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GUZZLE Guz"zle, v. t.

Defn: To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer. Dryden.

GUZZLE Guz"zle, n.

Defn: An insatiable thing or person. That sink of filth, that guzzle most impure. Marston.

GUZZLER Guz"zler, n.

Defn: An immoderate drinker.

GWINIAD Gwin"i*ad, n. Etym: [W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white.] (Zool.)

Defn: A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; — called also powan, and schelly. [Written also gwyniad, guiniad, gurniad.]

GYALL Gy"all, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Gayal.

GYB; GYBE Gyb, Gybe (, n. (Naut.)

Defn: See Jib. [Obs.]

GYBE Gybe, n. & v.

Defn: See Gibe.

GYBE Gybe, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gybed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gybing.] Etym: [See Jibe.] (Naut.)

Defn: To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; — said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side. [Also jibe.]

GYE Gye, v. t. Etym: [OF. guier; of German origin. See Guide, and cf. Guy.]

Defn: To guide; to govern. [Obs.] Discreet enough his country for to gye. Chaucer.

GYLE Gyle, n. Etym: [F. guiller to ferment. Cf. Guillevat.]

Defn: Fermented wort used for making vinegar. Gyle tan (Brewing), a large vat in which wort ferments.

GYMNAL Gym"nal, a. & n.

Defn: Same as Gimmal.

GYMNASIARCH Gym*na"si*arch, n. Etym: [L. gymnasiarchus, Gr. gymnasiarque.] (Gr. Antiq.)

Defn: An Athenian officer who superintended the gymnasia, and provided the oil and other necessaries at his own expense.

GYMNASIUM Gym*na"si*um n.; pl. E. Gymnasiums, L. Gymnasia. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

1. A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.

2. A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; — used esp. of German schools of this kind. More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than universities. Hallam.

GYMNAST Gym"nast (, n. Etym: [Gr. gymnaste. See Gymnasium.]

Defn: One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; the manager of a gymnasium; an athlete.

GYMNASTIC; GYMNASTICAL Gym*nas"tic, Gym*nas"tic*al, a. Etym: [L. gymnasticus, Gr. gymnastique. See Gymnasium.]

Defn: Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; — said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests, etc.

GYMNASTIC Gym*nas"tic, n.

Defn: A gymnast. [Obs.]

GYMNASTICALLY Gym*nas"tic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a gymnastic manner.

GYMNASTICS Gym*nas"tics, n.

Defn: Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character.

GYMNIC; GYMNICAL Gym"nic, Gym"nic*al a. Etym: [L. gymnicus, Gr. gymnique. See Gymmasium.]

Defn: Athletic; gymnastic. [Obs.] Have they not swordplayers, and every sort Of gymnic artists, wrestlers, riders, runners Milton.

GYMNIC Gym"nic, n.

Defn: Athletic exercise. [Obs.] Burton.

GYMNITE Gym"nite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)

Defn: A hydrous silicate of magnesia.

GYMNOBLASTEA Gym"no*blas`te*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)

Defn: The Athecata; — so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule.

GYMNOBLASTIC Gym"no*blas"tic, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.

GYMNOCARPOUS Gym`no*car"pous, a. Etym: [Gr. gymno`s naked + (Bot.)

Defn: Naked-fruited, the fruit either smooth or not adherent to the perianth. Gray.

GYMNOCHROA Gym*noch"ro*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of Hydroidea including the hydra. See Hydra.

GYMNOCLADUS Gym*noc"la*dus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee.

GYMNOCOPA Gym"no*co`pa, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)

Defn: A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setae only in the cephalic appendages.

GYMNOCYTE Gym"no*cyte, n. Etym: [Gr. gymno`s nake +

Defn: (Biol.) A cytode without a proper cell wall, but with a nucleus. Haeckel.

GYMNOCYTODE Gym"no*cy`tode, n. Etym: [Gr. gymno`s naked + E. cytode.] (Biol.)

Defn: A cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus. Haeckel.

GYMNODONT Gym"no*dont, n. Etym: [Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zool.)

Defn: One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon.

GYMNOGEN Gym"no*gen, n. Etym: [Gr. gymno`s naked + -gen.] (Bot.)

Defn: One of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as Gymnosperm.

GYMNOGLOSSA Gym"no*glos`sa, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth.

