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   gadget
         n 1: a device or control that is very useful for a particular
               job [syn: {appliance}, {contraption}, {contrivance},
               {convenience}, {gadget}, {gizmo}, {gismo}, {widget}]

English Dictionary: get started by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gadgeteer
n
  1. a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gadgetry
n
  1. appliances collectively; "laborsaving gadgetry"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gadsden
n
  1. an industrial town in north central Alabama
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get started
v
  1. start to be active; "Get cracking, please!" [syn: {get cracking}, bestir oneself, get going, get moving, get weaving, get started, get rolling]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get stuck
v
  1. be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
    Synonym(s): grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get the goods
v
  1. discover some bad or hidden information about; "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get together
n
  1. a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room"
    Synonym(s): meeting, get together
v
  1. get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members"
    Synonym(s): assemble, gather, get together
  2. get together socially or for a specific purpose
    Synonym(s): meet, get together
  3. work together on a common enterprise of project; "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group"
    Synonym(s): collaborate, join forces, cooperate, get together
  4. become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man"
    Synonym(s): join, fall in, get together
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goat god
n
  1. (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus
    Synonym(s): Pan, goat god
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goddaughter
n
  1. a female godchild
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good story
n
  1. an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny"
    Synonym(s): funny story, good story, funny remark, funny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goody-goody
adj
  1. affectedly or smugly good or self-righteous
n
  1. a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Gatch \[d8]Gatch\, n. [Per. gach mortar.]
      Plaster as used in Persian architecture and decorative art.
  
      {Gatch decoration}, decoration in plaster often producing
            design of great beauty.
  
      {Gatch work}, work in which gatch is employed; also, articles
            of gatch ornamentation collectively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gaudy \Gaud"y\, a. [Compar. {Gaudier}; superl. {Gauidiest}.]
      1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or
            meretricious.
  
                     Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not
                     expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy.   --Shak.
  
      2. Gay; merry; festal. --Tennyson.
  
                     Let's have one other gaudy night.      --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Giddy \Gid"dy\, a. [Compar. {Giddier}; superl. {Giddiest}.] [OE.
      gidi mad, silly, AS. gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw.
      gidda to shake, tremble.]
      1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling
            about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of
            the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall;
            lightheaded; dizzy.
  
                     By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed. --Tate.
  
      2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a
            giddy precipice. --Prior.
  
                     Upon the giddy footing of the hatches. --Shak.
  
      3. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round
            with celerity; gyratory; whirling.
  
                     The giddy motion of the whirling mill. --Pope.
  
      4. Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable;
            fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. [bd]Giddy, foolish
            hours.[b8] --Rowe. [bd]Giddy chance.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm.
                                                                              --Cowper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goat \Goat\, n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[be]t; akin to D. geit,
      OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth.
      gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus {Capra}, of several
      species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat ({C. hircus}),
      which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
  
      Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have
               long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile
               fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat ({Capra [91]gagrus}),
               of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its
               stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species
               ofthe domestic goat. The Rocky Montain goat
               ({Haplocercus montanus}) is more nearly related to the
               antelopes. See {Mazame}.
  
      {Goat antelope} (Zo[94]l), one of several species of
            antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having
            recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short,
            flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.
  
      {Goat fig} (Bot.), the wild fig.
  
      {Goat house}.
      (a) A place for keeping goats.
      (b) A brothel. [Obs.]
  
      {Goat moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Cossus}, esp.
            the large European species ({C. ligniperda}), the larva of
            which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three
            years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the
            he-goat.
  
      {Goat weed} (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus
            {Capraria} ({C. biflora}).
  
      {Goat's bane} (Bot.), a poisonous plant ({Aconitum
            Lucoctonum}), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from
            Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.
  
      {Goat's beard} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Tragopogon}; --
            so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One
            species is the salsify or oyster plant.
  
      {Goat's foot} (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel ({Oxalis
            caprina}) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.
  
      {Goat's rue} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Galega officinalis}
            of Europe, or {Tephrosia Virginiana} in the United
            States).
  
      {Goat's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Astragalus
            Tragacanthus}), found in the Levant.
  
      {Goat's wheat} (Bot.), the genus {Tragopyrum} (now referred
            to {Atraphaxis}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goat \Goat\, n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[be]t; akin to D. geit,
      OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth.
      gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus {Capra}, of several
      species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat ({C. hircus}),
      which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
  
      Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have
               long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile
               fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat ({Capra [91]gagrus}),
               of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its
               stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species
               ofthe domestic goat. The Rocky Montain goat
               ({Haplocercus montanus}) is more nearly related to the
               antelopes. See {Mazame}.
  
