Gambia (gam'bi-a), an English colony in western Africa along the river Gambia. "The chief of Gambia's golden shore" is a line in a school book, "The American Preceptor," which was used when Whittier was a boy.
gambol (gam'bol), a sportive prank; a frolic.
gambrel-roofed (gam'brel), a curved roof.
gaping (gap'ing), yawning.
garrulous (gar'oo-lus), wordy; chattering.
Gaspereau (gas-per-o'), a river in King's county, Nova Scotia, flowing into the Basin of Minas.
Gates of Hercules (hur'ku-lez), the Strait of Gibraltar.
gauge (gaj), estimate; a measure.
gauger (gaj'er), an officer, whose business it is to find the contents of casks.
gauntlet (gant'let), a long glove covering the wrist.