Gadames
or GHADAMES (gä-dä' mes) (the Cydamus of the Romans), the name of an oasis and town of Africa, situated on the N. border of the Sahara, in lat. 30° 9' N. and lon. 9° 17′ E. The Vol. IV-Cyc-P entire oasis is surrounded by a wall, which protects it from the sands of the desert. The gardens of Gadames, which grow dates, figs, and apricots, owe their fertility to a hot spring (89° F.), from which the town had its origin. The town is a center for ivory, beeswax, hides, ostrich feathers, gold, etc., from the interior to Tripoli. Pop. about 7,500.
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Gadara
formerly a flourishing town of Syria, in the Decapolis, a few miles S. E. of the Sea of Galilee, but now a group of ruins. It was the capital of Peræa. It endured sieges by Alexander Jannæus and Vespasian, but fell into decay after the Mohammedan conquest.
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Gadfly
a name applied to large flies which goad or sting domestic animals, more commonly called horseflies in this country. The term is improperly applied to many botflies. Gadflies have wonderful powers of flight, being able to keep up with the swiftest quadruped without apparent effort. The sting frequently draws large drops of blood, and is exceedingly painful. Naturalists inform us that the male gadfly is satisfied with such nourishment as he can sip from weeds and flowers, but that the female is savagely eager to feast on blood. Gadflies proper are closely related to the smaller yellow-barred pest of the woods known as the deer-fly. See Fly
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Gadide
in ichthyology, cods; a family of fishes, sub-order Anacanthina (spineless fishes), tribe or group Subbrachiata, with ventral fins attached to the breast or throat. The body is rather long, a little compressed, and covered with small, soft scales; the teeth are in several rows. They are voracious fishes. They are found chiefly in the seas of temperate climates, and are largely used for the food of man. Species described by Yarrel, 21. See COD.
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Gador
SIERRA DE, a mountain chain of Spain, in Andalusia, ranging nearly parallel with the Sierra r Nevada. Its highest point is nearly 7,000 feet above sea-level.
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Gadsden (City of Alabama the It)
a city of Alabama, the It is on the county-seat of Etowah co. Coosa river, and on the Chattanooga Southern, the Louisville and Nashville, the Southern, and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroads. It is the center of an important timber and min. eral region, and its industries include steel mills, lumber mills, blast furnaces, foundries and machine shops, car works, and manufactures of doors, blinds, flour, blic buildings wagons, etc. Among the public are a handsome post office and excellent school buildings. Pop. (1910) 10,557; (1920) 14,737.
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Gadsden (JAMES American an diplomatist)
JAMES, American an diplomatist; born in Charleston, S. C., May 15, 1788; was graduated at Yale College in 1806; served with distinction in the War of 1812; and afterward took part in the campaign against the Seminole Indians. He was appointed minister to Mexico in 1853, and on Dec. 30 of that year negotiated the GADSDEN PURCHASE (q. v.), which fixed a new boundary between Mexico and the United States. He died in Charleston, S. C., Dec. 25, 1858. treaty
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Gadshill
a hill 3 miles N. W. of the Rochester, England, on the road to Gravesend. It is commemorated in Shakespeare's play, "Henry IV.," as the place where Falstaff had his encounter with the robbers and an inn at the place is called Falstaff's Inn. It is interesting in modern times for Gadshill Place, opposite the hill, which was long the residence of Charles Dickens and was the home in which he died.
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Gaea
or Ge, je'a or je, in Grecian mythology, the goddess of the earth. She seems to have been regarded as the personification of the earth. She is described as the first born of Chaos. She became the wife of Uranus, personification of the heavens, and the mother of the Titans. The worship of Gaea extended throughout all Greece, and many temples and altars were erected in her honor. She was an oracular goddess, and the oracles of Delphi and Olympia are believed to have at one time belonged to Gaea. She was called Tellus among the Romans. In some accounts, Eros, the god of Love, is born of Chaos, and creates the earth and persuades Gaea to marry Uranus. See Eros
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Gaff
in fisherman's parlance, a sharp, strong iron hook used to land fish too large to be pulled aboard with tackle. The gaff is shaped not unlike a fish hook without a barb. The angler's gaff is about three inches across the bend, and is set in a wooden handle of convenient length. To bring to gaff is to draw a fish within reach by taking in line. When the gaff is applied, it should be done by a positive, deft upward stroke, lest, on feeling the point, the fish break away. Whalers use a similar instrument for handling strips of blubber.
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Gage
LYMAN JUDSON, an American financier; born in De Ruyter, N. Y., June 28, 1836; removed to Rome, N. Y., in 1848, and was educated at the Rome Academy. He worked in the Oneida Central Bank from 1853 to 1855, when he went to Chicago and was employed by a planing-mill company. In 1868 he became cashier and in 1891 president of the First National Bank of Chicago. He was the first president of the Board of Directors of the World's Columbian Exposition, and several times president of the American Bankers' Association and the Civic Federation of Chicago. On March 5, 1897, he was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Mcappointed coadjutor bishop and succeeded Kinley; in 1901 was reappointed; and at the end of that year resigned. He was the originator of the Civic Reform movement which started in Chicago and became national. In 1906 he retired from public life. He died in 1920.
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Gage
THOMAS, a British general; born in 1721. He fought with the British troops in America in 1755 , 1758, and 1760; was commanderin-chief in North America, with headquarters at New York, in 1763-1772; was governor-inchief and captain-general of province of
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