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   Gaultheria
         n 1: widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen
               shrubs [syn: {Gaultheria}, {genus Gaultheria}]

English Dictionary: gold rush by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gaultheria hispidula
n
  1. slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds
    Synonym(s): creeping snowberry, moxie plum, maidenhair berry, Gaultheria hispidula
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gaultheria procumbens
n
  1. creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell- shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil
    Synonym(s): teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gaultheria shallon
n
  1. small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries
    Synonym(s): salal, shallon, Gaultheria shallon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gilder
n
  1. someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glider
n
  1. aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
    Synonym(s): glider, sailplane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glitter
n
  1. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn: glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle]
  2. the occurrence of a small flash or spark
    Synonym(s): glitter, sparkle, coruscation
v
  1. be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glittering
adj
  1. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"
    Synonym(s): aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glittery
adj
  1. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"
    Synonym(s): aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goal-directed
adj
  1. having a purpose; "purposive behavior" [syn: {goal- directed}, purposive]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gold rush
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
  2. a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gold-worker
n
  1. an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold
    Synonym(s): goldsmith, goldworker, gold-worker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goldthread
n
  1. low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers
    Synonym(s): goldthread, golden thread, Coptis groenlandica, Coptis trifolia groenlandica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goldworker
n
  1. an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold
    Synonym(s): goldsmith, goldworker, gold-worker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guallatiri
n
  1. the world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile; last erupted in 1959
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guelder rose
n
  1. deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries
    Synonym(s): guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry bush, crampbark, cranberry tree, Viburnum opulus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guilder
n
  1. the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
    Synonym(s): guilder, gulden, florin
  2. formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
    Synonym(s): guilder, gulden, florin, Dutch florin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guilt trip
n
  1. remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
    Synonym(s): guilt, guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guilt trip
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guilt-ridden
adj
  1. feeling or revealing a sense of guilt; "so guilt-ridden he could not face his father"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gallature \Gal"la*ture\ (?; 135), n. [From L. gallus a cock.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The tread, treadle, or chalasa of an egg.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. {Gallowses}[or] {Gallows}.
      [OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to
      D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[be]lgi,
      Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and
      historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural
      number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded
      by a; as, a gallows.]
      1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which
            criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of
            two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like
            frame for suspending anything.
  
                     So they hanged Haman on the gallows.   --Esther vii.
                                                                              10.
  
                     If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak.
  
                     O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses[?]
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak.
  
      3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
  
      4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
  
      {Gallows bird}, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
           
  
      {Gallows bitts} (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships
            on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also
            {gallows}, {gallows top}, {gallows frame}, etc.
  
      {Gallows frame}.
            (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine.
            (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
  
      {Gallows}, [or]
  
      {Gallow tree}, the gallows.
  
                     At length him nail[82]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wintergreen \Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.)
      A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
  
      Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the
               species of {Pyrola} which in America are called
               {English wintergreen}, and {shin leaf} (see Shin leaf,
               under {Shin}.) In America, the name wintergreen is
               given to {Gaultheria procumbens}, a low evergreen
               aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of
               a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed
               by red berries; -- called also {checkerberry}, and
               sometimes, though improperly, {partridge berry}.
  
      {Chickweed wintergreen}, a low perennial primulaceous herb
            ({Trientalis Americana}); -- also called {star flower}.
  
      {Flowering wintergreen}, a low plant ({Polygala paucifolia})
            with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen
            ({Gaultheria}), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple
            blossoms.
  
      {Spotted wintergreen}, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila
            maculata}) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wintergreen \Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.)
      A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
  
      Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the
               species of {Pyrola} which in America are called
               {English wintergreen}, and {shin leaf} (see Shin leaf,
               under {Shin}.) In America, the name wintergreen is
               given to {Gaultheria procumbens}, a low evergreen
               aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of
               a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed
               by red berries; -- called also {checkerberry}, and
               sometimes, though improperly, {partridge berry}.
  
