GOOGINGS
GOOG'INGSGOOM, noun A man recently married, or who is attending his proposed spouse for the purpose of marriage; used in composition, as in bridegoom. It has been corrupted into...
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GOOM
GOOM, n. A man recently married, or who is attending his proposed spouse for the purpose of marriage; used in composition, as in bridegoom. It has been corrupted into groom.
GOOSANDER
GOOS'ANDER, noun A migratory fowl of the genus Mergus, the diver or plunger; called also merganser.
GOOSE
GOOSE, noun goos. plural geese.1. A well known aquatic fowl of the genus Anas; but the domestic goose lives chiefly on land, and feeds on grass. The soft feathers are used for b...
GOOSEBERRY
GOOSEBERRY, noun goos'berry. [Latin grossula. The English word is undoubtedly corrupted from crossberry, grossberry, or gorseberry; a name taken from the roughness of the shrub....
GOOSECAP
GOOSECAP, noun goos'cap. A silly person.
GOOSEFOOT
GOOSEFOOT, noun goos'foot. A plant, the Chenopodium.
GOOSEGRASS
GOOSEGR'ASS, noun goos'grass. A plant of the genus Galium. Also, the name of certain plants of the genera Potentilla and Asperugo.
GOOSENECK
GOOSENECK, noun goos'neck. In a ship, a piece of iron fixed on one end of the tiller, to which the laniard of the whip-staff or wheel-rope comes, for steering the ship; also, an...
GOOSEQUILL
GOOSEQUILL, noun goos'quill. The large feather or quill of a goose; or a pen made with it.
GOOSETONGUE
GOOSETONGUE, noun goos'tung. A plant of the genus Achillea.
GOOSEWING
GOOSEWING, noun goos'wing. In seamen's language, a sail set on a boom on the lee side of a ship; also, the clues or lower corners of a ship's main-sail or fore-sail, when the mi...
GOPPISH
GOP'PISH, adjective Proud; pettish. [Not in use.]GOR'-BELLIED, adjective Big-bellied.GOR'-BELLY, noun A prominent belly. [Not in use.]
GOR-COCK
GOR'-COCK, noun The moor-cock, red-grouse, or red-game; a fowl of the gallinaceous kind.GOR'-CROW, noun The carrion-crow.
GORD
GORD, noun An instrument of gaming.
GORDIAN
GORD'IAN, adjective Intricate. [See the next word.]Gordian knot, in antiquity, a knot in the leather or harness of Gordius, a king of Phrygia, so very intricate, that there was ...
GORE
GORE, noun [Gr. from issuing.]1. Blood; but generally, thick or clotted blood; blood that after effusion becomes inspissated.2. Dirt; mud. [Unusual.]GORE, noun1. A wedge-shaped ...
GORED
GO'RED, participle passive Stabbed; pierced with a pointed instrument.
GORGE
GORGE, noun gorj. [Latin gurges.]1. The throat; the gullet; the canal of the neck by which food passes to the stomach.2. In architecture, the narrowest part of the Tuscan and Do...
GORGED
GORG'ED, participle passive Swallowed; glutted.GORG'ED, adjective Having a gorge or throat.1. In heraldry, bearing a crown or the like about the neck.
GORGEOUS
GOR'GEOUS, adjective Showy; fine; splendid; glittering with gay colors.With gorgeous wings, the marks of sovereign sway.A gorgeous robe. Luke 23:11.
GORGEOUSLY
GOR'GEOUSLY, adverb With showy magnificence; splendidly; finely. The prince was gorgeously arrayed.
GORGEOUSNESS
GOR'GEOUSNESS, noun Show of dress or ornament; splendor of raiment.
GORGET
GORG'ET, noun A piece of armor for defending the throat or neck; a kind of breast-plate like a half-moon; also, a small convex ornament worn by officers on the breast.1. Formerl...
GORGING
GORG'ING, participle present tense Swallowing; eating greedily; glutting.
GORGON
GORG'ON, noun [Gr.] A fabled monster of terrific aspect, the sight of which turned the beholder to stone. The poets represent the Gorgons as three sisters, Stheno, Euryale and M...
GORGONEAN
GORGO'NEANGORGO'NIAN, adjective Like a gorgon; pertaining to gorgons.Gorgonia nobilis, in natural history, red coral.GOR'-HEN, noun The female of the gor-cock.