gall (n.) |
Old form(s): galles, gaulle |
spirit of anger, venom, ability to be angry
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gall (n.) |
Old form(s): gall, gaule , gauls |
bitterness, spitefulness, vindictiveness
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gallant-springing (adj.) |
Old form(s): gallant springing |
finely growing, developing well
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galliass (n.) |
Old form(s): Galliasses |
heavily built warship using sails and oars [larger than a galley]
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gallimaufry (n.) |
Old form(s): gally-maufrey , Gally-mawfry |
complete mixture, whole assembly, every sort
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galloglass, gallowglass (n.) |
Old form(s): Gallow-glasses , Gallowgrosses |
axe-wielding Irish soldier
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garboil (n.) |
Old form(s): Garboiles , Garboyles |
trouble, disturbance, commotion
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garden-house (n.) |
Old form(s): garden house |
small building in a garden [often used for lovers' assignations]
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gaud (n.) |
Old form(s): gaude, gaudes, gawdes |
gaudy toy, showy plaything, trinket
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geld (v.), past forms gelded, gelt |
Old form(s): gueld , guelded |
deprive, strip, dispossess
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general (adj.) |
Old form(s): generall, gen'rall |
all-embracing, universal, comprehensive
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gentleman in arms (n.) |
Old form(s): Gentlemen in Armes |
gentleman bearing a coat-of-arms
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non-ranking volunteer with a status higher than that of a private
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George (n.) |
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badge [of the Order of the Garter] displaying St George and the dragon
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gild (v.), past forms gilt, gilded |
Old form(s): gil'd , guild, guilded , guil'st |
bring colour to, brighten, illuminate
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gild (v.), past forms gilt, gilded |
Old form(s): guild |
supply with money, enrich
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give out (v.) |
Old form(s): gaue , giue, giuen , giues |
report, assert, make known
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give over (v.) |
Old form(s): giue ouer , giuing ore |
retire, give up a trade, abandon a way of life
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give over (v.) |
Old form(s): giue ore, giue ouer, giuen ouer |
desert, leave, abandon
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give over (v.) |
Old form(s): giue o're, giue ouer , giues ore |
cease, finish, leave off
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giving out (n.) |
Old form(s): giuing , giuing-out |
suggestion, intimation, utterance
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glassy (adj.) |
Old form(s): glassie |
[unclear meaning] frail as glass, brittle; or: mirroring, reflecting [divinity]
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glistering (adj.) |
Old form(s): glistring , glist'ring |
glittering, shining, sparkling
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good-conceited (adj.) |
Old form(s): good conceyted |
cleverly devised, ingeniously composed
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good-presaging (adj.) |
Old form(s): good persaging |
favourable, propitious, auspicious
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good-year / goodyear, what the |
Old form(s): good yeere , good-ier, yere |
[expression of impatience] what the deuce
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Gordian knot |
Old form(s): Gordian-knot |
apparently unsolvable problem, extreme difficulty
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Gorgon (n.) |
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generally applied to Medusa, one of three monsters who had snakes in their hair, ugly faces, huge wings, and whose staring eyes could turn people to stone
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