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Guerdon Guerdon Guer"don, v. t. [OF. guerdonner, guerredonner. See
Guerdon, n.]
To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. [R.]
Him we gave a costly bribe To guerdon silence.
--Tennyson.
Guerdonable Guerdonable Guer"don*a*ble, a. [Cf. OF. guerredonable.]
Worthy of reward. --Sir G. Buck.
Guerdonless Guerdonless Guer"don*less, a.
Without reward or guerdon.
Lycoperdon Lycoperdon Ly`co*per"don, n. [NL., from Gr. ? wolf + ? to
break wind.] (Bot.)
A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of
spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke
when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball.
Lycoperdon giganteum Puffball Puff"ball`, n. (Bot.)
A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and
other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when
ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist,
puff, and puffin.
Lycoperdon giganteum Giant 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), a very large aquatic
salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It
is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.
Giant squid (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of very
large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied
genera. Some are over forty feet long.
Reguerdon Reguerdon Re*guer"don (r?*g?r"d?n), v. t. [Pref. re- re- +
guerdon: cf. OF. reguerdonner.]
To reward. [Obs.] --Shak.
