GARBOIL-GARFISH.

of planks laid upon a ship's bottom next to the keel, throughout the whole length of the floor. GARBOIL, gür boyl, s. (garbouil, old Fr.) Disorder; tumult; uproar.-Obsolete.

Give me the number'd verse that Virgil sung, And Virgil's self shall speak the English tongue; Manhood and garboils shall he chaunt.-Bp. Hall, GARCINIA, gur-sin'e-a, s. (in honour of Lanrence Garein, M.D., a French botanist.) A genus of plants, consisting of trees with hermaphrodite or monocious flowers, usually solitary at the tops of the branches. The fruit of G. mangostana is esteemed the most delicious of the fruits of the East Indies, and G. cambogia yields the wellknown pigment Gamboge. GARD.-See Guard and Ward.

GARDANT,gárd'ant, s. In Heraldry, a word GAURDANT, denoting any beast full-faced, and looking right forward.

GARDEN, gur'dn, s. (garten, Germ. jardin, Fr.) A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs or plants, fruits and flowers; a rich, wellcultivated spot or tract of country; a delightful spot. In Composition, garden is used adjectively, as in garden-mould, garden-tillage. Garden-balsam, the plant Justicia pectoralis. Garden-cress, the plant Lepidium satirum, cultivated in gardens for the young leaves, which are used in salads, and have a peculiarly warm and grateful relish. Garden-mould, mould fit for a garden. Garden-pink, the Dianthus plumarius, the flowers of which are either double or single, white, purple, spotted, or variegated, and more or less fringed on the margin, and are sweet-scented. The florists of Paisley reckon about three hundred varieties of this beautiful flower as cultivated by themselves. Gardenplot, plantation laid out in a garden. Gardenrocket, the plant Eruca sativa, or Brassica eruca of Smith. Garden-tillage, tillage used in cultivating gardens. Garden-ware, the produce of gardens;-(this compound is obsolete;)

A clay bottom is a much more pernicious soil for trees and garden-ware than gravel.—Mortimer.

-r. n. to lay out or to cultivate a garden. GARDENER, gar'dn-ur, s. One whose occupation is to attend to the cultivation and dressing of a garden. Gardeners' garters, a name given to a plant which used to be common in gardens, the striped variety (versicolor) of Arundo donax. GARDENIA, gur-de'ne-a, s. (in honour of Alexander Garden, M.D., of Charleston, Carolina.) A genus of plants, consisting of trees or shrubs, with opposite leaves, and white, usually sweet-scented, flowers: Order, Cinchonaceæ. GARDENING, găr ́dn-ing, s. The art of forming and cultivating garden grounds, whether for ornamental or culinary purposes.

GARDENLESS, gar'dn-les, a. Destitute of a garden. GARDNERIA, gard-ne're-a, s. (in honour of the Hon. Edward Gardner.) A genus of climbing East Indian shrubs, with opposite leaves and white flowers: Order, Strychnaceæ.

GARDOQUIA, gár-do'kwe-a, s. (in honour of Don Diego Gardoqui, Minister of Finance under Charles IV. of Spain.) A genus of branching shrubs, with beautiful flowers, generally of a scarlet-colour: Order, Lamiaceæ. GARE, gare, 8. A coarse wool growing on the legs of sheep.

GARFISH, gar'fish, s. The Esox velone of Lin

GARGARIZE, gar'ga-rize, v. a. (gargariser, Fr.) To wash or rinse the mouth with any medicated liquor.

GARGET, gur'get, s. A distemper in cattle, consisting in a swelling of the throat and the adjoining parts.

GARGIL, gårʼgil, 8. A distemper affecting the head of geese, which often proves fatal.

GARGLE, gårʼgl, v. a. (gargouiller, Fr.) To wash the throat and mouth with a liquid preparation, which is kept from descending into the stomach by a gentle expiration of air; to warble; to play in the throat;-(improper in the last two signincations ;)

Those which only warble long,

And gargle in their throats a song.-Waller. -s. a liquid preparation for cleansing the mouth and throat. GARGLION, gur'gle-un, s. An exudation of nervons juice from a bruise, which indurates into a tumour.

