n. [ Said to be a sportive application of Gr. gy`ps a vulture. ] A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] See Gypsum. [ Obs. ] Pococke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gypseus. See Gypsum. ] Resembling or containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gypsy. See Gypsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gypsum + -ferous: cf. F. gypsifère. ] Containing gypsum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Gypseous. [ R. ] Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gypsum + -graphy. ] The act or art of engraving on gypsum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gypsum + Gr. pla`ssein to mold. ] A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gypsum, Gr. gy`psos; cf. Ar. jibs plaster, mortar, Per. jabsīn lime. ] (Min.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gypsies [ OE. Gypcyan, F. égyptien 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 the 14th or 15th century, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose,
Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The language used by the gypsies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dark-complexioned person. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A cunning or crafty person. [ Colloq. ] Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]