n. [ Extravagance with an Italian ending: cf. It. stravaganza. ]
n. [ Sp. gansa, ganso, goose; of Gothic origin. See Gannet, Goose. ] A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.
def>A haulage system for canal boats, in which an electric locomotive running on a monorail has its adhesion materially increased by the pull of the tow rope on a series of inclined gripping wheels. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ F. organsin; cf. Sp. organsino, It. organzino. ] A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength. [ 1913 Webster ]