Forsters (for'sterz), a Scotch family. Fortunate Isles, imaginary isles where the souls of the good are made happy. foster (fos'ter), encourage; support fouled (fould), entangled. fowler (foul'er), one who hunts wild fowl. fragile (fraj'il), frail, weak. Franks, a Germanic people on the Rhine river, who afterward founded the French monarchy. fraternal (fra-tur'nal), brotherly fraught (frot), mixed. frenzied (fren'zid), furious, wild. frequent (fre-kwent'), visit often. fret work (fret'wurk'), ornamental raised work, as carving. frigate (frig'ate), formerly a warship. Froissart (froi'sart), a celebrated French chronicler who wrote a history of the fourteenth century. frontier (fron'ter), the boundary or limits of a country. frugal (froo'gal), thrifty. fudge (fuj), nonsense. "funeral pile," a pile of wood upon which the dead are burned. funereal (fu-ne're-al), mournful. furrows (fur'oz), wrinkles. fustian (fus'chan), See note futurity (fu-tu'ri-ti), time to come. Gabriel La jeunesse (ga'bri-el la-zhu-nes'), Galilee (gal'i-le), a lake in the northern province of Palestine. gall (gol), chafe, annoy. gallant (ga-lant'), a man attentive to ladies. In "Lochinvar" pronounced gal'lant on account of meter. galliard (gal'yard), galligas'kins (gal'i-gas'kinz), loose hose; leather leg guards. gallows (gal'oz), guilty, ready to be executed. Gambia (gam'bi-a), an English colony in western Africa along the river Gambia. "The chief of Gambia's golden shore" is a line in a school book, "The American Preceptor," which was used when Whittier was a boy. gambol (gam'bol), a sportive prank; a frolic. gambrel-roofed (gam'brel), a curved roof. gaping (gap'ing), yawning. garrulous (gar'oo-lus), wordy; chattering. Gaspereau (gas-per-o'), a river in King's county, Nova Scotia, flowing into the Basin of Minas. Gates of Hercules (hur'ku-lez), the Strait of Gibraltar. gauge (gaj), estimate; a measure. gauger (gaj'er), an officer, whose business it is to find the contents of casks. gauntlet (gant'let), a long glove covering the wrist. genial (je'ni-al; jen'yal), cheerful, kindly. genie (je'ni), a good or evil spirit. Pl. genii. genius (jen'yus), one who has high mental powers. Gentile (jen'tll), one who is not a Jew. geometric (je'e-met'trik), referring to the figures used in geometry, the branch of mathematics which treats of the measurement of lines, angles, surfaces, and solids. Georgius Secundus (jor'jus sek-und'us), George the Second, king of Great Britain. germinate (jur'mi nat), bud, sprout. gesture (jes'tur), a movement of the face, body, or limbs to express ideas. Ghent (gent), capital of province of east Flanders, Belgium. ghoul (gool), an oriental demon, supposed to feed upon dead human bodies. In "The Bells" pronounced gol on account of rhyme. gigantic (ji-gan-tik), large. gill (gil), a deep narrow valley through which a river flows. glade (glad), a cleared space in a forest.