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GOCART Go"cart`, n.

Defn: A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk.

GOD God, a. & n.

Defn: Good. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOD God, n. Etym: [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. gu, go, Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h, p. p. h, to call upon, invoke, implore. 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.

GOD God, v. t.

Defn: To treat as a god; to idolize. [Obs.] Shak.

GODCHILD God"child`, n.

Defn: 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. Etym: [AS. goddohtor.]

Defn: A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.

GODDESS God"dess, n.

1. A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex. When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty. Addison.

2. A woman of superior charms or excellence.

GODE Gode, a. & n.

Defn: Good. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GODELICH Gode"lich, a.

Defn: Goodly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GO-DEVIL Go"-dev"il, n. (Mach.) (a) A weight which is dropped into a bore, as of an oil well, to explode a cartridge previously lowered. (b) A device, as a loosely fitted plug, which is driven through a pipe by the pressure of the contents behind the plug to clear away obstructions. (c) A rough sled or dray used for dragging logs, hauling stone, etc. [Local, U. S.]

GODE-YEAR Gode"-year, n. Etym: [See Goujere.]

Defn: The venereal disease; — often used as a mild oath. [Obs.] Shak.

GODFATHER God"fa`ther, n. Etym: [AS. godfæder. Cf. Gossip.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care. [R.] Burke.

GOD-FEARING God"-fear`ing, a.

Defn: Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; religious. A brave good-fearing man. Tennyson.

GODHEAD God"head, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [God + -hood. Cf. Godhead.]

Defn: Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead.

GODILD God"ild.

Defn: A corruption of God yield, i. e., God reward or bless. Shak.

GODLESS God"less, a.

Defn: Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked. — God"less*ly, adv. — God"less*ness, n.

GODLIKE God"like`, a. Etym: [God + like. Cf. Godly.]

Defn: Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue. — God"like`ness, n.

GODLILY God"li*ly, adv.

Defn: Righteously. H. Wharton.

GODLINESS God"li*ness, n. Etym: [From Godly.]

Defn: 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.

GODLING God"ling, n.

Defn: A diminutive god. Dryden.

GODLY God"ly, a. Etym: [God, n. + -ly. Cf. Godlike, Like.]

Defn: 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.

GODLY God"ly, adv.

Defn: Piously; devoutly; righteously. All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2. Tim. iii. 12.

GODLYHEAD God"ly*head, n. Etym: [Cf. Goodlyhead.]

Defn: Goodness. [Obs.] Spenser.

GODMOTHER God"moth`er, n. Etym: [AS. godm.]

Defn: A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfather

GODOWN Go*down", n. Etym: [Corruption of Malay gadong warehouse.]

Defn: A warehouse. [East Indies]

GODROON Go*droon", n. Etym: [F. godron a round plait, godroon.] (Arch.)

Defn: An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding.

GODSEND God"send`, n.

Defn: Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune.

GODSHIP God"ship, n. Etym: [God, n. + -ship.]

Defn: The rank or character of a god; deity; divinity; a god or goddess. O'er hills and dales their godships came. Prior.

GODSIB God"sib, n.

Defn: A gossip. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GODSON God"son`, n. Etym: [AS. godsunu.]

Defn: A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather.

GODSPEED God"speed`, n.

Defn: Success; prosperous journeying; — a contraction of the phrase, "God speed you." [Written also as two separate words.] Receive him not into house, neither bid him God speed. 2 John 10.

GODWARD God"ward, adv.

Defn: Toward God. 2 Cor. iii. 4.

GODWIT God"wit, n. Etym: [Prob. from AS. g good + wiht creature, wight.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidæ. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (L. hæmastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin.

GOEL Go"el (go"êl), a. Etym: [Cf. Yellow. sq. root49.]

Defn: Yellow. [Obs.] Tusser.

GOELAND Go`ë`land", n. Etym: [F. goëland.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A white tropical tern (Cygis candida).

GOEMIN Go`ë`min", n. Etym: [F. goëmon seaweed.]

Defn: A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss.

GOEN Go"en,

Defn: p. p. of Go. [Obs.]

GOER Go"er, n. Etym: [From Go.]

Defn: One who, or that which, goes; a runner or walker; as: (a) A foot. [Obs.] Chapman. (b) A horse, considered in reference to his gait; as, a good goer; a safe goer. This antechamber has been filled with comers and goers. Macaulay.

GOETY Go"e*ty, n. Etym: [Gr. goétie.]

Defn: Invocation of evil spirits; witchcraft. [Obs.] Hallywell.

GOFF Goff, n. Etym: [Cf. F. goffe ill-made, awkward, It. goffo, Sp. gofo, Prov. G. goff a blockhead, Gr.

Defn: A silly clown. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

GOFF Goff, n.

Defn: A game. See Golf. [Scot.] Halliwell.

GOFFER Gof"fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Goffered; p. pr. & vb. n. Goffering.] Etym: [See Gauffer.]

Defn: To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer. Clarke.

GOG Gog, n. Etym: [Cf. agog, F. gogue sprightliness, also W. gogi to agitate, shake.]

Defn: Haste; ardent desire to go. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

GOGGLE Gog"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Goggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Goggling.] Etym: [Cf. Ir. & Gael. gog a nod, slight motion.]

Defn: To roll the eyes; to stare. And wink and goggle like an owl. Hudibras.

GOGGLE Gog"gle, a.

Defn: Full and rolling, or staring; — said of the eyes. The long, sallow vissage, the goggle eyes. Sir W. Scott.

GOGGLE Gog"gle, n. Etym: [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.

GOGGLED Gog"gled, a.

Defn: Prominent; staring, as the eye.

GOGGLE-EYE Gog"gle-eye`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrarchidæ, esp. Chænobryttus antistius, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; — so called from their prominent eyes. (b) The goggler.

GOGGLE-EYED Gog"gle-eyed`, a.

Defn: Having prominent and distorted or rolling eyes. Ascham.

GOGGLER Gog"gler, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A carangoid oceanic fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), having very large and prominent eyes; — called also goggle-eye, big-eyed scad, and cicharra.

