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   Gadus macrocephalus
         n 1: closely related to Atlantic cod [syn: {Pacific cod},
               {Alaska cod}, {Gadus macrocephalus}]

English Dictionary: godsend by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gadus merlangus
n
  1. a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
    Synonym(s): whiting, Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gadus morhua
n
  1. one of the world's most important commercial fishes [syn: Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get going
v
  1. begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!"
    Synonym(s): start, go, get going
    Antonym(s): halt, stop
  2. start to be active; "Get cracking, please!"
    Synonym(s): get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving, get weaving, get started, get rolling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get the jump
v
  1. be there first; "They had gotten the jump on their competitors"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ghatti gum
n
  1. an Indian gum from the dhawa tree; used as a substitute for gum arabic
    Synonym(s): ghatti, ghatti gum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goats' milk
n
  1. the milk of a goat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goatskin
n
  1. the hide of a goat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
God knows how
adv
  1. by some means not understood by the speaker; "God knows how he did it, but he did climbed that steep wall"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
godsend
n
  1. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"
    Synonym(s): boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
godson
n
  1. a male godchild
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good continuation
n
  1. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
    Synonym(s): good continuation, continuation, law of continuation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good example
n
  1. something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
    Synonym(s): exemplar, example, model, good example
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good Samaritan
n
  1. a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good sense
n
  1. sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
    Synonym(s): common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good-king-henry
n
  1. European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb
    Synonym(s): good-king- henry, allgood, fat hen, wild spinach, Chenopodium bonus-henricus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gota Canal
n
  1. a canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gudgeon
n
  1. small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
    Synonym(s): goby, gudgeon
  2. small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
    Synonym(s): gudgeon, Gobio gobio
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gudgeon pin
n
  1. pin joining a piston to a connecting rod [syn: wrist pin, gudgeon pin]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gutsiness
n
  1. the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
    Synonym(s): gutsiness, pluck, pluckiness
    Antonym(s): gutlessness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gaddish \Gad"dish\, a.
      Disposed to gad. -- {Gad"dish*nes}, n. [bd]Gaddishness and
      folly.[b8] --Abp. Leighton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadsman \Gads"man\, n.
      One who uses a gad or goad in driving.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Poor \Poor\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small European codfish ({Gadus minutus}); -- called also
      {power cod}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cod \Cod\, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L.
      gadus merlangus.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua}), taken in immense
      numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is
      especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of
      Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.
  
      Note: There are several varieties; as {shore cod}, from
               shallow water; {bank cod}, from the distant banks; and
               {rock cod}, which is found among ledges, and is often
               dark brown or mottled with red. The {tomcod} is a
               distinct species of small size. The {bastard}, {blue},
               {buffalo}, or {cultus cod} of the Pacific coast belongs
               to a distinct family. See {Buffalo cod}, under
               {Buffalo}.
  
      {Cod fishery}, the business of fishing for cod.
  
      {Cod line}, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish.
            --McElrath.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gate \Gate\ (g[amac]t), n. [OE. [yogh]et, [yogh]eat, giat, gate,
      door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat
      opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v.
      Cf. {Gate} a way, 3d {Get}.]
      1. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an
            inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.;
            also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by
            which the passage can be closed.
  
      2. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or
            barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens
            a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance
            or of exit.
  
                     Knowest thou the way to Dover? Both stile and gate,
                     horse way and footpath.                     --Shak.
  
                     Opening a gate for a long war.            --Knolles.
  
      3. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage
            of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
  
      4. (Script.) The places which command the entrances or
            access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
  
                     The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
                                                                              --Matt. xvi.
                                                                              18.
  
      5. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt
            to pass through or into.
  
      6. (Founding)
            (a) The channel or opening through which metal is poured
                  into the mold; the ingate.
            (b) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue
                  or sullage piece. [Written also {geat} and {git}.]
  
      {Gate chamber}, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock,
            which receives the opened gate.
  
      {Gate channel}. See {Gate}, 5.
  
      {Gate hook}, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge.
  
      {Gate money}, entrance money for admission to an inclosure.
           
  
      {Gate tender}, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad
            crossing.
  
      {Gate valva}, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate
            which affords a straight passageway when open.
  
      {Gate vein} (Anat.), the portal vein.
  
      {To break gates} (Eng. Univ.), to enter a college inclosure
            after the hour to which a student has been restricted.
  
      {To stand in the} {gate, [or] gates}, to occupy places or
            advantage, power, or defense.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gate \Gate\ (g[amac]t), n. [OE. [yogh]et, [yogh]eat, giat, gate,
      door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat
      opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v.
      Cf. {Gate} a way, 3d {Get}.]
      1. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an
            inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.;
            also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by
            which the passage can be closed.
  
