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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Gōld, n. p. 578A precious metal of a reddish yellow color, and metallic luster. It is remarkable for its ductility and malleability, and also as occurring in a metallic state in nature. It is one of the heaviest of…Gōld'-bēat'en, a. p. 578Gilded. [Obs.]Gōld'-bēat'er, n. p. 578One whose occupation is to beat or foliate gold for gilding. Gold-beater's skin, the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used for separating the leaves of metal in the process…Gōld'-bēat'ing, n. p. 578The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer. Ure.Gōld'-bound, a. p. 578Encompassed with gold. Shak.Gōld'-clōth, n. p. 578Cloth woven with threads of gold.Gōld'-cŭp, n. p. 578(Bot.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus (R. bulbosus); butter-cup; king-cup.Gōld'-dūst, n. p. 578Gold in very fine particles.Gōld'en, a. p. 578Made of gold; consisting of gold. 2. Having the color of gold; gold-like; as, a golden harvest. 3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. Golden age…Gōld'en-clāb, n. p. 578(Bot.) An aquatic plant, bearing yellow flowers; the Arontium aquaticum.Gōld'en-cūp, n. p. 578(Bot.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus. Loudon.Gōld'en-eye, n. p. 578(Ornith.) A species of duck (Clangula vulgaris) found in the arctic regions.Gōld'en-fīsh, n. p. 578See GOLD-FISH.Gōld'en-lŭng'wort, n. p. 578(Bot.) A plant of the genus Hieracium.Gōld'en-ly, adv. p. 578Splendidly; delightfully. [Obs.] Shak.Gōld'en-phēas'ant, n. p. 578(Ornith.) A species of bird (Phasianus pictus), a native of China, and esteemed the most beautiful of its genus, from the richness and multiplicity of the tints of its plumage.Gōld'en-rōd, n. p. 578(Bot.) A tall herb common in the United States, bearing graceful heads of yellow flowers. The name is common to plants of the genus Solidago.Gōld'en-sām'phīre, n. p. 578(Bot.) A composite plant (the Inula crithmifolia), found on the sea-shore.Gōld'en-săx'/i-frāge, n. p. 578(Bot.) A plant of the genus Chrysosplenium. Loudon.Gōld'en-slōpt, a. p. 578Wearing golden buskins. [Obs.] “Some shy golden-slopt Castalio.” Marston.Gōld'en-thīs'tle, n. p. 578(Bot.) A plant of the genus Scolymus, bearing yellow flowers.Gōld'finch, n. p. 579(Ornith.) A beautiful singing-bird of the genus Carduelis (C. elegans); — so named from the color of its wings.Göld'-fînd'er, n. p. 579One who finds gold. 2. One who empties privies. [Obs. and low.] Swift.Gōld'-fish, n. p. 579(Ichth.) A small fish of the genus Cyprinus (C. auratus), so named from its color, being like that of gold. It is a native of China, and is said to have been introduced into Europe in 1691. It is…Gōld'-foil, n. p. 579Thin sheets of gold used by dentists and others. Simmonds.Gōld'-hâm'mer, n. p. 579A kind of bird; the yellow-hammer.Göld'-lāçe, n. p. 579Lace made wholly or in part of gold or gilt threads.Gōld'-lăt'ten, n. p. 579Thin plates of gold; thin plates of other metal covered with gold.Gōld'-lēaf, n. p. 579Gold foliated or beaten into a thin leaf.Gōld'less, a. p. 579Destitute of gold.Gōld'ney, n. p. 579A kind of fish; the gilthead. See GILTHEAD.Göld'-plēaş'ūre, n. p. 579(Bot.) A plant of the genus Camelina, bearing yellow flowers. C. sativa is sometimes cultivated for the oil of its seed.Gōld'-prōof, a. p. 579Proof against bribery or temptation by money. Beau. & Fl.Gōld'-sīn'ny, n. p. 579(Ichth.) A small fish, the Crenilabrus Norvegicus. Eng. Cyc.Gōld'-sīze, n. p. 579The composition upon whichGōld'smith, n. p. 579An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments of gold and silver. 2. A banker; one who manages the pecuniary concerns of others. [Obs.] Swift.Gōld'-stick, n. p. 579The colonel of a regiment of English lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions; — so called from the gold rod presented to him by the sovereign when he receives his commission as…Gōld'-thrĕad, n. p. 579A thread formed of flatted gold laid over a thread of silk, by twisting it with a wheel and iron bobbins. Ure. 2. (Bot.) A small, evergreen plant (Coptis trifolia), so called from its fibrous, yellow…Gōld'-wīre, n. p. 579Wire made of, or covered with, gold; usually silver-wire gilded. Ure.Gold'y-lŏcks, n. p. 579(Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; — so called in allusion to the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems.Gōle, n. p. 579A small stream or ditch. [Obs.] Holland.Gŏlf, n. p. 579A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end, in which he who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with…Gō'liard-ēr'y, n. p. 579A satirical kind of poetry in the middle ages;— so called from the Goliards, a kind of monkish rhapsodists. Milman.Go-lî'ath, n. p. 579(Entom.) A beetle of the genus Goliathus.Gō-li'a-thūs, n. p. 579(Entom.) A genus of beetles found only in Africa, and remarkable for their beauty and great size.Gŏll, n. p. 579A hand, or paw, or claw. [Obs.] Sidney.Gō-lōʹ-shōe, n. p. 579The same as GALOCHE.Go-lōre',, n. p. 579Plenty; abundance. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Gölt'schüt, n. p. 579A small ingot of gold. 2. A small ingot of silver, used in Japan as money.Gom, n. p. 579A man. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.Gom'an, n. p. 579A husband; a master of a family. [Obs.] Whiter.Gōn'bo, n. p. 579See GUMBO.Gō'mer, n. p. 579See HOMER.Gom'phi'a-sĭs, n. p. 579(Med.) A disease of the teeth, by reason of which they loosen and fall out of their sockets. Brande.Gom-phō'sis, n. p. 579(Anat.) An immovable articulation in which one bone is received into another like a nail or peg into its hole. It is only met with in the articulations of the teeth with their sockets. Dunglison.Go-mū'ti, n. p. 579A black, fibrous substance resembling horse-hair, obtained from the leaf-stalks of a kind of sago-palm (Saguerus saccharifera), of the Indian islands, and used for making cordage. McCulloch.Gōn'do-lā, n. p. 579(Naut.) A flat-bottomed pleasure-boat, very long and narrow, used at Venice, in Italy, on the canals. 2. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying produce and the like. [U. S.] 3. A long platform car, either…Gŏn'do-liēr', n. p. 579A man who rows a gondola.Gone, p. p. p. 579of go.Gŏn'fa-lōn or Gŏn'fa-nŏn, n. p. 579An ensign or standard; colors. Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear, Stream in the air. Milton.