gentle
91gentle — adj. == noble. RG. 420 …
92gentle — gen·tle …
93The gentle craft — Gentle Gen tle, a. [Compar. {Gentler}; superl. {Gentlest}.] [OE. gentil, F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful, fr. L. gentilis of the same clan or race, fr. gens, gentis, tribe, clan, race, orig. that which belongs together by birth, fr. the root of …
94gentle breeze — noun Date: circa 1881 wind having a speed of 8 to 12 miles per hour (about 12 to 19 kilometers per hour) see Beaufort scale table …
95gentle sex — noun Date: 1583 the female sex ; women in general …
96gentle breeze — Meteorol. a wind of 8 12 mph (4 5 m/sec). [1900 05] * * * …
97gentle sex — women in general. Also, gentler sex. [1575 85] * * * …
98Gentle Annie — noun A long uphill road or trail without a resting place …
99gentle murder, paradox of — Sometimes known as Forrester s paradox. It proves that if you murder someone, then you only did what you ought to do. For if you murder someone, then you ought to murder them gently. If you ought to murder them gently, then you ought to murder… …
100GENTLE SHEPHERD — 1) a famous pastoral by Allan Ramsay, with some happy descriptive scenes and a pleasant delineation of manners, published in 1723. 2) a nickname George Grenville bore from a retort of the elder Pitt one day in Parliament …