GARGOL, gårʼgol, s. A distemper in swine. GARGOYLE, gargoyl, s. In Architecture, a projecting water-spout, attached to some old houses, often grotesquely carved.

GARIDELLA, ga-re-del'la, s. (in honour of Pierre Garidel, M.D., a French botanist of the beginning of the eighteenth century.) A genus of small, slender, erect, inconspicuous herbs, with small white flowers: Order, Ranunculaceæ.

GARISH, ga'rish, a. (gearwian, Sax.) Gaudy; showy; fine; affectedly fine; tawdry; extravagantly gay; flighty.

GARISHLY, ga'rish-le, ad. In a gaudy, showy

manner.

GARISHINESS, ga'rish-nes, s. Finery; flaunting

gaudiness; affected or ostentatious show; flighty or extravagant show. GARLAND, går land, s. (guirland, Fr.) A wreath or chaplet made of branches or flowers, and sometimes studded with precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; the top; the principal thing, or thing most prized.

And call him noble that was now your hate, Hlim vile that was your garland.-Shaks. In Architecture, a band of ornamented work around the top of a tower, &c. In Literature, a collection of little printed pieces. In a ship, a sort of net used by sailors instead of a locker or cupboard. Shot garland, a piece of timber nailed horizontally along the ship's side, from one gunport to another, and filled with several hemisphe rical cavities, to contain the round shot, ready for charging the great guns during an engagement;-v. a. to deck with a garland. GARLAND FLOWER.-See Hedychium. GARLANDLESS, går land-les, a. Without any garland.

GARLIC, gårʼlik, 8. (garlec, or garleac, Sax.) The English name of the Allium, of which there are many species. That cultivated in England is the great round-headed A. apelosprasum. Garlic pear.-See Crateva.

GARLIC-EATER-GARRETED.

GARLIC-FATER, går-lik-e'tur, s.

A low fellow.
You that stood so much

Upon the voice of occupation, and The breath of garlic-eaters.-Shaks. GARMENT, garment, s. (garnament, Norm.) Any article of clothing by which the body is covered; garments, in the plural, denotes clothing in general. GARNER, går nur, s. (grenier, Fr.) A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation;-v. a. to store in a granary. GARNET, gur'net, s. (grenat, Fr. granato, Ital.) A mineral of which there are many species. The precious garnet is found in dodecahedrons, in micaslate, amongst the oldest or primary rocks in many parts of the world. It is of a beautiful red colour, sometimes with shades of yellow or blue. Those from the kingdom of Pegu are most esteemed, and it is supposed that this was the carbuncle of the ancients. It is harder than quartz, and consists of nearly equal parts of silex, alumine, and oxide of iron, with traces of manganese. Common garnets are more opaque, of a duller colour, and less hard than the precious garnet, though harder than quartz. They are abundant in similar localities in all countries, sometimes constituting nearly the whole mass of a rock ;- a sort of tackle fixed to the mainstay of a ship, and used in hoisting the cargo in and out, at the time of landing and delivering her. Cross garnets, a species of hinge used in the most common works, formed in the shape of the letter T turned thus ; the upright part fastened to the jamb of the doorcase, and the horizontal part to the door or shutter. GARNISH, gårʼnish, v. a. (garnir, Fr.) To adorn; to decorate with appendages; to set off; to fit with fetters;-(a cant term ;)-to furnish; to supply; - ornament; something added for embellishment; decoration. In Gaols, fetters-(a cant term.) In Law, money which, previous to the statute 4 Geo. IV. c. 43, sect. 10, v. 23, used to be paid by a prisoner on his entry into gaol;

t. a. to warn.

