Go (go), obs. p. p. of Go. Gone. Chaucer.
Go, v. i. [ imp. Went (went); p. p. Gone (gon; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Going. Went comes from the as wendan. See Wend, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. gan, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. gen, gan, SW. gå, Dan. gaae; cf. Gr. kicha•nai to reach, overtake, Skr. ha to go, AS. gangan, and E. gang. The past tense in AS., eode, is from the root i to go, as is also Goth. iddja went. rad.47 a. Cf. Gang, v. i., Wend.]
1. To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; — used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.
2. To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also to walk step by step, or leisurely. In old writers go is much used as opposed to run, or ride. "Whereso I go or ride." Chaucer.
"You know that love
Will creep in service where it can not go." Shak.
"Thou must run to him; for thou hast staid so long that going will scarce serve the turn." Shak.
"He fell from running to going, and from going to clambering upon his hands and his knees." Bunyan. In Chaucer go is used frequently with the pronoun in the objective used reflexively; as he goeth him home.
3. To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded.
"The man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul." 1 Sa. xvii. 12.
"[The money] should go according to its true value." Locke.
4. To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out.
"How goes the night, boy ?" Shak.
"I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of man enough." Arbuthnot.
"Whether the cause goes for me or against me, you must pay me the reward." I Watts.
5. To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; — often with the infinitive; as this goes to show.
"Against right reason all your counsels go." Dryden.
"To master the foul flend there goeth some complement knowledge of theology." Sir W. Scott.
6. To apply one’s self; to set one’s self; to undertake.
"Seeing himself confronted by so many, like a resolute orator, he went not to denial, but to justify his cruel falsehood." Sir P. Sidney. Go, in this sense, is often used in the present participle with the auxiliary verb to be, before an infinitive, to express a future of intention, or to denote design; as I was going to say; I am going to begin harvest.
7. To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; — generally with over or through.
"By going over all these particulars, you may receive some tolerable satisfaction about this great subject." South.
8. To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.
"The fruit she goes with,
I pray for heartily, that it may find
Good time, and live." Shak.
9. To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; — in opposition to stay and come.
"I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God; … only ye shall not go very far away." Ex. viii. 28.
10. To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
"By Saint George, he’s gone!
That spear wound hath our master sped." Sir W. Scott.
11. To reach; to extend; to lead; as a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York.
"His amorous expressions go no further than virtue may allow." Dryden.
12. To have recourse; to resort; as to go to law. Go is used, in combination with many prepositions and adverbs, to denote motion of the kind indicated by the preposition or adverb, in which, and not in the verb, lies the principal force of the expression; as to go against to go into, to go out, to go aside, to go astray, etc. Go to, come; move; go away; — a phrase of exclamation, serious or ironical. — To go a- begging, not to be in demand; to be undesired. — To go about. (a) To set about; to enter upon a scheme of action; to undertake. "They went about to slay him." Acts ix. 29.
"They never go about … to hide or palliate their vices." Swift. (b) (Naut.) To tack; to turn the head of a ship; to wear. — To go abraod. (a) To go to a foreign country. (b) To go out of doors. (c) To become public; to be published or disclosed; to be current.
"Then went this saying abroad among the brethren." John xxi. 23. — To go against. (a) To march against; to attack. (b) To be in opposition to; to be disagreeable to. — To go ahead. (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on; to make progress; to proceed. — To go and come. See To come and go, under Come. — To go aside. (a) To withdraw; to retire.
"He … went aside privately into a desert place." Luke. ix. 10. (b) To go from what is right; to err. Num. v. 29.— To go back on. (a) To retrace (one’s path or footsteps). (b) To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U. S.] — To go below (Naut), to go below deck. — To go between, to interpose or mediate between; to be a secret agent between parties; in a bad sense, to pander. — To go beyond. See under Beyond. — To go by, to pass away unnoticed; to omit. — To go by the board (Naut.), to fall or be carried overboard; as the mast went by the board. — To go down. (a) To descend. (b) To go below the horizon; as the sun has gone down. (c) To sink; to founder; — said of ships, etc. (d) To be swallowed; — used literally or figuratively. [Colloq.]
"Nothing so ridiculous, … but it goes down whole with him for truth." L’ Estrange. — To go far. (a) To go to a distance. (b) To have much weight or influence. — To go for. (a) To go in quest of. (b) To represent; to pass for. (c) To favor; to advocate. (d) To attack; to assault. [Low] (e) To sell for; to be parted with for (a price). — To go for nothing, to be parted with for no compensation or result; to have no value, efficacy, or influence; to count for nothing. — To go forth. (a) To depart from a place. (b) To be divulged or made generally known; to emanate.
"The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." Micah iv. 2. — To go hard with, to trouble, pain, or endanger. — To go in, to engage in; to take part. [Colloq.] — To go in and out, to do the business of life; to live; to have free access. John x. 9. — To go in for. [Colloq.] (a) To go for; to favor or advocate (a candidate, a measure, etc.). (b) To seek to acquire or attain to (wealth, honor, preferment, etc.) (c) To complete for (a reward, election, etc.). (d) To make the object of one’s labors, studies, etc.
"He was as ready to go in for statistics as for anything else." Dickens. — To go in to or unto. (a) To enter the presence of. Esther iv. 16. (b) To have sexual intercourse with. [Script.] — To go into. (a) To speak of, investigate, or discuss (a question, subject, etc.). (b) To participate in (a war, a business, etc.). — To go large. (Naut) See under Large. — To go off. (a) To go away; to depart.
"The leaders … will not go off until they hear you." Shak. (b) To cease; to intermit; as this sickness went off. (c) To die. Shak. (d) To explode or be discharged; — said of gunpowder, of a gun, a mine, etc. (e) To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of. (f) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished.
"The wedding went off much as such affairs do." Mrs. Caskell. — To go on. (a) To proceed; to advance further; to continue; as to go on reading. (b) To be put or drawn on; to fit over; as the coat will not go on. — To go all fours, to correspond exactly, point for point.
"It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours." Macaulay. — To go out. (a) To issue forth from a place. (b) To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition.
"There are other men fitter to go out than I." Shak.
"What went ye out for to see ?" Matt. xi. 7, 8, 9. (c) To become diffused, divulged, or spread abroad, as news, fame etc. (d) To expire; to die; to cease; to come to an end; as the light has gone out.
"Life itself goes out at thy displeasure." Addison. — To go over. (a) To traverse; to cross, as a river, boundary, etc.; to change sides.
"I must not go over Jordan." Deut. iv. 22.
"Let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan." Deut. iii. 25.
"Ishmael … departed to go over to the Ammonites." Jer. xli. 10. (b) To read, or study; to examine; to review; as to go over one’s accounts.
