GNAW

its several changes is transformed into a gnat; the larva of a gnat. Gnaw (na), v.t. [A. Sax. gnagan, D. knagen, knaauwen, G. gnagen, Dan. gnave, nage, Icel. and Sw. gnaga, naga, to gnaw.] 1. To bite off by little and little; to bite or scrape off with the foreteeth; to wear away by biting; to nibble at; as, rats gnaw a board or plank; a worm gnaws the wood of a tree or the plank of a ship.

His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw. Dryden. 2. To bite in agony or rage.

They gnawed their tongues for pain. Rev. xvi. 10. At this he turned all red and paced his hall, Now gnaw'd his under, now his upper lip. Tennyson. 3. To eat into or wear away by, or as by, continued biting; to consume; to waste; to fret; to corrode.

O'er the wild waste the stupid ostrich strays,

Whose fierce digestion gnaws the tempered steel.

Mickle.

Gnaw (na), v.i. 1. To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teeth something hard, unwieldy, or unmanageable.

Growling like a dog

when he fears

To lose his bone, and lays his foot upon it
Gnawing and growling.
Tennyson.

2. To be affected with continuous, severe pain, as if being corroded; as, my tooth gnaws.

Gnawer (na'er), n. 1. One who or that which gnaws or corrodes.-2. In zool. a rodent. Craig.

Gneiss (nis), n. [G. gneiss, gneisz.] In mineral. a species of rock, composed of quartz, felspar, and mica, arranged in layers. The layers, whether straight or curved, are frequently thick, but often vary considerably in the same specimen. It passes on one side into granite, from which it differs in its slaty structure, and on the other into mica slate. It is rich in metallic ores, but contains no fossil remains. Porphyritic gneiss presents large distinct crystals of felspar which traverse several of the foliated layers. Gneiss often contains hornblende in place of mica, and receives the name of syenitic gneiss. The only difference between this rock and granite consists in the foliation of gneiss, the materials of granite being crystallized promiscuously, those of gneiss being segregated in lavers.

Gneissic (nis'ik), a. Same as Gneissose. Gneissoid (nis'oid), a. [Gneiss, and Gr. eidos, resemblance.] Resembling gneiss, a term applied to rocks when their chemical ingredients are segregated more distinctly than in the ordinary schists, yet do not show the well-marked layers of gneiss; or when the crystalline character is more pronounced than in gneiss, the layers not yet being so entirely obliterated as in granite. Gneissose (nis'os), a. Having the qualities of, resembling, or exhibiting the texture or structure of gneiss.

Gnetaceae (ně-ta'se-e), n. pl. [See below.] A nat. order of gymnogenous plants, popularly called joint-firs, and consisting of small trees or shrubs, with flowers arranged in catkins or heads. The seeds of some of them are eaten. There are two genera, Ephedra and Gnetum. Gnetum (ne'tum), n. [From gnemor, its name in the Isle of Ternate.] A genus of East Indian plants, the joint-firs, nat. order Gnetaceæ. The seeds of G. gnemon are

roasted and eaten. Gnide, v.t. [A. Sax. gnidan, to rub, to break in pieces; Dan. gnide, Sw. gnida, to rub.] To break in pieces; to comminute; to rub; to burnish.

There mayst thou see... gniding of sheldes. Chaucer. Gnoff, n. [Probably akin to gnaw.] A miser.

The caitiff gnoff said to his crue,

My money is many, my incomes but few. Chaucer. Gnome (nom), n. [Fr., supposed to be from Gr. gnomon one that knows, a guardian, from root gno (seen in E. know), to know.] 1. An imaginary being, supposed by the Cabalists to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, &c.

Pope has made admirable use in this fine poem (Rape of the Lock) of the fabled race of gnomes. Warburton.

2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange

appearance.

Gnome (nöm or no'me), n. [Gr. gnome, a maxim, from gnonai, to know.] A brief reflection or maxim; a saw; an aphorism.

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Gnome (is) a saying pertaining to the manners and common practices of men, which declareth, by an apte brevity, what in this our lyfe ought to be done Peacham. or not done.

