‖n. [ F. Of unknown origin. ] A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Beget. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Beget. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bigoted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In a country more bigot than ours. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bigot a bigot or hypocrite, a name once given to the Normans in France. Of unknown origin; possibly akin to Sp. bigote a whisker; hombre de bigote a man of spirit and vigor; cf. It. s-bigottire to terrify, to appall. Wedgwood and others maintain that bigot is from the same source as Beguine, Beghard. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion. [ 1913 Webster ]

To doubt, where bigots had been content to wonder and believe. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others. “Bigoted to strife.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Prejudiced; intolerant; narrow-minded. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a bigot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. bigoterie. ] 1. The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The practice or tenets of a bigot. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Colombia. Population (2000) = 45, 448. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F. ] One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'egw` I + qeo`s God. ] The deification of self. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ego I + ending -tism for -ism, prob. influenced by other English words in -tism fr. the Greek, where t is not part of the ending, as baptism. See Egoism. ] The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism. [ 1913 Webster ]

His excessive egotism, which filled all objects with himself. Hazlitt.

Syn. -- Egotism, Self-conceit, Vanity, Egoism. Self-conceit is an overweening opinion of one's talents, capacity, attractions, etc.; egotism is the acting out of self-conceit, or self-importance, in words and exterior conduct; vanity is inflation of mind arising from the idea of being thought highly of by others. It shows itself by its eagerness to catch the notice of others. Egoism is a state in which the feelings are concentrated on one's self. Its expression is egotism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ego I + ending -tist for -ist. See Egotism, and cf. Egoist. ] One addicted to egotism; one who speaks much of himself or magnifies his own achievements or affairs.

{ } a. Addicted to, or manifesting, egotism; having an exaggerated view of one's own importance or good qualities.
Syn. -- egotistic; narcissistic; self-loving; conceited; vain; self-important; opinionated. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. With egotism. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Egotized p. pr. & vb. n. Egotizing ] [ See Egotism. ] To talk or write as an egotist. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ergot, argot, lit., a spur. ] 1. A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Far.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Anat.) See 2d Calcar, 3 (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot; as, ergotic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An extract made from ergot. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Chem.) A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ergotisme, fr. L. ergo. ] A logical deduction. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Ergot, n.; cf. F. ergotisme. ] (Med.) A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye.

n. [ F. snail. ] any edible terrestrial snail prepared as food; as a dish, it is usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic.
Syn. -- snail. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. o'isofa`gos the esophagus + te`mnein to cut. ] (Surg.) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage. [ Written also œsophagotomy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ perh. from fagot{ 5 }, a shriveled old woman. ] a male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and considered offensive. [ Slang, disparaging ]
Syn. -- fagot, fag, fairy, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. a bundle of sticks and branches bound together; -- same as fagot{ 1 }.
Syn. -- fagot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fagoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fagoting. ] To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ F., prob. aug. of L. fax, facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. fa`kelos bundle, fagot. Cf. Fagotto. ] 1. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See Fagotto. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company. [ Eng. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An old shriveled woman. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fagot iron, iron, in bars or masses, manufactured from fagots. --
Fagot vote, the vote of a person who has been constituted a voter by being made a landholder, for party purposes. [ Political cant, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. See Fagot. ] (Mus.) The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. It. fagotto, fangotto, a bundle. Cf. Fagot. ] A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Forget. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Forget. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Gigot. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ F., fr. OF. gigue fiddle; -- on account of the resemblance in shape. See Jig, n. ] 1. A leg of mutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small piece of flesh; a slice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest in giggots cut, they spit. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

or /mhw>, n. [ After the poet Göthe. ] (Min.) A hydrous oxide of iron (HFeO2), occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G., lit. Twilight of the Gods; a modern mistranslation of the Old Icelandic Ragnarok, meaning, fate of the gods. RHUD ] (German mythology) 1. A myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil.
Syn. -- Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An opera by Richard Wagner. [ PJC ]

n. Calvary. See the Note under Calvary. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Get. See Get. [ 1913 Webster ]

phr. [ phonetic transcription of colloquial speech. ] Got you; I got you; as, I gotcha!. [ PJC ]

Phonetic transcriptions of rapid colloquial speech are sometimes used in place of the grammatically proper spelling in order to provide a flavor of the original spirit of a spoken dialogue. See also the related entries for gonna, gotta, wanna, and wannabe. [ colloq., phonetic spelling ] [ PJC ]

n. [ phonetic transcription of colloquial speech, from got you. ] A situation in which a mistake by one person which is pointed out by another person; see gotcha, phr.. [ colloq., phonetic spelling ] [ PJC ]

2. A situation in which an error or indiscretion by one person is deliberately caused by another person -- a mild form of entrapment with malicious or humorous intent; as, he was furious to be the victim of a gotcha [ PJC ]

Kathleen "Kit" Gingrich (Sept. 23), 77, mother of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich . . . became famous as the victim of a "gotcha" interview by CBS's Connie Chung; the TV personality coaxed ("whisper it to me, just between you and me") out of Mrs. Gingrich a nasty comment attributed to her son concerning then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton -- and then aired it. World on the Web [ Obituary notice: October 4, 2003 ]. [ PJC ]

3. A situation or attribute which tends to cause one to make an error; as, one of the main gotchas in learning English is the frequency of non-phonetic spellings. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. LG. gote, gaute, canal, G. gosse; akin to giessen to pour, shed, AS. geótan, and E. fuse to melt. ] A channel for water. [ Prov. Eng. ] Crose. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geog.) prop. n. a port in southwestern Sweden; the second largest city in Sweden.
Syn. -- Goeteborg, Gothenburg. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A gutter. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Gothi, pl.; cf. Gr. &unr_; ] 1. (Ethnol.) One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Under the reign of Valens, they took possession of Dacia (the modern Transylvania and the adjoining regions), and came to be known as Ostrogoths and Visigoths, or East and West Goths; the former inhabiting countries on the Black Sea up to the Danube, and the latter on this river generally. Some of them took possession of the province of Moesia, and hence were called Moesogoths. Others, who made their way to Scandinavia, at a time unknown to history, are sometimes styled Suiogoths. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders. Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A gothamist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inhabitant of New York city. [ Jocular ] Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Gothicus: cf. F. gothique. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Bishop Ulfilas or Walfila translated most of the Bible into Gothic about the Middle of the 4th century. The portion of this translaton which is preserved is the oldest known literary document in any Teutonic language. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This is Nonpareil GOTHIC. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) The style described in Gothic, a., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A Gothic idiom. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rudeness of manners; barbarousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gothicized p. pr. & vb. n. Gothicizing ] To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.