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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
GYP'SY, n. [See Gipsey.]
One of a vagabond race,
whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in the
14th or 15th century, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia,
Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling,
horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian,
Romany.
Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and
loose, The language used by the
gypsies.
A dark-complexioned person.
Shak. A cunning or crafty person
[Colloq.]
Prior. Pertaining to, or
suitable for, gypsies.
Gypsy hat, a woman's or child's broad-brimmed hat, usually of straw or felt. -- Gypsy winch, a small winch, which may be operated by a crank, or by a ratchet and pawl through a lever working up and down. To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods.
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