n. [ Gr. &unr_; from the earth; &unr_; from + &unr_;, &unr_;, earth: cf. F. apogée. ] 1. (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to that point in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which was supposed to be at the greatest distance from the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bargeman. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Aeronautics) a spring or other elastic device, especially one attached to a control to facilitate its manipulation. [ PJC ]

2. same as bungee cord. [ PJC ]

n. a strong elastic cord, usually with a hook at each end, used as a shock-absorbing device or to bind packages together, as on a dolly or handcart. [ PJC ]

n. an act of derring-do in which a person jumps from a high platform, such as a bridge, attached (usually by the legs) to a bungee cord, which is set to a length that will halt the drop before the person reaches the surface of the earth or the water. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A kind of small coat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. See Carrageen. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [ Also written carragheen, carageen. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. a colloidal material obtained from seaweed or Irish moss, used as an thickening or emulsifying agent and for stabilizing foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. [ PJC ]

n. & v. See Congé, Conge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And unto her his congee came to take. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. [ Tamil ka&ncirc_;shi boilings. ] Boiled rice; rice gruel. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A jail; a lockup. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Congee discharges, rice water discharges. Dunglison. --
Congee water, water in which rice has been boiled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. sugar-coated medication.
Syn. -- dragées. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. silver-coated candy bead for decorating cakes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. sugar-coated nut or fruit piece. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ F. See 3d Dredge. ] (Pharmacy) Sugar-coated medicines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. epigeum, fr. Gr. &unr_; upon the earth. See Epigæa. ] See Perigee. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Per. Farangī, or Ar. Firanjī, properly, a Frank. ] The name given to Europeans by the Hindus. [ Written also Feringhee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Geed p. pr. & vb. n. Geeing. ] 1. To agree; to harmonize. [ Colloq. or Prov. Eng. ] Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. G. jü, interj., used in calling to a horse, It. giò, F. dia, used to turn a horse to the left. ] To turn to the off side, or from the driver (i.e., in the United States, to the right side); -- said of cattle, or a team; used most frequently in the imperative, often with off, by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw, or hoi. [ Written also jee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England, the teamster walks on the right-hand side of the cattle; in the United States, on the left-hand side. In all cases, however, gee means to turn from the driver, and haw to turn toward him. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gee ho, or
Gee whoa. Same as Gee. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Gee to turn. ] To cause (a team) to turn to the off side, or from the driver. [ Written also jee. ]

n. 1. A performer in a carnival, often presented as a wild man, who performs grotesquely disgusting acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken or snake. [ PJC ]

2. Hence: Any eccentric or strange person; an oddball; an eccentric. [ wns=1 ] [ PJC ]

3. Hence: A student who is socially inept and a misfit in his class, especially one who is an intellectual; a nerd; a dork. [ Informal ] [ PJC ]

4. Hence: An intellectually inclined person, especially one who is interested in scientific or technical subjects; as, a group of geeks wearing pocket protectors; -- originally a deprecatory and contemptuous term, but in the 1990's, with the increase in popularity of computers and the frequency of accumulation of great wealth by computer entrepreneurs, it has come to be used with noticeable frequency by technically competent people to refer to themselves, ironically and sometimes proudly. [ Informal ] [ PJC ]

. [ Obs. ] See Gear, Gearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., pl. of Goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LG. geest, geestland, sandy, dry and, OFries. gēst, gāst, gēstlond, gāstlond, fr. Fries. gāst barren. Cf. Geason. ] Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin. R. Jameson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Jet. ] Jet. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dial. corrupt. of Guiser a mummer. ] A queer old fellow; an old chap; sometimes, an old woman. [ Contemptuous, Slang. ]
Syn. -- bloke. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Same as Indigene. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The person to whom property is mortgaged, or to whom a mortgage is made or given. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Muskogees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Muskogee /sing>. (Ethnol.) A powerful tribe of North American Indians that formerly occupied the region of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. They constituted a large part of the Creek confederacy. [ Written also Muscogees. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Also spelled negligé and negligée. ][ F. négligé, fr. négliger to neglect, L. negligere. See Neglect. ] 1. An easy, unceremonious attire; undress. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of loose, flowing dressing gown worn by women, usually made of sheer fabric.
Syn. -- negligee, peignoir. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

n. [ F. obligé, p. p. of obliger. See Oblige. ] The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ogive, augive, LL. augiva, of uncertain origin; cf.LL. ogis a support, prop. L. augere to increase, strengthen, Sp. auge highest point of power or fortune, apogee, Ar. auj, an astronomical term. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Arch.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ogee arch (Arch.), a pointed arch, each of the sides of which has the curve of an ogee, that is, has a reversed curve near the apex. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So named from the Ogeechee River in Georgia. ] (Bot.) (a) The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo (Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida. (b) The tree which bears this fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ NL. perigeum, fr. Gr. peri` about, near + gh^ the earth: cf. F. périgée. ] (Astron.) That point, in the orbit of the moon or other body orbiting the earth, which is nearest to the earth; -- opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of bodies not orbiting the earth, such as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. The one to whom a pledge is given, or to whom property pledged is delivered. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Plunge. ] (Mil.) A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongée of a parapet; the plongée of a shell in its course. [ Sometimes written plonge. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of East Indian origin. ] A fabric of undyed silk from India and China. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réfugié, fr. se réfugier to take refuge. See Refuge, n. ] 1. One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc. [ Written also squilgee, squillagee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Squeegeed p. pr. & vb. n. Squeegeeing ] To smooth, clean, press, or treat with a squeegee; to squilgee. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A small India-rubber roller with a handle, used esp. in printing and photography as a squeegee. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc. [ Written also squillgee, squillagee, squeegee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Squilgeed p. pr. & vb. n. Squilgeeing. ] To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee; as, to squilgee a vessel's deck. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Hind. &tsdot_;hagī. ] The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs. “One of the suppressors of Thuggee.” J. D. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]