Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Persian poetry, a form of verse in which the first two lines rime and for this rime a new one must be found in the second line of each succeeding couplet, the alternate line being free. The Germans have imitated this form, and there have been a few English attempts.
  • noun In music, a piece in which a short theme or a refrain frequently recurs.
  • noun A small graceful antelope of delicate form, with large liquid eyes and short cylindric horns, and of a yellowish color, with a dark band along the flanks.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) See gazelle.
  • noun Prov. Eng. The black currant; also, the wild plum.

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  • noun Archaic form of gazelle.

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Examples

  • It was like watching lions attacking a gazel on a National Geographic special.

    I hate cats 2005

  • To fine figures they unite handsome profiles, good and white teeth, and large, black, expressive, intelligent eyes, like the eyes of a gazel; dark eye-brows, and dark long eye-lashes, which give a peculiar warmth and softness to the eye.

    An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny

  • She did not now seem like a timid gazel, but like an angry lioness.

    I. Part II.—Paralipomena 1917

  • "I never _loved_ a fond gazel-l-l-e," he drawled out.

    Heart's Desire Emerson Hough 1890

  • The poetical compositions of the Persians are of several kinds; the gazel or ode usually treats of love, beauty, or friendship.

    Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853

  • The idyl resembles the gazel, except that it is longer.

    Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853

  • A Persian poet read to the celebrated Jami a gazel of his own composition, which Jami did not like: but the writer replied, it was notwithstanding a very curious sonnet, for the _letter Aliff_ was not to be found in any one of the words!

    Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807

  • It a crocodile can launch it's body mass out of the water fast enough to catch nimble animals like gazel, or kangaroos, there's very little chance you'd be able to pull the trigger before you're dragged into the water.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • It a crocodile can launch it's body mass out of the water fast enough to catch nimble animals like gazel, or kangaroos, there's very little chance you'd be able to pull the trigger before you're dragged into the water.

    digg.com: Stories / Popular 2009

  • More like the lion waiting for the sickly gazel ...

    Arsenal 2008

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