      2. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or
            barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens
            a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance
            or of exit.
  
                     Knowest thou the way to Dover? Both stile and gate,
                     horse way and footpath.                     --Shak.
  
                     Opening a gate for a long war.            --Knolles.
  
      3. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage
            of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
  
      4. (Script.) The places which command the entrances or
            access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
  
                     The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
                                                                              --Matt. xvi.
                                                                              18.
  
      5. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt
            to pass through or into.
  
      6. (Founding)
            (a) The channel or opening through which metal is poured
                  into the mold; the ingate.
            (b) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue
                  or sullage piece. [Written also {geat} and {git}.]
  
      {Gate chamber}, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock,
            which receives the opened gate.
  
      {Gate channel}. See {Gate}, 5.
  
      {Gate hook}, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge.
  
      {Gate money}, entrance money for admission to an inclosure.
           
  
      {Gate tender}, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad
            crossing.
  
      {Gate valva}, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate
            which affords a straight passageway when open.
  
      {Gate vein} (Anat.), the portal vein.
  
      {To break gates} (Eng. Univ.), to enter a college inclosure
            after the hour to which a student has been restricted.
  
      {To stand in the} {gate, [or] gates}, to occupy places or
            advantage, power, or defense.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goatish \Goat"ish\, a.
      Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.
  
               Give your chaste body up to the embraces Of goatish
               lust.                                                      --Massinger.
      -- {Goat"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Goat"ish*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goatskin \Goat"skin`\, n.
      The skin of a goat, or leather made from it. -- a. Made of
      the skin of a goat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   God \God\ (g[ocr]d), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG.
      got, G. gott, Icel. gu[edh], go[edh], Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth.
      gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr.
      h[umac], p. p. h[umac]ta, to call upon, invoke, implore.
      [root]30. Cf. {Goodbye}, {Gospel}, {Gossip}.]
      1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and
            to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity;
            a deity; an object of worship; an idol.
  
                     He maketh a god, and worshipeth it.   --Is. xliv.
                                                                              15.
  
                     The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To
                     bestial gods.                                    --Milton.
  
      2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the
            Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.
  
                     God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must
                     worship him in spirit and in truth.   --John iv. 24.
  
      3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good;
            an object of supreme regard.
  
                     Whose god is their belly.                  --Phil. iii.
                                                                              19.
  
      4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic
            power. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {Act of God}. (Law) See under {Act}.
  
      {Gallery gods}, the occupants of the highest and cheapest
            gallery of a theater. [Colloq.]
  
      {God's acre}, {God's field}, a burial place; a churchyard.
            See under {Acre}.
  
      {God's house}.
            (a) An almshouse. [Obs.]
            (b) A church.
  
      {God's penny}, earnest penny. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {God's Sunday}, Easter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Godsend \God"send`\, n.
      Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of
      good fortune.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Godson \God"son`\, n. [AS. godsunu.]
      A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See
      {Godfather}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Good \Good\, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words,
      though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are
      from a different root.] [AS. G[omac]d, akin to D. goed, OS.
      g[omac]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[omac][edh]r, Sw. & Dan.
      god, Goth. g[omac]ds; prob. orig., fitting, belonging
      together, and akin to E. gather. [root]29 Cf. {Gather}.]
      1. Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end
            designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness;
            serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable;
            commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive,
            or troublesome, etc.
  
                     And God saw everything that he had made, and behold,
                     it was very good.                              --Gen. i. 31.
  
                     Good company, good wine, good welcome. --Shak.
  
      2. Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious;
            religious; -- said of persons or actions.
  
                     In all things showing thyself a pattern of good
                     works.                                                --Tit. ii. 7.
  
      3. Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite;
            propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by
            to or toward, also formerly by unto.
  
                     The men were very good unto us.         --1 Sam. xxv.
                                                                              15.
  
      4. Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be
            relied upon; -- followed especially by for.
  
                     All quality that is good for anything is founded
                     originally in merit.                           --Collier.
  
      5. Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed
            especially by at.
  
                     He . . . is a good workman; a very good tailor.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Those are generally good at flattering who are good
                     for nothing else.                              --South.
  
      6. Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious;
            valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the
            discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary
            ability; of unimpaired credit.
  
                     My reasons are both good and weighty. --Shak.
  
                     My meaning in saying he is a good man is . . . that
                     he is sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      7. Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest;
            in good sooth.
  
                     Love no man in good earnest.               --Shak.
  
      8. Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable;
            esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good
            degree, a good share or part, etc.
  
      9. Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
  
                     Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and
                     running over.                                    --Luke vi. 38.
  
