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Ganesa (g hard). Son of Siva and Parbutta; also called Gunputty, the elephant god. The god of wisdom, fore-thought, and prudence. The Mercury of the Hindus.

"Camdeo bright and Ganesa sublime
Shall bless with joy their own propitious clime."
Campbell: Pleasures of Hope, i.

Gang a-gley (To). To go wrong (Scotch.)

"The best-laid schemes of mice and men
Gang aft agley." Burns.

Gang-board or Gang-way (g hard). The board or way made for the rowers to pass from stem to stern, and where the mast was laid when it was unshipped. Now it means the board with cleats or bars of wood by which passengers walk into or out of a ship or steamboat. A gang is an alley or avenue.

"As we were putting off the boat they laid hold of the gangboard and unhooked it off the boat's stern." - Cook: Second Voyage, bk. iii. chap. iv.

Gang-day (g hard). The day in Rogation week when boys with the clergy and wardens used to gang round the parish to beat its bounds.

Gangway (g hard). Below the gangway. In the House of Commons there is a sort of bar extending across the House, which separates the Ministry and the Opposition from the rest of the members. To sit "below the gangway" is to sit amongst the general members, neither among the Ministers nor with the Opposition.
   Clear the gangway. Make room for the passengers from the boat, clear the passage. (See Gang-Board.)