GOGLET Gog"let, n. Etym: [Pg. gorgoleta.]

Defn: See Gurglet.

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.

Defn: 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.

GOITER; GOITRE Goi"ter Goi"tre, n. Etym: [F. goître, L. guttur throat, cf. tumidum guttur goiter, gutturosus goitered. See Guttural.] (Med.)

Defn: 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.

GOITERED; GOITRED Goi"tered, Goi"tred, a.

Defn: Affected with goiter.

GOITROUS Goi"trous, a. Etym: [F. goîtreux, L. gutturosus. See Goiter.]

Defn: 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; GOLDE; GOOLDE Gold, Golde, Goolde, n. (Bot.)

Defn: An old English name of some yellow flower, — the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.

GOLD Gold, n. Etym: [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G. gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gulp, Russ. & OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. Yellow, and cf. Gild, v. t.]

1. (Chem.)

Defn: 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.

Note: 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 Chrysomelidæ; — 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 Stoechas 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. — Gold knobs 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. Etym: [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.

GOLD-BEATEN Gold"-beat`en, a.

Defn: Gilded. [Obs.]

GOLD-BEATING Gold"-beat`ing, n.

Defn: The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer. Ure.

GOLD-BOUND Gold"-bound`, a.

Defn: Encompassed with gold.

GOLDCREST Gold"crest`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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.

GOLDCUP Gold"cup`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: The cuckoobud.

GOLDEN Gold"en, a. Etym: [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, Cæsar, 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 Chrysochloridæ, 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, and 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 æstiva); — called also blue-eyed yellow warbler, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird. — Golden wasp (Zoöl.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect, of the family Chrysididæ. The colors are golden, blue, and green. — Golden wedding. See under Wedding.

GOLDEN-EYE Gold"en-eye`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common.

GOLDENLY Gold"en*ly, adv.

Defn: In golden terms or a golden manner; splendidly; delightfully. [Obs.] Shak.

GOLDEN-ROD Gold"en-rod`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. Golden-rod tree (Bot.), a shrub (Bosea Yervamora), a native of the Canary Isles.

GOLDEN STATE Gold"en State.

Defn: California; — a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits.

GOLDFINCH Gold"finch`, n. Etym: [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.

Note: The name is also applied to other yellow finches, esp. to several additional American species of Spinus.

GOLDFINNY Gold"fin`ny, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of two or more species of European labroid fishes (Crenilabrus melops, and Ctenolabrus rupestris); — called also goldsinny, and goldney.

GOLDFISH Gold"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A small domesticated cyprinoid fish (Carassius auratus); — so named from its color. It is 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.

GOLD-HAMMER Gold"-ham`mer, n.

Defn: The yellow-hammer.

GOLDIE Gold"ie, n. Etym: [From Gold.] (Zoöl.) (a) The European goldfinch. (b) The yellow-hammer.

GOLDILOCKS Gold"i*locks`, n.

Defn: Same as Goldylocks.

GOLDIN; GOLDING Gold"in, Gold"ing, n. (Bot.) Etym: [From the golden color of the blossoms.]

Defn: A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum). [This word is variously corrupted into gouland, gools, gowan, etc.]

GOLDLESS Gold"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of gold.

GOLDNEY Gold"ney, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Gilthead.

GOLDSEED Gold"seed`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: Dog's-tail grass.

GOLDSINNY Gold"sin`ny, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Goldfinny.

GOLDSMITH Gold"smith`, n. Etym: [AS. goldsmiGold., and Smith.]

1. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.

2. A banker. [Obs.]

Note: 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 Scarabæidæ

GOLDTIT Gold"tit`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Verdin.

GOLDYLOCKS Gold"y*locks`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; — so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup.

GOLET Go"let, n.

Defn: The gullet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOLET Go"let, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A California trout. See Malma.

GOLF Golf, n. Etym: [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. k tongue of a bell. bolt, Sw. kolf bolt, dart, but end, Dan. kolv bolt, arrow. Cf. Club, Globe.]

Defn: 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.

GOLFER Golf"er, n.

Defn: One who plays golf. [Scot.]

GOLGOTHA Gol"go*tha, n.

Defn: Calvary. See the Note under Calvary.

GOLIARD Gol"iard, n. Etym: [From OF. goliart glutton, buffoon, riotous student, Goliard, LL. goliardus, prob. fr. L. gula throat. Cf. Gules.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: The satirical or ribald poetry of the Goliards. Milman.

GOLIATH BEETLE Go*li"ath bee"tle. Etym: [From Goliath, the Philistine giant.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles.

GOLL Goll, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Defn: A hand, paw, or claw. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. B. Jonson.

GOLOE-SHOE Go*loe"-shoe`, n.

Defn: A galoche.

GOLORE Go*lore", n.

Defn: See Galore.

GOLOSHE Go*loshe", n.

Defn: See Galoche.

GOLTSCHUT Golt"schut, n.

1. A small ingot of gold.

2. A silver ingot, used in Japan as money.

GOLYARDEYS Gol"yard*eys, n.

Defn: A buffoon. See Gollard. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOMAN Go"man, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. good man; but cf. also AS. gumman a man, OHG. gomman man, husband.]

Defn: A husband; a master of a family. [Obs.]

GOMARIST; GOMARITE Go"mar*ist, Go"mar*ite, n. (Eccl.-Hist.)

Defn: One of the followers of Francis Gomar or Gomarus, a Dutch disciple of Calvin in the 17th century, who strongly opposed the Arminians.

GOMBO Gom"bo, n.

Defn: See Gumbo.

GOME Gome, n. Etym: [AS. guma; akin to Goth. guma, L. homo. See Bridegroom.]

Defn: A man. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

GOME Gome, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. gormr ooze, mud.]

Defn: The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; — called also gorm. See Gorm. [Prov. Eng.]

GOMER Go"mer, n.

Defn: A Hebrew measure. See Homer.

GOMER Go"mer, n. (Gun.)

Defn: A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; — named after the inventor.

GOMMELIN Gom"me*lin, n. Etym: [F. gommeline, from gomme gum.] (Chem.)

