Chapter Glyceride to Gnome of G by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Gnat catcher

(Zoöl.), one of several species of small American singing birds, of the genus Polioptila, allied to the kinglets. — Gnat flower, the bee flower. — Gnat hawk (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker; — called also gnat owl. — Gnat snapper (Zoöl.), a bird that catches gnats. — Gnat strainer, a person ostentatiously punctilious about trifles. Cf. Matt. xxiii. 24.

Gnathic
(Gnath"ic) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the jaw.

Gnathic index, in a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion to the distance from the basion to the middle of the front edge of the upper jaw; — called also alveolar index.

Skulls with the gnathic index below 98 are orthognathous, from 98 to 103 mesognathous, and above 103 are prognathous.

Flower.

Gnathidium
(||Gna*thid"i*um) n.; pl. Gnathidia [NL., fr. Gr. gna`qos the jaw.] (Zoöl.) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; — commonly used in the plural.

Gnathite
(Gnath"ite) n. [Gr. gna`qos the jaw.] (Zoöl.) Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillæ, and maxillipeds.

Gnathonic
(Gna*thon"ic Gna*thon"ic*al) a. [L. Gnatho, name of a parasite in the "Eunuchus" of Terence, Gr. hence, a parasite in general.] Flattering; deceitful. [Obs.]

Gnathopod
(Gnath"o*pod) n. [Gr. gna`qos the jaw + -pod.] (Zoöl.) A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See Maxilliped.

Gnathopodite
(Gna*thop"o*dite) n. (Zoöl,) Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.

Gnathostegite
(Gna*thos"te*gite) n. [Gr. gna`qos the jaw + a roof.] (Zoöl.) One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs.

Gnathostoma
(||Gna*thos"to*ma) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. gna`qos the jaw + the mouth.] (Zoöl.) A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs which lack them. [Written also Gnathostomata.]

Gnathotheca
(||Gnath`o*the"ca) n.; pl. GnathothecÆ [NL., fr. Gr. gna`qos the jaw + a box.] (Zoöl.) The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.

Gnatling
(Gnat"ling) n. (Zoöl.) A small gnat.

Gnatworm
(Gnat"worm`) n. (Zoöl.) The aquatic larva of a gnat; — called also, colloquially, wiggler.

Gnaw
(Gnaw) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnawed (n&addd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnawing.] [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D. knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan. gnave, nage. Cf. Nag to tease.]

1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at.

His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw.

Dryden.

2. To bite in agony or rage.

They gnawed their tongues for pain.

Rev. xvi. 10.