Gnomic, Gnomical (nom'ik, nōm'ik-al), a. [Gr. gnomikos. See last art.] Sententious; containing or dealing in maxims; didactic: applied especially to a particular class of poetry written by Theognis and others among the ancient Greeks, and to the writers. Gnomic, Gnomical + (nom'ik, nom'ik-al), a. Catachrestic for Gnomonical. See GNOMONIC. An ordinary gnomical dial.' Bacon. Gnomiometrical (no'mi-o-met"rik-al), a. [Gr. gnomon, an index, and metreo, to measure.] A term applied to a telescope and microscope, instruments for measuring the angles of crystals by reflection, and for ascertaining the inclination of strata, and the apparent magnitude of angles when the eye is not placed at the vertex. Gnomologic, Gnomological (no-mo-loj'ik, no-mo-loj'ik-al), a. Of or pertaining to gnomology.

Gnomology (no-mol'o-ji), n. [Gr. gnome, a maxim or sentence, and logos, discourse.] A collection of or treatise on maxims, grave sentences, or reflections; the knowledge of or literature regarding such. [Rare.]

Which art of powerful reclaiming wisest men have also taught in their ethical precepts and gnomologies. Milton. Gnomon (no'mon), n. [Gr. gnomon, an index, from the root gno, to know.] 1. In dialling, the style or pin, which by its shadow shows the hour of the day. Sometimes poetically used for a pendulum.

And, outward from its depth, the self-moved sword
Swings slow its awful gnomon of red fire
From side to side.
E. B. Browning.

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2. In astron, a style erected perpendicularly to the horizon, in order to find the altitudes, declinations, &c., of the sun and stars. The gnomon is usually a pillar or column or pyramid erected upon level ground or a pavement. It was much used by the ancient astronomers, and gnomons of great height, with meridian lines attached to them, are still common in France and E Italy. 3. The index of the hour-circle of a globe.-4. In geom. the two complements of a parallelogram, together with either of the parallelograms about the diameter. Thus in the parallelogram AH ABCD, the two complements,

B

F

AI and IC, together with the parallelogram EG, are called the gnomon AGF or CEH. Gnomonic, Gnomonical (no-mon'ik, nōmon'ik-al),a. 1. Pertaining to the art of dialling. 2. In bot. bent at right angles.-Gnomonic projection, a projection of the circles of the sphere, in which the point of sight is taken at the centre of the sphere, and the principal plane is tangent to the surface of the sphere.

Gnomonically (no-mon'ik-al-li), adv. In a gnomonical manner; according to the principles of the gnomonic projection. Gnomonics (no-mon'iks), n. The art or science of dialling, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.

Gnomonist (no'mon-ist), n. One versed in gnomonics.

Same as Gnu.

Gnomonology (no-mon-ol'o-ji), n. A treatise on dialling. Gnoo (no), n. Gnostic (nos'tik), n. [L. gnosticus, Gr. gnostikos, from root gno, E. know.] One of a sect of philosophers that arose in the first ages of Christianity, who pretended they were the only men who had a true knowledge of the Christian religion. They formed for themselves a fantastical system of theology crudely combined from Greek and oriental philosophy, to which they accommodated their interpretations of Scripture. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived by successive emanations from the infinite fountain of Deity. These emanations they called eons.

Gnostic (nos'tik), a. Pertaining to the Gnos-
tics or their doctrines.
Gnosticism (nos'ti-sizm), n. The doctrines,
principles, or system of philosophy taught
by the Gnostics.
Gnowe,t pret. of gnaw. Gnawed.

His children wenden that it for hunger was
That he his armes gnowe.
Chaucer.

Gnu (nů), n. [Hottentot gnu or nju.] A genus of ruminant quadrupeds (Catoble

among the ox family. The form of the best known species, C. gnu, partakes of that of the antelope, ox, and horse. Both sexes have horns, and long hair surrounds the face and muzzle. They are said to be fierce when attacked, but when taken young have been found to be capable of domestication. Go (go), v.i. pret. went; pp. gone; ppr. going. [Went, though used as the pret., is really the past tense of wend, A. Sax. wendan, to turn, to go. In A. Sax. the verb appears in two forms, a contracted, gân, and a lengthened and nasalized form, gangan, O. and Prov. E. and Sc. gang, to go. The former corresponds with Dan. gaae, D. gaan, G. gehen, the latter with Goth. gaggan (that is gangan), Icel. ganga, O.H.G. gangan. The past of gun was eode, eodon, in later times yode, yede, from a root i, to go, seen also in L. eo, Gr. eimi, to go.] 1. To move; to pass; to proceed; to be in motion from any cause or in any manner, as by the action of the limbs, by a conveyance, or as a machine: used sometimes literally and sometimes figuratively. The mourners go about the streets.' Eccl. xii. 5. Clocks will go as they are set; but man, Irregular man's never constant, never certain. Otway

2. To walk; to move on the feet or step by step; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely, as distinguished from running or hasting: as, the child begins to go alone at a year old.