Defn: See Dextrin.

GOMPHIASIS Gom*phi"a*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.

GOMPHOSIS Gom*pho"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gomphose.] (Anat.)

Defn: A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws.

GOMUTI Go*mu"ti, n. Etym: [Malayan gumuti.]

Defn: A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo.

GON Gon,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Go. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GONAD Gon"ad, n.; pl. Gonads. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland. Wiedersheim.

GONAKIE Go"na*kie, n. (Bot.)

Defn: An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii).

GONANGIUM Go`nan*gi"um, n.; pl. L. Gonangia, E. Gonangiums. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Gonotheca.

GONDOLA Gon"do*la, n. Etym: [It., dim. of gonda a gondola; cf. LL. gandeia a kind of boat, Gr. gondole gondola, cup.]

1. A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now.

2. A flat-bottomed boat for freight. [U. S.]

3. A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads. [U. S.]

GONDOLET Gon"do*let, n. Etym: [It. gondoletta, dim. of gondola.]

Defn: A small gondola. T. Moore.

GONDOLIER Gon`do*lier", n. Etym: [It. gondoliere: cf. F. gondolier.]

Defn: A man who rows a gondola.

GONE Gone,

Defn: p. p. of Go.

GONENESS Gone"ness, n.

Defn: A state of exhaustion; faintness, especially as resulting from hunger. [Colloq. U. S.]

GONFALON; GONFANON Gon"fa*lon, Gon"fa*non, n. Etym: [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. gu\'eb) + fano cloth, flag; akin to E. vane; cf. AS. gu\'ebfana. See Vane, and cf. Confalon.]

1. The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediæval 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.

GONFALONIER Gon`fa*lon*ier", n. Etym: [F. gonfalonier: cf. It. gonfaloniere.]

Defn: He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer; as: (a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church. (b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediæveal Italy. (c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper.

GONG Gong, n. Etym: [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See Gang.]

Defn: A privy or jakes. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]

GONG Gong, n.

1. Etym: [Malayan (Jav.) gong.]

Defn: An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise. O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong. Longfellow.

2. (Mach.)

Defn: A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; — called also gong bell. Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from which Oriental gongs are made.

GONGORISM Gon"go*rism, n.

Defn: An affected elegance or euphuism of style, for which the Spanish poet Gongora y Argote (1561-1627), among others of his time, was noted.

Gongorism, that curious disease of euphuism, that broke out simultaneously in Italy, England, and Spain. The Critic.

The Renaissance riots itself away in Marinism, Gongorism, Euphuism, and the affectations of the Hôtel Rambouillet. J. A. Symonds.

GONIATITE Go"ni*a*tite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian formation, the latest, in the Triassic.

GONIDIAL Go*nid"i*al, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia.

GONIDIAL Go*nid"i*al, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the angles of the mouth; as, a gonidial groove of an actinian.

GONIDIUM Go*nid"i*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zool.)

Defn: A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.

GONIDIUM Go*nid"i*um, n.; pl. Gonidia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A component cell of the yellowish green layer in certain lichens.

GONIMIA Go*nim"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, as Collema, Peltigera, etc., and which replace the more usual gonidia.

GONIMOUS Gon"i*mous, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia or gonimia, as that part of a lichen which contains the green or chlorophyll-bearing cells.

GONIOMETER Go`ni*om"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter: cf. F. goniomètre.]

Defn: An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles of crystals, or the inclination of planes. Contact, or Hand, goniometer, a goniometer having two movable arms (ab, cd), between which (at ab) the faces of the crystals are placed. These arms turn about a fixed point, which is the center of the graduated circle or semicircle upon which the angle is read off. — Reflecting goniometer, an instrument for measuring the angles of crystals by determining through what angular space the crystal must be turned so that two rays reflected from two surfaces successively shall have the same direction; — called also Wollaston's goniometer, from the inventor.

GONIOMETRIC; GONIOMETRICAL Go`ni*o*met"ric, Go`ni*o*met"ric*al (, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or determined by means of, a goniometer; trigonometric.

GONIOMETRY Go`ni*om"e*try, n. Etym: [Cf. F. goniométrie.] (Math.)

Defn: The art of measuring angles; trigonometry.

GONOBLASTID Gon`o*blas"tid, n. Etym: [See Gonoblastidium.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore.

GONOBLASTIDIUM Gon`o*blas*tid"i*um, n.; pl. Gonoblastidia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A blastostyle.

GONOCALYX Gon`o*ca"lyx, n. Etym: [Gr. calyx,] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The bell of a sessile gonozooid.

GONOCHORISM Gon`o*cho"rism, n. Etym: [Gr. (a) Separation of the sexes in different individuals; — opposed to hermaphroditism. (b) In ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs. (c) In phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species previously hermaphrodite or sexless.

GONOCOCCUS Gon`o*coc"cus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. coccus.] (Med.)

Defn: A vegetable microörganism of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in the secretion in gonorrhea. It is believed by some to constitute the cause of this disease.

GONOPH Gon"oph, n. Etym: [Perh. fr. Heb. gannabh thief.]

Defn: A pickpocket or thief. [Eng. Slang] Dickens.

GONOPHORE Gon"o*phore, n. Etym: [Gr.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner.

GONORRHEA; GONORRHOEA Gon`or*rhe"a, Gon`or*rhoe"a, n. Etym: [L. gonorrhoea, Gr. gonorrhée.] (Med.)

Defn: 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.

GONORRHEAL; GONORRHOEAL Gon`or*rhe"al, Gon`or*rhoe"al, a. (Med.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to gonorrhea; as, gonorrheal rheumatism.

GONOSOME Gon"o*some, n. Etym: [Gr. -some body.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively.

GONOTHECA Gon`o*the"ca, n.; pl. Gonothec. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Gr. zooid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A sexual zooid, or medusoid bud of a hydroid; a gonophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian.

GONYDIAL Go*nyd"i*al, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Pertaining to the gonys of a bird's beak.