"If we go over the laws of Christianity, we shall find that … they enjoin the same thing." Tillotson. (c) To transcend; to surpass. (d) To be postponed; as the bill went over for the session. (e) (Chem.) To be converted (into a specified substance or material); as monoclinic sulphur goes over into orthorhombic, by standing; sucrose goes over into dextrose and levulose. — To go through. (a) To accomplish; as to go through a work. (b) To suffer; to endure to the end; as to go through a surgical operation or a tedious illness. (c) To spend completely; to exhaust, as a fortune. (d) To strip or despoil (one) of his property. [Slang] (e) To botch or bungle a business. [Scot.] — To go through with, to perform, as a calculation, to the end; to complete. — To go to ground. (a) To escape into a hole; — said of a hunted fox. (b) To fall in battle. — To go to naught (Colloq.), to prove abortive, or unavailling. — To go under. (a) To set; — said of the sun. (b) To be known or recognized by (a name, title, etc.). (c) To be overwhelmed, submerged, or defeated; to perish; to succumb. — To go up, to come to nothing; to prove abortive; to fail. [Slang] — To go upon, to act upon, as a foundation or hypothesis. — To go with. (a) To accompany. (b) To coincide or agree with. (c) To suit; to harmonize with. — To gowell, ill, or hardwith, to affect (one) in such manner. — To go without, to be, or to remain, destitute of. — To go wrong. (a) To take a wrong road or direction; to wander or stray. (b) To depart from virtue. (c) To happen unfortunately. (d) To miss success. — To let go, to allow to depart; to quit one’s hold; to release.
Goa
Go´a, n. (Zoöl.) A species of antelope ( Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet.
Goad, n. [AS. gad; perh. akin to AS. gar a dart, and E. gore. See Gore, v. t.] A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
"The daily goad urging him to the daily toil." Macaulay.
Goad, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Goaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Goading.] To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.
"That temptation that doth goad us on." Shak.
Syn. — To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite; instigate.
Goaf n. ; pl. Goafs (#) or Goaves (#). [Cf. lst Gob.] (Mining) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; — called also gob . To work the goaf or gob, to remove the pillars of mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and replace them with props. Ure.
Goat (got), n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. gat; akin to D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zoöl.) A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat ( C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin. The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat ( Capra aegagrus), of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat ( Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the antelopes. See Mazame. Goat antelope (Zoöl), one of several species of antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara. — Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig. — Goat house. (a) A place for keeping goats. (b) A brothel. [Obs.] — Goat moth (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the large European species ( C. ligniperda), the larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the he-goat. — Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus Capraria ( C. biflora). — Goat’s bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant ( Aconitum Lucoctonum), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland into England; wolfsbane. — Goat’s beard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Tragopogon; — so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant. — Goat’s foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel ( Oxalis caprina) growing at the Cape of Good Hope. — Goat’s rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant ( Galega officinalis of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States). — Goat’s thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ( Astragalus Tragacanthus), found in the Levant. — Goat’s wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to Atraphaxis).
Goatskin
Goat´skin, n. The skin of a goat, or leather made from it. — a. Made of the skin of a goat.
Goaves (govz), n. pl. [See Goaf, n. ] (Mining) Old workings. See Goaf. Raymond.
Gob (gob), n. [Cf. Goaf.] (Mining) Same as Goaf.
Gob, n. [OF. gob morsel; cf. F. gobe, gobbe, a poisoned morsel, poison ball, gobet a piece swallowed, gober to swallow greedily and without tasting; cf. Gael. & Ir. gob mouth, snout, W. gwp a bird’s head and neck. Cf. Gobble, Job, n. ]
1. A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful. [Low] L’Estrange.
2. The mouth. [Prov. Eng.or Low] Wright.
Gobbet
Gob´bet, n. [OE. & F. gobet. See 2d Gob.] A mouthful; a lump; a small piece. Spenser.
"[He] had broken the stocks to small gobbets." Wyclif.
Gobbet
Gob´bet, v. t. To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. [Low] L’Estrange.
Gobbing
Gob´bing, n. [See lst Gob.] (Mining) (a) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff. Brande & C. (b) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.
Gobble
Gob´ble, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gobbled p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling ] [Freq. of 2d gob.]
1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
"Supper gobbled up in haste." Swift.
2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
"He … gobbles out a note of self- approbation." Goldsmith. To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang]
Gobble
Gob´ble, v. i.
1. To eat greedily.
2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. Prior.
Gobet
Gob´et, n. See Gobbet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Goblet
Gob´let, n. [F. gobelet, LL. gobeletus, gobellus; cf. L. cupa tub, cask. See Cupel.] A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle.
"We love not loaded boards and goblets crowned." Denham.
Goblinize
Gob´lin•ize, v. t. To transform into a goblin. [R.] Lowell.
Goby
Go´by, n. ; pl. Gobies (#). [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr. Cf. Gudgeon.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.
God, a. & n. Good. [Obs.] Chaucer.
God (god), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. guð, goð, Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. hu, p. p. huta, to call upon, invoke, implore. rad.30. Cf. Goodbye, Gospel, Gossip.]
1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol.
"He maketh a god, and worshipeth it." Is. xliv. 15.
"The race of Israel … bowing lowly down
To bestial gods." Milton.
2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.
"God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." John iv. 24.
3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.
"Whose god is their belly." Phil. iii. 19.
4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.] Shak. Act of God. (Law) See under Act. — Gallery gods, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] — God’s acre, God’s field, a burial place; a churchyard. See under Acre. — God’s house. (a) An almshouse. [Obs.] (b) A church. — God’s penny, earnest penny. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. — God’s Sunday, Easter.
Godchild
God´child, n. One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather.
Goddaughter
God´daugh•ter, n. [AS. goddohtor.] A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.
Godenly
God´en•ly, adv. In golden terms or a golden manner; splendidly; delightfully. [Obs.] Shak.
Godfather
God´fa•ther, n. [AS. godfaeder. Cf. Gossip.] A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction.
"There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it is desired." Book of Common Prayer (Prot. Episc. Ch., U. S. ).
Godfather
God´fa•ther, v. t. To act as godfather to; to take under one’s fostering care. [R.] Burke.
Godhead
God´head, n. [OE. godhed. See -head, and cf. Godhood.]
1. Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood.
2. The Deity; God; the Supreme Being.
"The imperial throne
Of Godhead, fixed for ever." Milton.
3. A god or goddess; a divinity. [Obs.]
"Adoring first the genius of the place,
The nymphs and native godheads yet unknown." Dryden.
Godhood
God´hood, n. [ God + - hood. Cf. Godhead.] Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead.
Godild
God´ild A corruption of God yield, i. e., God reward or bless. Shak.
Godlike
God´like, a. [ God + like. Cf. Godly.] Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as godlike virtue. — God´like•ness, n.
Godliness
God´li•ness, n. [From Godly.] Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the state or quality of being godly; piety.
"Godliness is profitable unto all things." 1 Tim. iv. 8.
Godly
God´ly, a. [ God, n. + -ly. Cf. Godlike, Like.] Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; conformed to God’s law; devout; righteous; as a godly life.