You know that love Will creep in service where it cannot go. Shak. Thou must run to him; for thou hast staid so long that going will scarce serve the turn. Shak.

3. To depart; to move from a place: opposed to come; as, the mail goes and comes every day.

I will let you go that ye may sacrifice. Ex. viii. 8. 4. To be passed on from one to another; to have currency or use; to pass; to circulate; also, to be reckoned; to be esteemed.

And so the jest goes round. Dryden. The money... should go according to its true value. Locke And the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 1 Sam. xvii. 12.

5. To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out.

How goes the night, boy?

Shak I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of man enough. Arbuthnot. Whether the cause goes for me or against me, you must pay me the reward. Watts.

6. To apply; to be applicable; as, the argument goes to this point only.-7. To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake. Seeing himself confronted by so many, like a resolute orator he went not to denial, but to justify his cruel falsehood. Sir P. Sidney.

8. To have recourse to; as, to go to law. 9. To be about to do; as, I was going to say: I am going to begin harvest. [In this usage it may be regarded as an auxiliary verb.]10. To be guided or regulated; to proceed by some principle or rule; as, we are to go by the rules of law or according to the precepts of Scripture.

Goat-milker (gōt'milk-ér), n. The goatsucker (which see).

Goat-moth (got'moth), n. A gray-coloured moth (Cossus ligniperda), the caterpillar of which lives on the wood of the willow. See Cossus.

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Gob (gob), n. [O. Fr. gob, a morsel, Fr. gobbe, a ball for swallowing, a bolus, gober, to gulp down, probably from the Celtic; comp. Gael. gob, the mouth. Akin gobble, gobbet.] 1. A little mass or collection; a lump; a mouthful. 2. The mouth. [Vulgar.]-3. In mining, same as Goaf.

Gobbe (gob), n. A South American and African annual plant, the Voandzeia subterranea, allied to the kidney-bean, but whose pods are planted like those of the ground-nut to ripen the seeds there. These when boiled constitute a wholesome and pleasant article of diet.

Gobbet (gob'et), n. [Fr. gobet. See GOB.] 1. A mouthful; a morsel; a lump; a part; a fragment; a piece.

May it burst his pericranium, as the gobbets of fat and turpentine (a nasty thought of the seer) did that old dragon in the Apocrypha. Lamb.

2. A block of stone.

Gobbet (gob'et), v.t. To swallow in large masses or mouthfuls. [Vulgar.] L'Estrange.

Natrix.

Goat's-bane (gōts'ban), n. A herbaceous plant, Aconitum tragoctonum, with pale yellow flowers, introduced into this country from Switzerland.

Goat's-beard (gōts'berd), n. Tragopogon, a genus of plants, nat. order Compositæ. The plants of this genus are herbaceous perennials, chiefly natives of Europe. The seeds have feathery appendages; hence the name. The yellow goat's-beard (T. pratensis), greater goat's-beard (T. major), and purple goat's-beard (T. porrifolius) are found in Britain. The latter species is commonly cultivated for its root as a culinary vegetable, under the name of salsify. Goat's-foot (gots'fut), n. A plant, Oxalis caprina, with flesh-coloured flowers, cultivated in this country in greenhouses, and belonging to the Cape of Good Hope. Goat's-rue (gōts'rö), n. A plant, Galega officinalis. See GALEGA.

Goat's-thorn (gots'thorn), n. A name given to two hardy evergreen plants of the genus Astragalus A. Tragacantha (great goat'sthorn) and A. Poterium (small goat's-thorn). The former, long cultivated in this country, is a native of the South of Europe, the latter of the Levant. Goat-sucker (gōt'suk-ér), n. A name common to the various species of birds of the genus Caprimulgus, given originally from the erro

Goat-sucker (Caprimulgus europeus). neous opinion that they suck goats. The European goat-sucker (C. europaeus) feeds upon nocturnal insects, as moths, gnats, beetles, &c., which it catches on the wing, flying with its mouth open. Its mouth is comparatively large, and lined on the inside with a glutinous substance to prevent the escape of those insects which fly into it. Like all birds which catch flies when on the wing, the gape is surrounded by stiff bristles. The British species is called also the Night-churr, Night-jar, the Churn-owl, the Fern-owl, &c. The whip-poor-will is an American species. See CAPRIMULGIDE.