GONYS Go"nys, n. Etym: [Cf. Genys.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The keel or lower outline of a bird's bill, so far as the mandibular rami are united.

GOOBER Goo"ber, n.

Defn: A peanut. [Southern U. S.]

GOOD Good, a. [Compar. Better; superl. Best. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] Etym: [AS. God, akin to D. goed, OS. god, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. goedhr, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth. gods; prob. orig., fitting, belonging together, and akin to E. gather. sq. root29 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 at. 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.

Note: 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 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.

Defn: 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 Good, adv.

Defn: Well, — especially in the phrase as good, with a following as expressed or implied; equally well with as much advantage or as little harm as possible. As good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Milton. As good as, in effect; virtually; the same as. They who counsel ye to such a suppressing, do as good as bid ye suppress yourselves. Milton.

GOOD Good, v. t.

1. To make good; to turn to good. [Obs.]

2. To manure; to improve. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

GOOD-BY; GOOD-BYE Good`-by", Good`-bye", n. or interj. Etym: [A contraction of God be with ye (God be wî ye, God bw' ye, God bwye).]

Defn: Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep. Shak.

GOOD-DEN Good`-den", interj. Etym: [Corrupt. of good e'en, for good evening.]

Defn: A form of salutation. [Obs.] Shak.

GOOD-FELLOWSHIP Good`-fel"low*ship, n.

Defn: Agreeable companionship; companionableness.

GOODGEON Good"geon, n. (Naut.)

Defn: Same as Gudgeon, 5.

GOOD-HUMORED Good`-hu"mored, a.

Defn: Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good- natured.

GOOD-HUMOREDLY Good`-hu"mored*ly, adv.

Defn: With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.

GOODISH Good"ish, a.

Defn: Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable. Goodish pictures in rich frames. Walpole.

GOODLESS Good"less, a.

Defn: Having no goods. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOODLICH Good"lich, a.

Defn: Goodly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOODLINESS Good"li*ness, n. Etym: [From Goodly.]

Defn: Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness. Her goodliness was full of harmony to his eyes. Sir P. Sidney.

GOOD-LOOKING Good"-look`ing, a.

Defn: Handsome.

GOODLY Good"ly, adv.

Defn: Excellently. [Obs.] Spenser.

GOODLY Good"ly, a. [Compar. Goodlier; superl. Goodliest.] Etym: [OE. godlich, AS. g. 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.

GOODLYHEAD; GOODLYHOOD Good"ly*head, Good"ly*hood n.

Defn: Goodness; grace; goodliness. [Obs.] Spenser.

GOODMAN Good"man, n. Etym: [Good + man]

1. A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to "My friend", "Good sir", "Mister;" — sometimes used ironically. [Obs.] With you, goodman boy, an you please. Shak.

2. A husband; the master of a house or family; — often used in speaking familiarly. [Archaic] Chaucer. Say ye to the goodman of the house, . . . Where is the guest-chamber Mark xiv. 14.

Note: In the early colonial records of New England, the term goodman is frequently used as a title of designation, sometimes in a respectful manner, to denote a person whose first name was not known, or when it was not desired to use that name; in this use it was nearly equivalent to Mr. This use was doubtless brought with the first settlers from England.

GOOD-NATURED Good`-na"tured, a.

Defn: 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 ruffied 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.

Defn: With maldness of temper.

GOODNESS Good"ness, n. Etym: [AS. g.]

Defn: The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc.

GOOD NOW Good" now".

Defn: An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty. [Obs.] Shak.

GOODS Goods, n. pl.

Defn: See Good, n., 3.

GOODSHIP Good"ship, n.

Defn: Favor; grace. [Obs.] Gower.

GOOD-TEMPERED Good`-tem"pered, a.

Defn: Having a good temper; not easily vexed. See Good-natured.

GOODWIFE Good"wife`, n.

Defn: The mistress of a house. [Archaic] Robynson (More's Utopia).

GOODY Good"y, n.; pl. Goodies (.

1. A bonbon, cake, or the like; — usually in the pl. [Colloq.]

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An American fish; the lafayette or spot.

GOODY Good"y, n.; pl. Goodies. Etym: [Prob. contr. from goodwife.]

Defn: Goodwife; — a low term of civility or sport.

GOODY-GOODY Good"y-good`y, a.

Defn: Mawkishly or weakly good; exhibiting goodness with silliness. [Colloq.]

GOODYSHIP Good"y*ship, n.

Defn: The state or quality of a goody or goodwife [Jocose] Hudibraus.

GOOROO; GURU Goo*roo", Gu*ru" (, n. Etym: [Hind. gur a spiritual parent or teacher, Skr. guru heavy, noble, venerable, teacher. Cf. Grief.]

Defn: A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos. Malcom.

GOOSANDER Goos"an`der, n. Etym: [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. Merganser.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; — called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser.

GOOSE Goose, n.; pl. Geese. Etym: [OE. gos, AS. g, pl. g; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. gas, Dan. gaas, Sw. g, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. hamsa. sq. root233. Cf. Gander, Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zoöl.)

1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinæ, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.

Note: 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.

Note: The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Ægyptiaca) and the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong to the family Plectropteridæ. The Australian semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis Novæ-Hollandiæ) 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 pimples and goose bumps — 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, Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.

GOOSE EGG Goose egg.

Defn: In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; — so named in allusion to the egglike outline of the zero sign 0. Called also duck egg. [Slang]

GOOSEFISH Goose"fish`, n. (Zöll.)

Defn: See Angler.

GOOSEFOOT Goose"foot`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of herbs (Chenopodium) mostly annual weeds; pigweed.

GOOSE-RUMPED Goose"-rumped`, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup; — said of certain horses.

GOOSERY Goos"er*y, n.; pl. Gooseries (.

1. A place for keeping geese.

2. The characteristics or actions of a goose; silliness. The finical goosery of your neat sermon actor. Milton.

GOOSEWING Goose"wing`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.

GOOSEWINGED Goose"winged`, a. (Naut.) (a) Having a "goosewing." (b) Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.

GOOSISH Goos"ish, a.

Defn: Like a goose; foolish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOOST Goost, n.

