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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ragnarok \Rag"na*rok"\, d8Ragnar94k \[d8]Rag"na*r[94]k"\, n. [Icel., fr. regin, r[94]gn, gods + r[94]k reason, origin, history; confused with ragna-r[94]kr the twilight of the gods.] (Norse Myth.) The so-called [bd]Twilight of the Gods[b8] (called in German {G[94]tterd[84]mmerung}), the final destruction of the world in the great conflict between the [92]sir (gods) on the one hand, and on the other, the gaints and the powers of Hel under the leadership of Loki (who is escaped from bondage). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gather \Gath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gathering}.] [OE. gaderen, AS. gaderian, gadrian, fr. gador, geador, together, fr. g[91]d fellowship; akin to E. good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte husband, MHG. gate, also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a sister's son. [root]29. See {Good}, and cf. {Together}.] 1. To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate. And Belgium's capital had gathered them Her beauty and her chivalry. --Byron. When he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together. --Matt. ii. 4. 2. To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck. A rose just gathered from the stalk. --Dryden. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? --Matt. vii. 16. Gather us from among the heathen. --Ps. cvi. 47. 3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up. He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. --Prov. xxviii. 8. To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by degrees. --Locke. 4. To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle. Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand. --Pope. 5. To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude. Let me say no more[?] Gather the sequel by that went before. --Shak. 6. To gain; to win. [Obs.] He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden. 7. (Arch.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like. 8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope. {To be gathered} {to one's people, [or] to one's fathers} to die. --Gen. xxv. 8. {To gather breath}, to recover normal breathing after being out of breath; to get breath; to rest. --Spenser. {To gather one's self together}, to collect and dispose one's powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory to a leap. {To gather way} (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with increasing speed. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Goatherd \Goat"herd`\, n. One who tends goats. --Spenser. | |
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Godward \God"ward\, adv. Toward God. --2 Cor. iii. 4. | |
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Goitered \Goi"tered\, Goitred \Goi"tred\, a. Affected with goiter. | |
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Goitered \Goi"tered\, Goitred \Goi"tred\, a. Affected with goiter. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Word \Word\, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or[edh], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa[a3]rd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. "rh`twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.] 1. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable. [bd]A glutton of words.[b8] --Piers Plowman. You cram these words into mine ears, against The stomach of my sense. --Shak. Amongst men who confound their ideas with words, there must be endless disputes. --Locke. 2. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page. 3. pl. Talk; discourse; speech; language. Why should calamity be full of words? --Shak. Be thy words severe; Sharp as he merits, but the sword forbear. --Dryden. 4. Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular. I pray you . . . bring me word thither How the world goes. --Shak. 5. Signal; order; command; direction. Give the word through. --Shak. 6. Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise. Obey thy parents; keep thy word justly. --Shak. I know you brave, and take you at your word. --Dryden. I desire not the reader should take my word. --Dryden. 7. pl. Verbal contention; dispute. Some words there grew 'twixt Somerset and me. --Shak. 8. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence. All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. --Gal. v. 14. She said; but at the happy word [bd]he lives,[b8] My father stooped, re-fathered, o'er my wound. --Tennyson. There is only one other point on which I offer a word of remark. --Dickens. {By word of mouth}, orally; by actual speaking. --Boyle. {Compound word}. See under {Compound}, a. {Good word}, commendation; favorable account. [bd]And gave the harmless fellow a good word.[b8] --Pope. {In a word}, briefly; to sum up. {In word}, in declaration; in profession. [bd]Let us not love in word, . . . but in deed and in truth.[b8] --1 John iii. 8. {Nuns of the Word Incarnate} (R. C. Ch.), an order of nuns founded in France in 1625, and approved in 1638. The order, which also exists in the United States, was instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the [bd]Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God.[b8] {The word}, or {The Word}. (Theol.) (a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a revelation of God. [bd]Bold to speak the word without fear.[b8] --Phil. i. 14. (b) The second person in the Trinity before his manifestation in time by the incarnation; among those who reject a Trinity of persons, some one or all of the divine attributes personified. --John i. 1. {To eat one's words}, to retract what has been said. {To have the words for}, to speak for; to act as spokesman. [Obs.] [bd]Our host hadde the wordes for us all.[b8] --Chaucer. {Word blindness} (Physiol.), inability to understand printed or written words or symbols, although the person affected may be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write correctly. --Landois & Stirling. {Word deafness} (Physiol.), inability to understand spoken words, though the person affected may hear them and other sounds, and hence is not deaf. {Word dumbness} (Physiol.), inability to express ideas in verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired. {Word for word}, in the exact words; verbatim; literally; exactly; as, to repeat anything word for word. {Word painting}, the act of describing an object fully and vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly to the mind, as if in a picture. {Word picture}, an accurate and vivid description, which presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a picture. {Word square}, a series of words so arranged that they can be read vertically and horizontally with like results. Note: H E A R T E M B E R A B U S E R E S I N T R E N T (A word square) Syn: See {Term}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.] (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({[92]gopodium Podagraria}); -- called also {bishop's weed}, {ashweed}, and {herb gerard}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gratuity \Gra*tu"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Gtratuities}. [F. gratuit[82], or LL. gratuitas.] 1. Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present. --Swift. 2. Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zebrawood \Ze"bra*wood`\, n. (a) A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree ({Connarus Guianensis}). (b) The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia fragrans}). (c) The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus {Guettarda}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gutter \Gut*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guttered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guttering}.] 1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. --Shak. 2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [R.] --Dryden. | |
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Gutwort \Gut"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A plant, {Globularia Alypum}, a violent purgative, found in Africa. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Goddard, KS (city, FIPS 26725) Location: 37.65978 N, 97.57662 W Population (1990): 1804 (593 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67052 Goddard, MD (CDP, FIPS 33812) Location: 38.98950 N, 76.85365 W Population (1990): 4576 (1780 housing units) Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Goodridge, MN (city, FIPS 24470) Location: 48.14470 N, 95.80397 W Population (1990): 115 (56 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56725 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Gederathite an epithet applied to Josabad, one of David's warriors at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:4), a native of Gederah. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Gederothaim, hedges |