Goat's-wheat (gots'whet), n. The common name of the plants of the genus Tragopyrum.

Goat-weed (got'wed), n. A name given to
two plants, Capraria biflora and Stemodia
durantifolia, both unimportant.
Goave (gov), v.i. [See GOFF, a fool.] To go
about staring like a fool; to look around
with a strange inquiring gaze, indicating
ignorant wonder and surprise; to stare stu-
pidly. [Scotch.]

How he star'd and stammer'd,
When gvan, as if led wi' branks,

He in the parlour hammer'd. Burns.

lumps. Huloet.

Gobbing (gob'ing), n. [See GOB, 3.] In mining, the refuse thrown back into the excavations remaining after the removal of the coal.

Gobble (gobl), v.t. pret. & pp. gobbled; ppr. gobbling. [A freq. from gob, Fr. gober, to swallow. See GOB.] To swallow in large pieces; to swallow hastily.

The time too precious now to waste,
And supper gobbled up in haste,
Again afresh to cards they run.

Swift.

Gobble (gob'l), v.i. To make a noise in the throat, as a turkey.

Prior.

Fat turkies gobbling at the door. Gobble (gob'l), n. A noise made in the throat, as that of the turkey-cock.

Flocks of ducks and geese... set up a discordant gobble. Mrs. Gore. Gobbler (gob'lér), n. 1. One who swallows in haste; a greedy eater; a gormandizer.— 2. A turkey-cock. [Colloq.] Gobelin (go'be-lin), a. [From the dyehouse in Paris originally belonging to a famous family of dyers called Gobelin, and, after them, named the Gobelins.' M. Colbert subsequently acquired it for the state, collecting into it the ablest workmen in the divers arts and manufactures connected with upholstery and house decoration, as painters, tapestry-makers, ebonists, sculptors, &c., prohibiting at the same time the importation of tapestry from other countries. The Gobelins has since then continued to be the first manufactory of the kind in the world, tapestry-work in particular being its glory.] A term applied to a species of rich tapestry in France, ornamented with complicated and beautiful designs in brilliant and permanent colours; also, pertaining to a printed worsted cloth for covering chairs, sofas, &c., in imitation of tapestry. Gobemouche (göb-mösh), n. [Fr.] Lit. a fly-swallower; hence, a credulous person, simpleton, or ninny: so named from such persons listening or staring with open mouth.

Go-between (gō'bě-twen), n. One who goes between two others as an agent or assistant; an intermediary. Her assistant or go-between.' Shak. Swore besides to play their go-between as heretofore.' Tennyson. Gobioida (go-bi-oi'de), n. pl. [L. gobius, gobio; Gr. kobios, the gudgeon, and eidos, resemblance.] The goby family, an order of the Cuvierian Acanthopterygii, or teleostean fishes with spines in their fins. They belong to that division of the order which has a portion of the bones of the pharynx formed into cells partly cartilaginous and fitted with covers, by means of which a portion of water can be retained for the purpose of moistening the mouth. All the fishes which have this peculiar form of the mouth are able to live some time without water. The gobies are generally of a medium or small size, and distinguished by their ventral or thoracic fins being either united in their whole

length or at their bases. The lump-fish (Cyclopterus), remora, and the comephorus of Baikal Sea belong to this family. Written also Gobioidea, Gobiidae, &c. Gobius, Gobio (go'bi-us, go'bi-o), n. [L] The goby, a genus of fishes belonging to the section Malacopterygii Abdominales and family Cyprinidae. It includes the gudgeons. G. fluviatilis is the common gudgeon. See GOBIOIDA.

Goblet (goblet), n. [Fr. gobelet, dim. of

GOD

O.Fr. gobel in its sense of a drinking-glass, from L. L. gubellus, gobellus, dim. forms from L. cupa, a tub, a cask; comp. Pr. gobelet, Sp. cubilete. Alternatively the word might be derived from O. Fr. gob, a morsel. See GOB.] A kind of cup or drinking vessel without a handle.

