in mythology, a deity worshipped at Heliopolis under the figure of a lion, with a radiant head; and it is thus represented on many medals of Caracalla.

GABARDINE, from the Italian gavardina, has been sometimes used to denote a coarse frock, or mean dress. In this sense it is used by Shakespeare in his Tempest and Merchant of Venice, and by Butler in his Hudibras, book i.