GYMNOLAEMA; GYMNOLAEMATA Gym"no*læ`ma, Gym*no*læ"ma*ta, n. pl. Etym: [Nl., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of Bryozoa, having no epistome.

GYMNONOTI Gym"no*no`ti, n. pl. Etym: [NL. fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)

Defn: The order of fishes which includes the Gymnotus or electrical eel. The dorsal fin is wanting.

GYMNOPAEDIC Gym`no*pæd"ic ((), a. Etym: [Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having young that are naked when hatched; psilopædic; — said of certain birds.

GYMNOPHIONA Gym`no*phi"o*na, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha.

GYMNOPHTHALMATA Gym`noph*thal"ma*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)

Defn: A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusæ; the hydromedusæ. Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids.

GYMNOPLAST Gym"no*plast, n. Etym: [Gr. gymno`s naked + pla`ssein to shape, mold.] (Biol.)

Defn: A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle.

GYMNORHINAL Gym"no*rhi`nal, a. Etym: [Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds.

GYMNOSOMATA Gym`no*so"ma*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell.

GYMNOSOPHIST Gym*nos"o*phist, n. Etym: [Gr. gymno`s naked + gymnosophisle.]

Defn: One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature.

GYMNOSOPHY Gym*nos"o*phy, n.

Defn: The doctrines of the Gymnosophists. Good.

GYMNOSPERM Gym"no*sperm, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm.

GYMNOSPERMOUS Gym"no*sper`mous, n. Etym: [Gr. gymno`spermos; gymno`s naked + spe`rma seed: cf. F. gymnosperme.] (Bot.) (a) Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel. (b) Belonging to the class of plants consisting of gymnosperms.

GYMNOTOKA Gym*not"o*ka, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)

Defn: The Athecata.

GYMNOTUS Gym*no"tus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + gymnote.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of South American fresh-water fishes, including the Gymnotus electricus, or electric eel. It has a greenish, eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power. One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like from the electric blow of the gymnotus. De Quincey.

GYN Gyn, v. i.

Defn: To begin [Obs.] See Gin.

GYNAECEUM; GYNAECIUM Gyn`æ*ce"um, Gyn`æ*ci"um, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

Defn: The part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women. [Written also gyneceum, gynecium.] Tennyson.

GYNAECIAN Gy*næ"cian, a.

Defn: The same as Gynecian.

GYNAECOPHORE Gy`næ"co*phore, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A ventral canal or groove, in which the males of some dioecious trematodes carry the female. See Illust. of Hæmatozoa.

GYNANDER Gy*nan"der, n. Etym: [See Gynandrian.] (Bot.)

Defn: A plant having the stamens inserted in the pistil.

GYNANDRIA Gy*nan"dri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Gynandrian.] (Bot.)

Defn: A class of plants in the Linnaean system, whose stamens grow out of, or are united with, the pistil.

GYNANDRIAN; GYNANDROUS Gy*nan"dri*an, Gy*nan"drous, a. Etym: [Gr. gy`nandros of doubtful sex; gynh` a woman + gynandre.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class Gynandria.

GYNANDROMORPH Gy*nan"dro*morph, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An animal affected with gynandromorphism,

GYNANDROMORPHISM Gy*nan"dro*mor`phism, n. Etym: [Gr. gynh` a woman, female + (Zoöl.)

Defn: An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side has the external characters of the male, and the other those of the female.

GYNANDROMORPHOUS Gy*nan`dro*mor"phous, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Affected, with gynandromorphism.

GYNANTHEROUS Gy*nan"ther*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. gynh` a woman + E. anther.] (Bot.)

Defn: Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils. A. Brown.

GYNARCHY Gyn"ar*chy, n. Etym: [Gr. gynh` a woman+ -archy.]

Defn: Government by a woman. Chesterfield.

GYNECEUM Gyn"e*ce`um, n.

Defn: See Gynæceum.

GYNECIAN Gy*ne"cian, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Of or relating to women.

GYNECOCRACY Gyn`e*coc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Gr. gynh`, gynaiko`s, a woman + gynécocratie. Cf. Gynocracy.]

Defn: Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy. Bailey.

GYNECOLOGICAL Gyn"e*co*log`ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to gynecology.

GYNECOLOGY Gyn"e*col`o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. gynh`, gynaiko`s, a woman+ -logy.]

Defn: The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women. — Gyn`e*col"o*gist.

GYNEOCRACY Gyn"e*oc`ra*cy, n.

