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gharry or gari [Anglo-Ind; Hind garï], a carriage or cart (a generic
name in India for any vehicle drawn by horse or bullock).
gharry-wallah or gariwala [Anglo-Ind], driver of a gharry; hackney
driver.
ghat or ghaut [Anglo-Ind], mountain pass; also, flight of steps leading
down to a river; landing place; pi. either of two mountain ranges in
India (Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats).
ghawazi [Ar], public dancer: Egypt.
ghazal [Ar], Oriental love lyric.
ghazi [Ar], a Muslim champion or slayer of infidels.
ghee or ghi [Anglo-Ind], a semiliquid butter clarified by boiling.
ghiribizzo [It; pi. ghiribizzi], whim; caprice; fancy.
ghiribizzoso [It], whimsical; capricious: music.
ghurry [Anglo-Ind; Hind ghari], among the Hindus, a measure of time
equal to the sixtieth part of a day (24 minutes); among Anglo-Indians,
an hour; by extension, a water clock; also, a gong on which the hours
are struck; hence, a watch; clock.
ghusl [Hind], bath: India.
giallo antico [It], lit., ancient yellow; a rich yellow marble found among
ancient Italian ruins.
gibelotte [Fr], rabbit stew: cookery.
gibier [Fr], game. —gibier à plume, feathered game. —gibier de potence,
jailbird; gallows bird. —menu gibier, small game.
gigot [Fr], leg of mutton: cookery. —gigots, hind legs of a horse.
gin-zaiku [Jap], silverware: Japan.
giochevole [It], playful; jocose; merry: music.
giocondo [It], playful; gay; joyous: music.
giocoso [It], gay; lively; mirthful; playful: music.
giovane ozioso, vecchio bisognoso [It], a lazy young man, a needy old
one.
giovane santo, diavolo vecchio [It], a young saint, an old devil.
giovanezza [It], youth.
gioviale [It], jovial; gay: music.
giro [Sp], draft; money order. —giro postal, postal money order.
girouette [Fr], weathercock; fig., timeserver; timeserving politician.
gitano [Sp; fern, gitana], a gypsy.
gîte [Fr], stopping place; refuge; shelter, as in mountaineering; home.
giuoco di mano, giuoco di villano [It], practical jokes are the jokes of
boors; horseplay is roughs' play.
giustamente [It], exactly; with precision: music.
giusto [It], in exact or appropriate time: music.
glace [Fr], ice; ice cream.
glacé [Fr], smooth; polished; highly polished; cookery, iced; glazed;
frosted (said of fruit, cakes, etc.).
glacière [Fr], ice cave; ice house; also, refrigerator.