Defn: See Guess. [Obs.]
GHETTO
Ghet"to, n. Etym: [It.]
Defn: The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.
I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. Evelyn.
GHIBELLINE
Ghib"el*line, n. Etym: [It. Ghibellino; of German origin.] (It.
Hist.)
Defn: One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs, or adherents of the poses. Brande & C.
GHOLE
Ghole, n.
Defn: See Ghoul.
GHOST Ghost, n. Etym: [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS. gast breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g spirit, soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.]
1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.] Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament. Spenser.
2. The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter. The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. Shak. I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed ghost. Coleridge.