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Definition of Gint

Gi"ant (?), n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant, F. géant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, from the root of E. 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. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.

Giant cell. (Anat.)See Myeloplax. -- Giant clam(Zoöl.), 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. -- Giant heron(Zoöl.), 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. -- Giant salamander(Zoöl.), a very large aquatic salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. -- Giant squid(Zoöl.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • A mythical human of very great size.
  • A very tall person.
  • An ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
  • Very large.


Giant

  • (baseball) A player on the team the "San Francisco Giants".
  • (fb) A player on the team the "New York Giants".
  • (baseball) The team The San Francisco Giants.
  • (fb) The team The New York Giants.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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