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v. i. To swell out. See Bouge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to leak. [ Obs. ] See Bouge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from injury by floating ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A harness for draught horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Railroad) The means or parts by which cars are connected to be drawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. An old game, played by holding up the fingers. Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ir. galloglach. Cf. Gillie. ] A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward &unr_; Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gigawe, gugawe, gewgaude, prob. the same word as OE. givegove gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated form fr. AS. gifan to give; cf. also F. joujou plaything, and E. gaud, n. See Give, and cf. Giffgaff. ] A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
Syn. -- knicknack; bauble; tschotschke. [ 1913 Webster ]

A heavy gewgaw called a crown. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Showy; unreal; pretentious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seeing his gewgaw castle shine. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Enacting laws; legislative. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, obs. strong imp. of Laugh. [ Cf. 1st Low and 2d Lough. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture, especially those of the genus Poa, common in meadows, and of great value for hay and for pasture. See Grass. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. Same as Plowgate. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not having one plowgate of land. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]