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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Gōar, n.p. 577The same as GORE, q. v.
  2. Gōar'ish, a.p. 577Patched; mean. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
  3. Gōat, n.p. 577(Zoöl.) A mammiferous quadruped of the genus Capra, having cloven hoofs, and chewing the cud. Its horns are hollow, erect, and turned backward, and rough with rings. It has long, straight hair, the…
  4. Gōat'-chāf'er, n.p. 577(Entom.) An insect; a kind of beetle; — probably the chafer Melolontha solstitialis, the favorite food of the goat-sucker.
  5. Gōat-ee', n.p. 577Part of the beard depending from the lower lips or chin, resembling the beard of a goat. [Colloq.]
  6. Gōat'-hērd, n.p. 577One whose occupation is to tend goats. Spenser.
  7. Gōat'ish, a.p. 577Resembling a goat in any quality, especially in smell or lustfulness. Shak.
  8. Gōat'ish-ly, adv.p. 577In the manner of a goat; lustfully.
  9. Gōat'ish-ness, n.p. 577The quality of being goatish; lustfulness.
  10. Gōat'-mār'jo-ram, n.p. 577(Bot.) A plant; goat's-beard.
  11. Gōat'-mīlk'er, n.p. 577The goat-sucker.
  12. Gōat'-mōth, n.p. 577(Entom.) A gray-colored moth (Cossus ligniperda), the caterpillar of which lives upon the wood of the oak and the willow, and is characterized by a goat-like odor. Baird.
  13. Gōat's'-bēard, n.p. 577(Bot.) A plant of the genus Tragopogon; — so named from the long, silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify. London.
  14. Gōat's'-rue, n.p. 577(Bot.) A plant of the genus Galega.
  15. Gōat's'-thōrn, n.p. 577(Bot.) A leguminous plant (Astragalus verus), found in the Levant. This, with other species, yields the gum tragacanth of commerce.
  16. Gōat'-sück'er, n.p. 577(Ornith.) A nocturnal swallow, something like the owl in appearance (Caprimulgus Europæus);—so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats;—called also fern-owl.
  17. Gōat'-weed, n.p. 577(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Capraria (C. biflora). London.
  18. Gōb, n.p. 577A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful. [Low.] L’Estrange. 2. The mouth; also, the spittle or saliva. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. 3. [Mining.] Same as GOAF, q. v.
  19. Gŏb'bet, n.p. 577A small piece; a mouthful; a lump. Spenser.
  20. Gōb'bet, v. t.p. 577To swallow in masses or mouthfuls; to gulp. [Low.] L'Estrange.
  21. Gōb'bet-ly, adv.p. 577In pieces. [Obs.] Huloet.
  22. Gŏb'bing, n.p. 577(Mining.) The stones or rubbish taken away from the mineral, pavement or roof, to fill up an excavation, so as to prevent the falling in of superincumbent strata;—called also gob-stuff. Ure.
  23. Gŏb'ble, v. t.p. 577To swallow in large pieces; to swallow hastily; to eat down voraciously or coarsely.
  24. Gŏb'ble, v. i.p. 577To make a noise in the throat, as a turkey. Prior.
  25. Gŏb'bler, n.p. 577One who swallows in haste; a greedy eater; a gormandizer. 2. A turkey-cock. [Colloq.]
  26. Gōb'e-lin, a.p. 577Pertaining to a species of rich tapestry in France, ornamented with complicated and beautiful designs in brilliant and permanent colors; also, pertaining to a printed worsted cloth for covering…
  27. Gō'-be-tween', n.p. 577An interposer; one who transacts business between parties; a broker. Shak.
  28. Gŏb'let, n.p. 577A kind of cup or drinking vessel without a handle. We love not loaded boards and goblets crowned. Denham.
  29. Gŏb'lin, n.p. 577An evil spirit; a frightful phantom; a gnome; an elf; a spirit. To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied. Milton.
  30. Gō'by, n.p. 577(Ichth.) A spiny-finned fish allied to the blenny, and distinguished by having the ventral fins on the breast capable of forming a funnel-shaped sucker. Several species of the genus Gobius are so…
  31. Gō'-by, n.p. 577Evasion; escape by artifice. Collier. 2. A passing without notice; a thrusting away; a shifting off; as, to give a proposal the go-by. You had had far more in some songs to which we have given the…
  32. Gō'-cārt, n.p. 577A small machine or frame-work without a bottom, and moving on castors, designed to support children while learning to walk.
  33. Gŏd, n.p. 577An object of worship; a being conceived of as possessing divine power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, &c.; a divinity; a deity. This man is now become a god. Shak. 2. The Supreme Being…
  34. Gŏd, v. t.p. 578To deify. [Obs.] Spenser.
  35. Gŏd’child, n.p. 578One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and promises to see educated as a Christian.
  36. Gŏd'daugh-ter, n.p. 578A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.
  37. Gŏd'dess, n.p. 578A 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.…
  38. Gŏd′fā-ther, n.p. 578A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, in the English and Roman Catholic churches, who makes himself a surety for the child, that he will “forsake the devil and all his works, and…
  39. Gŏd'fā-ther, v. t.p. 578To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care. [Rare.] Burke.
  40. Gŏd'hēad, n.p. 578Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godship; godhood. 2. A deity in person; a god or goddess. And set me in the Olympian roar and round . . . To keep the mouths of all the godheads…
  41. Gŏd'hōod, n.p. 578The condition or manner of being, or existence of, a god, especially of the Deity; divine nature or essence; deity; godship.
  42. Gŏd'less, a.p. 578Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence or regard for God; atheistical; ungodly; irreligious; wicked.
  43. Gŏd'less-ly, adv.p. 578In a godless manner; irreverently; atheistically.
  44. Gŏd'less-ness, n.p. 578The state of being godless, or irreligious. Bp. Hall.
  45. Gŏd'līke, a.p. 578Resembling a god or God; divine. 2. Of superior excellence; as, godlike virtue; a godlike prince.
  46. Gŏd'līke-ness, n.p. 578The state of being godlike.
  47. Gŏd'li-ly, adv.p. 578In a godly manner; piously; righteously. [Rare.] H. Wharton.
  48. Gŏd'li-ness, n.p. 578The quality of being godly; religiousness; piety. Godliness is profitable unto all things. 1 Tim. iv. 8.
  49. Gŏd'ling, n.p. 578A little deity; a diminutive god; as, a puny godling. Dryden.
  50. Gŏd'ly, a.p. 578Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; religious; righteous; as, a godly person. 2. Formed or influenced…
  51. Gŏd'ly, adv.p. 578Piously; righteously. All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2 Tim. iii. 12.
  52. Gŏd'ly-hĕad, n.p. 578Goodness. [Obs.] Spenser.
  53. Gŏd'mōth-er, n.p. 578A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See GODFATHER.
  54. Go-down', n.p. 578A warehouse. [East Indies.]
  55. Go-drōon’, n.p. 578(Arch.) A kind of inverted fluting or beading for ornament.
  56. Gŏd’sĕnd, n.p. 578Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisition or piece of good fortune.
  57. Gŏd'ship, n.p. 578The rank or character of a god; deity; divinity; a god or goddess. O'er hills and dales their godships came. Prior.
  58. Gŏd'-smĭth, n.p. 578A maker of idols. Dryden.
  59. Gŏd'sŏn, n.p. 578One for whom another has been sponsor at the font.
  60. Gŏd'speed, n.p. 578Success; prosperous journeying;— a contraction of the phrase, “I wish that God may speed you.” [Written also as two separate words.] Receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed. 2 John…