This page gathers the 10,476 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Obsolete” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 40 of 105: from “gain” to “gesture”.
- gain prep Against.
- gainage noun The horses, oxen, ploughs, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.
- gainsaying noun Rebellious opposition; rebellion.
- gainstrive verb To strive against; to resist, oppose.
- gaiter noun The dogwood, or a similar shrub.
- galee noun Abuse; bad language.
- galena noun A remedy or antidote for poison; theriac
- gall verb To scoff; to jeer.
- gallant verb To attend or wait on (a lady).
- gallantize verb To woo or flirt with.
- galley slave noun A typesetter (person who arranged type in a galley for printing).
- gallian adj Gallic; French
- gallivant verb To flirt, to romance.
- gallopade noun gallop
- gallows noun A wretch who deserves to be hanged.
- galvanised adj Having been subjected to galvanism; electrified.
- gambade noun The leap of a horse.
- gambo noun A viol.
- gambrel noun A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering.
- gamer noun A gambler.
- gamester noun A prostitute; one who is on the game.
- gammy adj Fake; counterfeit.
- ganache noun A fool
- gang noun An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- gangway noun A clear path through a crowd or a passageway with people.
- ganza noun A metal, possibly lead or an alloy, formerly used as an inferior currency in Pegu.
- garbage verb to eviscerate
- garble noun Refuse; rubbish.
- gardener noun A coachman who drives badly.
- gargantuan adj Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite.
- garn noun yarn (twisted fibers for weaving)
- garnish noun Fetters.
- garreted adj Protected by turrets.
- garreter noun A thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows.
- garter noun One of a set of tapes stretched out horizontally for acrobats and equestrians to leap over as part of a circus act or display of skill.
- Gascon noun A braggart; a bully.
- gasconade adj Of or pertaining to exaggeration or extravagant boasting; bombastic.
- gate noun A journey.
- gateau noun A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould.
- gatten tree noun Any of various small trees: the guelder rose (Viburnum opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus).
- gaud verb To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.
- gaudful adj joyful
- Gaudian adj New Indo-Aryan.
- gaudy adj Fun; merry; festive.
- gaum verb To understand; comprehend; consider.
- gaunt adj With a positive or neutral connotation: not overweight; lean, slender, slim.
- gavel noun Usury; interest on money.
- gaveller noun A usurer.
- gavelock noun A spear or dart.
- gaw verb To gape or stare.
- gawkhammer noun A gawky or clumsy person.
- gawn noun A small tub or lading vessel.
- gawpus noun A silly person.
- gay noun Something which is bright or colorful, such as a picture or a flower.
- gay as a lark adj Synonym of happy as a lark.
- gay blade noun A dashing swordsman.
- gazetteer noun A gazette, a newspaper.
- geach noun A thief.
- gear noun Goods; property; household items.
- geat noun The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting.
- gee verb To agree; to harmonize.
- geld-acre noun A unit of land equivalent to an acre counted not by its physical area, but as a unit for calculating the king's geld.
- gelosis noun A localized hardening or stiffness of tissue after exposure to severe cold, supposedly caused by a colloidal change resulting in gel…
- gelt noun Gilding; gilt.
- gem noun A gemma or leaf bud.
- gemcutter noun A lapidarist who creates hardstone carvings or miniature sculpture from gemstones such as jade.
- Gemini noun A pair of something.
- gemmary adj Of or pertaining to gems.
- gemmery noun A cabinet in which jewels are stored.
- gen noun A shilling.
- gender noun Class; kind.
- general adv In a general or collective manner or sense; in most cases; upon the whole.
- generally adv Collectively; as a whole; without omissions.
- generation noun Descendants, progeny; offspring.
- generous adj Of noble birth.
- genial adj Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
- genially adv By genius or nature; naturally.
- geniculate verb To form joints or knots on.
- genitor noun The genitals
- genitory noun A testicle.
- genotype noun The type species of a genus; generitype.
- gent adj Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
- gentilitial adj specific to a people; national
- gentilizing noun The act of becoming a gentleman.
- gentle verb To ennoble.
- gentlemans noun genitive of gentleman
- gently adv In the manner of one of gentle birth; in a manner that reflects the traditional virtues of the gentry: courteously, nobly.
- geocoronium noun A hypothetical gaseous chemical element proposed to explain certain spectroscopic lines, and the green glow, found in the polar aurorae…
- geogony noun The branch of science dealing with the formation of the Earth.
- geometral adj geometric
- Geordie noun A guinea.
- geothermometer noun A thermometer designed for measuring extremely high temperatures below ground level.
- gephyrean adj Belonging to the class Gephyrea of worms.
- gerbe noun A (wheat) sheaf.
- german noun A near relative.
- gern verb To grin.
- gest noun A gesture or action.
- gestatory adj Capable of being carried or worn.
- gestic adj Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary.
- gesture noun The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.