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Traditional English :: Gy
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gyocompass.html - abbr.
= GRAY(1). |
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Traditional English :: gybe
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gyocompass.html - v. & n. (US jibe) --v. 1 intr. (of a fore-and-aft sail or boom) swing across in wearing or running before the wind.
2 tr. cause (a sail) to do this.
3 intr. (of a ship or its crew) change course so that this happens. --n. a change of course causing gybing. [obs. Du. gijben] |
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Traditional English :: gym
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gyocompass.html - n.
colloq.
1 a gymnasium.
2 gymnastics. [abbr.] |
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Traditional English :: gymkhana
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gyocompass.html - n. 1 a meeting for competition or display in sport, esp. horse-riding. 2 a public place with facilities for athletics. [Hind. gendkhana ball-house, racket-court, assim. to GYMNASIUM] |
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Traditional English :: gymnasium
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gyocompass.html - n. (pl. gymnasiums or gymnasia) 1 a room or building equipped for gymnastics. 2 a school in Germany or Scandinavia that prepares pupils for university entrance. gymnasial adj. [L f. Gk gumnasion f. gumnazo exercise f. gumnos naked] |
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Traditional English :: gymnast
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gyocompass.html - n.
an expert in gymnastics. [F gymnaste or Gk gumnastes athlete-trainer f. gumnazo: see GYMNASIUM] |
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