Webster's Dictionary 1913

2161

Goodness

Good″ness (?), n. [AS. gōdnes.] The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food...

2162

Goods

Goods (?), n. pl. See Good, n., 3.

2163

Goodship

Good″ship, n. Favor; grace. Gower.

2164

Goodwife

Good″wife′ (?), n. The mistress of a house. Robynson (More's Utopia).

2165

Goody

Good″y (?), n.; pl.Goodies (�). 1. A bonbon, cake, or the like; — usually in the pl.2. (Zoöl.) An American fish; the lafayette or spot.

2166

Goody (2)

Good″y, n.; pl.Goodies (#). [Prob. contr. from goodwife.] Goodwife; — a low term of civility or sport.

2167

Goody (3)

Good″y (?), a. Weakly or sentimentally good; affectedly good; — often in the reduplicated form goody-goody.

2168

Goody-goody

Good″y–good′y, a. Mawkishly or weakly good; exhibiting goodness with silliness.

2169

Goodyship

Good″y‐ship, n. The state or quality of a goody or goodwife Hudibraus.

2170

Gooroo

‖Goo‐roo″, Gu‐ru″ (�), n. [Hind. gur� a spiritual parent or teacher, Skr. guru heavy, noble, venerable, teacher. Cf. Grief.] A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the ...

2171

Goosander

Goos″an′der (?), n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. Merganser.] (Zoöl.) A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; ...

2172

Goose

Goose (go͞os), n.; pl.Geese (gēs). [OE. gos, AS. gōs, pl. gēs; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. gās, Dan. gaas, Sw. gås, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. χήν, Skr. h...

2173

Goose egg

Goose egg. In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; — so named in allusion to the egglike outline of the zero sign 0. Called also duck egg.

2174

Goose-rumped

Goose″–rumped′ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup; — said of certain horses.

2175

Gooseberry

Goose″ber‐ry (?), n.; pl.Gooseberries (#), [Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, — of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kräuselbeere (fr. kra...

2176

Goosefish

Goose″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Angler.

2177

Goosefoot

Goose″foot′ (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of herbs (Chenopodium) mostly annual weeds; pigweed.

2178

Goosery

Goos″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Gooseries (�). 1. A place for keeping geese.2. The characteristics or actions of a goose; silliness.The finical goosery of your neat sermon actor. Milton.

2179

Goosewing

Goose″wing′ (?), n.(Naut.) One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.

2180

Goosewinged

Goose″winged′ (?), a.(Naut.) (a) Having a “goosewing.” (b) Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.

2181

Goosish

Goos″ish, a. Like a goose; foolish. Chaucer.

2182

Goost

Goost (?), n. Ghost; spirit. Chaucer.

2183

Goot

Goot (?), n. A goat. Chaucer.

2184

Gopher

Go″pher (?), n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See Gauffer.] (Zoöl.) 1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidæ;...

2185

Gopher State

Go″pher State. Minnesota; — a nickname alluding to the abundance of gophers.

2186

Gopher wood

Go″pher wood′ (?). [Heb. gōpher.] A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark. Gen. vi. 14.

2187

Gor-bellied

Gor″–bel′lied (?), a. Bog-bellied.