Gim :: Gim (a.) Neat; spruce.

Gimbal :: Gimbal (n.) Alt. of Gimbal.

Gimbals :: Gimbals (n.) A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first..

Gimblet :: Gimblet (n. & v.) See Gimlet.

Gimcrack :: Gimcrack (n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

Gimlet :: Gimlet (n.) A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle..

Gimlet :: Gimlet (v. t.) To pierce or make with a gimlet.

Gimlet :: Gimlet (v. t.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet..

Gimleted :: Gimleted (imp. & p. p.) of Gimle.

Gimleting :: Gimleting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gimle.

Gimmal :: Gimmal (n.) Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.

Gimmal :: Gimmal (n.) A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer.

Gimmer :: Gimmer (n.) Alt. of Gimmo.

Gimmor :: Gimmor (n.) A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack.

Gimp :: Gimp (a.) Smart; spruce; trim; nice.

Gimp :: Gimp (n.) A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc..

Gimp :: Gimp (v. t.) To notch; to indent; to jag.

Longimanous :: Longimanous (a.) Having long hands.

Longimetry :: Longimetry (n.) The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths.

Regime :: Regime (n.) Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system..

Regime :: Regime (n.) The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform regime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections..

Regimen :: Regimen (n.) Orderly government; system of order; adminisration.

Regimen :: Regimen (n.) Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operatio.

Regimen :: Regimen (n.) a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene..

Regimen :: Regimen (n.) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government..

Regimen :: Regimen (n.) The word or words governed.

Regiment :: Regiment (n.) Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.

Regiment :: Regiment (n.) A region or district governed.

Regiment :: Regiment (n.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten..

Regiment :: Regiment (v. t.) To form into a regiment or into regiments.

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