We love not loaded boards, and goblets crown'd. Denham. Goblin (goblin), n. [Fr. gobelin, probably from L. cobalus, covalus, Gr. kobalos, the name of a kind of malignant being or goblin; G. kobold, a spirit or demon of the mines. According to Wedgwood the Welsh appellation is coblyn, properly a knocker, from cobio, to knock,' and it seems there is a superstitious belief in Wales in the existence of a kind of beings called knockers and corresponding to the German cobol 1s.] An evil or mischievous sprite; a gnome; an elf; a malicious fairy.

Go, charge my goblins that they grind their joints With dry convulsions; shorten up their sinews With aged cramps. Shak.

Gob-line (goblin), n. Naut. a name for the martingale back-ropes. Goblinry (gob'lin-ri), n. The acts or practices of goblins.

Gobonated (gō'bon-ated), pp. In her. an epithet applied to a border, pale, bend, or other charge, ordinary, or collar, divided into equal parts, forming squares, chequers, or gobbets. Called also Goboné, Gobony, and Componé. Goby (go'bi), n. A name usually given to the spiny-finned fishes belonging to the genus Gobius, and nat. order Gobioida. See GOBIUS.

Gobonated.

Go-by (go'bi), n. 1. An evasion; an escape by artifice.-2. A passing without notice; a thrusting away; an intentional disregard or avoidance.

Becky gave Mrs. Washington White the go by in the ring. Thackeray.

Was it a matter of delicacy to which it was expedient for the time to give the go-by! Then Lord Palmerston gave it the go-by in the light and easy way in which men of the world dismiss questions it is inconvenient to treat at length. Saturday Re:. Go-cart (go'kärt), n. A small machine or framework with castors or rollers, and with

Go-cart.

out a bottom, in which children learn to walk without danger of falling.

He (Plato) seems to have thought that the use of letters had operated on the human mind as the use of the go-cart in learning to walk. Macaulay. God (god), n. [This word occurs throughout the Teutonic languages in forms varying but little from each other. The root meaning of the word is unknown, and though the temptation is strong to connect it with good, yet when we follow both words through the Teutonic languages we find that they must be looked upon as radically distinct. The state of the case is well put by Max Müller in the following extract:-'There is perhaps no etymology so generally acquiesced in as In that which derives God from good. Danish good is god, but the identity of sound between the English God and the Danish god is merely accidental; the two words are distinct and are kept distinct in every dialect of the Teutonic family. in English we have God and good, we have in A. Sax. God and god; in Gothic Guth and god; in Old High German Cot and cuot; in German Gott and gut; in Danish Gud and god; in Dutch God and goed. Though it is impossible to give a satisfactory etymology of either God or good, it is clear that two words which thus run parallel in all these

As

GOD

dialects without ever meeting cannot be traced back to one central point. God was most likely an old heathen name of the Deity and for such a name the supposed etymological meaning of good would be far too modern, too abstract, too Christian.' In Icel. we find god applied to heathen deities (neuter and almost always plural), and afterwards changed to Gud, to signify God, while gód (with long o) means good. The word seems to have been originally neuter among all the Teutonic peoples, and to have become masculine only after their conversion.] 1. A being conceived of as possessing divine power, and therefore to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, and the like; a divinity; a deity.

This man is now become a god.

Shak.

2 The Supreme Being; Jehovah; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe.

God is a spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John iv. 24. 3. A prince; a ruler; a magistrate or judge; an angel. [Rare.]

Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. Ex. xxii. 28.

4. Any person or thing exalted too much in estimation, or deified and honoured as the chief good.

Whose god is their belly.

Phil. iii. 19.

5. pl. The audience in the upper gallery of a theatre: so called from their elevated position. [Slang.]-6. pl. Among printers, the quadrats used in throwing for copy on the imposing stone, in the same way as dice are thrown, the highest number of nicks turned up indicating the winner: so called because they decide like gods the fate of the men. Godt (god), v.t. To deify.

This last old man

Lov'd me above the measure of a father:
Nay, godded me, indeed.
Shak.

Godbert (god'bért), n. A hauberk. Godbotet (god'bot), n. [God and bote (which see).] An ecclesiastical or church fine paid for crimes and offences committed against God. Cowell.

Godchild (god'child), n. [God and child, from the spiritual relation existing between them.] One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism and promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter.

