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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
git
n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
"only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the
bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a
contemptible person a `git'" [syn: {rotter}, {dirty dog},
{rat}, {skunk}, {stinker}, {stinkpot}, {bum}, {puke},
{crumb}, {lowlife}, {scum bag}, {so-and-so}, {git}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gate \Gate\ (g[=a]t), n. [OE. [yogh]et, [yogh]eat, giat, gate,
door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat
opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v.
Cf. {Gate} a way, 3d {Get}.]
1. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an
inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.;
also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by
which the passage can be closed.
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2. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or
barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens
a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance
or of exit.
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Knowest thou the way to Dover?
Both stile and gate, horse way and footpath. --Shak.
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Opening a gate for a long war. --Knolles.
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3. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage
of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
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4. (Script.) The places which command the entrances or
access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
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The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
--Matt. xvi.
18.
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5. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt
to pass through or into.
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6. (Founding)
(a) The channel or opening through which metal is poured
into the mold; the ingate.
(b) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue
or sullage piece. [Written also {geat} and {git}.]
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{Gate chamber}, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock,
which receives the opened gate.
{Gate channel}. See {Gate}, 5.
{Gate hook}, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge.
{Gate money}, entrance money for admission to an inclosure.
{Gate tender}, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad
crossing.
{Gate valva}, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate
which affords a straight passageway when open.
{Gate vein} (Anat.), the portal vein.
{To break gates} (Eng. Univ.), to enter a college inclosure
after the hour to which a student has been restricted.
{To stand in the gate} or {To stand in the gates}, to occupy
places or advantage, power, or defense.
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