GIANTS

Noun

Giants

plural of Giant

Anagrams

• 'gainst, TASing, Taings, aginst, at sign, at-sign, gainst, sating, tagins, tangis, tasing

Noun

giants

plural of giant

Anagrams

• 'gainst, TASing, Taings, aginst, at sign, at-sign, gainst, sating, tagins, tangis, tasing

Source: Wiktionary


GIANT

Gi"ant, n. Etym: [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant, F. géant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. gender, genesis. See Gender, and cf. Gigantic.]

1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature. Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. Milton.

2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.

3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power. Giant's Causeway, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.

Gi"ant, a.

Definition: Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax.

РGiant clam (Zo̦l.), a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water.

РGiant heron (Zo̦l.), a very large African heron (Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known.

– Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole.

– Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin.

– Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds.

РGiant salamander (Zo̦l.), a very large aquatic salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.

РGiant squid (Zo̦l.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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