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Gilbert   /gˈɪlbərt/   Listen
Gilbert

noun
1.
A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.  Synonyms: Gb, Gi.
2.
A librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911).  Synonyms: Sir William Gilbert, William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert.
3.
English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603).  Synonym: William Gilbert.
4.
English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583).  Synonyms: Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
5.
United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934).  Synonym: Cass Gilbert.



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"Gilbert" Quotes from Famous Books



... Yorkshireman.' They will read Herodotus without a dictionary for pleasure, but ask them to translate the childishly simple sentence: 'Trott was soon in his timber-yard with a length 'un that whipped across from the off,' and they'll shrink abashed and swear they have not skill at that, as Gilbert says. ...
— Tales of St. Austin's • P. G. Wodehouse

... condition without curing the hospital gangrene. From the results of the existing war for the establishment of the independence of the Confederate States, as well as from the published observations of Dr. Trotter, Sir Gilbert Blane, and others of the English navy and army, it is evident that the scorbutic condition of the system, especially in crowded ships and camps, is most favorable to the origin and spread of foul ulcers and hospital gangrene. As in the present case of Andersonville, ...
— Andersonville, complete • John McElroy

... confirmed by the report of a House of Commons Committee on the subject Mr. Davies Gilbert chairman, in which they say, "Your committee have not been able to satisfy themselves that either of the two inventions, one for subjecting cast-iron to an operation termed puddling during its conversion to malleable iron, ...
— Industrial Biography - Iron Workers and Tool Makers • Samuel Smiles

... his Appearance His early Life and Education His Theological Opinions His Military Qualifications His Love of Danger; his bad Health Coldness of his Manners and Strength of his Emotions; his Friendship for Bentinck Mary, Princess of Orange Gilbert Burnet He brings about a good Understanding between the Prince and Princess Relations between William and English Parties His Feelings towards England His Feelings towards Holland and France His Policy consistent throughout Treaty of Augsburg William becomes the Head of the English ...
— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Complete Contents of the Five Volumes • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... on Ossian, p. 92. Sir Duncan Campbell fell at the battle of Flodden, Lady Campbell afterwards married Gilbert, Earl of Cassillis. ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. - The Songs of Scotland of the past half century • Various


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