Chapter Gab to Gather of G by Soule's Synonymes

2. Made of game, of game.

Game, v. n. Gamble, play for money or stakes, practise gaming or gambling, be addicted to play.

Gamesome, a. Gay, sportive, vivacious, sprightly, frolicsome, playful, lively, frisky, full of frolic.

Gamester, n. See gambler.

Gamin, n. [Fr.] Idle boy, blackguard boy, street Arab, hoodlum, young rough.

Gaming, n. Gambling, playing for money.

Gammer, n. Goody, goodwoman, goodwife.

Gammon, n.

1. Imposition, hoax, humbug. See cheat, n.

2. Smoked ham, ham of bacon.

Gammon, v. a.

1. Deceive, cheat, humbug, hoax, chouse, trick, dupe, gull, cozen, overreach, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, beguile, mislead, inveigle, impose upon.

2. Cure and smoke, convert into bacon.

3. (Naut.) Lash (the bowsprit to the stem).

Gamut, n. Scale.

Gamy, a. High, almost tainted, high-flavored.

Gander, n, Male goose.

Gang, n. Company, crew, band, horde, party, set, clique, coterie, cabal.

Gangrene, n. Mortification.

Gangrene, v. a. Mortify.

Gangrene, v. n. Mortify, be mortified, lose vitality.

Gangue, n. Matrix (of an ore).

Gangway, n. Passage-way, passage.

Gannet, n. Solan-goose, noddy, booby (Sula bassana).

Gaol, n. [Written also and usually Jail.] Prison.

Gap, n. Cleft, crevice, opening, chink, cranny, crack, interstice, breach, rift, break, hiatus, lacuna.