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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Gavest

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Gave

GAVE, preterit tense of give.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Gavel

GAV'EL, noun In law, tribute; toll; custom. [See Gable.]

GAV'EL, noun

1. A small parcel of wheat, rye or other grain, laid together by reapers, consisting of two, three or more handfuls.

2. In England, a provincial word for ground.

GAV'EL, for gable or gable-end. [See Gable.]


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Gavelet

GAV'ELET, noun An ancient and special cessavit in Kent, in England, where the custom of gavelkind continues, by which the tenant, if he withdraws his rent and services due to his lord, forfeits his lands and tenements.

1. In London, a writ used in the hustings, given to lords or rents in the city.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Gavelkind

GAV'ELKIND, noun A tenure in England, by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. This species of tenure prevailed in England before the Norman conquest, in many parts of the kingdom, perhaps in the whole realm; but particularly in Kent, where it still exists.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Gavelock

GAV'ELOCK, noun An iron crow.