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Garboards, (gar'bordz). [Probably a corrup- 

 tion of guard-board.] Outer boards on each 

 side of the keel of a ship, forming part of the 

 bottom. 



Garcinia, (gar-sl'ni-a). [Dr. Garcin.] Trees 

 found in E. India, China, &c.; belonging to 

 Clusiacese. G. mangostana = Mangosteen 

 tree. G. cambogia=Ga.m\)oge tree. 



Garden. G. bean=Vicia. faba. G. beetles= 

 Carabidse. G. tfeas=Halticae: small jump- 

 ing beetles, common in Phillippine Islands. 

 G. 7/;i<es=Trombididse. G. spider =Epeira 

 diadema- called also the geometric spider, 

 from its radiated web. 



Gardenia, (gar-de'ni-a). [Dr. Garden.]=Cape 

 Jessamine: a plant belongingtoCinchonaceae. 



Gar-nsh=Belone vulgaris: also called snipe- 

 eel, sea-needle, and long-nose: a fish belong- 

 ing to Esocidse. 



Gare-fowl=Alca impenms* a sea-bird, belong- 

 ing to Natatores. 



Gargoyle, (gar'goil). [Gargouille, the French 

 word.] A project- 

 ing water - spout, 

 usually carved more 

 or less grotesquely, 

 common in old 

 Gothic buildings. 



Garlic, (gar'lik). 

 [Garleac, the A.-S. 

 word.] = Allium: a Gargoyle, 



plant belonging to Liliacege. G. pear=Cr&- 

 tseva: a plant belonging to Capparidacese. 

 G. mustard=Sisym\>ri\im alliaria. Oil of G. 

 =Sulphide of allyl. 



Garnet, (gar'net). \Grenat, the French word.] 

 A general name for a variety of minerals, 

 chiefly silicates of iron and aluminum, many 

 of which are precious stones. G. group of 

 minerals, includes epidote. idocrase, axinite, 

 &c. Bohemian G.=Pyrope. Oriental G.= 

 Precious 6 y .=Almandite=Almandiue. White 

 <?.:=Leucite. 



Garrulacinae, (gar-rd-la'si-ne). [Garrulus, 7.1;.] 

 A family of birds belonging to Corvidae, of 

 which the jay is the type 



Garrulax, (gar'ro-laks). G. phcenicev.m: an 

 Indian bird=Trochalopteron phoeniceum. 



Garrulinae, (gar-ro-llne). [Garrulus, q.v.] 

 Magpies, jays, <fcc.: birds belonging to 



' CorvidjB. 



Garrulus, (gar'ru-lus). [The Latin name.] 

 Jay, &c.: a sparrow-like bird, belonging to 

 Corvida?. 



Garrya, (gar'ri-a). [Mr. Garry.] A shrub with 

 pendulous flowers; the type of Garryaceae. 



Garryaceae, (gar-ri-a'se-e). [Garrya.] = Gar- 

 ryads: shrubs, with pendulous flowers, be- 

 longing to Garryales. 



Garryales, (gar-ri-3/lez). [Garrya, q.v.] Plants 

 with monochlamydeous flowers and small 

 embryo, forming a division of Diclinous 

 exogens. 



Gas, (gas). \Gaz, the French word.] 1. An 

 elastic fluid, often so attenuated as to be 

 wholly or nearly invisible, expanding regu- 

 larly with increase of temperatures, Ihe 

 volume of which is inversely proportional 

 to the pressure, v. Expansion, cf. Vapour. 



2. Also used, specially, for coal gas when 

 used for lighting purposes. Laughing ff.= 

 NgO = Protoxide of nitrogen. Water G. 

 = Hydrogen obtained by the decomposition 

 of water. Wood <?.=Carburretted hydrogen 

 obtained by distilling wood. G. holder= 

 Gasometer. G. liquor: a solution of various 

 compounds of ammonia, obtained in the dis- 

 tillation of coal. G. meter: an apparatus 

 for measuring the quantity of gas, measured 

 by volume, which passes through it. 



Ga'salier, (gas-a-ler'). [The French word.]= 

 Gaselier: a number of gas burners grouped 

 so as to form a central light. 



Gaseous, (ga'se-us). [Gas, q.v.] Having the 

 form of an elastic vapour: gas-like. 



Gasometer, (gas-om'e-ter). [Gas and Meter, 

 q. v.]= Eudiometer, q.v. 



Gasometric, (gas-o-met'rik). [Gasometer, q.v.] 

 Relating to the measurement of gases. G. 

 rtnatysis=Eudiometry. 



Gassendi, (gas-sen'di). A crater in the moon, 

 about 54 miles diameter, enclosed by moun- 

 tains about a mile high. 



Gassiot tubes, (gas'si-ot). [Mr. Gassiot.]= 

 Geissler's tubes, q.v. 



Gaster, (gas'ter). [Gk. paster, belly.] A 

 prefix, meaning stomach or belly. 



Gasteromycetes, (gas-ter-o-mi-se'tez). [Gaster, 

 q.v.'. Gk. mykes, mushroom ]=Puff- balls: a 

 primary sub-division of sporiferous fungi, in 

 which the hymenium is enclosed in an outer 

 sac. 



Gasteromyci, (gas-ter-o-ml'si). [Gaster, q.v.; 

 Gk. mykes, mushroom.] Term proposed for 

 Lycoperdons and similar fungi. 



Gasterophilus, (gas-ter-of'i-lus). [Gaster, q.v.; 

 Gk. philos, loving.]=Bot-fly: larvae found in 

 the stomach of the horse. 



Gasteropoda, (gas-ter-op'o-da). [Gaster, q.v.; 

 Gk. pous, foot,]=Univalves : a primary 

 di vision of Mollusca.includinglimpets.snails, 

 whelks; animals which have a head, with 

 two eyes and two tentacles; a mouth with an 

 odontophore; and a broad ventral disc, called 

 a foot, for locomotion. Divided into Pul- 

 monifera, adapted to serial respiration; and 

 Branchifera, adapted to aquatic respiration; 

 found fossil from Lower Silurian till now. 



Gasterosteus, (gas-ter-os'te-us). [Gaster, q. v. ; 

 Gk. osteon, bone.] Stickleback: a small fish 

 resembling the gurnard. G. ductor=Pilot- 

 fish: a small blue fish, attending the shark. 



Gasterozoa, (gas-ter-6-zo'a). [Gaster, q.v.; 

 Gk. zoon, animal.] Fitzinger's term for 

 Acalephse, Zoophyta, and Infusoria. 



Gastornis, (gas-tor'nis). [Gaston, proper 

 name; Gk. ornis, bird.] A bird known by 

 fossil remains. 



Gastraeada, (gas-trg'a-da). [Gaster, q.v.; Gk.' 

 eidos, form.] Primitive stomach animals: 

 many celled animals with a mouth and an 

 intestine : the primary form of worms and 

 zoophytes. 



Gastric, (gas'trik). [Gaster, q v.] G. oczcZ= 

 G. juice. G. chamber: a cavity serving the 

 purpose of a stomach. G. glands: secrete 

 gastric acid. G. juice: an acid secretion of the 

 stomach, which converts the food into chyme. 