Goddaughter (god'da-tér), n. [God and daughter. See GODCHILD.] A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism. See GODFATHER.

Goddess (god'es), n. 1. A female deity; a heathen 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. Goddess-ship (god'es-ship), n. Rank, state, condition, or attributes of a goddess.

Appear'dst thou not to Paris in this guise?
Or to more deeply blest Anchises? or,
In all thy perfect goddess-ship, when lies
Before thee thy own vanquish'd Lord of War?
Byron.

Gode,t Good,tn. Wealth; goods. Chaucer.
Gode-les, a. Without money or goods.
Chaucer.

Godeleyhede, n. Goodness. Chaucer. Godenda (go-den'da), n. A pole-axe having a spike at its end, used in the thirteenth century.

Godfather (god'fa-THèr), n. [God and father; A. Sax. god-fæder, See GODCHILD.] In the Anglican, the R. Cath., and the Greek, Lutheran, and Calvinistic Churches on the Continent, a man who at the baptism of a child makes a profession of the Christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a male sponsor. The practice of having sponsors is of high antiquity in the Christian Church, and was probably intended to prevent children from being brought up in idolatry in case the parents died before the children had arrived to years of discretion.

There shall be for every male child to be baptized two godfathers and one godmother; and for every female, two godmothers and one godfather.

Book of Common Prayer.

2. One who gives a name to any person or thing.

These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star. Shak. 3. An old jocular name for a juryman, who was held to be godfather to the prisoner. In christening shalt thou have two godfathers: Had I been julge, thou should'st had had ten more, To bring thee to the gallows, not the font.

Shak

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Godfather (god'fa THér), v.t. To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.

A term ap

The colonies which have had the fortune of not being godfathered by the Board of Trade never cost the nation a shilling except what has been properly spent in losing them. Burke. God-fearing (god'fer-ing), a. plied to one who fears or reverences God. A brave, God-fearing man.' Tennyson. God-gild (god'gild), n. That which is offered to God or his service.

Godhead (god'hed), n. [God, and suffix head, same as hood (A. Sax. had, state, condition).] 1. Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence.-2. A deity in person; a god or goddess.

Adoring first the genius of the place,

The nymphs and native godheads yet unknown.
Dryden.

3. The Deity; God; the Supreme Being. Godhood (god'hud), n. The state or quality of being a god; divine nature or essence; divinity.

The world is alive, instinct with Godhood. Carlyle. God'ild, God'ield + [See GODYELD.] A phrase used in returning thanks. God'ild you for your company. Shak.

'How do you, pretty lady?' 'Well, God'ild you.' Shak Godless (god'les), a. Having or acknowledg ing no God; with no reverence for God; impious; atheistical; ungodly; irreligious; wicked. 'Godless men." Dryden.

My lords, he bade me say, that you may know
How much he scorns, and (as good princes ought)
Defies base, indirect, and godless treacheries.
Beau. & FL

Godlessly (god'les-li), adv. In a godless manner; irreverently; atheistically. Godlessness (god'les-nes), n. The state or quality of being godless, impious, or irreligious.

The sinner gives himself over to a wild and loose profaneness; to a lawless course of godlessness. Bp. Hall. Godlike (godlik), a. 1. Resembling a god or God; divine. Godlike reason.' Shak. 2. Of superior excellence; as, godlike virtue. That prince shall be so wise and godlike, as, by established laws of liberty, to secure protection and encouragement to the honest industry of mankind, Locke Godlikeness (god'lik-nes), n. The state of being godlike.

Godlike-wise (god'lik-wiz), adv. In a godlike manner. Cowper.

Godlily (godli-li), ade. In a godly manner; piously; righteously.

Godliness (god'li-nes), n. [From godly.] The condition or quality of being godly; piety; religiousness; a careful observance of the laws of God and performance of religious duties, proceeding from love and reverence for the divine character and commands. Godliness is profitable unto all things. 1 Tim. iv. 8. Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness. Wordsworth. Godling (god'ling), n. A little deity; a diminutive god.

The puny godlings of inferior race,

Whose humble statues are content with brass.
Dryden.

Godly (god'li), a. 1. Pious; reverencing God
and his character and laws; living in obe-
dience to God's commands from love to him
and reverence of his character and precepts;
religious; righteous; as, a godly person.
2. Conformed to or influenced by God's law;
as, a godly life.
Godly (god'li), adv. Piously; righteously.