GARNISHEE, går-nish-e', s. In Law, a third person or party in whose hands money is attached within the liberties of the city of London, by process out of the sheriff's court; so called because he hath had garnishment or warning not to pay the money to the defendant, but to appear and answer to the plaintiff creditor's suit.-Cowel; Blount. GARNISHER, gur'nish-ur, s. One who decorates. GARNISHING, gur'nish-ing, s. That which garGARNISHMENT, går'nish-ment, nishes; ornament; embellishment. In Law, a warning or notice given to a party to appear in court or give information; thus, garnishment or warning is given to a third person, in whose hands money is attached within the liberties of the city of London, by process out of the sheriff's court This third person is called a garnishee.

GARNITURE, gar'ne-ture, s. Ornamental appendages; embellishment; furniture; dress. GAROUS, ga'rus, a. (garum, pickle, Lat.) Resembling pickle made of fish.

GARRAN, gar'run, s. (garron, Irish.) A diminuGARRON, tive horse; a highland horse; a hack;

a jade.

GARRET, gar'ret, s. (guerite, Fr.)

The upper

story of a house, taken either partially or wholly from the angular space within the roof. GARRETED gar'ret-ed, a. Protected by turrets.

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GARRETEER-GARTER.

GARRETEER, gar-ret-eer', s. One who occupies a garret; a poor author.

To pen with garreteers, obscure and shabby, Inscriptive nonsense in a fancied abbey.Pursuits of Literature. GARRISON, garʼre-sn, s. (garnison, Fr.) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town; a fort, castle, or fortified town, furnished with troops to defend it; the state of being placed in a fortification for its defence;-v. a. to place troops in a fortress for its defence; to furnish with soldiers; to secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops.

GARROT, gar'rot, s. (French.) In Surgery, a small cylinder of wood, employed to tighten the circular band by which the artery of a limb is compressed, for the purpose of suspending the blood in hemorrhage from amputation or otherwise. GARROTE, gar-rote', s. A mode of inflicting capital punishment in Spain by means of a collar, which is tightly screwed round the neck of the criminal while seated with his back to an upright board, to which is affixed the fatal apparatus. GARRULINE, gar'ru-lin-e, s. The Jays, a subfamily of the Corvidæ, or Crows; stature rather smaller than the crows, and less robust in form; feet formed for grasping; the lateral toes unequal; colours bright. GARRULITY, gar-ru'le-te, s. (garrulitas, Lat.) Loquacity; talkativeness; the practice or habit of talking much; a tattling or babbling. GARRULOUS, gar'ru-lus, a. Talkative; prating. GARRULOUSLY, gar'ru-lus-le, ad. In a loquacious, babbling manner.

GARRULUS, gar'ru-lus, s. (garrulus, chattering, Lat.) The Jay, a genus of birds belonging to the Garrulina, or Jays: Family, Corvida. GARRYA, gar're-a, s. (in honour of Nicholas Garry, secretary to the Hudson Bay Company.) A genus of plants: Type of the order Garryaceæ. GARRYACEE, gar-re-a'se-e, s. (garrya, one of the genera.) A natural order of declinous Exogens, consisting of shrubs with opposite leaves, without stipules; the flowers disposed in amentaceous racemes within connate bracts; unisexual; sepals four; stamens four; calyx superior and twotoothed; ovary one-celled; two setaceous styles; two pendulous ovules; pericarp berried, twoseeded, and indehiscent; inhabitants of the West Indies; the Garryaceæ or Garyade, and Helwingiacem, form what Lindley calls the Garryales, or Garryal alliance of his Vegetable Kingdom. GARTER, găr'tur, s. (jarretiere, Fr.) A string or band used to tie a stocking to the leg. In Heraldry, the moiety or half of a bend. Order of the garter, a military order of knighthood, the most noble and ancient of any lay order in the world, instituted by Edward III. The companions of the knights are mostly princes and peers; and the King of England is the chief of the order. The number of knights was originally twenty-six; but six were added in 1786, on account of the increase of the royal family. They are a college or corporation, having a great and little seal. Their officers are a prelate, chancellor, registrar, knight-at-arms, and usher of the black rod. They have also a dean and twelve canons, and petty canons, vergers, and twenty-six pensioners or poor knights;-v. a. to bind with a garter; to invest with the order of the garter.

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nitron acil gas. hometer. is red; ch. prot and deutozi.- are of a yellowish green; the hydro-l chloric, ry drille, finoborie, and lucic produce wille fines in the air, and i line vi letcoloured fames when heute 1. The gases which are immable are by Irgen, and all its compounds; carbonous oxide, and cyanogen. Those which more or less support combustion are oxygen, protoxide of nitrogen, chlorine, and its oxides. Some gases are destitute of smell; others have an odour which is insupportable, and often characteristic. In their properties many of the gases are acid; some neutral; two alkaline. The following Qualitative Analyses of Gases, taken from Graham's Elements of Chemistry,' exhibits the distinctive properties of oxygen, nitrogen, protoxide of nitrogen, deutoxide of nitrogen, hydrogen, carbonic oxide, and carbonic acid:

is cooled and pushed

composed tar. It is called the & fem its being partly filled with water. aire, the name

became

principal comunication between the rasholder, and the principal p leding the mains. G8 jars, class jars fr the holding of the gases during the process of experiments. Gas Hylt, the ght sfforded by the combustion of carburetted hydrogen gas, as procared by the distillation of coal, o tar, &c.; therefore called coal gas, oil gas, &c. Gasliywor、 the liquid remaining in the varius parts of the apparatus of gas works, after the manufacture of Zas. G28 in, the principal pipes which conduct the as from the gas works to the places where it is to be consumed. Gas meter, a simple but ingenious mechanical contrivance, the design of which is to measure and record the quantity of gas passing through a pipe in any given time. Gas purifier, purifying mochine, or lime machine, a vessel into which the coal gas enters from the retorts, after passing through the vessel of cold water into which it first enters. Gas register, a simple instrument for indicating and registering the impurities of coal gas, and also the times when they occur. Gas regulating valve, a valve which is sometimes used instead of, or in addition

to the gas governor. Gas retort, a vessel used for holding the coal or other material of which gas of any kind is to be made. Gas transferrer, ' a small instrument invented by Mr. Pepys, for the conveyance of a small quantity of gas from one vessel to another. Gas water, water through which the common gas made at the gas works passes. It is impregnated with hydro-sulphuret! and hydro-bisulphuret of lime. Gas works, the manufactory at which coal gas is made for public purposes, together with the whole machinery and apparatus, are included under the term gas works.

GASCON, gas'kon, s. A native of Gascony in

France.

GASCONADE-GASTEROBRANCHUS.

GASCONADE, gas-ko-nade', s. (from Gascon, an inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which are said to have been great boasters.) A boast; a bravado; a bragging or boasting; a vaunt;

Was it a gasconade to please me, that you said your fortune was increased to one hundred a-year since I left you?-Swift.

-v. n. to boast; to vaunt; to brag; to bluster. GASCONADER, gas-ko-na'dur, s. A great boaster. GASEOUS, ga'ze-us, a. In the form of gas, or an æriform fluid.

GASH, gash, v. a. (supposed to be from hacher, to hash or mince, Fr.) To make a gash, or long deep incision, applied chiefly to incisions in flesh; -8. a deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length.

GASHFUL, gash'fül, a. Full of gashes; hideous. GASIFICATION, gas-e-fe-ka'shun, s. The act or process of converting into gas.

GASIFY, gas'e-fi, v. a. (gas, and facio, I make, Lat.) To convert into gas or an æriform fluid by combination with coloric.