      10. Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied;
            as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good
            repute, etc.
  
                     A good name is better than precious ointment.
                                                                              --Eccl. vii.
                                                                              1.
  
      {As good as}. See under {As}.
  
      {For good}, [or] {For good and all}, completely and finally;
            fully; truly.
  
                     The good woman never died after this, till she came
                     to die for good and all.                     --L'Estrange.
  
      {Good breeding}, polite or polished manners, formed by
            education; a polite education.
  
                     Distinguished by good humor and good breeding.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      {Good cheap}, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap.
  
      {Good consideration} (Law).
            (a) A consideration of blood or of natural love and
                  affection. --Blackstone.
            (b) A valuable consideration, or one which will sustain a
                  contract.
  
      {Good fellow}, a person of companionable qualities.
            [Familiar]
  
      {Good folk}, {or Good people}, fairies; brownies; pixies,
            etc. [Colloq. Eng. & Scot.]
  
      {Good for nothing}.
            (a) Of no value; useless; worthless.
            (b) Used substantively, an idle, worthless person.
  
                           My father always said I was born to be a good
                           for nothing.                              --Ld. Lytton.
  
      {Good Friday}, the Friday of Holy Week, kept in some churches
            as a fast, in memoory of our Savior's passion or
            suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion.
  
      {Good humor}, [or] {Good-humor}, a cheerful or pleasant
            temper or state of mind.
  
      {Good nature}, [or] {Good-nature}, habitual kindness or
            mildness of temper or disposition; amiability; state of
            being in good humor.
  
                     The good nature and generosity which belonged to his
                     character.                                          --Macaulay.
  
                     The young count's good nature and easy
                     persuadability were among his best characteristics.
                                                                              --Hawthorne.
  
      {Good people}. See {Good folk} (above).
  
      {Good speed}, good luck; good success; godspeed; -- an old
            form of wishing success. See {Speed}.
  
      {Good turn}, an act of kidness; a favor.
  
      {Good will}.
            (a) Benevolence; well wishing; kindly feeling.
            (b) (Law) The custom of any trade or business; the
                  tendency or inclination of persons, old customers and
                  others, to resort to an established place of
                  business; the advantage accruing from tendency or
                  inclination.
  
                           The good will of a trade is nothing more than
                           the probability that the old customers will
                           resort to the old place.            --Lord Eldon.
  
      {In good time}.
            (a) Promptly; punctually; opportunely; not too soon nor
                  too late.
            (b) (Mus.) Correctly; in proper time.
  
      {To hold good}, to remain true or valid; to be operative; to
            remain in force or effect; as, his promise holds good; the
            condition still holds good.
  
      {To make good}, to fulfill; to establish; to maintain; to
            supply (a defect or deficiency); to indemmify; to prove or
            verify (an accusation); to prove to be blameless; to
            clear; to vindicate.
  
                     Each word made good and true.            --Shak.
  
                     Of no power to make his wishes good.   --Shak.
  
                     I . . . would by combat make her good. --Shak.
  
                     Convenient numbers to make good the city. --Shak.
  
      {To think good}, to approve; to be pleased or satisfied with;
            to consider expedient or proper.
  
                     If ye think good, give me my price; and if not,
                     forbear.                                             --Zech. xi.
                                                                              12.
  
      Note: Good, in the sense of wishing well, is much used in
               greeting and leave-taking; as, good day, good night,
               good evening, good morning, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mercury \Mer"cu*ry\, n. [L. Mercurius; akin to merx wares.]
      1. (Rom. Myth.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated
            by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger
            of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and
            god of eloquence.
  
      2. (Chem.) A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction
            from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque,
            glistening liquid (commonly called {quicksilver}), and is
            used in barometers, thermometers, ect. Specific gravity
            13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8.
            Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It
            was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and
            designated by his symbol, [mercury].
  
      Note: Mercury forms alloys, called amalgams, with many
               metals, and is thus used in applying tin foil to the
               backs of mirrors, and in extracting gold and silver
               from their ores. It is poisonous, and is used in
               medicine in the free state as in blue pill, and in its
               compounds as calomel, corrosive sublimate, etc. It is
               the only metal which is liquid at ordinary
               temperatures, and it solidifies at about -39[deg]
               Centigrade to a soft, malleable, ductile metal.
  
      3. (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, being
            the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is
            about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its
            diameter 3,000 miles.
  
      4. A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also,
            a newspaper. --Sir J. Stephen. [bd]The monthly
            Mercuries.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
      5. Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability;
            fickleness. [Obs.]
  
                     He was so full of mercury that he could not fix long
                     in any friendship, or to any design.   --Bp. Burnet.
  
