Gaun, gän, Scotch for going.
Gaunt, gänt, adj. thin: of a pinched appearance: causing emaciation.—adv. Gaunt′ly.—n. Gaunt′ness. [Skeat compares Norw. gand, pointed stick, and Sw. prov. gank, a lean horse.]
Gauntlet, gänt′let, n. the iron glove of armour, formerly thrown down in challenge: a long glove covering the wrist.—p.adj. Gaunt′leted, wearing a gauntlet or gauntlets.—n. Gaunt′let-guard, a guard of a sword or dagger, protecting the hand very thoroughly.—Run the gauntlet (see Gantlet).—Throw down, Take up, the gauntlet, to give, to accept a challenge. [Fr. gantelet, double dim. of gant, a glove, of Scand. origin; cf. Old Sw. vante, a glove, Ice. vöttr, a glove, Dan. vante.]
Gauntry. See Gantry.
Gaup, Gawp, gawp, v.i. (prov.) to gape in astonishment.—ns. Gaup′us, Gawp′us, a silly person.
Gaur, gowr, n. a species of ox inhabiting some of the mountain jungles of India. [Hindustani.]
Gauze, gawz, n. a thin, transparent fabric, originally of silk, now of any fine hard-spun fibre: material slight and open like gauze.—adj. Gauze′-winged, having gauzy wings.—n. Gauz′iness.—adj. Gauz′y.—n. Wire′-gauze (see Wire). [Fr. gaze, dubiously referred to Gaza in Palestine.]
Gavage, ga-väzh′, n. a process of fattening poultry by forcing them to swallow food at fixed intervals: (med.) a similar method of forced feeding. [Fr. gaver—gave, the crop of a bird.]
Gave, gāv, pa.t. of give.
Gavel, gā′vel, a prov. form of gable.