      {Chickweed wintergreen}, a low perennial primulaceous herb
            ({Trientalis Americana}); -- also called {star flower}.
  
      {Flowering wintergreen}, a low plant ({Polygala paucifolia})
            with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen
            ({Gaultheria}), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple
            blossoms.
  
      {Spotted wintergreen}, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila
            maculata}) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF.
      pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of
            the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the
            family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is
            noted as a game bird.
  
                     Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer.
  
      Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix
               cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis
               rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known
               species.
  
      2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging
            to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.]
  
      Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of
               the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge
               ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena
               partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California
               partridge ({Callipepla Californica}).
  
      3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.]
  
      {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the
            genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China
            and the East Indies.
  
      {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa
            ({Francolinus pictus}).
  
      {Partridge berry}. (Bot.)
            (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant
                  ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]},
                  having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant
                  flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs
                  with the ovaries united, and producing the berries
                  which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
            (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria
                  procumbens}); also, the plant itself.
  
      {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under
            {Mountain}.
  
      {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb
            ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the
            Eastern United States.
  
      {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell
            ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of
            the partridge.
  
      {Partridge wood}
            (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It
                  is obtained from tropical America, and one source of
                  it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}.
                  Called also {pheasant wood}.
            (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and
                  striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for
                  walking sticks and umbrella handles.
  
      {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge
            ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note.
  
      {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge
            ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of
            Asia.
  
      {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}.
  
      {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small
            Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boxberry \Box"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
      The wintergreen. ({Gaultheria procumbens}). [Local, U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Checkerberry \Check"er*ber`ry\ (-b[ecr]r"r[ycr]), n.; pl.
      {Checkerberries}. (Bot.)
      A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen
      ({Gaultheria procumbens}). Also incorrectly applied to the
      partridge berry ({Mitchella repens}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Gaultheria \[d8]Gaul*the"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
      A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and,
      often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green
      ({Gaultheria procumbens}), and the larger-fruited salal of
      Northwestern America ({Gaultheria Shallon}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salal-berry \Sal"al-ber`ry\, n. [Probably of American Indian
      origin.] (Bot.)
      The edible fruit of the {Gaultheria Shallon}, an ericaceous
      shrub found from California northwards. The berries are about
      the size of a common grape and of a dark purple color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shallon \Shal"lon\, n. (Bot.)
      An evergreen shrub ({Gaultheria Shallon}) of Northwest
      America; also, its fruit. See {Salal-berry}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Gaultheria \[d8]Gaul*the"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
      A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and,
      often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green
      ({Gaultheria procumbens}), and the larger-fruited salal of
      Northwestern America ({Gaultheria Shallon}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Gelada \[d8]Gel"a*da\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A baboon ({Gelada Ruppelli}) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the
      length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult
      male.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gelder \Geld"er\, n.
      One who gelds or castrates.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gelder-rose \Gel"der-rose\, n.
      Same as {Guelder-rose}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geolatry \Ge*ol"a*try\, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + [?]
      worship.]
      The worship of the earth. --G. W. Cox. {The Geological
      Series}.
  
      Note: The science of geology, as treating of the history of
               the globe, involves a description of the different
               strata which compose its crust, their order of
               succession, characteristic forms of animal and
               vegetable life, etc. The principal subdivisions of
               geological time, and the most important strata, with
               their relative positions, are indicated in the
               following diagram.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gilder \Gild"er\, n.
      One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gilder \Gil"der\, n.
      A Dutch coin. See {Guilder}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gladder \Glad"der\, n.
      One who makes glad. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glad \Glad\, a. [Compar. {Gladder}; superl. {Gladdest}.] [AS.
      gl[91]d bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG.
      glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla[?]r glad, bright, Dan. & Sw.
      glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and prob. to L. glaber, and
      E. glide. Cf. {Glabrous}.]
      1. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to
            sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and
            often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and
            sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason.
  
                     A wise son maketh a glad father.         --Prov. x. 1.
  
                     He that is glad at calamities shall not be
                     unpunished.                                       --Prov. xvii.
                                                                              5.
  