      6. (Bot.) A plant ({Mercurialis annua}), of the Spurge
            family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for
            spinach, in Europe.
  
      Note: The name is also applied, in the United States, to
               certain climbing plants, some of which are poisonous to
               the skin, esp. to the {Rhus Toxicodendron}, or poison
               ivy.
  
      {Dog's mercury} (Bot.), {Mercurialis perennis}, a perennial
            plant differing from {M. annua} by having the leaves
            sessile.
  
      {English mercury} (Bot.), a kind of goosefoot formerly used
            as a pot herb; -- called {Good King Henry}.
  
      {Horn mercury} (Min.), a mineral chloride of mercury, having
            a semitranslucent, hornlike appearance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goodgeon \Good"geon\, n. (Naut.)
      Same as {Gudgeon}, 5.

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]:
   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]:
   Gudgeon \Gud"geon\, v. t.
      To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon.
      [R.]
  
               To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been
               given you.                                             --Sir IV.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gudgeon \Gud"geon\, n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or
      gob, Gr. [?] Cf. {1st Goby}. ]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European freshwater fish ({Gobio
            fluviatilis}), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and
            often used for food and for bait. In America the
            killifishes or minnows are often called {gudgeons.}
  
      2. What may be got without skill or merit.
  
                     Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool
                     gudgeon, this opinion.                        --Shak.
  
      3. A person easily duped or cheated. --Swift.
  
      4. (Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden
            shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal,
            or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge,
            but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.
  
      6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to
            receive the pintle of the rudder.
  
      {Ball gudgeon}. See under {Ball}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gudgeon \Gud"geon\, n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or
      gob, Gr. [?] Cf. {1st Goby}. ]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European freshwater fish ({Gobio
            fluviatilis}), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and
            often used for food and for bait. In America the
            killifishes or minnows are often called {gudgeons.}
  
      2. What may be got without skill or merit.
  
                     Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool
                     gudgeon, this opinion.                        --Shak.
  
      3. A person easily duped or cheated. --Swift.
  
      4. (Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden
            shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal,
            or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge,
            but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.
  
      6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to
            receive the pintle of the rudder.
  
      {Ball gudgeon}. See under {Ball}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gates County, NC (county, FIPS 73)
      Location: 36.44168 N, 76.70304 W
      Population (1990): 9305 (3696 housing units)
      Area: 882.2 sq km (land), 12.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gates Mills, OH (village, FIPS 29498)
      Location: 41.53253 N, 81.41069 W
      Population (1990): 2508 (992 housing units)
      Area: 23.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44040

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gates-North Gates, NY (CDP, FIPS 28458)
      Location: 43.16397 N, 77.70070 W
      Population (1990): 14995 (5956 housing units)
      Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Goodhue County, MN (county, FIPS 49)
      Location: 44.41467 N, 92.72234 W
      Population (1990): 40690 (15936 housing units)
      Area: 1964.7 sq km (land), 56.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Goodson, MO
      Zip code(s): 65659

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   get.com
  
      A command which can be created using debug
      in {MS DOS} to set the errorlevel according to which key is
      pressed.   The errorlevel can then be interrogated from a
      {batch file} by a series of commands like this:
  
         get
         if errorlevel 118 goto E118
         if errorlevel 117 goto E117
         if errorlevel 116 goto E116
         if errorlevel 115 goto E115
         if errorlevel 114 goto E114
  
      where E118 etc. are labels in the batch file.
  
      (1996-02-01)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Gethsemane
      oil-press, the name of an olive-yard at the foot of the Mount of
      Olives, to which Jesus was wont to retire (Luke 22:39) with his
      disciples, and which is specially memorable as being the scene
      of his agony (Mark 14:32; John 18:1; Luke 22:44). The plot of
      ground pointed out as Gethsemane is now surrounded by a wall,
      and is laid out as a modern European flower-garden. It contains
      eight venerable olive-trees, the age of which cannot, however,
      be determined. The exact site of Gethsemane is still in
      question. Dr. Thomson (The Land and the Book) says: "When I
      first came to Jerusalem, and for many years afterward, this plot
      of ground was open to all whenever they chose to come and
      meditate beneath its very old olivetrees. The Latins, however,
      have within the last few years succeeded in gaining sole
      possession, and have built a high wall around it...The Greeks
      have invented another site a little to the north of it...My own
      impression is that both are wrong. The position is too near the
      city, and so close to what must have always been the great
      thoroughfare eastward, that our Lord would scarcely have
      selected it for retirement on that dangerous and dismal
      night...I am inclined to place the garden in the secluded vale
      several hundred yards to the north-east of the present
      Gethsemane."
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Gethsemane, a very fat or plentiful vale
  
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