Defn: Ghost; spirit. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOOT Goot, n.

Defn: A goat. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GO-OUT Go"-out`, n.

Defn: A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out. [Written also gowt.]

GOPHER Go"pher, n. Etym: [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See Gauffer.] (Zoöl.)

1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidæ; — called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.

Note: 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 Sciuridæ; 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.

Defn: Minnesota; — a nickname alluding to the abundance of gophers.

GOPHER WOOD Go"pher wood`. Etym: [Heb. gopher.]

Defn: A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark. Gen. vi. 14.

GORACCO Go*rac"co, n.

Defn: A paste prepared from tobacco, and smoked in hookahs in Western India.

GORAL Go"ral, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An Indian goat antelope (Nemorhedus goral), resembling the chamois.

GORAMY Go"ra*my, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Gourami.

GOR-BELLIED Gor"-bel`lied, a.

Defn: Bog-bellied. [Obs.]

GOR-BELLY Gor"-bel`ly, n. Etym: [Gore filth, dirt + belly.]

Defn: A prominent belly; a big-bellied person. [Obs.]

GORCE Gorce, n. Etym: [OF. gort, nom. gorz, gulf, L. gurges whirlpool, gulf, stream. See Gorge.]

Defn: A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear. [Obs.]

GORCOCK Gor"cock`, n. Etym: [Prob. from gore blood.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse. [Prov. Eng.]

GORCROW Gor"crow`, n. Etym: [AS. gor dung, dirt. See Gore blood, dirt.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The carrion crow; — called also gercrow. [Prov. Eng.]

GORD Gord, n. [Written also gourd.] Etym: [Perh. hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.]

Defn: An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

GORDIACEA Gor`di*a"ce*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of nematoid worms, including the hairworms or hair eels (Gordius and Mermis). See Gordius, and Illustration in Appendix.

GORDIAN Gor"di*an, a.

1. Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable. Gordian knot, an intricate knot tied by Gordius in the thong which connected the pole of the chariot with the yoke. An oracle having declared that he who should untie it should be master of Asia, Alexander the Great averted the ill omen of his inability to loosen it by cutting it with his sword. Hence, a Gordian knot is an inextricable difficulty; and to cut the Gordian knot is to remove a difficulty by bold and energetic measures.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Pertaining to the Gordiacea.

GORDIAN Gor"di*an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Gordiacea.

GORDIUS Gor"di*us, n. Etym: [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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 Gore, n. Etym: [AS. gor dirt, dung; akin to Icel. gor, SW. gorr, OHG. gor, and perh. to E. cord, chord, and yarn; cf. Icel. görn, garnir, guts.]

1. Dirt; mud. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.

2. Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted. Milton.

GORE Gore, n. Etym: [OE. gore, gare, AS. g angular point of land, fr. g 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.)

Defn: One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.

Note: It is usually on the sinister side, and of the tincture called tenné. Like the other abatements it is a modern fancy and not actually used.

GORE Gore, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gored; p. pr. & vb. n. Goring.] Etym: [OE. gar spear, AS. g. See 2d Gore.]

Defn: 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.

GORE Gore, v. t.

Defn: To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron.

GOREBILL Gore"bill`, n. Etym: [2d gore + bill.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]

GORFLY Gor"fly`, n.; pl. Gorflies. Etym: [Gore (AS. gor) dung + fly.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A dung fly.

GORGE Gorge, n. Etym: [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,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.)

Defn: A concave molding; a cavetto. Gwilt.

6. (Naut.)

Defn: 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 Gorge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gorged; p. pr. & vb. n. Gorging.] Etym: [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.

GORGE Gorge, v. i.

Defn: To eat greedily and to satiety. Milton.

GORGED Gorged, a.

1. Having a gorge or throat.

2. (Her.)

Defn: Bearing a coronet or ring about the neck.

3. Glutted; fed to the full.

GORGELET Gor"ge*let, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small gorget, as of a humming bird.

GORGEOUS Gor"geous, a. Etym: [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.]

Defn: Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent. Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge. Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak. — Gor"geous*ly, adv. — Gor"geous*ness, n.

GORGERIN Gor`ge*rin", n. Etym: [F., fr. gorge neck.] (Arch.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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, n. Etym: [L. Gorgo, -onis, Gr.

1. (Gr. Myth.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: The brindled gnu. See Gnu.

GORGON Gor"gon, a.

Defn: Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face. Dryden.

GORGONACEA Gor`go*na"ce*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Gorgoniacea.

GORGONEAN Gor*go"ne*an, a.

Defn: See Gorgonian, 1.

GORGONEION Gor`go*ne"ion, n.; pl. Gorgoneia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Gorgo`neios, equiv. to Gorgei^os belonging to a Gorgon.] (Arch.)

Defn: A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head. Elmes.

GORGONIA Gor*go"ni*a, n. Etym: [L., a coral which hardens in the air.] (Zoöl.)

1. A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis.

2. Any slender branched gorgonian.

GORGONIACEA Gor*go`ni*a"ce*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Gorgonia.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c

Note: 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, C.

GORGONIAN Gor*go"ni*an, a. Etym: [L. Gorgoneus.]

1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific. The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. Milton.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral.

GORGONIAN Gor*go"ni*an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Gorgoniacea.

GORGONIZE Gor"gon*ize, v. t.

Defn: To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify. [R.]

GORGONZOLA Gor`gon*zo"la, n. [It.]

Defn: A kind of Italian pressed milk cheese; — so called from a village near Milan.

GORHEN Gor"hen`, n. Etym: [Gor- as in gorcock + hen.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The female of the gorcock.

GORILLA Go*ril"la, n. Etym: [An African word; found in a Greek translation of a treatise in Punic by Hanno, a Carthaginian.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

GORING; GORING CLOTH Gor"ing, or Gor"ing cloth` (, n., (Naut.)

Defn: A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.

GORM Gorm, n.

Defn: Axle grease. See Gome. [Prov. Eng.]

GORM Gorm, v. t.

Defn: To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky. [Prov. Eng.]

GORMA Gor"ma, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The European cormorant.

GORMAND Gor"mand, n. Etym: [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.]

Defn: A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.

GORMAND Gor"mand, a.

Defn: Gluttonous; voracious. Pope.

GORMANDER Gor"mand*er, n.

Defn: See Gormand, n. [Obs.]

GORMANDISM Gor"mand*ism, n.

Defn: Gluttony.

GORMANDIZE Gor"mand*ize, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Gormandized; p. pr. & vb. n. Gormandizing.] Etym: [F. gourmandise gluttony. See Gormand.]

Defn: To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton. Shak.

GORMANDIZER Gor"mand*i`zer, n.

Defn: A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.

GOROON SHELL Go*roon" shell`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale).

GORSE Gorse, n. Etym: [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow, grass.] (Bot.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [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. Etym: [AS. g, lit., goosehawk; or Icel. gashaukr. See Goose, and Hawk the bird.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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. Novæ-Hollandiæ) is pure white.

GOSHERD Gos"herd, n. Etym: [OE. gosherde. See Goose, and Herd a herdsman.]

Defn: One who takes care of geese.

GOSLET Gos"let, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species of pygmy geese, of the genus Nettepus. They are about the size of a teal, and inhabit Africa, India, and Australia.

GOSLING Gos"ling, n. Etym: [AS. g goose + -ling.]

1. A young or unfledged goose.

2. A catkin on nut trees and pines. Bailey.

GOSPEL Gos"pel, n. Etym: [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.

Note: 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 , instead of taking the traditional witticisms about Lee for gospel. Saintsbury.

GOSPEL Gos"pel, a.

Defn: Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness. Bp. Warburton.

GOSPEL Gos"pel, v. t.

Defn: To instruct in the gospel. [Obs.] Shak.

GOSPELER Gos"pel*er, n. Etym: [AS. godspellere.] [Written also gospeller.]

1. One of the four evangelists. Rom. of R. Mark the gospeler was the ghostly son of Peter in baptism. Wyclif.

2. A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious reformer; hence, a Puritan. [Obs.] Latimer. The persecution was carried on against the gospelers with much fierceness by those of the Roman persuasion. Strype.

3. A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service. The Archbishop of York was the celebrant, the epistoler being the dean, and the gospeler the Bishop of Sydney. Pall Mall Gazette.

GOSPELIZE Gos"pel*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gospelized; p. pr. & vb. n. Gospelizing.] Etym: [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 Goss, n. Etym: [See Gorse.]

Defn: Gorse. [Obs.] Shak.

GOSSAMER Gos"sa*mer, n. Etym: [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.

GOSSAMERY Gos"sa*mer*y, a.

Defn: Like gossamer; flimsy. The greatest master of gossamery affectation. De Quincey.

GOSSAN Gos"san, n. (Geol.)

Defn: Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein.

GOSSANIFEROUS Gos`san*if"er*ous, a. Etym: [Gossan + -ferous.]

Defn: Containing or producing gossan.

GOSSAT Gos"sat, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); — called also whistler and three-bearded rockling. [Prov. Eng.]

GOSSIB Gos"sib, n.

Defn: A gossip. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

GOSSIP Gos"sip, n. Etym: [OE. gossib, godsib, a relation or sponsor in baptism, a relation by a religious obligation, AS. godsibb, fr. god + sib alliance, relation; akin to G. sippe, Goth. sibja, and also to Skr. sabha assembly.]

1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. Selden.

2. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. [Obs.] My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. Shak.

3. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. The common chat of gossips when they meet. Dryden.

4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor. Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite. Tennyson.

GOSSIP Gos"sip, v. t.

Defn: 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.

GOSSIPER Gos"sip*er, n.

Defn: One given to gossip. Beaconsfield.

GOSSIPREDE Gos"sip*rede, n. Etym: [Cf. Kindred.]

Defn: The relationship between a person and his sponsors. [Obs.]

GOSSIPRY Gos"sip*ry, n.

1. Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy. Bale.

2. Idle talk; gossip. Mrs. Browning.

GOSSIPY Gos"sip*y, a.

Defn: Full of, or given to, gossip.

GOSSOON Gos*soon", n. Etym: [Scot. garson an attendant, fr. F. garçon, OF. gars.]

Defn: A boy; a servant. [Ireland]

GOSSYPIUM Gos*syp"i*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. gossypion, gossipion.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these.

GOT Got,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Get. See Get.

GOTE Gote, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. gote, gaute, canal, G. gosse; akin to giessen to pour, shed, AS. geótan, and E. fuse to melt.]

Defn: A channel for water. [Prov. Eng.] Crose.

GOTER Go"ter, n.

Defn: a gutter. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOTH Goth, n. Etym: [L. Gothi, pl.; cf. Gr.

1. (Ethnol.)

Defn: One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire.

Note: Under the reign of Valens, they took possession of Dacia (the modern Transylvania and the adjoining regions), and came to be known as Ostrogoths and Visigoths, or East and West Goths; the former inhabiting countries on the Black Sea up to the Danube, and the latter on this river generally. Some of them took possession of the province of Moesia, and hence were called Moesogoths. Others, who made their way to Scandinavia, at a time unknown to history, are sometimes styled Suiogoths.

2. One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person. Chesterfield.

GOTHAMIST Go"tham*ist, n.

Defn: A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; — so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders. Bp. Morton.

GOTHAMITE Go"tham*ite, n.

1. A gothamist.

2. An inhabitant of New York city. [Jocular] Irving.

GOTHIC Goth"ic, a. Etym: [L. Gothicus: cf. F. gothique.]

1. Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: 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.

Note: 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.

Note: This is Nonpareil GOTHIC.

3. (Arch.)

Defn: The style described in Gothic, a., 2.

GOTHICISM Goth"i*cism, n.

1. A Gothic idiom.

2. Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture.

3. Rudeness of manners; barbarousness.

GOTHICIZE Goth"i*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gothicized; p. pr. & vb. n. Gothicizing.]

Defn: To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.

GOTHITE; GOETHITE Gö"thite, or Goe"thite (, n. Etym: [After the poet Göthe.] (Min.)