"For godly sorrow worketh repentance." 2 Cor. vii. 10.
Godlyhead
God´ly•head, n. [Cf. Goodlyhead.] Goodness. [Obs.] Spenser.
Godmother
God´moth•er, n. [AS. godmdor.] A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfather
Godown
Go•down´, n. [Corruption of Malay gadong warehouse.] A warehouse. [East Indies]
Godsend
God´send, n. Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune.
Godson
God´son, n. [AS. godsunu.] A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather.
Goel
Go´el (go"el), a. [Cf. Yellow. rad.49.] Yellow. [Obs.] Tusser.
Goëland
Go•ë•land", n. [F. goëland.] (Zoöl.) A white tropical tern ( Cygis candida).
Goff, n. A game. See Golf. [Scot.] Halliwell.
Goffer
Gof´fer, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Goffered p. pr. & vb. n. Goffering.] [See Gauffer.] To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer. Clarke.
Goggle
Gog´gle, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Goggled p. pr. & vb. n. Goggling ] [Cf. Ir. & Gael. gog a nod, slight motion.] To roll the eyes; to stare.
"And wink and goggle like an owl." Hudibras.
Goggle
Gog´gle, n. [See Goggle, v. i.]
1. A strained or affected rolling of the eye.
2. pl. (a) A kind of spectacles with short, projecting eye tubes, in the front end of which are fixed plain glasses for protecting the eyes from cold, dust, etc. (b) Colored glasses for relief from intense light. (c) A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting. (d) Any screen or cover for the eyes, with or without a slit for seeing through.
Goggle-eyed
Gog´gle-eyed, a. Having prominent and distorted or rolling eyes. Ascham.
Going
Go´ing, n.
1. The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as the going is bad.
2. Departure. Milton.
3. Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. Crew.
4. pl. Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.
"His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings." Job xxxiv. 21.Going barrel. (Horology) (a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth on its periphery to drive the train. (b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is being wound up. — Going forth. (Script.) (a) Outlet; way of exit. "Every going forth of the sanctuary." Ezek. xliv. 5. (b) A limit; a border. "The going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea." Num. xxxiv. 4. — Going out, or Goings out. (Script.) (a) The utmost extremity or limit. "The border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea." Num. xxxiv. 12. (b) Departure or journeying. "And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys." Num. xxxiii. 2. — Goings on, behavior; actions; conduct; — usually in a bad sense. { Goi´ter, Goi´tre }, n. [F. goître, L. guttur throat, cf. tumidum guttur goiter, gutturosus goitered. See Guttural.] (Med.) An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and is most common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland. { Goi´tered, Goi´tred }, a. Affected with goiter.
Going
Go´ing, p. pr. of Go. Specif.: (a) That goes; in existence; available for present use or enjoyment; current; obtainable; also moving; working; in operation; departing; as he is of the brightest men going; going prices or rate. (b) Carrying on its ordinary business; conducting business, or carried on, with an indefinite prospect of continuance; — chiefly used in the phrases a going business, concern, etc. (c) Of or pert. to a going business or concern; as the going value of a company.
Goitrous
Goi´trous, a. [F. goîtreux, L. gutturosus. See Goiter.] Pertaining to the goiter; affected with the goiter; of the nature of goiter or bronchocele.
"Let me not be understood as insinuating that the inhabitants in general are either goitrous or idiots." W. Coxe. { Gold (gold), Golde, Goolde (goold), } n. (Bot.) An old English name of some yellow flower, — the marigold ( Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.
Gold (gold), n. [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G. gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gulþ, Russ. & OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. rad.49, 234. See Yellow, and cf. Gild, v. t.]
1. (Chem.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au ( Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7. Native gold contains usually eight to ten per cent of silver, but often much more. As the amount of silver increases, the color becomes whiter and the specific gravity lower. Gold is very widely disseminated, as in the sands of many rivers, but in very small quantity. It usually occurs in quartz veins (gold quartz), in slate and metamorphic rocks, or in sand and alluvial soil, resulting from the disintegration of such rocks. It also occurs associated with other metallic substances, as in auriferous pyrites, and is combined with tellurium in the minerals petzite, calaverite, sylvanite, etc. Pure gold is too soft for ordinary use, and is hardened by alloying with silver and copper, the latter giving a characteristic reddish tinge. [See Carat.] Gold also finds use in gold foil, in the pigment purple of Cassius, and in the chloride, which is used as a toning agent in photography.
2. Money; riches; wealth.
"For me, the gold of France did not seduce." Shak.
3. A yellow color, like that of the metal; as a flower tipped with gold.
4. Figuratively, something precious or pure; as hearts of gold. Shak. Age of gold. See Golden age, under Golden. — Dutch gold, Fool’s gold, Gold dust, etc. See under Dutch, Dust, etc. — Gold amalgam, a mineral, found in Columbia and California, composed of gold and mercury. — Gold beater, one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold leaf. — Gold beater’s skin, the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used for separating the leaves of metal during the process of gold-beating. — Gold beetle (Zoöl.), any small gold-colored beetle of the family Chrysomelidae; — called also golden beetle. — Gold blocking, printing with gold leaf, as upon a book cover, by means of an engraved block. Knight. — Gold cloth. See Cloth of gold, under Cloth. — Gold Coast, a part of the coast of Guinea, in West Africa. — Gold cradle. (Mining) See Cradle, n. , 7. — Gold diggings, the places, or region, where gold is found by digging in sand and gravel from which it is separated by washing. — Gold end, a fragment of broken gold or jewelry. — Gold-end man. (a) A buyer of old gold or jewelry. (b) A goldsmith’s apprentice. (c) An itinerant jeweler. "I know him not: he looks like a gold-end man." B. Jonson. — Gold fever, a popular mania for gold hunting. — Gold field, a region in which are deposits of gold. — Gold finder. (a) One who finds gold. (b) One who empties privies. [Obs. & Low] Swift. — Gold flower, a composite plant with dry and persistent yellow radiating involucral scales, the Helichrysum Stœchas of Southern Europe. There are many South African species of the same genus. — Gold foil, thin sheets of gold, as used by dentists and others. See Gold leaf. — Goldknobs or knoppes (Bot.), buttercups. — Gold lace, a kind of lace, made of gold thread. — Gold latten, a thin plate of gold or gilded metal. — Gold leaf, gold beaten into a film of extreme thinness, and used for gilding, etc. It is much thinner than gold foil. — Gold lode (Mining), a gold vein. — Gold mine, a place where gold is obtained by mining operations, as distinguished from diggings, where it is extracted by washing. Cf. Gold diggings (above). — Gold nugget, a lump of gold as found in gold mining or digging; — called also a pepito. — Gold paint. See Gold shell. — Gold or Golden, pheasant. (Zoöl.) See under Pheasant. — Gold plate, a general name for vessels, dishes, cups, spoons, etc., made of gold. — Gold of pleasure. [Name perhaps translated from Sp. oro-de-alegria.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Camelina, bearing yellow flowers. C. sativa is sometimes cultivated for the oil of its seeds. — Gold shell. (a) A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up with gum water and spread on shells, for artists’ use; — called also gold paint. (b) (Zoöl.) A bivalve shell ( Anomia glabra) of the Atlantic coast; — called also jingle shell and silver shell. See Anomia. — Gold size, a composition used in applying gold leaf. — Gold solder, a kind of solder, often containing twelve parts of gold, two of silver, and four of copper. — Gold stick, the colonel of a regiment of English lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions; — so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of the regiment. [Eng.] — Gold thread. (a) A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold. Ure. (b) (Bot.) A small evergreen plant ( Coptis trifolia), so called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in marshy places in the United States. — Gold tissue, a tissue fabric interwoven with gold thread. — Gold tooling, the fixing of gold leaf by a hot tool upon book covers, or the ornamental impression so made. — Gold washings, places where gold found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing. — Gold worm, a glowworm. [Obs.] — Jeweler’s gold, an alloy containing three parts of gold to one of copper. — Mosaic gold. See under Mosaic.
