Giambeaux, zham′bō, n.pl. (Spens.) armour for the legs. [Fr.,—jambe, leg.]
Giant, jī′ant, n. an individual whose stature and bulk exceed those of his species or race generally: a person of extraordinary powers:—fem. Gī′antess.—adj. gigantic.—ns. Gī′antism, Gī′antship, the quality or character of a giant.—adj. Gī′antly, giant-like.—n. Gī′ant-pow′der, a kind of dynamite.—adj. Gī′ant-rude (Shak.), enormously rude or uncivil.—n. Gī′antry, giants collectively. [O. Fr. geant (Fr. géant)—L.,—Gr. gigas, gigantos.]
Giaour, jowr, n. infidel, a term applied by the Turks to all who are not of their own religion. [Turk. jawr—Ar. káfir, an infidel.]
Gib, jib, n. the projecting arm of a crane: a wedge-shaped piece of metal holding another in place, &c.—v.t. to fasten with such.
Gib, jib, n. a cat—Also Gib′-cat (Shak.). [A corr. of Gilbert, as 'Tom-cat,' hardly for glib=lib.]
Gibbe, jib, n. (Shak.) an old worn-out animal.
Gibberish, gib′ėr-ish, n. rapid, gabbling talk: unmeaning words.—adj. unmeaning.—v.i. Gibb′er, to speak senselessly or inarticulately.—n. Gibb′le-gabble, gabble. [See Gabble.]
Gibbet, jib′et, n. a gallows on which criminals were suspended after execution: the projecting beam of a crane.—v.t. to expose on a gibbet. [O. Fr. gibet, a stick; origin unknown.]
Gibbon, gib′un, n. a genus of tailless anthropoid apes, with very long arms, natives of the East Indies.
Gibbous, gib′us, adj. hump-backed: swelling, convex, as the moon when nearly full—also Gibb′ose.—ns. Gibbos′ity, Gibb′ousness.—adv. Gibb′ously. [L. gibbosus=gibberosus—gibber, a hump.]