Defn: A hydrous oxide of iron, occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown.

GOTTEN Got"ten,

Defn: p. p. of Get.

GOUACHE Gouache, n. Etym: [F., It. guazzo.]

Defn: A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted.

GOUD Goud, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. gaide, F. guède, fr. OHG. weit; or cf. F. gaude weld. Cf. Woad.]

Defn: Woad. [Obs.]

GOUDRON Gou`dron", n. Etym: [F., tar.] (Mil.)

Defn: a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts. Farrow.

GOUGE Gouge, n. Etym: [F. gouge. LL. gubia, guvia, gulbia, gulvia, gulvium; cf. Bisc. gubia bow, gubioa throat.]

1. A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood.

2. A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve.

3. An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc.. from leather, paper, etc. Knight.

4. (Mining)

Defn: Soft material lying between the wall of a vein aud the solid vein. Raymond.

5. The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge.

6. Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person. [Slang, U. S.] Gouge bit, a boring bit, shaped like a gouge.

GOUGE 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.]

Note: 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.]

GOUGER Gou"ger, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Plum Gouger.

GOUGESHELL Gouge"shell`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.

GOUJERE Gou"jere, n. Etym: [F. gouge prostitute, a camp trull. Cf. Good- year.]

Defn: The venereal disease. [Obs.]

GOULAND Gou"land, n.

Defn: See Golding.

GOULARDS EXTRACT Gou*lard"s" ex"tract". Etym: [Named after the introducer, Thomas Goulard, a French surgeon.] (Med.)

Defn: An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract.

GOUR Gour, n. Etym: [See Giaour.]

1. A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber. Tylor.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Koulan.

GOURA Gou"ra, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species.

GOURAMI Gou"ra*mi, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made to introduce it into Southern Europe. [Written also goramy.]

GOURD Gourd, n. Etym: [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceæ; 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 Gourd, n.

Defn: A false die. See Gord.

GOURD; GOURDE Gourd, Gourde n. Etym: [Sp. gordo large.]

Defn: A silver dollar; — so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. Simmonds.

GOURDINESS Gourd"i*ness, n. Etym: [From Gourdy.] (Far.)

Defn: The state of being gourdy.

GOURD TREE Gourd" tree". (Bot.)

Defn: A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America.

GOURDWORM Gourd"worm", n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.

GOURDY Gourd"y, a. Etym: [Either fr. gourd, or fr. F. gourd benumbed.] (Far.)

Defn: Swelled in the legs.

GOURMAND Gour"mand, n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand. That great gourmand, fat Apicius B. Jonson.

GOURMET Gour"met", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.

GOURNET Gour"net, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A fish. See Gurnet.

GOUT Gout, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It constists 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 sympathettic 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. Cout stones. See Chalkstone, n., 2.

GOUT Goût, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. gustus taste. See Gusto.]

Defn: Taste; relish.

GOUTILY Gout"i*ly, adv.

Defn: In a gouty manner.

GOUTINESS Gout"i*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being gouty; gout.

GOUTWEED; GOUTWORT Gout"weed` (, Gout"wort` n. Etym: [So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.] (Bot.)

Defn: A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Ægopodium Podagraria); — called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard.

GOUTY Gout"y, a.

1. Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint.

2. Pertaining to the gout. "Gouty matter." Blackmore.

3. Swollen, as if from gout. Derham.

4. Boggy; as, gouty land. [Obs.] Spenser. Gouty bronchitis, bronchitis arising as a secondary disease during the progress of gout. — Gouty concretions, calculi (urate of sodium) formed in the joints, kidneys, etc., of sufferers from gout. — Gouty kidney, an affection occurring during the progress of gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of urate of sodium.

GOVE Gove, n. Etym: [Also goaf, goof, goff.]

Defn: A mow; a rick for hay. [Obs.] Tusser.

GOVERN Gov"ern, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Governed; p. pr. & vb. n. Governing.] Etym: [OF. governer, F. gouverner, fr. L. gubernare to steer, pilot, govern, Gr. 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.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. Dryden.

GOVERNABILITY Gov"ern*a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: Governableness.

GOVERNABLE Gov"ern*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. gouvernable.]

Defn: Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient. Locke.

GOVERNABLENESS Gov"ern*a*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being governable; manageableness.

GOVERNAL; GOVERNAIL Gov"ern*al, Gov"ern*ail (, n. Etym: [Cf. F. gouvernail helm, rudder, L. gubernaculum.]

Defn: Management; mastery. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

GOVERNANCE Gov"ern*ance, n. Etym: [F. gouvernance.]

Defn: Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement. Chaucer. J. H. Newman.

GOVERNANTE Gov"ern*ante", n. Etym: [F. gouvernante. See Govern.]

Defn: A governess. Sir W. Scott.

GOVERNESS Gov"ern*ess, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. governeresse. See Governor.]

Defn: 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.

GOVERNING Gov"ern*ing, a.

1. Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state. Jay.

2. (Gram.)

Defn: Requiring a particular case.

GOVERNMENT Gov"ern*ment, n. Etym: [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 goverment to thee. Shak.

4. The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling powe; the administratian. 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.)

Defn: The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.

GOVERNMENTAL Gov"ern*men"tal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. gouveernemental.]

Defn: Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.

GOVERNOR Gov"ern*or, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: A pilot; a steersman. [R.]

4. (Mach.)

Defn: A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.

Note: 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.

GOVERNOR GENERAL Gov"ern*or gen"er*al.

Defn: A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.

GOVERNORSHIP Gov"ern*or*ship, n.

Defn: The office of a governor.

GOWAN Gow"an, n. Etym: [Scot., fr. Gael. gugan bud, flower, daisy.]

1. The daisy, or mountain daisy. [Scot.] And pu'd the gowans fine. Burns.

2. (Min.)

Defn: Decomposed granite.

GOWANY Gow"an*y, a.

Defn: Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies. [Scot.] Sweeter than gowany glens or new-mown hay. Ramsay.

GOWD Gowd, n. Etym: [Cf. Gold.]

