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101gan|is|ter — «GAN uh stuhr», noun. 1. a close grained, siliceous rock occurring in some English coal seams. 2. an artificial mixture resembling this, made of ground quartz and fire clay, used in lining furnaces. ╂[origin uncertain] …
102gan|net|ry — «GAN iht ree», noun, plural ries. a place where gannets breed …
103gan|net — «GAN iht», noun. 1. any one of a group of large, fish eating sea birds resembling a goose, but with a sharper bill, long, pointed wings, and a shorter tail. Gannets belong to the same family as the booby. The common variety of the North Atlantic… …
104gan|oid — «GAN oyd», adjective, noun. –adj. (of fishes) having hard scales of bone overlaid with enamel. –n. a ganoid fish. Sturgeons and gars are ganoids. ╂[< Greek gános brightness + English oid] …
105gan|te|lope — «GAN tuh lohp», noun. Archaic. gantlet1 …
106gan|try — «GAN tree», noun, plural tries. 1. a bridgelike framework that spans over something, for supporting a kind of suspended crane or block signals over railroad tracks. 2. = gantry crane. (Cf. ↑gantry crane) 3. a four footed, wooden stand for barrels …
107Gan|y|mede — «GAN uh meed», noun. 1. a) Greek Mythology. a beautiful youth carried off by Zeus to be cupbearer to the gods. b) Figurative: »Lo! Ganymede appears with a foaming tankard of ale (Punch). 2. the largest satellite of the planet Jupiter …
108GAN SHELOMO — (Heb. גַּן שְׁלֹמֹה; previously known as Kevuzat Schiller), kibbutz near Reḥovot, affiliated with Iḥud ha Kevuẓot ve ha Kibbutzim. It was founded in 1927 by a pioneer group of former students from Galicia. Affiliated with Ḥever ha Kevuẓot (of… …
109GAN SHEMU'EL — (Heb. גַּן שְׁמוּאֵל), kibbutz in central Israel near Ḥaderah , affiliated with Kibbutz Arẓi ha Shomer ha Ẓa ir. Members of Odessa s Ḥovevei Zion first settled there in 1884, laying out plantations of etrogim ( citrons ). They named the place… …
110GAN SHOMRON — (Heb. גַּן שׁוֹמְרוֹן), moshav in central Israel, northeast of …