                     The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     He, glad of her attention gained.      --Milton.
  
                     As we are now glad to behold your eyes. --Shak.
  
                     Glad am I that your highness is so armed. --Shak.
  
      {Glad on 't}, glad of it. [Colloq.] --Shak.
  
      2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting
            joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.
  
                     Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser
                     money is.                                          --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
                     Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      Syn: Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted;
               happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating;
               pleasing; animating.
  
      Usage: {Glad}, {Delighted}, {Gratified}. Delighted expresses
                  a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. Gratified
                  always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human
                  agent, and the feeling is modified by the
                  consideration that we owe it in part to another. A
                  person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and
                  gratified at the attention shown by his visits.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gladen \Gla"den\, n. [AS. gl[91]dene, cf. L. gladius a sword.
      Cf. {Gladiole}.] (Bot.)
      Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the
      European {Iris f[d2]tidissima}. [Written also {gladwyn},
      {gladdon}, and {glader}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glidder \Glid"der\, Gliddery \Glid"der*y\, a. [Cf. {Glide}.]
      Giving no sure footing; smooth; slippery. [Prov. Eng.]
  
               Shingle, slates, and gliddery stones.      --R. D.
                                                                              Blackmore.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glidder \Glid"der\, Gliddery \Glid"der*y\, a. [Cf. {Glide}.]
      Giving no sure footing; smooth; slippery. [Prov. Eng.]
  
               Shingle, slates, and gliddery stones.      --R. D.
                                                                              Blackmore.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glider \Glid"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, glides.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glittered}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Glittering}.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra,
      Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[c6]tan, OHG.
      gl[c6]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E.
      glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
      1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
            broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
            sword.
  
                     The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
            as, the glittering scenes of a court.
  
      Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
               See {Gleam}, {Flash}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glitter \Glit"ter\, n.
      A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster;
      brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal
      equipage. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glitterand \Glit"ter*and\, a.
      Glittering. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glittered}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Glittering}.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra,
      Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[c6]tan, OHG.
      gl[c6]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E.
      glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
      1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
            broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
            sword.
  
                     The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
            as, the glittering scenes of a court.
  
      Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
               See {Gleam}, {Flash}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glittered}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Glittering}.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra,
      Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[c6]tan, OHG.
      gl[c6]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E.
      glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
      1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
            broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
            sword.
  
                     The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
            as, the glittering scenes of a court.
  
      Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
               See {Gleam}, {Flash}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glitteringly \Glit"ter*ing*ly\, adv.
      In a glittering manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glutaric \Glu*tar"ic\, a. [Glutamic + tartaric.] (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as,
      glutaric ethers.
  
      {Glutaric acid}, an organic acid obtained as a white
            crystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; --
            called also {normal pyrotartaric acid}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glutaric \Glu*tar"ic\, a. [Glutamic + tartaric.] (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as,
      glutaric ethers.
  
      {Glutaric acid}, an organic acid obtained as a white
            crystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; --
            called also {normal pyrotartaric acid}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gold \Gold\ (g[omac]ld), n. [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G.
      gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gul[thorn], Russ. &
      OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. [root]49, 234. See
      {Yellow}, and cf. {Gild}, v. t.]
      1. (Chem.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious
            metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It
            has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest
            substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and
            very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by
            heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore
            well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au
            (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7.
  
      Note: Native gold contains usually eight to ten per cent of
               silver, but often much more. As the amount of silver
               increases, the color becomes whiter and the specific
               gravity lower. Gold is very widely disseminated, as in
               the sands of many rivers, but in very small quantity.
               It usually occurs in quartz veins (gold quartz), in
               slate and metamorphic rocks, or in sand and alluvial
               soil, resulting from the disintegration of such rocks.
               It also occurs associated with other metallic
               substances, as in auriferous pyrites, and is combined
               with tellurium in the minerals petzite, calaverite,
               sylvanite, etc. Pure gold is too soft for ordinary use,
               and is hardened by alloying with silver and copper, the
               latter giving a characteristic reddish tinge. [See
               {Carat}.] Gold also finds use in gold foil, in the
               pigment purple of Cassius, and in the chloride, which
               is used as a toning agent in photography.
  
