Defn: The tendency of a root to place its axis in the line of a galvanic current.
GALWES
Gal"wes, n.
Defn: Gallows. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GAM Gam, n. [Orig. uncert.] (Naut.) (a) A herd, or school, of whales. (b) A visit between whalers at sea; a holding of social intercourse between those on different vessels at sea, or (Local U. S.) between persons ashore.
GAM Gam, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gam"ming.] (Naut.) (a) To gather in a gam; — said of whales. (b) To engage in a gam, or (Local, U. S.) in social intercourse anywhere.
GAM
Gam, v. t. (Naut.)
Defn: To have a gam with; to pay a visit to, esp. among whalers at sea.
GAMA GRASS
Ga"ma grass`. Etym: [From Gama, a cluster of the Maldive Islands.]
(Bot.)
Defn: A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; — called also sesame grass.
GAMASHES
Ga*mash"es, n. pl. Etym: [F. gamaches.]