Defn: Gold; wealth. [Scot.] The man's the gowd for a' that. Burns.

GOWDEN Gowd"en, a.

Defn: Golden. [Scot.]

GOWDIE Gow"die, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Dragont. [Scot.]

GOWDNOOK Gowd"nook", n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The saury pike; — called also gofnick.

GOWK Gowk, v. t. Etym: [See Gawk.]

Defn: To make a, booby of one); to stupefy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

GOWK Gowk, n. Etym: [See Gawk.] (Zoöl.)

1. The European cuckoo; — called also gawky.

2. A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.

GOWL Gowl, v. i. Etym: [OE. gaulen, goulen. Cf. Yawl, v. i.]

Defn: To howl. [Obs.] Wyclif.

GOWN Gown, n. Etym: [OE. goune, prob. from W. gwn gown, loose robe, akin to Ir. gunn, Gael. gùn; cf. OF. gone, prob. of the same origin.]

1. A loose, flowing upper garment; especially: (a) The ordinary outer dress of a woman; as, a calico or silk gown. (b) The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military. He Mars deposed, and arms to gowns made yield. Dryden.

(c) A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.

2. Any sort of dress or garb. He comes . . . in the gown of humility. Shak.

GOWNED Gowned, p. a.

Defn: Dressed in a gown; clad. Gowned in pure white, that fitted to the shape. Tennyson.

GOWNSMAN; GOWNMAN Gowns"man, Gown"man (, n.; pl. -men (-men).

Defn: One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier.

GOZZARD Goz"zard, n.

Defn: See Gosherd. [Prov. Eng.]

GRAAFIAN Graaf"i*an, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch physician. Graafian follicles or vesicles, small cavities in which the ova are developed in the ovaries of mammals, and by the bursting of which they are discharged.

GRAAL Graal, n.

Defn: See Grail., a dish.

GRAB Grab, n. Etym: [Ar. & Hind. ghur crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship.] (Naut.)

Defn: A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

GRAB Grab, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Grabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Grabbing.] Etym: [Akin to Sw. grabba to grasp. Cf. Grabble, Grapple, Grasp.]

Defn: To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.

GRAB Grab, n.

1. A sudden grasp or seizure.

2. An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; — specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven. Grab hag, at fairs, a bag or box holding small articles which are to be drawn, without being seen, on payment of a small sum. [Colloq.] — Grab game, a theft committed by grabbing or snatching a purse or other piece of property. [Colloq.]

GRABBER Grab"ber, n.

Defn: One who seizes or grabs.

GRABBLE Grab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grabbling (.] Etym: [Freq. of grab; cf. D. grabbelen.]

1. To grope; to feel with the hands. He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a grabbling and fumbling. Selden.

2. To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel. Ainsworth.

GRACE Grace, n. Etym: [F. grâce, L. gratia, from gratus beloved, dear, agreeable; perh. akin to Gr. hary to desire, and E. yearn. Cf. Grateful, Gratis.]

1. The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee. Milton.

2. (Theol.)

Defn: The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divine favor. And if by grace, then is it no more of works. Rom. xi. 6. My grace is sufficicnt for thee. 2 Cor. xii. 9. Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand. Rom. v.2

3. (Law) (a) The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon. (b) The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery.

4. Fortune; luck; — used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune. [Obs.] Chaucer.

5. Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit. He is complete in feature and in mind. With all good grace to grace a gentleman. Shak. I have formerly given the general character of Mr. Addison's style and manner as natural and unaffected, easy and polite, and full of those graces which a flowery imagination diffuses over writing. Blair.

6. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form. Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and secures them longer, than any thing else. Hazlitt. I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and the grace of the gift. Longfellow.

7. pl. (Myth.)

Defn: Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse. The Graces love to weave the rose. Moore. The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. Prior.

8. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England. How fares your Grace ! Shak.

9. (Commonly pl.)

Defn: Thanks. [Obs.] Yielding graces and thankings to their lord Melibeus. Chaucer.

10. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal.

11. pl. (Mus.)

Defn: Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.

12. (Eng. Universities)

Defn: An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree. Walton.

13. pl.

Defn: A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops. Act of grace. See under Act. — Day of grace (Theol.), the time of probation, when the offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted. That day of grace fleets fast away. I. Watts. — Days of grace (Com.), the days immediately following the day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. In Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants being different. — Good graces, favor; friendship. — Grace cup. (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after grace. (b) A health drunk after grace has been said. The grace cup follows to his sovereign's health. Hing. — Grace drink, a drink taken on rising from the table; a grace cup. To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the custom of the grace drink, she having established it as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. Encyc. Brit. — Grace hoop, a hoop used in playing graces. See Grace, n., 13. — Grace note (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See Appoggiatura, and def. 11 above. — Grace stroke, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace. — Means of grace, means of securing knowledge of God, or favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc. — To do grace, to reflect credit upon. Content to do the profession some grace. Shak. — To say grace, to render thanks before or after a meal. — With a good grace, in a fit and proper manner grace fully; graciously. — With a bad grace, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory manner; ungraciously. What might have been done with a good grace would at least be done with a bad grace. Macaulay.

Syn. — Elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy. — Grace, Mercy. These words, though often interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar meaning. Grace, in the strict sense of the term, is spontaneous favor to the guilty or undeserving; mercy is kindness or compassion to the suffering or condemned. It was the grace of God that opened a way for the exercise of mercy toward men. See Elegance.

GRACE Grace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graced; p. pr. & vb. n. Gracing.]

1. To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify. Great Jove and Phoebus graced his noble line. Pope. We are graced with wreaths of victory. Shak.

2. To dignify or raise by an act of favor; to honor. He might, at his pleasure, grace or disgrace whom he would in court. Knolles.

3. To supply with heavenly grace. Bp. Hall.

4. (Mus.) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.

GRACED Graced, a.

Defn: Endowed with grace; beautiful; full of graces; honorable. Shak.

GRACEFUL Grace"ful, a.

Defn: Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech. High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode. Dryden. — Grace"ful*ly, adv. Grace"ful*ness, n.