GASKET, gas'kit, 8. (caxeta, Span.) A plaited cord fastened to the sail-yards of a ship, and used to furl or tie up the sail firmly to the yard. Bunt gasket, that which supports or ties up the bunt of the sail, and should be the strongest, as having the greatest weight to support. Quarter gasket, used only for large sails, and fastened about half way out upon the yard. Yard-arm gasket, is made fast to the yard-arm, and serves to bind the sail as far as the quarter gasket on large yards, but extends quite into the bunt of small sails. GASKINS, gas'kinz, s. pl. Galligaskins; wide open hose.

GASOMETER, gas-som'e-tur, s. (gaz, Fr. and metron,

a measure, Gr.) A large cylindrical apparatus of iron, tin, copper, &c., so constructed as to hold gas, and, at the same time, to enable a person to ascertain the quantity collected. It is formed of two cases, one fitting loosely within the other; the outer one being open at the top, the inner one open at the bottom.

GASOMETRY, gas-som'e-tre, s. The science, art, or practice of measuring gases; also, the nature and properties of these elastic fluids.

GASP, gasp, v. n. (gisper, Dan.) To open the mouth
wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respi-
ration, as in the case of person dying; to long
for;-(not used in the last sense;)-v. a. to emit
breath by opening wide the mouth;-s. the act of
opening the mouth to catch the breath; the short
catch of the breath in the agonies of death.
GAST, gast,
I v. a. To terrify; to make
GASTER, gast'ur, aghast; to frighten.-Obsolete.
Or whether gasted by the noise I made,
Full suddenly he fled.-Shaks.

The sight of the lady has gaster'd him.—
Beau. & Flet.

GASTERAGIEMPHRAXIS, gas-tur-a'je-em-frak'sis, s. (gaster, acho, I strangulate, emphraxis, obstruction, Gr.) Obstruction of the pyloris. GASTERALGIA, gas-tur-al'je-a, s. (gaster, the belly, algos, pain, Gr.) Pain in the stomach or bowels. GASTERIA, gas-te're-a, s. (gaster, a belly, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Hemerocallidaceæ. GASTEROBRANCHUS, gas-tur-o-brang'kus, s. (gaster, and bragchia, gills, Gr.) A subgenus of fishes, allied to Myxene: Family, Petromyzonidæ, or Lampreys.

GASTEROCHENA-GASTEROSTEUS.

GASTEROCHÆNA, gas-tur-o-ke'na, s. (gaster, and kaino, I gape, Gr.) A genus of Mollusca, inhabiting a clavate calcareous tube, divided for nearly half its length by an internal ridge, which forms a double aperture on the other or thick extremity, enclosing an ovate bivalve shell, gaping very widely, anteriorly, and having a linear and marginal hinge, and no teeth.

GASTEROCHILVE.-See Saccolobium. GASTEROMYCETES, gas-tur-o-mi'se-tis, 8. (gaster, a belly, and mykes, a mushroom, Gr.) A tribe or order of Fungi, in which the hymenium is entirely closed in a pericardium, and the spores generally quaternate on distinct sporophores.

GASTERONEMA, gas-tur-o-ne'ma, s. (gaster, and nema, a filament, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Amaryllidaces.

GASTEROPELICUS, gas-tur-o-pel'e-kus, s. (gaster, and pelikos, how large, Gr.) A genus of fishes, belonging to the Salmoninæ, or Salmons: Family, Salmonidæ.

