English Dictionary: gold rush | by the DICT Development Group |
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Gallature \Gal"la*ture\ (?; 135), n. [From L. gallus a cock.] (Zo[94]l.) The tread, treadle, or chalasa of an egg. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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}. | |
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Boxberry \Box"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The wintergreen. ({Gaultheria procumbens}). [Local, U.S.] | |
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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}). | |
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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}). | |
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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. | |
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Shallon \Shal"lon\, n. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub ({Gaultheria Shallon}) of Northwest America; also, its fruit. See {Salal-berry}. | |
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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}). | |
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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. | |
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Gelder \Geld"er\, n. One who gelds or castrates. | |
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Gelder-rose \Gel"der-rose\, n. Same as {Guelder-rose}. | |
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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. | |
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Gilder \Gild"er\, n. One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold. | |
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Gilder \Gil"der\, n. A Dutch coin. See {Guilder}. | |
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Gladder \Glad"der\, n. One who makes glad. --Chaucer. | |
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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. | |
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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}.] | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Glider \Glid"er\, n. One who, or that which, glides. | |
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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}. | |
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Glitter \Glit"ter\, n. A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage. --Milton. | |
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Glitterand \Glit"ter*and\, a. Glittering. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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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}. | |
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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}. | |
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Glitteringly \Glit"ter*ing*ly\, adv. In a glittering manner. | |
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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}. | |
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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}. | |
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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. | |
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{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. | |
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{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. | |
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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}. | |
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Guilder \Guil"der\, n. [D. gulden, orig., golden. Cf. {Golden}.] A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also {florin} and {gulden}. | |
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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. | |
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Gold River, CA Zip code(s): 95670 | |
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Gold Run, CA Zip code(s): 95717 | |
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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 | |
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Guilderland, NY Zip code(s): 12084 | |
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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. | |
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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}] |