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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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Gōr'ing, n. p. 581A prickling; puncture. Dryden.Gōr'ing, n. p. 581(Naut.) See GORING-CLOTH.Gör'ing-clōth, n. p. 581(Naut.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely, and used to widen the breadth of a sail at the base. Totten.Gôr'mand, n. p. 581A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton; a gourmand.Gôr'mand, a. p. 581Gluttonous; voracious. Pope.Gôr'mand-er, n. p. 581The same as GORMAND. Huloet.Gôr'mand-ism, n. p. 581Gluttony.Gôr'mand-īze, v. i. or t. p. 581To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously. Shak.Gôr'mand-iz'er, n. p. 581A greedy, voracious eater.Gōrse, n. p. 581(Bot.) A thick, prickly shrub, of the genus Ulex (U. Europæus), bearing yellow flowers in winter; furze; whin. “Pricking gorse and thorns.” Shak.Gōr'y, a. p. 581Covered with gore, or with congealed or clotted blood. “Never shake Thy gory locks at me.” Shak. 2. Bloody; murderous. “Gory emulation.” Shak.Gōs'hawk, n. p. 581(Ornith.) A short-winged, slender hawk, the Falco (or Astur) palumbarius, found in the temperate part of both hemispheres. The general color of the plumage is a deep brown; the breast and belly white.Gös'ling, n. p. 581A young goose; a goose not full grown. 2. A catkin on nut-trees and pines. Bailey.Gŏs'pel, n. p. 581Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ and his salvation; the substance or most important truths of Christianity. The steadfast belief of the promises of the gospel. Bentley. 2.…Gös'pel, a. p. 581Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; as, gospel righteousness. Warburton.Gös'pel, v. t. p. 581To instruct in the gospel; to fill with sentiments of religion. [Obs.] Shak.Gŏs'pel-er, n. p. 581An evangelist. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. A follower of Wycliffe, the first Englishman who attempted a reformation of religion; hence, a Puritan. [Obs.] Latimer. 3. A priest who reads the gospel at the altar…Gŏs'pel-gŏs'sip, n. p. 581One who is over-zealous in running about among his neighbors to lecture on religious subjects. Addison.Gös'pel-ize, v. t. p. 581To form according to the gospel. [Obs.] Milton. 2. To instruct in the gospel; to evangelize; as, to gospelize the savages. [Obs.] Boyle.Gŏss, n. p. 581A kind of low furze or gorse. Shak.Gŏs'sa-mer, n. p. 581A 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 probably formed by a species…Gŏs'sa-mēr'y, a. p. 581Like gossamer; flimsy; unsubstantial. The greatest master of gossamery affectation in Europe. De Quincey.Gŏs'san, n. p. 581(Geol.) Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous, forming the upper part of a metallic vein, and owing its reddish color mainly to decomposed pyrites. Dana.Gŏs'san-ïf'er-ōŭs, a. p. 581Containing or producing gossan. Dana.Gŏs'sip, n. p. 581A sponsor; one who answers for a child in baptism. [Obs.] Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen-maid, 'twould be ill taken. Selden. 2. A friend or…Gŏs'sip, v. i. p. 581To be a companion. [Obs.] Shak. 2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. Shak. 3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.Gŏs'sip-red, n. p. 581Relation by baptismal rites; spiritual affinity. [Obs.] Davies.Gŏs'sip-ry, n. p. 581Spiritual relationship or affinity; special intimacy. Bale. 2. Idle talk; gossip. And many a flower of London gossipry Has dropped whenever such a stem broke off. E. B. Browning.Gŏs'sip-y, a. p. 581Full of gossip.Gos-sōon', n. p. 581A boy; a servant. [Ireland.] Miss Edgeworth.Gŏs-sĭp'pi-ŭm, n. p. 581(Bot.) A genus of plants. The cotton plant (G. Barbadense), a shrubby plant, from six to fifteen feet high, produces the sea island or long staple cotton. G. herbaceum is the species cultivated in…Gŏt or Gŏt'ten, imp. p. 581of get. Gŏt, Gŏt'ten, } p. p. of get. See GET.Gŏte, n. p. 581A water-passage; a channel for water. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Gŏth, n. p. 581One of an ancient tribe or nation, of Asiatic origin, who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire. Under the reign of Valens, they took possession of Dacia (the modern…Gŏ'tham-ĭst or Gŏth'am-ĭst, n. p. 581A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom;—so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, noted for some pleasant blunders. Bp. Morton.Gŏtham-ite or Gŏth'am-ite, n. p. 581An inhabitant of New York city. [Colloq.] W. Irving.Gŏth'ĭc, a. p. 581Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; Gothic barbarity. 2. (Arch.) Suitable to, derived from, or pertaining to, a style of architecture with high and sharply-pointed arches, clustered columns…Gŏth'ic, n. p. 581The language of the Goths. See MESO-GOTHIC and SUEO-GOTHIC.Gŏth'i-cĭsm, n. p. 581A Gothic idiom. 2. Conformity to the Gothic style of building. 3. Rudeness of manners; barbarousness.Gŏth'i-cize, v. t. p. 582To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.Goud, n. p. 582Woad. [Obs.]Gouge, n. p. 582A chisel, with a hollow or semi-cylindrical blade for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood or stone; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood. 2. Imposition…Gouge, v. t. p. 582To scoop out with a gouge. 2. To force out, as the eye of a person, with the thumb or finger. [U. S.] The practice of gouging is said to have existed formerly in the interior of some of the Southern…Gouge'-bit, n. p. 582A bit, shaped like a gouge, for boring wood.Gou'jeers, n. p. 582The venereal disease. [Obs.] Shak.Gou'land, n. p. 582A kind of plant or flower. B. Jon.Gou-lärd’s’ Ex’trāet p. 582(Med.) A saturated solution of the sub-acetate of lead, used as a remedy for inflammation. Ure.Gourd, n. p. 582(Bot.) A fleshy, one-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, and the like, of the genus Cucurbita. The bottle-gourd (C. lagenaria) has a hard outer rind, which, when dry, is used…Gōurde, n. p. 582The colonial dollar;—so called in Cuba, Hayti, &c. Simmonds.Gōurd'i-ness, n. p. 582(Far.) A swelling on a horse's leg after a journey.Gōurd'-tree, n. p. 582(Bot.) A tree (the Crescentia cujete, or calabash-tree), found in the West Indies and Central America.Gōurd'y, a. p. 582(Far.) Swelled in the legs.Gourmand, n. p. 582A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See GORMAND.Gour'net, n. p. 582A fish. See GURNET.Gout, n. p. 582(Med.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the…Gost, n. p. 582Taste; relish.Gout'i-ly, adv. p. 582In a gouty manner.Gout'i-ness, n. p. 582The state of being gouty; gout; gouty affections.Gout'-weed or Gout'wort, n. p. 582(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Ægopodium podagraria), having a leaf so divided as to resemble the cloven foot of a goat;—called also ache-weed and herb-gerhard. Loudon.Gout'y, a. p. 582Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint. 2. Pertaining to the gout. “Gouty matter.” Blackmore. 3. Boggy; as, gouty land. [Obs.] Spenser.