Goldcrest
Gold´crest, n. (Zoöl.) The European golden-crested kinglet ( Regulus cristatus, or R. regulus); — called also golden-crested wren, and golden wren. The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet. See Kinglet.
Golden
Gold´en, a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]
1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
2. Having the color of gold; as the golden grain.
3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as golden opinions. Golden age. (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the silver, bronze, and iron ages. Dryden. (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 — A. D. 14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when Cicero, Caesar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence: (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its greatest glory; as the Elizabethan age has been considered the golden age of English literature. — Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a pawnbroker’s office or shop; — originally taken from the coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in London having been Lombards. — Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict. — Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named from its long clusters of yellow blossoms. — Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant ( Orontium aquaticum), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow flowers. — Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup. — Golden eagle (Zoöl.), a large and powerful eagle ( Aquila Chrysaëtos) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is the ring-tailed eagle. — Golden fleece. (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; - - called also Toison d’Or. — Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang] — Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma- aurea. — Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th century. — Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled. — Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.] — Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation.
"Angels guard him in the golden mean." Pope. — Golden mole (Zoöl), one of several South African Insectivora of the family Chrysochloridae, resembling moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green, purple, and gold. — Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and is so called from having formerly been written in the calendar in gold. — Golden oriole. (Zoöl.) See Oriole. — Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant. — Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color. — Golden plover (Zoöl.), one of several species of plovers, of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European ( C. apricarius, or pluvialis; — called also yellow, black-breasted, hill, ∧ whistling, plover. The common American species ( C. dominicus) is also called frostbird, and bullhead. — Golden robin. (Zoöl.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab. — Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some church or person in recognition of special services rendered to the Holy See. — Golden rule. (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us. Cf. Luke vi. 31. (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three. — Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant ( Inula crithmoides), found on the seashore of Europe. — Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers ( Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet places in early spring. - - Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb ( Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock and large rounded leaves. — Golden sulphide, or sulphuret, of antimony (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow powder. — Golden warbler (Zoöl.), a common American wood warbler ( Dendroica aestiva); — called also blue-eyed yellow warbler, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird. — Golden wasp (Zoöl.), a bright- colored hymenopterous insect, of the family Chrysididae. The colors are golden, blue, and green. — Golden wedding. See under Wedding.
Golden State
Gold"en State. California; — a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits.
Goldfinch
Gold´finch, n. [AS. goldfinc. See Gold, and Finch.] (Zoöl.) (a) A beautiful bright- colored European finch ( Carduelis elegans). The name refers to the large patch of yellow on the wings. The front of the head and throat are bright red; the nape, with part of the wings and tail, black; — called also goldspink, goldie, fool’s coat, drawbird, draw-water, thistle finch, and sweet William. (b) The yellow- hammer. (c) A small American finch ( Spinus tristis); the thistle bird. The name is also applied to other yellow finches, esp. to several additional American species of Spinus.
Goldfish
Gold´fish, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A small domesticated cyprinoid fish ( Carassius auratus); — so named from its color. It is a native of China, and is said to have been introduced into Europe in 1691. It is often kept as an ornament, in small ponds or glass globes. Many varieties are known. Called also golden fish, and golden carp. See Telescope fish, under Telescope. (b) A California marine fish of an orange or red color; the garibaldi.
Goldie
Gold´ie, n. [From Gold.] (Zoöl.) (a) The European goldfinch. (b) The yellow- hammer.
Goldilocks
Gold´i•locks, n. Same as Goldylocks. { Gold´in, Gold´ing } n. (Bot.) [From the golden color of the blossoms.] A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold ( Chrysanthemum segetum). [This word is variously corrupted into gouland, gools, gowan, etc.]
Goldsmith
Gold´smith, n. [AS. goldsmi. See Gold., and Smith.]
1. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.
2. A banker. [Obs.] The goldsmiths of London formerly received money on deposit because they were prepared to keep it safely. Goldsmith beetle (Zoöl.), a large, bright yellow, American beetle ( Cotalpa lanigera), of the family Scarabaeidae
Golf, n. [D. kolf club or bat, also a Dutch game played in an inclosed area with clubs and balls; akin to G. kolben club, but end, Icel. klfr tongue of a bell. bolt, Sw. kolf bolt, dart, but end, Dan. kolv bolt, arrow. Cf. Club, Globe.] A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner. [Scot.] Strutt.
Golf, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Golfed p. pr. & vb. n. Golfing.] To play at golf.
"Last mystery of all, he learned to golf." Kipling.
Goliard
Gol´iard (gol"yerd), n. [From OF. goliart glutton, buffoon, riotous student, Goliard, LL. goliardus, prob. fr. L. gula throat. Cf. Gules.] A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men’s tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.
Goliardery
Gol´iard•er•y, n. The satirical or ribald poetry of the Goliards. Milman.
Goll, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A hand, paw, or claw. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. B. Jonson.
Goltschut
Golt´schut, n.
1. A small ingot of gold.
2. A silver ingot, used in Japan as money.
Golyardeys
Gol´yard•eys, n. A buffoon. See Goliard. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Gome, n. [AS. guma; akin to Goth. guma, L. homo. See Bridegroom.] A man. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Gome, n. [Cf. Icel. gormr ooze, mud.] The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; — called also gorm. See Gorm. [Prov. Eng.]
Gommelin
Gom´me•lin, n. [F. gommeline, from gomme gum.] (Chem.) See Dextrin.
Gon, imp. & p. p. of Go. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Gonakie
Go´na•kie, n. (Bot.) An African timber tree ( Acacia Adansonii).
Gonangium
Go•nan•gi´um, n. ; pl. L. Gonangia (#), E. Gonangiums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. offspring + vessel.] (Zoöl.) See Gonotheca.
Gondola
Gon´do•la, n. (Aëronautics) An elongated car under a dirigible.