Defn: See Gynecocracy.

GYNEOLATRY Gyn`e*ol"a*try, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: The adoration or worship of woman. The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin- deep. Lowell.

GYNEPHOBIA Gyn`e*pho"bi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

Defn: Hatred of women; repugnance to the society of women. Holmes.

GYNNO Gyn"no, v. i.

Defn: To begin. See Gin. [Obs.]

GYNOBASE Gyn"o*base, n. Etym: [Gr. base.] (Bot.)

Defn: A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary.

GYNOBASIC Gyn"o*ba`sic, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.

GYNOCRACY Gy*noc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [See Gynecocracy.]

Defn: Female government; gynecocracy. The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from absolute despotism to republicanism, not forgetting the intermediate stages of oligarchy, limited monarchy, and even gynocracy; for I myself remember Alsatia governed for nearly nine months by an old fishwoman. Sir H. Scott.

GYNODIOECIOUS Gy"no*di*oe`cious, a. Etym: [Gr. di.] (Bot.)

Defn: Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.

GYNOECIUM Gy*noe"ci*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of Carpophore.

GYNOPHORE Gyn"o*phore, n. Etym: [Gr. gynophore.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. Lindley.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.

GYP Gyp, n. Etym: [Said to be a sportive application of Gr.

Defn: A college servant; — so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout. [Cant]

GYPSE Gypse, n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: See Gypsum. [Obs.] Pococke.

GYPSEOUS Gyp"se*ous, a. Etym: [L. gypseus. See Gypsum.]

Defn: Resembling or containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum.

GYPSEY Gyp"sey, n.

Defn: A gypsy. See Gypsy.

GYPSIFEROUS Gyp*sif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Gypsum + -ferous: cf. F. gypsif.]

Defn: Containing gypsum.

GYPSINE Gyp"sine ((), a.

Defn: Gypseous. [R.] Chambers.

GYPSOGRAPHY Gyp*sog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gypsum + -graphy.]

Defn: The act or art of engraving on gypsum.

GYPSOPLAST Gyp"so*plast, n. Etym: [Gypsum + Gr.

Defn: A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime.

GYPSUM Gyp"sum, n. Etym: [L. gypsum, Gr. jibs plaster, mortar, Per. jabs lime.] (Min.)

Defn: A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.

GYPSY Gyp"sy, n.; pl. Gypsies. Etym: [OE. Gypcyan, F. gyptien Egyptian, gypsy, L. Aegyptius. See Egyptian.] [Also spelled gipsy and gypsey.]

1. One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany. Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. Shak.

2. The language used by the gypsies. Shak.

3. A dark-complexioned person. Shak.

4. A cunning or crafty person [Collog.] Prior.

GYPSY Gyp"sy a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies. Gypsy hat, a woman's or child's broad-brimmed hat, usually of straw or felt. — Gypsy winch, a small winch, which may be operated by a crank, or by a ratchet and pawl through a lever working up and down.

GYPSY Gyp"sy, v. i.

Defn: To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. Mostly. Gyp"sy*ing, vb. n.

GYPSYISM Gyp"sy*ism, n.

1. The arts and practices or habits of gypsies; deception; cheating; flattery.

2. The state of a gypsy.

GYPSY MOTH; GIPSY MOTH Gyp"sy, or Gip"sy, moth .

Defn: A tussock moth (Ocneria dispar) native of the Old World, but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, where its caterpillars have done great damage to fruit, shade, and forest trees of many kinds. The male gypsy moth is yellowish brown, the female white, and larger than the male. In both sexes the wings are marked by dark lines and a dark lunule. The caterpillars, when full- grown, have a grayish mottled appearance, with blue tubercles on the anterior and red tubercles on the posterior part of the body, all giving rise to long yellow and black hairs. They usually pupate in July and the moth appears in August. The eggs are laid on tree trunks, rocks, etc., and hatch in the spring.

GYPSYWORT Gyp"sy*wort", n. (Bot.)

Defn: A labiate plant (the Lycopus Europæus). Gypsies are said to stain their skin with its juice.

GYRACANTHUS Gyr`a*can"thus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr, (Paleon.)

Defn: A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; — so named from their round, sculptured spines.

GYRAL Gy"ral, a. Etym: [See Gyre.]

1. Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution.

GYRANT Gy"rant, a.

Defn: Gyrating. [R.]

