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  • English Word Gour Definition A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber.
  • English Word Gour Definition See Koulan.
  • English Word Goura Definition One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species.
  • English Word Gourami Definition A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made to introduce it into Southern Europe.
  • English Word Gourd Definition A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.
  • English Word Gourd Definition A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle.
  • English Word Gourd Definition A false die. See Gord.
  • English Word Gourd Definition Alt. of Gourde
  • English Word Gourd tree Definition A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America.
  • English Word Gourde Definition A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc.
  • English Word Gourdiness Definition The state of being gourdy.
  • English Word Gourdworm Definition The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.
  • English Word Gourdy Definition Swelled in the legs.
  • English Word Gourmand Definition A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.
  • English Word Gourmet Definition A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.
  • English Word Gournet Definition A fish. See Gurnet.
  • English Word Gout Definition A drop; a clot or coagulation.
  • English Word Gout Definition A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc.
  • English Word Gout Definition A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn.
  • English Word Gout Definition Taste; relish.
  • English Word Goutily Definition In a gouty manner.
  • English Word Goutiness Definition The state of being gouty; gout.
  • English Word Goutweed Definition Alt. of Goutwort
  • English Word Goutwort Definition A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Aegopodium Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard.
  • English Word Gouty Definition Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint.
  • English Word Gouty Definition Pertaining to the gout.
  • English Word Gouty Definition Swollen, as if from gout.
  • English Word Gouty Definition Boggy; as, gouty land.
  • English Word Gove Definition A mow; a rick for hay.
  • English Word Govern Definition To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority.