2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
'T is Cinna; I do know him by his gait.
Shak. Gaited
(Gait"ed) a. Having (such) a gait; — used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy- gaited.
Gaiter
(Gait"er) n. [F. guêtre, cf. Armor. gweltren; or perh. of German origin, and akin to E. wear, v.]
1. A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep,
fitting down upon the shoe.
2. A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.
Gaiter
(Gai"ter) v. t. To dress with gaiters.
Gaitre
(Gai"tre, Gay"tre) n. [OE. Cf. Gatten tree.] The dogwood tree. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Gala
(Ga"la) n. [F. gala show, pomp, fr. It. gala finery, gala; of German origin. See Gallant.] Pomp,
show, or festivity. Macaulay.
Gala day, a day of mirth and festivity; a holiday.
Galacta-gogue
(Ga*lac"ta-gogue) n. [Gr. milk + to lead.] (Med.) An agent exciting secretion of milk.
Galactic
(Ga*lac"tic) a. [Gr. milky, fr. milk. See Galaxy, and cf. Lactic.]
1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid.
2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way.
Galactic circle (Astron.), the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly
conforms. Herschel. — Galactic poles, the poles of the galactic circle.
Galactin
(Ga*lac"tin) n. [Gr. milk. Cf. Lactin.] (Chem.) (a) An amorphous, gelatinous substance
containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded
as a coagulating or emulsifying agent. (b) A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American
cow tree (c) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous
plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose.
Galactodensimeter
(Ga*lac`to*den*sim"e*ter) n. [Gr. + E. densimeter.] Same as Galactometer.
Galactometer
(Gal`ac*tom"e*ter) n. [Gr. milk + -meter: cf. F. galactomètre. Cf. Lactometer.] An instrument
for ascertaining the quality of milk (i.e., its richness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer.
Galactophagist
(Gal`ac*toph"a*gist) n. [Gr. milk + to eat: cf. to live on milk.] One who eats, or subsists
on, milk.
Galactophagous
(Gal`ac*toph"a*gous) a. [Gr. : cf. F. galactophade.] Feeding on milk.
Galactophorous
(Gal`ac*toph"o*rous) a. [Gr. milk + to bear: cf. F. galactophore. Cf. Lactiferous.]
(Anat.) Milk-carrying; lactiferous; — applied to the ducts of mammary glands.
Galactopoietic
(Ga*lac`to*poi*et"ic) a. [Gr. milk + capable of making; fr. to make.] (Med.) Increasing
the flow of milk; milk-producing. — n. A galactopoietic substance.