Gondolet
Gon´do•let, n. [It. gondoletta, dim. of gondola.] A small gondola. T. Moore.
Gondolier
Gon•do•lier´, n. [It. gondoliere: cf. F. gondolier.] A man who rows a gondola.
Goneness
Gone´ness, n. A state of exhaustion; faintness, especially as resulting from hunger. [Colloq. U. S.] { Gon´fa•lon, Gon´fa•non } n. [OE. gonfanoun, OF. gonfanon, F. gonfalon, the same word as F. confalon, name of a religious brotherhood, fr. OHG. gundfano war flag; gund war (used in comp., and akin to AS. guð) + fano cloth, flag; akin to E. vane; cf. AS. guðfana. See Vane, and cf. Confalon.]
1. The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediaeval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope.
2. A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself.
"Standards and gonfalons, ’twixt van and rear,
Stream in the air." Milton.
Gong, n. [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See Gang.] A privy or jakes. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]
Gonidial
Go•nid´i•al, a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia.
Gonoblastid
Gon•o•blas´tid, n. [See Gonoblastidium.] (Zoöl.) A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore.
Gonocalyx
Gon•o•ca´lyx, n. [Gr. offspring + E. calyx,] (Zoöl.) The bell of a sessile gonozooid.
Gonoph
Gon´oph, n. [Perh. fr. Heb. gannabh thief.] A pickpocket or thief. [Eng. Slang] Dickens.
Gonophore
Gon´o•phore, n. [Gr. offspring, seed + to bear.]
1. (Zoöl.) A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illust. . of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.
2. (Bot.) A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner. { Gon•or•rhe´a, Gon•or•rhœ"a }, n. [L. gonorrhoea, Gr. ; that which begets, semen, the genitals + to flow: cf. F. gonorrhee.] (Med.) A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap. { Gon•or•rhe´al, Gon•or•rhœ"al }, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to gonorrhea; as gonorrheal rheumatism.
Gonotheca
Gon•o•the´ca, n. ; pl. Gonothec (#). [NL., fr. Gr. offspring + box.] (Zoöl.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids ( Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; — called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian.
Gonozooid
Gon•o•zo´oid, n. [Gr. offspring + E. zooid.] (Zoöl.) A sexual zooid, or medusoid bud of a hydroid; a gonophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian.
Gonydial
Go•nyd´i•al, a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the gonys of a bird’s beak.
Gonys
Go´nys, n. [Cf. Genys.] (Zoöl.) The keel or lower outline of a bird’s bill, so far as the mandibular rami are united.
Good, a. [ Compar. Better superl. Best These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. God, akin to D. goed, OS. god, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. goðr, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth. gods; prob. orig., fitting, belonging together, and akin to E. gather. rad.29 Cf. Gather.]
1. Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable; commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive, or troublesome, etc.
"And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good." Gen. i. 31.
"Good company, good wine, good welcome." Shak.
2. Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious; religious; — said of persons or actions.
"In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works." Tit. ii. 7.
3. Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; — often followed by to or toward, also formerly by unto.
"The men were very good unto us." 1 Sam. xxv. 15.
4. Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be relied upon; — followed especially by for.
"All quality that is good for anything is founded originally in merit." Collier.
5. Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; — followed especially by a. .
"He … is a good workman; a very good tailor." Shak.
"Those are generally good at flattering who are good for nothing else." South.
6. Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious; valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary ability; of unimpaired credit.
"My reasons are both good and weighty." Shak.
"My meaning in saying he is a good man is … that he is sufficient … I think I may take his bond." Shak.
7. Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth.
"Love no man in good earnest." Shak.
8. Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or part, etc.
9. Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
"Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over." Luke vi. 38.
10. Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied; as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good repute, etc.
"A good name is better than precious ointment". Eccl. vii. 1.As good as. See under As. — For good, or For good and all, completely and finally; fully; truly.
"The good woman never died after this, till she came to die for good and all." L’Estrange. — Good breeding, polite or polished manners, formed by education; a polite education.
"Distinguished by good humor and good breeding." Macaulay. — Good cheap, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap. — Good consideration (Law). (a) A consideration of blood or of natural love and affection. Blackstone. (b) A valuable consideration, or one which will sustain a contract. — Good fellow, a person of companionable qualities. [Familiar] — Good folk, or Good people, fairies; brownies; pixies, etc. [Colloq. Eng. & Scot.] — Good for nothing. (a) Of no value; useless; worthless. (b) Used substantively, an idle, worthless person.
"My father always said I was born to be a good for nothing." Ld. Lytton. — Good Friday, the Friday of Holy Week, kept in some churches as a fast, in memoory of our Savior’s passion or suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion. — Good humor, or Good-humor, a cheerful or pleasant temper or state of mind. — Good nature, or Good-nature, habitual kindness or mildness of temper or disposition; amiability; state of being in good humor.
"The good nature and generosity which belonged to his character." Macaulay.
"The young count’s good nature and easy persuadability were among his best characteristics." Hawthorne. — Good people. See Good folk (above). — Good speed, good luck; good success; godspeed; — an old form of wishing success. See Speed. — Good turn, an act of kidness; a favor. — Good will. (a) Benevolence; well wishing; kindly feeling. (b) (Law) The custom of any trade or business; the tendency or inclination of persons, old customers and others, to resort to an established place of business; the advantage accruing from tendency or inclination.
"The good will of a trade is nothing more than the probability that the old customers will resort to the old place." Lord Eldon. — In good time. (a) Promptly; punctually; opportunely; not too soon nor too late. (b) (Mus.) Correctly; in proper time. — To hold good, to remain true or valid; to be operative; to remain in force or effect; as his promise holds good; the condition still holds good. — To make good, to fulfill; to establish; to maintain; to supply (a defect or deficiency); to indemmify; to prove or verify (an accusation); to prove to be blameless; to clear; to vindicate.
"Each word made good and true." Shak.
"Of no power to make his wishes good." Shak.
"I … would by combat make her good." Shak.
"Convenient numbers to make good the city." Shak. — To think good, to approve; to be pleased or satisfied with; to consider expedient or proper.
"If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear." Zech. xi. 12. Good, in the sense of wishing well, is much used in greeting and leave-taking; as good day, good night, good evening, good morning, etc.
Good, n.
1. That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; — opposed to evil.
"There be many that say, Who will show us any good ?" Ps. iv. 6.
2. Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; — opposed to harm, etc.
"The good of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the good of each of the members composing it." Jay.
3. pl. Wares; commodities; chattels; - - formerly used in the singular in a collective sense. In law, a comprehensive name for almost all personal property as distinguished from land or real property. Wharton.
"He hath made us spend much good." Chaucer.
"Thy lands and goods
Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate
Unto the state of Venice." Shak. Dress goods, Dry goods, etc. See in the Vocabulary. — Goods engine, a freight locomotive. [Eng.] — Goods train, a freight train. [Eng.] — Goods wagon, a freight car [Eng.] See the Note under Car, n. , 2.