      2. Money; riches; wealth.
  
                     For me, the gold of France did not seduce. --Shak.
  
      3. A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower
            tipped with gold.
  
      4. Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of
            gold. --Shak.
  
      {Age of gold}. See {Golden age}, under {Golden}.
  
      {Dutch gold}, {Fool's gold}, {Gold dust}, etc. See under
            {Dutch}, {Dust}, etc.
  
      {Gold amalgam}, a mineral, found in Columbia and California,
            composed of gold and mercury.
  
      {Gold beater}, one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold
            leaf.
  
      {Gold beater's skin}, the prepared outside membrane of the
            large intestine of the ox, used for separating the leaves
            of metal during the process of gold-beating.
  
      {Gold beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any small gold-colored beetle of
            the family {Chrysomelid[91]}; -- called also {golden
            beetle}.
  
      {Gold blocking}, printing with gold leaf, as upon a book
            cover, by means of an engraved block. --Knight.
  
      {Gold cloth}. See {Cloth of gold}, under {Cloth}.
  
      {Gold Coast}, a part of the coast of Guinea, in West Africa.
           
  
      {Gold cradle}. (Mining) See {Cradle}, n., 7.
  
      {Gold diggings}, the places, or region, where gold is found
            by digging in sand and gravel from which it is separated
            by washing.
  
      {Gold end}, a fragment of broken gold or jewelry.
  
      {Gold-end man}.
            (a) A buyer of old gold or jewelry.
            (b) A goldsmith's apprentice.
            (c) An itinerant jeweler. [bd]I know him not: he looks
                  like a gold-end man.[b8] --B. Jonson.
  
      {Gold fever}, a popular mania for gold hunting.
  
      {Gold field}, a region in which are deposits of gold.
  
      {Gold finder}.
            (a) One who finds gold.
            (b) One who empties privies. [Obs. & Low] --Swift.
  
      {Gold flower}, a composite plant with dry and persistent
            yellow radiating involucral scales, the {Helichrysum
            St[d2]chas} of Southern Europe. There are many South
            African species of the same genus.
  
      {Gold foil}, thin sheets of gold, as used by dentists and
            others. See {Gold leaf}.
  
      {Gold} {knobs [or] knoppes} (Bot.), buttercups.
  
      {Gold lace}, a kind of lace, made of gold thread.
  
      {Gold latten}, a thin plate of gold or gilded metal.
  
      {Gold leaf}, gold beaten into a film of extreme thinness, and
            used for gilding, etc. It is much thinner than gold foil.
           
  
      {Gold lode} (Mining), a gold vein.
  
      {Gold mine}, a place where gold is obtained by mining
            operations, as distinguished from diggings, where it is
            extracted by washing. Cf. {Gold diggings} (above).
  
      {Gold nugget}, a lump of gold as found in gold mining or
            digging; -- called also a {pepito}.
  
      {Gold paint}. See {Gold shell}.
  
      {Gold [or] Golden}, {pheasant}. (Zo[94]l.) See under
            {Pheasant}.
  
      {Gold plate}, a general name for vessels, dishes, cups,
            spoons, etc., made of gold.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Gold of pleasure}. [Name perhaps translated from Sp.
            oro-de-alegria.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Camelina},
            bearing yellow flowers. {C. sativa} is sometimes
            cultivated for the oil of its seeds.
  
      {Gold shell}.
            (a) A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up
                  with gum water and spread on shells, for artists' use;
                  -- called also {gold paint}.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) A bivalve shell ({Anomia glabra}) of the
                  Atlantic coast; -- called also {jingle shell} and
                  {silver shell}. See {Anomia}.
  
      {Gold size}, a composition used in applying gold leaf.
  
      {Gold solder}, a kind of solder, often containing twelve
            parts of gold, two of silver, and four of copper.
  