GASTEROPLAX, gas'tur-o-plaks, s. (gaster, and plax, a flat or plain, Gr.) A genus of gasteropod Mollusca, the body of which is large and circular, and carrying a shell which is stony, flat, irregularly rounded, and thickest in the middle, with trenchant edges, and marked with slightly concentric striæ. GASTEROPODA, gas-te-rop'o-da, 8. (gaster, the GASTEROPODS, gas'tur-ro-pods, belly, and pous, the foot, Gr.) The third class of Mollusca; they have the head free; they crawl upon the belly, or upon a fleshy disk, situated under the belly, which serves them as fect. They are univalvular or multivalvular, but in no case bivalvular. The back is furnished with a mantle which is more or less extended, takes various forms, and, in the greater number of genera, produces a shell. The tentacula are very small, situated above the mouth, and do not surround it, varying in number from two to six; sometimes they are wanting altogether. The eyes are very small, and sometimes wanting. Several are entirely naked; others have merely a concealed shell, but most of them are furnished with one that is large enough to receive and shelter them. Most of the aquatic gasteropoda, with a spiral shell, have an operculum, a part sometimes horny, sometimes calcareous, attached to the posterior part of the foot, which closes the shell when its occupant is withdrawn into it and folded up. The limax or slug is an example of the class. Cuvier divides this class of Mollusca into nine ordersnamely, 1. the Pulmonea; 2. the Nudibranchiata; 3. the Inferobranchiata; 4. the Tectibranchiata; 5. the Heteropoda; 6. the Pectinibranchiata; 7. the Tubulibranchiata; 8. the Scutibranchiata; 9. the Cyclobranchiata.

GASTEROPODIUM, gas-tur-o-po'de-um, 8. (gaster, and pous, the foot or root, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Orchidaceæ. GASTEROPTERON, gas-tur-op'te-run, s. (gaster, and pteron, a wing or fin, Gr.) A genus of Mollusca, having the body short and ovate, and the margins of the foot dilated into broad winglike lobes; the branchia naked, and placed on the right side of the body, without a shell. GASTEROSTEUS, gas-tur-os'te-us, s. (gaster, the belly, Gr. and os, a bone, Lat. from its ventral fins being represented by spines.) A genus of fishes, belonging to the Aulostominæ, or Sticklebacks: Family, Zeida.

GASTRIC, gas'trik, a. Pertaining to the belly or stomach. Gastric-juice, the thin pellucid liquid which distils from certain glands in the stomach, for the dilution of the food.

NOTE.-Gazter, or Gastro, a Greek word, signifying the belly, and much used in composition, as in the fol lowing medical terms :-Gastro-cephalitis, coexistent inflanimation of the stomach, and the substance or membranes of the brain; gastro-cholecystitis, inflam mation of the stomach and all-bladder; gastro-colic, an epithet applied to designate organs and bloodvessels which are alike connected with, and distributed upon, the stomach and colon, as the gastro-colie onentum; gastro-colititis, inflammation of the large intestine; gastro-cystitis, inflammation of the stomach and urinary bladder; gastro-dermitis, inflammation of the stomach and skin, as in febrile exanthemata; gastro-duodenalis, pertaining to vessels which belong to, or are distributed over the stomach and duodenum": gastro-durhafifis, coexistent inflammation of the stomach and duodenum: gastro-dimia, pain in the stomach, same as gusteralgia; gastro-encephalitis, inflammation of the stomach and the brain; gastroenteritis, simultaneous inflammation of the stomach and small intestines: gestro-piploric, pertaining alike to the stomach and omentuni: gastro-piploitis, simultaneous inflammation of the stomach and omentum; gastro-patic, belonging to, or connected with the stomach and the liver; gastro-hepatitis, simultaneous inflammation of the stomach and the liver; gastrohystertomia, the abdominal cæsarian operation; gastroinflammatory, an epithet applied to a combination of inflammatory and gastric fever; gastro-intestinal, applied to diseases simultaneously implicating the Stomach and intestines; gastro-metrilis, complicated inflammation of the stomach and womb; gastromucosus, applied to fevers in which gastric irritation is complicated with inordinate secretion of mucus; gastro-nephritis, a complication of gastritis with ne phritis: gastro-a sophagitis, simultaneous inflammation of the stomach and gullet; gastro-pericarditis, inflammation of the stomach and pericardium; gastroperitoneum, inflammation of the stomach and perito neum; gastro-pharyngitis, inflammation of the stomach and pharynx gastro-pleuritis, a complication of gastritis with pleurisy; gastro-pneimonda, complication of gastritis and pneumonia: gastro-pylòric, belonging to the pyloric artery,-see Pyloric; gastro-plenic, pertaining to the stomach and spleen, as the gastro-splenic omentum; gastro-plenitis, gastric irritation with painful tumefaction of the spleen: gastro-adgummic, applied to a fever in which the gastric are complicated with adynamic symptoms; gastro-ataric, applied to a fever in which the gastric are complicated with the ataxic symptoms; gastro-trachnoiditis, coexistent inflammation of the stomach and the arachnoid membrane of the bram; gastro-bronchitis, inflammation of the stomach and branchia; gasteroecle, hernia formed by protrusion of the stomach through the superior part of the linea alba; gastro-arthritis, simultaneous inflammation of the stomach and urethra.

