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prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Turkmenistan. Population (2000) = 518, 000. [ PJC ]

a. Capable of being begged. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Bug. ] Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, or an imaginary monster, used to frighten children, etc. “Bugaboos to fright ye.” Lloyd. [ 1913 Webster ]

But, to the world no bugbear is so great
As want of figure and a small estate. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bugaboo of the liberals is the church pray. S. B. Griffin. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl. J. Burroughs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a source of concern; as, the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Syn. -- Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow; bogeyman; boogeyman; booger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being sailed round. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Defatigate. ] Capable of being wearied or tired out. [ R. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being dug. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fatigabilis: cf. F. fatigable. See Fatigue. ] Easily tired. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gaff. ] (Steam Engine) The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gabbe gabble, mocking, fr. Icel. gabb mocking, mockery, or OF. gab, gabe; perh. akin to E. gape, or gob. Cf. Gab, v. i., Gibber. ] The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Gift of gab, facility of expression. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. gabben to jest, lie, mock, deceive, fr. Icel. gabba to mock, or OF. gaber. See 2d Gab, and cf. Gabble. ] 1. To deceive; to lie. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To talk idly; to prate; to chatter. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods. [ Obs. ]

n. 1. A liar; a deceiver. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One addicted to idle talk. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gabbled p. pr. & vb. n. Gabbling ] [ Freq. of gab. See Gab, v. i. ] 1. To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; -- used of fowls as well as people; as, gabbling geese. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. Loud or rapid talk without meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forthwith a hideous gabble rises loud
Among the builders. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gabbles; a prater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. ] (Geol.) A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gabelle, LL. gabella, gabulum, gablum; of uncertain origin. Cf.Gavel tribute. ] (O. Eng. Law) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (O. Eng. Law) A collector of gabels or taxes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Gabel. ] A tax, especially on salt. [ France ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gabeler. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Gabardine. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ Sp. gabardina; cf. It. gavardina, OF. galvardine, calvardine, gavardine, galeverdine; perh. akin to Sp. & OF. gaban a sort of cloak or coat for rainy weather, F. caban great coat with a hood and sleeves, It. gabbano and perh. to E. cabin. ] A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. gabair talker + lunndair idler. ] A beggar with a wallet; a licensed beggar. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf.F.gabare, Arm. kobar, gobar. ] A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ F., from It. gabbione a large cage, gabion, from gabbia cage, L. cavea. See Cage. ] 1. (Fort.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Hydraul. Engin.) An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gabionnade. ] 1. (Fort.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A structure of gabions sunk in lines, as a core for a sand bar in harbor improvements. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gabionnage. ] (Mil.) The part of a fortification built of gabions. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Furnished with gabions. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Gabionade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cable. [ Archaic ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. &unr_; head, and E. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork, AS. geafl, E. gaffle, L. gabalus a kind of gallows. ] (Arch.) (a) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like. Hence: (b) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side. (c) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bell gable. See under Bell. --
Gable roof, a double sloping roof which forms a gable at each end. --
Gable wall. Same as Gable (b). --
Gable window, a window in a gable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. furnished or constructed with a gable; -- of a house or roof; as, a gabled roof. Opposite of ungabled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Arch.) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Gavelock. ] A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants; as, Gabonese hills; Gabonese writers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Gabon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Icel. gapi a rash, reckless man. Cf. Gafe. ] A simpleton; a dunce; a lout. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. immitigabilis; fr. pref. im- not + mitigare to mitigate. ] Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an immitigable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being indefatigable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indefatigabilis: cf. OF. indefatigable. See In- not, and Defatigable, and cf. Infatigable. ] Incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted; unremitting in labor or effort; untiring; unwearying; not yielding to fatigue; as, indefatigable exertions, perseverance, application. “A constant, indefatigable attendance.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upborne with indefatigable wings. Milton.

Syn. -- Unwearied; untiring; persevering; persistent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Indefatigable quality; unweariedness; persistency. Parnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without weariness; without yielding to fatigue; persistently. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. infatigabilis: cf. F. infatigable. ] Indefatigable. [ Obs. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. innavigabilis : cf. F. innavigable. See In- not, and Navigable. ] Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels. Drygen. -- In*nav"i*ga*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. investigabilis. See In- not, and Vestigate. ] Unsearchable; inscrutable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So unsearchable the judgment and so investigable the ways thereof. Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. investigabilis. See Investigate. ] Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being irrefragable; incapability of being refuted. [ 1913 Webster ]