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giant
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Giant \Gi"ant\, a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. [1913 Webster] Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax. Giant clam (Zool.), a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. Giant heron (Zool.), a very large African heron ({Ardeomega goliath}). It is the largest heron known. Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole. Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin. Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. Giant salamander (Zool.), a very large aquatic salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. Giant squid (Zool.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Giant \Gi"ant\, n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant, F. g['e]ant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. ?, ?, from the root of E. gender, genesis. See Gender, and cf. Gigantic.] [1913 Webster] 1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature. [1913 Webster] Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual. [1913 Webster] 3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power. [1913 Webster] Giant's Causeway, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland. [1913 Webster]
