public institution, or to an individual on account of his services to the public; as, a donation to a hospital,
a charitable society, or a minister.
Gift
(Gift), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gifting.] To endow with some power or faculty.
He was gifted . . . with philosophical sagacity.
I. Taylor. Giftedness
(Gift"ed*ness), n. The state of being gifted. Echard.
Gig
(Gig) n. [Cf. OF. gigue. See Jig, n.] A fiddle. [Obs.]
Gig
(Gig) v. t. [Prob. fr. L. gignere to beget.] To engender. [Obs.] Dryden.
Gig
(Gig), n. A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
Gig
(Gig), v. t. To fish with a gig.
Gig
(Gig), n. [OE. gigge. Cf. Giglot.] A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
Gig
(Gig), n. [Cf. Icel. gigja fiddle, MHG. gige, G. geige, Icel. geiga to take a wrong direction, rove
at random, and E. jig.]
1. A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig.
Shak. 2. A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
3. (Naut.) A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to
the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
4. (Mach.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
Gig machine, Gigging machine, Gig mill, or Napping machine. See Gig, 4. — Gig saw. See
Jig saw.
Gigantean
(Gi`gan*te"an) a. [L. giganteus, fr. gigas, antis. See Giant.] Like a giant; mighty; gigantic.
[Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Gigantesque
(Gi`gan*tesque") a. [F.] Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.
The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque
With which we bantered little Lilia first.
Tennyson. Gigantic
(Gi*gan"tic) a. [L. gigas, -antis, giant. See Giant.]
1. Of extraordinary size; like a giant.
2. Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense; tremendous; extraordinarly; as, gigantic deeds;
gigantic wickedness. Milton.
When descends on the Atlantic
The gigantic
Strom wind of the equinox.
Longfellow. Gigantical
(Gi*gan"tic*al), a. Bulky, big. [Obs.] Burton. — Gi*gan"tic*al*ly, adv.
Giganticide
(Gi*gan"ti*cide) n. [. gigas, -antis, giant + caedere to kill.] The act of killing, or one who
kills, a giant. Hallam.
