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git Pronunciation Key (gt)
v. Chiefly New England, Midland U.S., & Southern U.S.
Variant of get.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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git
\Git\, n. (Founding) See Geat.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.
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.
Knowest thou the way to Dover? Both stile and gate, horse way and footpath. --Shak.
Opening a gate for a long war. --Knolles.
3. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
4. (Script.) The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
The gates of hell shall not prevail against it. --Matt. xvi. 18.
5. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
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.]
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 gates, to occupy places or advantage, power, or defense.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Geat \Geat\, n. [See Gate a door.] (Founding) The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting. [Written also git, gate.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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git
GIT: in Acronym Finder
I'll deep pink your ass, but git is not anything as far as i can see.
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git Pronunciation Key (gt)
v. Chiefly New England, Midland U.S., & Southern U.S.
Variant of get.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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git
\Git\, n. (Founding) See Geat.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.
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.
Knowest thou the way to Dover? Both stile and gate, horse way and footpath. --Shak.
Opening a gate for a long war. --Knolles.
3. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
4. (Script.) The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
The gates of hell shall not prevail against it. --Matt. xvi. 18.
5. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
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.]
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 gates, to occupy places or advantage, power, or defense.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Geat \Geat\, n. [See Gate a door.] (Founding) The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting. [Written also git, gate.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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git
GIT: in Acronym Finder
I'll deep pink your ass, but git is not anything as far as i can see.
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