Lexicographical Neighbors of Gymped
| gymnothecium gymnotoka gymnotus gymnure gymnures gymp gymped (current term) gymping gymps gyms | gymslip gymslipped gymslips gyn- gynae gynaecandrous gynaecea gynaeceum gynaecia gynaecian | gynaecium |
Literary usage of Gymped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Gordon (1854)
"Candles having wicks gymped were made and sold by the defendants, by Messrs.
Palmer & Co., of London, by Mr. — Bull, of Leek, Staffordshire, ..."
2. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman (1767)
"... with treble ruffles to the cuffs, pinked and gymped, and the fides of the
petticoat drawn up in ..."
3. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1895)
"... who appeared in a trollope or slammerkin, with treble ruffles to the cuffs,
pinked and gymped, and the sides of the petticoat drawn up in festoons. ..."
4. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1908)
"... with coiled or twisted wicks ; secondly, with gymped wicks, and in a particular
manner; and, thirdly, with wicks twisted, to which bismuth was applied. ..."
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