Gesticulate, jes-tik′ū-lāt, v.i. to make gestures when speaking: to play antic tricks.—adj. Ges′tic, pertaining to motion, esp. dancing.—ns. Gesticulā′tion, act of making gestures in speaking: a gesture; Gestic′ulātor, one who makes gestures.—adj. Gestic′ulātory, representing or abounding in gesticulations. [L. gesticulāri, -ātus—gesticulus, dim. of gestus, gesture—gerĕre, to carry.]
Gesture, jes′tūr, n. a posture, or movement of the body: an action expressive of sentiment or passion: (Shak.) behaviour.—adj. Ges′tural. [Low L. gestura—L. gestus, from L. gerĕre, to carry.]
Get, get, v.t. to obtain: to seize: to procure or cause to be: to beget offspring: to learn: to persuade: (B.) to betake, to carry.—v.i. to arrive or put one's self in any place, state, or condition: to become:—pr.p. get′ting; pa.t. got; pa.p. got, (obs.) got′ten.—ns. Get′ter, one who gets or obtains: one who begets; Get′ting, a gaining: anything gained: procreation; Get′-up, equipment: general appearance.—Get ahead, along, to make progress, advance; Get at, to reach, attain; Get off, to escape; Get on, to proceed, advance; Get out, to produce: to go away; Get over, to surmount; Get round, to circumvent: to persuade, talk over; Get through, to finish; Get up, to arise, to ascend: to arrange, prepare. [A.S. gitan, to get.]
Geum, jē′um, n. a genus of perennial herbs, of order Rosaceæ, contains the avens or herb-bennet, &c. [L.]
Gewgaw, gū′gaw, n. a toy: a bauble.—adj. showy without value. [Acc. to Skeat, a reduplicated form of A.S. gifan, to give; preserved also in Northern Eng., as giff-gaff, interchange of intercourse.]
Gey (Scot.). See Gay.
Geyser, gīsėr, n. a hot spring, as in Iceland, which spouts water into the air. [Ice., geysa, to gush.]
Ghast, gast, v.t. (Shak.) to strike aghast: to affright.—adj. Ghast′ful (Spens.), dreary, dismal.—adv. Ghast′fully, frightfully.—ns. Ghast′liness, Ghast′ness (Shak.).—adj. Ghast′ly, death-like: hideous. [A.S. gǽstlic, terrible. See Aghast.]
Ghat, Ghaut, gawt, n. in India, a mountain-pass: a chain of mountains: landing-stairs for bathers on the sides of a river or tank. [Hind. ghāt.]
Ghazal, gaz′al, n. a form of Persian verse in which the first two lines rhyme, and for this rhyme a new one must be found in the second line of each succeeding couplet: a piece of music in which a simple theme is constantly recurring.—Also Gaz′el, Ghaz′el. [Pers. arghazel, a love-poem.]