      {Goat antelope} (Zo[94]l), one of several species of
            antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having
            recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short,
            flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.
  
      {Goat fig} (Bot.), the wild fig.
  
      {Goat house}.
      (a) A place for keeping goats.
      (b) A brothel. [Obs.]
  
      {Goat moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Cossus}, esp.
            the large European species ({C. ligniperda}), the larva of
            which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three
            years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the
            he-goat.
  
      {Goat weed} (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus
            {Capraria} ({C. biflora}).
  
      {Goat's bane} (Bot.), a poisonous plant ({Aconitum
            Lucoctonum}), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from
            Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.
  
      {Goat's beard} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Tragopogon}; --
            so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One
            species is the salsify or oyster plant.
  
      {Goat's foot} (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel ({Oxalis
            caprina}) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.
  
      {Goat's rue} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Galega officinalis}
            of Europe, or {Tephrosia Virginiana} in the United
            States).
  
      {Goat's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Astragalus
            Tragacanthus}), found in the Levant.
  
      {Goat's wheat} (Bot.), the genus {Tragopyrum} (now referred
            to {Atraphaxis}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goddaughter \God"daugh`ter\, n. [AS. goddohtor.]
      A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Good \Good\, n.
      1. That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes
            success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit,
            excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; -- opposed to evil.
  
                     There be many that say, Who will show us any good ?
                                                                              --Ps. iv. 6.
  
      2. Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity;
            advantage; benefit; -- opposed to harm, etc.
  
                     The good of the whole community can be promoted only
                     by advancing the good of each of the members
                     composing it.                                    --Jay.
  
      3. pl. Wares; commodities; chattels; -- formerly used in the
            singular in a collective sense. In law, a comprehensive
            name for almost all personal property as distinguished
            from land or real property. --Wharton.
  
                     He hath made us spend much good.         --Chaucer.
  
                     Thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice,
                     confiscate Unto the state of Venice.   --Shak.
  
      {Dress goods}, {Dry goods}, etc. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Goods engine}, a freight locomotive. [Eng.]
  
      {Goods train}, a freight train. [Eng.]
  
      {Goods wagon}, a freight car [Eng.] See the Note under {Car},
            n., 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goody-goody \Good"y-good`y\, a.
      Mawkishly or weakly good; exhibiting goodness with silliness.
      [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gout \Gout\ (gout), n. [F. goutte a drop, the gout, the disease
      being considered as a defluxion, fr. L. gutta drop.]
      1. A drop; a clot or coagulation.
  
                     On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood. --Shak.
  
      2. (Med.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms.
            It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and
            ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks
            first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which
            it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended
            with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the
            digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as
            the stomach, the intestines, etc. --Dunglison.
  
      3. A disease of cornstalks. See {Corn fly}, under {Corn}.
  
      {Gout stones}. See {Chalkstone}, n., 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gouty \Gout"y\, a.
      1. Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty
            person; a gouty joint.
  
      2. Pertaining to the gout. [bd]Gouty matter.[b8] --Blackmore.
  
      3. Swollen, as if from gout. --Derham.
  
      4. Boggy; as, gouty land. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
      {Gouty bronchitis}, bronchitis arising as a secondary disease
            during the progress of gout.
  
      {Gouty concretions}, calculi (urate of sodium) formed in the
            joints, kidneys, etc., of sufferers from gout.
  
      {Gouty kidney}, an affection occurring during the progress of
            gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of
            urate of sodium.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guidguid \Guid"guid`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A South American ant bird of the genus {Hylactes}; -- called
      also {barking bird}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guitguit \Guit"guit`\, n. [So called from its note.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of small tropical American birds of
      the family {C[d2]rebid[91]}, allied to the creepers; --
      called also {quit}. See {Quit}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gadsden, AL (city, FIPS 28696)
      Location: 34.01000 N, 86.01440 W
      Population (1990): 42523 (19146 housing units)
      Area: 92.1 sq km (land), 3.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 35904
   Gadsden, SC
      Zip code(s): 29052
   Gadsden, TN (town, FIPS 28380)
      Location: 35.77837 N, 88.98356 W
      Population (1990): 561 (214 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38337

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gadsden County, FL (county, FIPS 39)
      Location: 30.58158 N, 84.61237 W
      Population (1990): 41105 (14859 housing units)
      Area: 1336.8 sq km (land), 32.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gate City, VA (town, FIPS 30496)
      Location: 36.63857 N, 82.58124 W
      Population (1990): 2214 (1021 housing units)
      Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 24251

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Gudgodah, happiness
  
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