Good, v. t.
1. To make good; to turn to good. [Obs.]
2. To manure; to improve. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. { Good•-by´, Good•-bye´ }, n. or interj. [A contraction of God be with ye ( God be wi ye, God bw’ ye, God bwye).] Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep. Shak.
Good now
Good" now" An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty. [Obs.] Shak.
Good-fellowship
Good•-fel´low•ship, n. Agreeable companionship; companionableness.
Good-humored
Good•-hu´mored, a. Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good- natured.
Good-humoredly
Good•-hu´mored•ly, adv. With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.
Goodliness
Good´li•ness, n. [From Goodly.] Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness.
"Her goodliness was full of harmony to his eyes." Sir P. Sidney.
Goodly
Good´ly, adv. Excellently. [Obs.] Spenser.
Goodly
Good´ly, a. [ Compar. Goodlier superl. Goodliest.] [OE. godlich, AS. godlic. See Good, and Like.]
1. Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.
"We have many goodly days to see." Shak.
2. Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses.
"The goodliest man of men since born." Milton.
3. Large; considerable; portly; as a goodly number.
"Goodly and great he sails behind his link." Dryden. { Good´ly•head, Good´ly•hood } n. Goodness; grace; goodliness. [Obs.] Spenser.
Good-natured
Good•-na´tured, a. Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.
Syn. — Good-natured, Good-tempered, Good- humored. Good-natured denotes a disposition to please and be pleased. Good-tempered denotes a habit of mind which is not easily ruffled by provocations or other disturbing influences. Good-humored is applied to a spirit full of ease and cheerfulness, as displayed in one’s outward deportment and in social intercourse. A good-natured man recommends himself to all by the spirit which governs him. A good-humored man recommends himself particularly as a companion. A good-tempered man is rarely betrayed into anything which can disturb the serenity of the social circle.
Good-naturedly
Good•-na´tured•ly, adv. With mildness of temper.
Goods, n. pl. See Good, n. , 3.
Good-tempered
Good•-tem´pered, a. Having a good temper; not easily vexed. See Good-natured.
Goodwife
Good´wife, n. The mistress of a house. [Archaic] Robynson (More’s Utopia).
Good-year
Good´-year, n. [See Goujere.] The venereal disease; — often used as a mild oath. [Obs.] Shak.
Goody-goody
Good´y-good•y, a. Mawkishly or weakly good; exhibiting goodness with silliness. [Colloq.]
Goodyship
Good´y•ship, n. The state or quality of a goody or goodwife [Jocose] Hudibraus.
Gooroo
Goo•roo´, Gu•ru´, n. [Hind. gur a spiritual parent or teacher, Skr. guru heavy, noble, venerable, teacher. Cf. Grief.] A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos. Malcom.
Goosander
Goos´an•der, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. Merganser.] (Zoöl.) A species of merganser ( M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; — called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser.
Goose (goos), n. ; pl. Geese (ges). [OE. gos, AS. gos, pl. ges; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. gas, Dan. gaas, Sw. gås, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. chh•n, Skr. hamsa. rad.233. Cf. Gander, Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zoöl.)
1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres. The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the European graylag goose ( Anser anser). The bean goose ( A. segetum), the American wild or Canada goose ( Branta Canadensis), and the bernicle goose ( Branta leucopsis) are well known species. The American white or snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle, Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, Wild goose, Brant.
2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose. The Egyptian or fox goose ( Alopochen AEgyptiaca) and the African spur-winged geese ( Plectropterus) belong to the family Plectropteridae. The Australian semipalmated goose ( Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape Barren goose ( Cereopsis Novae-Hollandiae) are very different from northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in Australia.
3. A tailor’s smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.
4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
5. A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
"The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose." Goldsmith. A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment. — Fen goose. See under Fen. — Goose barnacle (Zoöl.), any pedunculated barnacle of the genus Anatifa or Lepas; — called also duck barnacle. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia. — Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] Beau. & . — Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ( Juncus squarrosus). — Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.] — Goose flesh, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear; — called also goose skin. — Goose grass. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Galium ( G. Aparine), a favorite food of geese; — called also catchweed and cleavers. (b) A species of knotgrass ( Polygonum aviculare). (c) The annual spear grass ( Poa annua). — Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast. — Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also a pen made from it. — Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above. — Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant ( Achillea ptarmica), growing wild in the British islands. — Sea goose. (Zoöl.) See Phalarope. — Solan goose. (Zoöl.) See Gannet.
Gooseberry
Goose´ber•ry, n. ; pl. Gooseberries (#), [Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, — of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kräuselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusbär (fr. krus, krusing, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf. Grossular, a. ]
1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly cultivated.
2. A silly person; a goose cap. Goldsmith. Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub ( Pereskia aculeata) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries. — Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. — Gooseberry fool. See lst Fool. — Gooseberry worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a small moth ( Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior.
Goosefoot
Goose´foot, n. (Bot.) A genus of herbs ( Chenopodium) mostly annual weeds; pigweed.
Gopher
Go´pher, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See Gauffer.] (Zoöl.)
1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; — called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan. The name was originally given by French settlers to many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the earth.
2. One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as the gray gopher ( Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher ( S. tridecemlineatus); — called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile.
3. A large land tortoise ( Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows.
4. A large burrowing snake ( Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States. Gopher drift (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift, following or seeking the ore without regard to regular grade or section. Raymond.
Gopher State
Go"pher State. Minnesota; — a nickname alluding to the abundance of gophers.
Goracco
Go•rac´co, n. A paste prepared from tobacco, and smoked in hookahs in Western India.
Goral
Go´ral, n. (Zoöl.) An Indian goat antelope ( Nemorhedus goral), resembling the chamois.
Gorce, n. [OF. gort, nom. gorz, gulf, L. gurges whirlpool, gulf, stream. See Gorge.] A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear. [Obs.]
Gorcock
Gor´cock, n. [Prob. from gore blood.] (Zoöl.) The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Gorcrow
Gor´crow, n. [AS. gor dung, dirt. See Gore blood, dirt.] (Zoöl.) The carrion crow; — called also gercrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Gordiacea
Gor•di•a´ce•a, n. pl. [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zoöl.) A division of nematoid worms, including the hairworms or hair eels ( Gordius and Mermis). See Gordius, and Illustration in Appendix.
Gordius
Gor´di•us, n. [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zoöl.) A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; — called also hair eel, hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs.
Gore, n. [OE. gore, gare, AS. gr. angular point of land, fr. gr spear; akin to D. geer gore, G. gehre gore, ger spear, Icel. geiri gore, geir spear, and prob. to E. goad. Cf. Gar, n. , Garlic, and Gore, v. ]
1. A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part.
2. A small traingular piece of land. Cowell.
3. (Her.) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point. It is usually on the sinister side, and of the tincture called tenne. Like the other abatements it is a modern fancy and not actually used.
Gore, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gored p. pr. & vb. n. Goring.] [OE. gar spear, AS. gr. See 2d Gore.] To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab.
