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A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish.
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A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar.
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A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.
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A gunwale. The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull.
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A gymnast. One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; the manager of a gymnasium; an athlete.
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A haemoscope. An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.
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A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs.
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