      {Gold stick}, the colonel of a regiment of English
            lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions;
            -- so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the
            sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of
            the regiment. [Eng.]
  
      {Gold thread}.
            (a) A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread
                  of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold.
                  --Ure.
            (b) (Bot.) A small evergreen plant ({Coptis trifolia}), so
                  called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in
                  marshy places in the United States.
  
      {Gold tissue}, a tissue fabric interwoven with gold thread.
           
  
      {Gold tooling}, the fixing of gold leaf by a hot tool upon
            book covers, or the ornamental impression so made.
  
      {Gold washings}, places where gold found in gravel is
            separated from lighter material by washing.
  
      {Gold worm}, a glowworm. [Obs.]
  
      {Jeweler's gold}, an alloy containing three parts of gold to
            one of copper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Gold of pleasure}. [Name perhaps translated from Sp.
            oro-de-alegria.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Camelina},
            bearing yellow flowers. {C. sativa} is sometimes
            cultivated for the oil of its seeds.
  
      {Gold shell}.
            (a) A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up
                  with gum water and spread on shells, for artists' use;
                  -- called also {gold paint}.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) A bivalve shell ({Anomia glabra}) of the
                  Atlantic coast; -- called also {jingle shell} and
                  {silver shell}. See {Anomia}.
  
      {Gold size}, a composition used in applying gold leaf.
  
      {Gold solder}, a kind of solder, often containing twelve
            parts of gold, two of silver, and four of copper.
  
      {Gold stick}, the colonel of a regiment of English
            lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions;
            -- so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the
            sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of
            the regiment. [Eng.]
  
      {Gold thread}.
            (a) A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread
                  of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold.
                  --Ure.
            (b) (Bot.) A small evergreen plant ({Coptis trifolia}), so
                  called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in
                  marshy places in the United States.
  
      {Gold tissue}, a tissue fabric interwoven with gold thread.
           
  
      {Gold tooling}, the fixing of gold leaf by a hot tool upon
            book covers, or the ornamental impression so made.
  
      {Gold washings}, places where gold found in gravel is
            separated from lighter material by washing.
  
      {Gold worm}, a glowworm. [Obs.]
  
      {Jeweler's gold}, an alloy containing three parts of gold to
            one of copper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guelderrose' \Guel"der*rose'\, n. [Supposed to be brought from
      Guelderland; hence, D. Geldersche roos, G. Gelderische rose,
      F. rose de Gueldre, It. rose di Gueldra, Sp. rosa de
      Gueldres.] (Bot.)
      A cultivated variety of a species of {Viburnum} ({V.
      Opulus}), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called
      also {snowball tree}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guilder \Guil"der\, n. [D. gulden, orig., golden. Cf. {Golden}.]
      A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also
      {florin} and {gulden}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guilty \Guilt"y\, a. [Compar. {Gultier}; superl. {Guiltiest}.]
      [AS. gyltig liable. See {Guilt}.]
      1. Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent;
            wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something
            censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of,
            and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the
            punishment.
  
                     They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
                                                                              --Matt. xxvi.
                                                                              66.
  
                     Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a
            guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.
  
      3. Conscious; cognizant. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
  
      4. Condemned to payment. [Obs. & R.] --Dryden.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gold River, CA
      Zip code(s): 95670

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gold Run, CA
      Zip code(s): 95717

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Goltry, OK (town, FIPS 29900)
      Location: 36.53199 N, 98.15074 W
      Population (1990): 297 (165 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 73739

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Guilderland, NY
      Zip code(s): 12084

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   guiltware /gilt'weir/ n.   1. A piece of {freeware} decorated
   with a message telling one how long and hard the author worked on it
   and intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one does not
   immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money.   2. A
   piece of {shareware} that works.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   guiltware
  
      /gilt'weir/ 1. A piece of {freeware} decorated with a message
      telling one how long and hard the author worked on it and
      intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one does not
      immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money.
  
      2. {Shareware} that works.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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