre, L. zingiber, zingiberi, fr. Gr. ; of Oriental origin; cf. Ar. & Pers. zenjebil, fr. Skr. gavëra, prop., hornshaped; ga horn + vëra body.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.
2. The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine. Gingerbeer or ale, a mild beer impregnated with ginger. — Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy. — Ginger pop. See Ginger beer (above). — Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger. — Wild ginger (Bot.), an American herb ( Asarum Canadense) with two reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock which has a strong taste of ginger.

Gingerly
Gin´ger•ly, adv. [Prov. E. ginger brittle, tender; cf. dial. Sw. gingla, gängla, to go gently, totter, akin to E. gang.] Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.
"What is’t that you took up so gingerly ?" Shak.

Ginglyform
Gin´gly•form, a. (Anat.) Ginglymoid.

Ginglymus
Gin´gly•mus, n. ; pl. Ginglymi (#). [NL., fr. Gr. a hingelike joint, a ball and socket joint.] (Anat.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.

Ginnet
Gin´net, n. See Genet, a horse.

Ginning
Gin´ning, n. [See Gin, v. i.] Beginning. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ginny-carriage
Gin´ny-car•riage, n. A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad. [Eng.]

Gipoun
Gi•poun´, n. [See Jupon.] A short cassock. [Written also gepoun, gypoun, jupon, juppon.] [Obs.] { Gip´ser, Gip´sire } n. [F. gibecière a game pouch or game pocket. Cf. Gibbier.] A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle. Ld. Lytton.
"A gipser all of silk, Hung at his girdle, white as morne milk." Chaucer.

Gipsy
Gip´sy (jip"sy), n. & a. See Gypsy.

Gipsyism
Gip´sy•ism, n. See Gypsyism.

Giraffe
Gi•raffe´, n. [F. girafe, Sp. girafa, from Ar. zurafa, zarafa.] (Zoöl.) An African ruminant ( Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.

Gird (gerd), n. [See Yard a measure.]
1. A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
"Conscience … is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels." Tillotson.
2. A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
"I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio." Shak.

Gird, v. t. [See Gird, n. , and cf. Girde, v. ]
1. To strike; to smite. [Obs.]
"To slay him and to girden off his head." Chaucer.
2. To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
"Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods." Shak.

Gird, v. i. To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
"Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me." Shak.

Gird (gerd), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Girt or Girded; p. pr. & vb. n. Girding.] [OE. girden, gurden, AS. gyrdan; akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G. gürten, Icel. gyrða, Sw. gjorda, Dan. giorde, Goth. bigaírdan to begird, and prob. to E. yard an inclosure. Cf. Girth, n. & v., Girt, v. t.]
1. To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
2. To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
3. To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
"That Nyseian isle, Girt with the River Triton." Milton.
4. To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
"I girded thee about with fine linen." Ezek. xvi. 10.
"The Son … appeared Girt with omnipotence." Milton.
5. To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as to gird one’s self for a contest.
"Thou hast girded me with strength." Ps. xviii. 39.To gird on, to put on; to fasten around or to one securely, like a girdle; as to gird on armor or a sword.
"Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." 1 Kings xx. 11. — To gird up, to bind tightly with a girdle; to support and strengthen, as with a girdle.
"He girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab." 1 Kings xviii. 46.
"Gird up the loins of your mind." 1 Pet. i. 13. — Girt up; prepared or equipped, as for a journey or for work, in allusion to the ancient custom of gathering the long flowing garments into the girdle and tightening it before any exertion; hence, adjectively, eagerly or constantly active; strenuous; striving. "A severer, more girt-up way of living." J. C. Shairp.

Girder
Gird´er, n. [From Gird to sneer at.] One who girds; a satirist.

Girder
Gird´er, n. [From Gird to encircle.]
1. One who, or that which, girds.
2. (Arch. & Engin.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illust. . of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double. Bowstring girder, Box girder, etc. See under Bowstring, Box, etc. — Girder bridge. See under Bridge. — Lattice girder, a girder consisting of longitudinal bars united by diagonal crossing bars. — Half-lattice girder, a girder consisting of horizontal upper and lower bars connected by a series of diagonal bars sloping alternately in opposite directions so as to divide the space between the bars into a series of triangles. Knight. — Sandwich girder, a girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.

Girding
Gird´ing, n. That with which one is girded; a girdle.
"Instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth." Is. iii. 24.

Girdler
Gir´dler, n.
1. One who girdles.
2. A maker of girdles.
3. (Zoöl.) An American longicorn beetle ( Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae.

Girkin
Gir´kin, n. [Obs.] See Gherkin.

Girl, n. [OE. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl (in sense 1): cf. LG. gör child.]
1. A young person of either sex; a child. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden.
3. A female servant; a maidservant. [U. S.]
4. (Zoöl.) A roebuck two years old. [Prov. Eng.]

Girn, v. i. [See Grin, n. ] To grin. [Obs.]

Girondist
Gi•ron´dist, n. [F. Girondiste.] A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.

Girondist
Gi•ron´dist, a. Of or pertaining to the Girondists. [Written also Girondin.]

Girth (gerth), n. [Icel. gjörð girdle, or gerð girth; akin to Goth. gaírda girdle. See Gird to girt, and cf. Girdle, n. ]
1. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.
2. The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything.
"He’s a lu sty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth." Addison.
3. A small horizontal brace or girder.

Girth, v. t. [From Girth, n. , cf. Girt, v. t.] To bind as with a girth. [R.] Johnson.

Girtline
Girt´line, n. (Naut.) A gantline. Hammock girtline, a line rigged for hanging out hammocks to dry.

