GILTTAIL
Gilt"tail`, n.
Defn: A yellow-tailed worm or larva.
GIM
Gim, a. Etym: [Cf. Gimp, a.]
Defn: Neat; spruce. [Prov.]
GIMBAL; GIMBALS
Gim"bal, or; Gim"bals (, n. Etym: [See Gimmal, n.]
Defn: A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. Gimbal joint (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal. — Gimbal ring, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.
GIMBLET
Gim"blet, n. & v.
Defn: See Gimlet.
GIMCRACK Gim"crack`, n. Etym: [OE., a spruce and pert pretender, also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster.]
Defn: A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.
Arbuthnot.