"The low stumps shall gore
His daintly feet." Coleridge.
Gorebill
Gore´bill, n. [2d gore + bill.] (Zoöl.) The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]
Gorfly
Gor´fly, n. ; pl. Gorflies (#). [ Gore (AS. gor) dung + fly.] (Zoöl.) A dung fly.
Gorge, n. [F. gorge, LL. gorgia, throat, narrow pass, and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool, gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. gargara whirlpool, gr. to devour. Cf. Gorget.]
1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.
"Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain." Spenser.
"Now, how abhorred! … my gorge rises at it." Shak.
2. A narrow passage or entrance; as: (a) A defile between mountains. (b) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; — usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of Bastion.
3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.
"And all the way, most like a brutish beast,
e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest." Spenser.
4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as an ice gorge in a river.
5. (Arch.) A concave molding; a cavetto. Gwilt.
6. (Naut.) The groove of a pulley. Gorge circle (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross section of a hyperboloid of revolution. — Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead. Knight.
Gorge, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gorged p. pr. & vb. n. Gorging ] [F. gorger. See Gorge, n. ]
1. To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
"The fish has gorged the hook." Johnson.
2. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
"The giant gorged with flesh." Addison.
"Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite." Dryden.
Gorgelet
Gor´ge•let, n. (Zoöl.) A small gorget, as of a humming bird.
Gorgeous
Gor´geous, a. [OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain, luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F. gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. Gorge, n. ] Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent.
"Cloud-land, gorgeous land." Coleridge.
"Gorgeous as the sun at midsummer." Shak. — Gor´geous•ly, adv. — Gor´geous•ness, n.
Gorgerin
Gor•ge•rin´, n. [F., fr. gorge neck.] (Arch.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; — called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column.
Gorget
Gor´get, n. [OF. gorgete, dim. of gorge throat. See Gorge, n. ]
1. A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century.
2. A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor.
"Unfix the gorget’s iron clasp." Sir W. Scott.
3. A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies.
4. A ruff worn by women. [Obs.]
5. (Surg.) (a) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. (b) A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; — called also blunt gorget. Dunglison.
6. (Zoöl.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. Gorget hummer (Zoöl.), a humming bird of the genus Trochilus. See Rubythroat.
Gorgon
Gor´gon (gôr"gon), n. [L. Gorgo, -onis, Gr. Gorgw•, fr. gorgo•s terrible.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.
2. Anything very ugly or horrid. Milton.
3. (Zoöl.) The brindled gnu. See Gnu.
Gorgon
Gor´gon, a. Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as a Gorgon face. Dryden.
Gorgonacea
Gor•go•na´ce•a (gôr•go•na"she•a), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) See Gorgoniacea.
Gorgoniacea
Gor•go•ni•a´ce•a, n. pl. [NL. See Gorgonia.] (Zoöl.) One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or cœnenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated. The axis is commonly horny, but it may be solid and stony (composed of calcium carbonate), as in the red coral of commerce, or it may be in alternating horny and stony joints, as in Isis. See Alcyonaria, Anthozoa, Cœnenchyma.
Gorhen
Gor´hen, n. [ Gor- as in gorcock + hen.] (Zoöl.) The female of the gorcock.
Gorm, n. Axle grease. See Gome. [Prov. Eng.]
Gorm, v. t. To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky. [Prov. Eng.]
Gormand
Gor´mand, n. [F. gourmand; cf. Prov. F. gourmer to sip, to lap, gourmacher to eat improperly, F. gourme mumps, glanders, Icel. gormr mud, mire, Prov. E. gorm to smear, daub; all perh. akin to E. gore blood, filth. Cf. Gourmand.] A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.
Gormander
Gor´mand•er, n. See Gormand, n. [Obs.]
Gormandize
Gor´mand•ize, v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. Gormandized p. pr. & vb. n. Gormandizing ] [F. gourmandise gluttony. See Gormand.] To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton. Shak.
Gormandizer
Gor´mand•i•zer, n. A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.
Goroon shell
Go•roon" shell (Zoöl.) A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell ( Triton femorale).
Gorse, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow, grass.] (Bot.) Furze. See Furze.
"The common, overgrown with fern, and rough
With prickly gorse." Cowper. Gorse bird (Zoöl.), the European linnet; — called also gorse hatcher. [Prov. Eng.] — Gorse chat (Zoöl.), the winchat. — Gorse duck, the corncrake; — called also grass drake, land drake, and corn drake.
Gory
Gor´y, a. [From Gore.]
1. Covered with gore or clotted blood.
"Thou canst not say I did it; never shake
Thy gory locks at me." Shak.
2. Bloody; murderous. "Gory emulation." Shak.
Goshawk
Gos´hawk, n. [AS. gshafuc, lit., goosehawk; or Icel. gashaukr. See Goose, and Hawk the bird.] (Zoöl.) Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species and varieties are known. The European ( Astur palumbarius) and the American ( A. atricapillus) are the best known species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk ( A. Novae-Hollandiae) is pure white.
Gosherd
Gos´herd, n. [OE. gosherde. See Goose, and Herd a herdsman.] One who takes care of geese.
Gospel
Gos´pel, n. [OE. gospel, godspel, AS. godspell; god God + spell story, tale. See God, and Spell, v. ]
1. Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ, the Kingdom of God, and salvation.
"And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom." Matt. iv. 23.
"The steadfast belief of the promises of the gospel." Bentley. It is probable that gospel is from. OE. godspel, God story, the narrative concerning God; but it was early confused with god spell, good story, good tidings, and was so used by the translators of the Authorized version of Scripture. This use has been retained in most cases in the Revised Version.
"Thus the literal sense [of gospel] is the "narrative of God," i. e., the life of Christ." Skeat.
2. One of the four narratives of the life and death of Jesus Christ, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
3. A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a religious service; as the gospel for the day.
4. Any system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of political doctrine or social philosophy; as this political gospel. Burke.
5. Anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as they took his words for gospel. [Colloq.]
"If any one thinks this expression hyperbolical, I shall only ask him to read Œdipus, instead of taking the traditional witticisms about Lee for gospel." Saintsbury.
Gospel
Gos´pel, v. t. To instruct in the gospel. [Obs.] Shak.
Gospelize
Gos´pel•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gospelized p. pr. & vb. n. Gospelizing ] [Written also gospellize.]
1. To form according to the gospel; as a command gospelized to us. Milton.
2. To instruct in the gospel; to evangelize; as to gospelize the savages. Boyle.
Goss, n. [See Gorse.] Gorse. [Obs.] Shak.
Gossamer
Gos´sa•mer, n. [OE. gossomer, gossummer, gosesomer, perh. for goose summer, from its downy appearance, or perh. for God’s summer, cf. G. mariengarr gossamer, properly Mary’s yarn, in allusion to the Virgin Mary. Perhaps the E. word alluded to a legend that the gossamer was the remnant of the Virgin Mary’s winding sheet, which dropped from her when she was taken up to heaven. For the use of summer in the sense of film or threads, cf. G. Mädchensommer, Altweibersommer, fliegender Sommer, all meaning, gossamer.]
