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Lin., an animal about the size of a 

 badger, which inhabits the coldest re- 

 gions of the north. It is both ferocious 

 and voracious. 



GLY'CERINE, from yfoxus, sweet, the 

 sweet principle of oils. It is a transparent 

 liquid, without colour or smell ; of a sy- 

 rupy consistence, and very sweet to the 

 taste. Sp. gr. T27. 



GLYC'ONIAN, ) A kind of verse in Greek 



GLYC'ONIC. j and Latin poetry, con- 

 sisting of three feet, a spondee, a cho- 

 riamb, and a pyrrhic. 



GLYC YR'HHIZA, the Liquorice. A genus 

 of perennial plants. JHadelphiaDecan- 

 dria. Name from yXvxv?, sweet,aud ^ot,, 

 root. Temperate climates. 



GLYCYU'RHIZINE, the saccharine juice of 

 the Liquorice. 



GLYPH, from y\u<fif . A term in sculp- 

 trire and architecture for any canal or ca- 

 vity. See DIGLYPH and TRIGLYTH. 



GLYP'TIC (yXuQcu), in sculpture, denotes 

 the art of carving on stone. 



GLYP'TODON, from yXu$&>, I carve, and 

 Sou;, a tooth. An extinct gigantic race 

 of quadrupeds, of the family of armadillos. 



GLYP'TOTHECA, from <yXv$a, and Or&vi, 

 a deposit. A place for the preservation of 

 sculptured works. 



GNAPHA'LIUM, the Everlasting, or Cud- 

 weed. An extensive genus of plants. 

 Syngenesia Polysuperjhia. Name from 

 yra^aXoc, soft down or wool, in allusion 

 to its downy surface. The Cotton- weed, 

 Goldilocks, &c. are species. All warm and 

 temperate parts of the world. 



GNATHID'IA, from yvctdof, a jaw. In 

 ornithology, the lateral parts of the lower 

 jaw, united to the posterior cranium, and 

 meeting in an angle in front. 



GNEISS, the name given by the German 

 mineralogists to a schistose, primary rock, 

 fundamentally the same as granite, but 

 abounding in mica, to which it owes its 

 slaty structure. It belongs to the meta- 

 morphic group, and is the most metalli- 

 ferous of all the rocks. See GRANITE. 



G.NO'JTE, yvuu.r,. An imaginary being, 

 supposed by the cabalists to inhabit the 

 interior parts of the earth, and to whose 

 care mines, quarries, &e.were committed. 



GNO'MIC POETS, yvufM;, sentence. Greek 

 poets, whose works consist of short pre- 

 cepts and reflections. 



GNO'MON, yviufMit, an index. 1. The 

 style of a dial. 2. A style erected per- 

 pendicular to the horizon , to find the sun's 

 altitude by. 3. The index of the hour- 

 circle of a globe. i. A geometrical 



tigure, formed by the two complements 

 with either of the parallelograms about 

 the diameter. 



GNOMON'IC: PROJECTION. Tbe represen- 

 tation of a hemisphere on a plane, touch- 



ing it at the vertex, the eye being at the 

 centre of the sphere. 



GNOS'TICS, from yvuirrixo;, knowledge. 

 A name given to an old sect of Christians, 

 from their pretensions to be more enlight- 

 ened than others. 



GNU, a species of antelope, common in 

 Southern Africa. It is a lively and ca- 

 pricious animal. 



GOB'BING. In mining, the refuse of the 

 coal in coal-mines. 



GOD'BOLD'S BALSAM, a nostrum consist- 

 ing chiefly of simple oxymel. 



GOD'FREY'S CORDIAL, a quack medicine 

 made by infusing sassafras, seeds of carra- 

 way, coriander, and anise in water, and 

 adding treacle and tincture of opium. 



GOD'FREY'S SMELLING SALTS are pre- 

 pared by re-subliming carbonate of 

 ammonia with potash and some strong 

 alcohol. 



GODOW'N, a name used in the East In- 

 dies for a warehouse. It is a corruption 

 of the Malay -wor&jadong. 



GODROO'N (French), a kind of inverted 

 fluting or beading. 



GOGGLES, a clumsy mechanical contri- 

 vance for the cure of squinting. The 

 goggles are two cylindrical tubes, with 

 thin plates of ivory, or the like, placed 

 on the ends, perforated for the transmis- 

 sion of light. 



Goo A.ND MAGOG. The names of two 

 warriors mentioned in Scripture. Applied 

 also to the pagan nations : also, the name 

 of the huge warlike figures that adorn the 

 Guildhall of London. 



GOLD, the heaviest metal except plati- 

 num, sp. gr. 19'3. It is found in beds of 

 quartz, sandstone, &c., and also in the 

 beds of many rivers, particularly in Peru, 

 in minute and irregular grains, which 

 are known by the name of gold-dust. It 

 is soluble in aqua regia and chlorine - 

 water. Alloyed with one-twelfth of copper 

 it forms mint-gold (gold of coins) , and with 

 one-fourth of copper it forms jeweller's- 

 gold. In malleability, pure gold surpasses 

 all other metals. 



GOLD'BEATERS. In entomology, coleop- 

 terous insects remarkable for their beau- 

 tiful golden green and cupreous colours. 

 They form the genus Cetoniaof Fabricius. 



GOLD'BEATERS' SKIN, the intestinum 

 rectum of an ox, which goldbeaters place 

 between the leaves of the metal while 

 they beat it, whereby the membrane is 

 rendered very thin, and made fit to be 

 applied to cuts and small wounds. 



GOLDEN NUMBER. In chronology, & num- 

 ber showing what year of the metonic or 

 lunar cycle any year is. It is the re- 

 mainder arising from the division of the 

 number of the given year increased by 1. 

 "\Vhen it happens that remains, tfiec 

 19 is the golden number, 



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