GASTRICISM, gas'tre-sizm. s. (gaster, Gr.) In Pathology, gastric affection; the act of filling the belly; gluttony.

GASTRICOLE, gas'tre-kole, s. (gaster, and colo, I 1 inhabit, Gr.) A name given by Clark to those

GASTRIDIUM—GATE.

Estridae, the larva of which inhabit the intestines of various animals.

GASTRIDIUM, gas-trid ́e-um, s. (gastridim, a little swelling, Gr. the glumes being ventricose at the base.) A very small grass, referred forinerly to the genus Millium: Order, Graminacer. GASTRILOQUIST, gas-tril'o-kwist, s. (gaster, the belly, Gr. and loquor, I speak, Lat.) One who speaks from his belly or stomach, or who so modifies his voice that it seems to come from another person or place. GASTRILOQUY, gas-tril'o-kwe, 8. A manner of speaking that seems to proceed from the belly. GASTRITIS, gas-tri'tis, s. (gaster, the belly, Gr.)

Inflammation of the intestines.

GASTRODIA, gas-tro'de-a, s. (gaster, and odous, a tooth, Gr. from the form of the top of the column.) A genus of plants: Order, Orchidaceae. GASTRODYNIA, gas-tro-din'e-a, s. (gaster, and odyne, pain, Gr.) A painful affection of the stomach attendant on dyspepsia.

GASTROLOBIUM, gas-tro-lo'be-un, s. (gaster, the belly, and lobos, a od, Gr. in reference to the pods being inflated.) A genus of Leguminous plants, consisting of Australian shrubs, with simple leaves, disposed four in a whorl, and yellow flowers: Order, Papilionaceæ.

GASTROLOGY, gas-trol'o-je, s. (gaster, and logos, a discourse, Gr.) A treatise on food. GASTROMANCY, gastro-man-se, s. (gaster, and manteia, divination, Gr.) A kind of divination among the ancients, by means of words seeming to be uttered from the belly. GASTROMERIA, gas-tro-me're-a, s. (gaster, the belly, and meris, a part, Gr. in reference to the inflated calyx.) A genus of plants, consisting of shrubs, natives of Mexico: Order, Scrophulariacea. GASTRONEMEUS, gas-tro-ne'me-us, s. (gastronemia, Gr.) The name of two large muscles situated on the calf of the leg.

GASTRONOMIST, gas-tron'o-mist, s. One who likes or practises good living.

GASTRONOMY, gas-tron'o-me, s. (yaster, and nomos, a rule, Gr.) The art or science of good eating.

GASTROPODOUS, gas-trop'o-dus, a. Having GASTEROPODOUS, gas-ter-op'o-dus, the belly and feet united. GASTRORAPHY, gas-tror'a-fe, 8. (gaster, and rapto, I sew, Gr.) In Surgery, the sewing up of wounds of the abdomen.

GASTRORRHAGIA, gas-tror-ra'je-a, 8. (yaster, and regnymi, I burst out, Gr.) Gastric hemorrhage: exudation of blood from the internal surface of the stomach.

GASTROSCOPIA, gas tro-sko'pe-a, 8. (gaster, and skopia, I view, Gr.) Examination of the abdo