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Gabion
- - A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy's fire.
Gaging
- verb - place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
Galiot
- - A small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, built mainly for speed. It was moved both by sails and oars, having one mast, and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers. (b) A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail.
Galium
- noun - annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw; cleavers
Gamier
- adjective - (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
- suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"
- willing to face danger
Gamine
- noun - a girl of impish appeal
- a homeless girl who roams the streets
Gaming
- verb - place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table"
Gamins
- noun - (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
Gaping
- verb - be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"
- look with amazement; look stupidly
- with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe; "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape"
Garish
- adjective - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"