GABBLER
Gab"bler, n.
Defn: One who gabbles; a prater.
GABBRO
Gab"bro, n. Etym: [It.] (Geol.)
Defn: A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro).
GABEL Ga"bel, n. Etym: [F. gabelle, LL. gabella, gabulum, gablum; of uncertain origin. Cf.Gavel tribute.] (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an
excise. Burrill.
He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish. Jer.
Taylor.
GABELER
Ga"bel*er, n. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: A collector of gabels or taxes.
GABELLE
Ga`belle", n. Etym: [F. See Gabel.]
Defn: A tax, especially on salt. [France] Brande & C.