GORGONIAN
GORGO'NIAN, a. Like a gorgon; pertaining to gorgons.Gorgonia nobilis, in natural history, red coral.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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GORING
GO'RING, participle present tense [from gore.] Stabbing; piercing.GO'RING, noun A pricking; puncture.
GORMAND
GOR'MANDGOR'MANDER, noun A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton.
GORMANDER
GOR'MANDER, n. A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton.
GORMANDIZE
GOR'MANDIZE, verb intransitive To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously.
GORMANDIZER
GOR'MANDIZER, noun A greedy voracious eater.
GORMANDIZING
GOR'MANDIZING, participle present tense Eating greedily and voraciously.
GORSE
GORSEGORSS, noun gors. [Latin crassus.] Furz, or whin, a thick prickly shrub, of the genus Ulex, bearing yellow flowers in winter.
GORSS
GORSS, n. gors. [L. crassus.] Furz, or whin, a thick prickly shrub, of the genus Ulex, bearing yellow flowers in winter.
GORY
GO'RY, adjective [from gore.] Covered with congealed or clotted blood; as gory locks.1. Bloody; murderous.
GOSHAWK
GOS'HAWK, noun A voracious fowl of the genus Falco, or hawk kind, larger than the common buzzard, but of a more slender shape. The general color of the plumage is a deep brown; ...
GOSLING
GOS'LING, noun A young goose; a goose not full grown.1. A catkin on nut trees and pines.
GOSPEL
GOS'PEL, noun [Latin evangelium, a good or joyful message.]The history of the birth, life, actions, death, resurrection, ascension and doctrines of Jesus Christ; or a revelation...
GOSPEL-GOSSIP
GOS'PEL-GOSSIP, noun One who is over zealous in running about among his neighbors to lecture on religious subjects.
GOSPELIZE
GOS'PELIZE, verb transitive To form according to the gospel.1. To instruct in the gospel; to evangelize; as, to gospelize the savages.
GOSPELIZED
GOS'PELIZED, participle passive Instructed in the christian religion.
GOSPELIZING
GOS'PELIZING, participle present tense Evangelizing; instructing in the christian religion.
GOSPELLER
GOS'PELLER, noun An evangelist; also, a follower of Wickliffe, the first Englishman who attempted a reformation from popery. [Not much used.1. He who reads the gospel at the altar.
GOSS
GOSS, noun A kind of low furz or gorse.
GOSSAMER
GOS'SAMER, noun [Latin gossipium, cotton.] A fine filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields a...
GOSSAMERY
GOS'SAMERY, adjective Like gossamer; flimsy; unsubstantial.
GOSSIP
GOS'SIP, noun1. A sponsor; one who answers for a child in baptism; a godfather.2. A tippling companion.And sometimes lurk I in a gossip's bowl.3. One who runs from house to hous...
GOSSIPING
GOS'SIPING, participle present tense Prating; chatting; running from place to place and tattling.GOS'SIPING, noun A prating; a running about to collect tales and tattle.
GOSSIPRED
GOS'SIPRED, noun Compaternity; spiritual affinity, for which a juror might be challenged. [Not used.]
GOSSOON
GOSSOON', noun A boy; a servant. [Not in use.]
GOSTING
GOS'TING, noun An herb.
GOT
GOT, pret of get. The old preterit gat, pronounced got is nearly obsolete.