1. A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders.
2. Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also a thin waterproof stuff.
3. An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer. Gossamer spider (Zoöl.), any small or young spider which spins webs by which to sail in the air. See Ballooning spider.
Gossaniferous
Gos•san•if´er•ous, a. [ Gossan + -ferous.] Containing or producing gossan.
Gossip
Gos´sip, v. t. To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] Shak.
Gossip
Gos´sip, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gossiped p. pr. & vb. n. Gossiping.]
1. To make merry. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. Shak.
3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
Gossiprede
Gos´sip•rede, n. [Cf. Kindred.] The relationship between a person and his sponsors. [Obs.]
Got, imp. & p. p. of Get. See Get.
Gothamite
Go´tham•ite, n.
1. A gothamist.
2. An inhabitant of New York city. [Jocular] Irving.
Gothic
Goth´ic, a. [L. Gothicus: cf. F. gothique.]
1. Pertaining to the Goths; as Gothic customs; also rude; barbarous.
2. (Arch.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions — prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital.
Gothic
Goth´ic, n.
1. The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth. Bishop Ulfilas or Walfila translated most of the Bible into Gothic about the Middle of the 4th century. The portion of this translaton which is preserved is the oldest known literary document in any Teutonic language.
2. A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines. This is Nonpareil GOTHIC.
3. (Arch.) The style described in Gothic, a. , 2.
Gothicize
Goth´i•cize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gothicized p. pr. & vb. n. Gothicizing ] To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.
Goud, n. [Cf. OF. gaide, F. guède, fr. OHG. weit; or cf. F. gaude weld. Cf. Woad.] Woad. [Obs.]
Gouge, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gouged p. pr. & vb. n. Gouging ]
1. To scoop out with a gouge.
2. To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb. [K S.] A barbarity mentioned by some travelers as formerly practiced in the brutal frays of desperadoes in some parts of the United States.
3. To cheat in a bargain; to chouse. [Slang, U. S.]
Gougeshell
Gouge´shell, n. (Zoöl.) A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also the pinna. See Vermetus.
Goujere
Gou´jere, n. [F. gouge prostitute, a camp trull. Cf. Good-year.] The venereal disease. [Obs.]
Gour, n. [See Giaour.]
1. A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber. Tylor.
2. (Zoöl.) See Koulan.
Gourd, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite.]
1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd ( Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.
2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. Chaucer. Bitter gourd, colocynth.
Gourd, n. A false die. See Gord. { Gourd, Gourde } n. [Sp. gordo large.] A silver dollar; — so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. Simmonds.
Gourdiness
Gourd´i•ness, n. [From Gourdy.] (Far.) The state of being gourdy.
Gourdworm
Gourd´worm´, n. (Zoöl.) The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.
Gourdy
Gourd´y, a. [Either fr. gourd, or fr. F. gourd benumbed.] (Far.) Swelled in the legs.
Gourmand
Gour´mand, n. [F.] A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.
"That great gourmand, fat Apicius" B. Jonson.
Gourmet
Gour•met´ (goor•ma"), n. [F.] A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.
Gout (gout), n. [F. goutte a drop, the gout, the disease being considered as a defluxion, fr. L. gutta drop.]
1. A drop; a clot or coagulation.
"On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood." Shak.
2. (Med.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc. Dunglison.
3. A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn. Gout stones. See Chalkstone, n. , 2.
Goût (goo), n. [F., fr. L. gustus taste. See Gusto.] Taste; relish.
Gove (gov), n. [Also goaf, goof, goff.] A mow; a rick for hay. [Obs.] Tusser.
Govern
Gov´ern, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Governed p. pr. & vb. n. Governing.] [OF. governer, F. gouverner, fr. L. gubernare to steer, pilot, govern, Gr. kyberna^n. Cf. Gubernatorial.]
1. To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority. "Fit to govern and rule multitudes." Shak.
2. To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as to govern the life; to govern a horse.
"Govern well thy appetite." Milton.
3. (Gram.) To require to be in a particular case; as a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as a transitive verb governs the objective case.
Govern
Gov´ern, v. i. To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. Dryden.
Governableness
Gov´ern•a•ble•ness, n. The quality of being governable; manageableness.
Governante
Gov´ern•ante´, n. [F. gouvernante. See Govern.] A governess. Sir W. Scott.
Governess
Gov´ern•ess, n. [Cf. OF. governeresse. See Governor.] A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, — usually in their homes.
Government
Gov´ern•ment, n. [F. gouvernement. See Govern.]
1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as civil, church, or family government.
2. The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
"That free government which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth." Milton.
3. The right or power of governing; authority.
"I here resign my government to thee." Shak.
4. The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
"When we, in England, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being." Mozley & W.
5. The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as the governments of Europe.
6. Management of the limbs or body. Shak.
7. (Gram.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
Governor
Gov´ern•or, n. [OE. governor, governour, OF. governeor, F. gouverneur, fr. L. gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See Govern.]
1. One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as the governor of Pennsylvania. "The governor of the town." Shak.
2. One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
3. (Naut.) A pilot; a steersman. [R.]
4. (Mach.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable. The illustration shows a form of governor commonly used for steam engines, in wich a heavy sleeve ( a) sliding on a rapidly revolving spindle ( b), driven by the engine, is raised or lowered, when the speed varies, by the changing centrifugal force of two balls ( c c) to which it is connected by links ( d d), the balls being attached to arms ( e e) which are jointed to the top of the spindle. The sleeve is connected with the throttle valve or cut-off through a lever ( f), and its motion produces a greater supply of steam when the engine runs too slowly and a less supply when too fast. Governor cut-off (Steam Engine), a variable cut-off gear in which the governor acts in such a way as to cause the steam to be cut off from entering the cylinder at points of the stroke dependent upon the engine’s speed. — Hydraulic governor (Mach.), a governor which is operated by the action of a liquid in flowing; a cataract.
Gowd, n. [Cf. Gold.] Gold; wealth. [Scot.]
"The man’s the gowd for a’ that." Burns.
Gowdie
Gow´die, n. (Zoöl.) See Dragont. [Scot.]
Gowdnook
Gowd´nook´, n. (Zoöl.) The saury pike; — called also gofnick.
Gowk, v. t. [See Gawk.] To make a, booby of one); to stupefy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Gowk, n. [See Gawk.] (Zoöl.)
1. The European cuckoo; — called also gawky.
2. A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.
Gowl, v. i. [OE. gaulen, goulen. Cf. Yawl, v. i.] To howl. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Gowned, p. a. Dressed in a gown; clad.
"Gowned in pure white, that fitted to the shape." Tennyson.
Gozzard
Goz´zard, n. See Gosherd. [Prov. Eng.]