Git, n. (Founding) See Geat.

Gite, n. A gown. [Obs.]
"She came often in a gite of red." Chaucer.

Giusto
Gius´to, a. [It., fr. L. justus. See Just, a. ] (Mus.) In just, correct, or suitable time.

Give (giv), v. t. [ imp. Gave (gav); p. p. Given (giv"’n); p. pr. & vb. n. Giving.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. geðan, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban. Cf. Gift, n. ]
1. To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.
"For generous lords had rather give than pay." Young.
2. To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as we give the value of what we buy.
"What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?" Matt. xvi. 26.
3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as flint and steel give sparks.
4. To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.
5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.
"It is given me once again to behold my friend." Rowe.
"Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine." Pope.
6. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
7. To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one’s self; as the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.
8. (Logic & Math.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; — used principally in the passive form given.
9. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
"I give not heaven for lost." Mlton.
10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
"I don’t wonder at people’s giving him to me as a lover." Sheridan.
11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.
12. To pledge; as to give one’s word.
13. To cause; to make; — with the infinitive; as to give one to understand, to know, etc.
"But there the duke was given to understand That in a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica." Shak. To give away, to make over to another; to transfer.
"Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our lives, is given away from ourselves." Atterbury. — To give back, to return; to restore. Atterbury. — To give the bag, to cheat. [Obs.]
"I fear our ears have given us the bag." J. Webster. — To give birth to. (a) To bear or bring forth, as a child. (b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise, idea. — To give chase, to pursue. — To give ear to. See under Ear. — To give forth, to give out; to publish; to tell. Hayward. — To give ground. See under Ground, n. — To give the hand, to pledge friendship or faith. — To give the hand of, to espouse; to bestow in marriage. — To give the head. See under Head, n. — To give in. (a) To abate; to deduct. (b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender; as to give in one’s adhesion to a party. — To give the lie to (a person), to tell (him) that he lies. — To give line. See under Line. — To give off, to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc. — To give one’s self away, to make an inconsiderate surrender of one’s cause, an unintentional disclosure of one’s purposes, or the like. [Colloq.] — To give out. (a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare.
"One that gives out himself Prince Florizel." Shak.
"Give out you are of Epidamnum." Shak. (b) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as a substance gives out steam or odors. — To give over. (a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon. (b) To despair of. (c) To addict, resign, or apply (one’s self).
"The Babylonians had given themselves over to all manner of vice." Grew. — To give place, to withdraw; to yield one’s claim. — To give points. (a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a certain advantage; to allow a handicap. (b) To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.] — To give rein. See under Rein, n. — To give the sack. Same as To give the bag. — To give and take. (a) To average gains and losses. (b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc. — To give time (Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor. Abbott. — To give the time of day, to salute one with the compliment appropriate to the hour, as "good morning." "good evening", etc. — To give tongue, in hunter’s phrase, to bark; — said of dogs. — To give up. (a) To abandon; to surrender. "Don’t give up the ship."
"He has … given up For certain drops of salt, your city Rome." Shak. (b) To make public; to reveal.
"I’ll not state them By giving up their characters." Beau. & Fl. (c) (Used also reflexively.) — To give up the ghost. See under Ghost. — To give one’s self up, to abandon hope; to despair; to surrender one’s self. — To give way. (a) To withdraw; to give place. (b) To yield to force or pressure; as the scaffolding gave way. (c) (Naut.) To begin to row; or to row with increased energy. (d) (Stock Exchange). To depreciate or decline in value; as railroad securities gave way two per cent. — To give way together, to row in time; to keep stroke.
Syn. — To Give, Confer, Grant. To give is the generic word, embracing all the rest. To confer was originally used of persons in power, who gave permanent grants or privileges; as to confer the order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the giving of something which might have been withheld; as to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way dependent or inferior.

Give, v. i.
1. To give a gift or gifts.
2. To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as the earth gives under the feet.
3. To become soft or moist. [Obs.] Bacon .
4. To move; to recede.
"Now back he gives, then rushes on amain." Daniel.
5. To shed tears; to weep. [Obs.]
"Whose eyes do never give But through lust and laughter." Shak.
6. To have a misgiving. [Obs.]
"My mind gives ye’re reserved To rob poor market women." J. Webster.
7. To open; to lead. [A Gallicism]
"This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk." Tennyson. To give back, to recede; to retire; to retreat.
"They gave back and came no farther." Bunyan. — To give in, to yield; to succumb; to acknowledge one’s self beaten; to cease opposition.
"The Scots battalion was enforced to give in." Hayward.
"This consideration may induce a translator to give in to those general phrases." Pope. — To give off, to cease; to forbear. [Obs.] Locke. — To giveon or upon. (a) To rush; to fall upon. [Obs.] (b) To have a view of; to be in sight of; to overlook; to look toward; to open upon; to front; to face. [A Gallicism: cf. Fr. donner sur.]
"Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch." Tennyson.
"The gloomy staircase on which the grating gave." Dickens. — To give out. (a) To expend all one’s strength. Hence: (b) To cease from exertion; to fail; to be exhausted; as my feet being to give out; the flour has given out. — To give over, to cease; to discontinue; to desist.
"It would be well for all authors, if they knew when to give over, and to desist from any further pursuits after fame." Addison. — To give up, to cease from effort; to yield; to despair; as he would never give up.

Give, v. t. To afford a view of; as his window gave the park.

Giver
Giv´er, n. One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.
"It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of the Christian." Kollock.

Giving
Giv´ing, n.
1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
2. A gift; a benefaction. [R.] Pope.
3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. "Upon the first giving of the weather." Addison. Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse. — Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving.
"His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true meant design." Shak.