ng', not g[)a]m'in nor g[=a]'min. A street child.

=Gape=--gaepe or g[=a]pe, not g[)a]p.

=Gargle.= One _gargles_, not _gurgles_, the throat.

=Gaseous=--g[)a]z'e-us, not g[)a]ss-e-us. Worcester gives
g[=a]'ze-us too.

=Gather=--g[)a]th'er, not g[)e]th'er.

=Genealogy=--j[)e]n-e-[)a]l'o-jy, not j[=e]-ne-[)a]l'o-jy nor
je-ne-[)o]l'o-jy.

=Genealogist= (j[)e]n-e-[)a]l'o-jist), =genealogical=
(j[)e]n-e-a-l[)o]j'i-kal) and =genealogically=
(j[)e]n-e-a-l[)o]j'i-kal-ly).

=Generic=--je-n[)e]r'ik, not j[)e]n'er-ik, nor je-n[=e]'rik.
Relating to a genus, or kind.

=Gerund=--j[)e]r'und, not j[=e]-rund. A kind of verbal noun in
Latin.

=Get=, not g[)i]t.

=Giaour=--jowr, not g[=i]'[=o][=o]r, j[=i]-owr' nor j[=o][=o]r.
An epithet applied by the Turks to a disbeliever in Mahomet;
the name of one of Byron's poems.

=Gibbet=--j[)i]b'bet, not g[)i]b'bet.

=Glamour=--gl[=a]'m[=o][=o]r, not gl[)a]m'mur. Worcester gives
gl[=a]'mer, also. A charm in the eyes, making them see things
differently from what they really are.

=Gneiss=--n[=i]s, not n[=e]s nor gn[=e]s. A kind of rock.

=Gondola=--g[)o]n'do-la, not gon-d[=o]'la.

=Got.= There are some sticklers for niceties that overdo
themselves in contending that the use of the verb _got_ is
generally unnecessary and incorrect in conjunction with _have_
and _had_. Get means to procure, to obtain, to come into
possession of, etc., and it is a very tame assertion that one
simply _has_ a thing that cost much mental or physical labor. A
scholar _has_ his lesson, but did it creep into his head while
he passively shut his eyes and went to sleep? On the contrary,
he _got_ it or learned it by hard study, and it is proper to
say that he has _got_ it. A man _has_ a cold, but he _got_ it
or _took_ it by exposing himself. A person _has_ a sum of
money, but he _got_ or _earned_ it by his labor. Another _has_
good friends, but he _got_ or _secured_ them by his pleasant
address. The great causes of the warfare against this word are,
I think, that _have_ and _had_, though generally used as
auxiliaries, can sometimes be used as principal verbs and make
good sense; and that it has not been recollected that in the
majority of cases _g