GYRATE Gy"rate, a. Etym: [L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare.]

Defn: Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.

GYRATE Gy"rate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gyrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gyrating.] Etym: [L. gyratus, p. p. of gyrare to gyrate. See Gyre, n.]

Defn: To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.

GYRATION Gy*ra"tion, n.

1. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution. The gyrations of an ascending balloon. De Quincey. If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle, with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will appear like fire. Sir I. Newton.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell. Center of gyration. (Mech.) See under Center. — Radius of gyration the distance between the axis of a rotating body and its center of gyration. Rankine.

GYRATORY Gy"ra*to*ry, a.

Defn: Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around.

GYRE Gyre, n. Etym: [L. gyrus, Gr.

Defn: A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit. Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres. Dryden. Still expanding and ascending gyres. Mrs. Browning.

GYRE Gyre, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. OF. gyrer, girer. See Gyrate.]

Defn: To turn round; to gyrate. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Drayton.

GYREFUL Gyre"ful, a.

Defn: Abounding in gyres. [Obs.]

GYRENCEPHALA Gyr"en*ceph`a*la, n. pl. Etym: [NL. fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum is convoluted. — Gyr"en*ceph"a*lous, a.

GYRFALCON Gyr"fal`con, n. Etym: [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See Gyre, n., Falcon.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species F. Islandicus, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of Accipiter. [Written also gerfalcon, gierfalcon, and jerfalcon.]

GYRI Gy"ri, n. pl.

Defn: See Gyrus.

GYRLAND Gyr"land, v. t. Etym: [See Garland.]

Defn: To garland. [Obs.]

GYRODUS Gyr"o*dus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: A genus of extinct oölitic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing.

GYROGONITE Gy*rog"o*nite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: The petrified fruit of the Chara hispida, a species of stonewort. See Stonewort. Lyell.

GYROIDAL Gy*roid"al, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid + -al.]

1. Spiral in arrangement or action.

2. (Crystallog.)

Defn: Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they incline all to the right (or left) of a vertical line; — said of certain hemihedral forms.

3. (Opt.)

Defn: Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.

GYROLEPIS Gy*rol"e*pis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: A genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new red sandetone, and the lias bone beds. Agassiz.

GYROMA Gy*ro"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

Defn: A turning round. [R.]

GYROMANCY Gyr"o*man"cy, n. Etym: [Gr. -mancy: cf. F. gyromancie.]

Defn: A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it. Brande & C.

GYRON Gy"ron, n. Etym: [F. giron; of German origin. See Gore a piece of cloth,] (Her.)

Defn: A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two linea drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner.

GYRONNY Gy"ron*ny, a. Etym: [F. gironn.] (Her.)

Defn: Covered with gyrons, or divided so as to form several gyrons; - - said of an escutcheon.

GYROPIGEON; GYRO-PIGEON Gy"ro*pi"geon, n. Etym: [L. gyrare to revolve + E. pigeon.]

Defn: A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches. Knight.

GYROSCOPE Gy"ro*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope.]

1. A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope.

2. A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion.

GYROSCOPIC Gy"ro*scop"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope.

GYROSE Gy"rose", a. Etym: [See Gyre.] (Bot.)

Defn: Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro. Loudon.

GYROSTAT Gy"ro*stat, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physics)

Defn: A modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of a fly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thin flange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studying the dynamics of rotating bodies.

GYROSTATIC Gy"ro*stat"ic, a. (Physics)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the gyrostat or to gyrostatics.

GYROSTATICS Gy"ro*stat"ics, n. (Physics)

Defn: The doctrine or theory of the gyrostat, or of the phenomena of rotating bodies.

GYRUS Gy"rus, n.; pl. Gyri. Etym: [L. See Gyre, n.]

Defn: A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain.

GYSE Gyse, n.

Defn: Guise. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GYTE Gyte, a.

Defn: Delirious; senselessly extravagant; as, the man is clean gyte. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

GYVE Gyve, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. gefyn, Ir. geibbionn, Gael. geimheal.]

Defn: A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter. [Written also give.] Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves. Shak. With gyves upon his wrist. Hood.

GYVE Gyve, v. t. Etym: [imp. & p. p. Gyved (p. pr. & vb. n. Gyving.]

Defn: To fetter; to shackle; to chain. Spenser. I will gyve thee in thine own courtship. Shak.