All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2 Tim. iii. 12. Godlyhead + (god'li-hed), n. [E. godly, and suffix head.] Goodness.

Godmother (god muTH-ér), n. [God and mother.] A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See extract under GODFATHER.

Godown (go-doun'), n. [Malay godōng.] In the East Indies, a warehouse or storeroom. Godphere (god'fer), n. [Probably a corrup tion of godpere, godfather.] A godfather. My godphere was a Rabian or a Jew. B. Jenson. Godroon (go-dron'), n. [Fr godron, a ruffle or puff. In arch, an inverted fluting, beading, or cabling used in various ornaments or members.

God's Acre, n. [Lit. God's field.] An old name for a burial-ground- - now revived. See ACRE.

Godsend (god'send), n. Something sent by God; an unlooked-for acquisition or piece of good fortune.

GOER

familiarly pious ancestors termed a benefit received where the benefactor was unknown. Lamb. Godship (god'ship), n. Deity; divinity; the rank or character of a god.

Prior.

O'er hills and dales their godships came. Godsib,t n. One akin in God; one who is a sponsor along with another; a god-parent; a gossip; a godfather.

A woman may in no lesse sinne assemble with hire godsib, than with hir owen fleshly brother. Chaucer.

Godsmith (god'smith), n. 1. A maker of idols.

Gods they had tried of every shape and size That godsmiths could produce or priests devise. Dryden. 2. A divine smith; as, Vulcan was a godsmith.

Eneas.

had the same godsmith to forge his arms as had Achilles. Dryden. Godson (god'sun), n. [A. Sax. godsunu.] A male for whom another has been sponsor at the baptismal font. God-speed (god'spēd), n. [A contraction of 'I wish that God may speed you,' or O. E. for good speed, on type of gospel (A. Sax. godspell),good news. See GOOD-SPEED] Success; prosperity; specifically, a prosperous jour

ney.

Receive him not into your house, neither bid him God-speed. 2 Jn. 10. God's-penny t (godz'pen-ni), n. An earnest

penny.

Come strike me luck with earnest, and draw the writings. There's a God's penny for thee. Beau. & FI. God's Truce, n. See Truce of God under TRUCE.

Godward, Godwards (god'werd, god'wėrdz), adv. Toward God. 2 Cor. iii. 4.

Godwinia (god-win'i-a), n. A genus of plants,

Godwinia gigas.-1, The plant in leaf. 2. The flower and root. 3. The flower.

in

nat. order Araceæ. A gigantic species (G.gigas) discovered Nicaragua and brought to Britain, produces but one large and very deeply pedately

cut

very

leaf sup

ported on a stalk 10 feet long. The inflorescence appears at a different time from the leaf and consists of a stalk about 10 inches high supporting the spathe or flower 2 feet long, purplish-blue in colour, with a powerful carrion-like odour. Godwit (god'wit), n. [Perhaps from A. Sax. god, good, and wiht, creature, from the excellence of their flesh. 1 The common name of the members of a genus of grallatorial birds of passage (Limosa), family Scolopacida. There are several species, of which two are British. viz. the common godwit (L. melanura) and the red godwit (L. rufa). There are besides the great American godwit, the cinereous godwit, the black-tailed godwit, the redbreasted godwit, &c. Of these the common godwit may be taken as the type. It has a bill 4 inches long; the feathers on the head, neck, and back are of a light reddish brown, those on the belly white, and the tail is regularly barred with black and white. This bird frequents fens and the banks of rivers, and its flesh is esteemed a great delicacy.

Godyeld, Godyield (god'yēld). [That is, God yield (requite or reward) you. Comp. Antony and Cleopatra, iv. 2. And the gods yield you for it.] A term of thanks. See GOD'ILD.

Goe, Goen. Obsolete forms of

gone.

Spenser.

And now they bene to heaven forewent Theyr good is with them goe. Goel,ta. [A. Sax. geolo, yellow.] Yellow. Hop-roots

The goeler and younger the better I love. Tusser. Goer (gō'èr), n. 1. One who or that which goes, runs, walks, &c.; one that has a gait good or bad: often applied to a horse in reference to his speed or gait, and to a watch in reference to its time-keeping qualities; as, a good goer; a safe goer.-2. One

It was more like some fairy present, a godsend, as our