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   Gadiformes
         n 1: cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications
               considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini [syn:
               {Gadiformes}, {order Gadiformes}]

English Dictionary: good fortune by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get over
v
  1. travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
    Synonym(s): traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
  2. to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end; "Let's get this job over with"; "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task"
  3. improve in health; "He got well fast"
    Synonym(s): get well, get over, bounce back
    Antonym(s): get worse, relapse
  4. get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"
    Synonym(s): overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
god of war
n
  1. a god worshipped as giving victory in war [syn: war god, god of war]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
god-fearing
adj
  1. deeply religious; "a god-fearing and law-abiding people" H.L.Mencken
    Synonym(s): devout, god-fearing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
godforsaken
adj
  1. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
    Synonym(s): godforsaken, waste, wild
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
godparent
n
  1. a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Goeteborg
n
  1. a port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden
    Synonym(s): Goteborg, Goeteborg, Gothenburg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good for you
adj
  1. promoting health; healthful; "a healthy diet"; "clean healthy air"; "plenty of healthy sleep"; "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy"; "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis; "carrots are good for you"
    Synonym(s): healthy, salubrious, good for you(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good form
n
  1. behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time; "it is not good form to brag about winning"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good fortune
n
  1. an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes [syn: good fortune, luckiness, good luck]
    Antonym(s): bad luck, ill luck, misfortune, tough luck
  2. a stroke of luck
    Synonym(s): good luck, fluke, good fortune
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Good Friday
n
  1. Friday before Easter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good part
n
  1. a place of especial strength [ant: soft spot, {weak part}, weak spot]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good person
n
  1. a person who is good to other people
    Antonym(s): bad person
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good-for-naught
adj
  1. without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no- good piece of junk"
    Synonym(s): good-for-nothing, good-for- naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no- good, sorry
n
  1. an idle worthless person [syn: goldbrick, goof-off, {ne 'er-do-well}, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for- naught]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good-for-nothing
adj
  1. without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no- good piece of junk"
    Synonym(s): good-for-nothing, good-for- naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no- good, sorry
n
  1. an idle worthless person [syn: goldbrick, goof-off, {ne 'er-do-well}, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for- naught]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Goteborg
n
  1. a port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden
    Synonym(s): Goteborg, Goeteborg, Gothenburg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz
n
  1. German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
    Synonym(s): Leibniz, Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
n
  1. German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
    Synonym(s): Leibniz, Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gutta-percha
n
  1. a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees; used for insulation of electrical cables
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gutta-percha tree
n
  1. one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha
  2. one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha
    Synonym(s): gutta-percha tree, Palaquium gutta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guttiferae
n
  1. widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber
    Synonym(s): Guttiferae, family Guttiferae, Clusiaceae, family Clusiaceae, St John's wort family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guttiferales
n
  1. used in some classifications; coextensive with Parietales
    Synonym(s): Guttiferales, order Guttiferales
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geodiferous \Ge`o*dif"er*ous\, a. [Geode + -ferous.] (Min.)
      Producing geodes; containing geodes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   God-fearing \God"-fear`ing\, a.
      Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God;
      religious.
  
               A brave good-fearing man.                        --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Breeding \Breed"ing\, n.
      1. The act or process of generating or bearing.
  
      2. The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals;
            as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
  
      3. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
  
                     She had her breeding at my father's charge. --Shak.
  
      4. Deportment or behavior in the external offices and
            decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or
            training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of
            society.
  
                     Delicacy of breeding, or that polite deference and
                     respect which civility obliges us either to express
                     or counterfeit towards the persons with whom we
                     converse.                                          --Hume.
  
      5. Descent; pedigree; extraction. [Obs.]
  
                     Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding. --Shak.
  
      {Close breeding}, {In and in breeding}, breeding from a male
            and female from the same parentage.
  
      {Cross breeding}, breeding from a male and female of
            different lineage.
  
      {Good breeding}, politeness; genteel deportment.
  
      Syn: Education; instruction; nurture; training; manners. See
               {Education}.

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]:
   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]:
  
  
      {Good form} [or] {Bad form}, the general appearance,
            condition or action, originally of horses, atterwards of
            persons; as, the members of a boat crew are said to be in
            good form when they pull together uniformly. The phrases
            are further used colloquially in description of conduct or
            manners in society; as, it is not good form to smoke in
            the presence of a lady.

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]:
   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]:
   Guide \Guide\, n. [OE. giae, F. guide, It. guida. See {Guide},
      v. t.]
      1. A person who leads or directs another in his way or
            course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of
            interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which
            guides; a guidebook.
  
      2. One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or
            course of lifo; a director; a regulator.
  
                     He will be our guide, even unto death. --Ps. xlviii.
                                                                              14.
  
      3. Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge,
            surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of
            anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine,
            or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator; as:
            (a) (Water Wheels) A blade or channel for directing the
                  flow of water to the wheel buckets.
            (b) (Surgery) A grooved director for a probe or knife.
            (c) (Printing) A strip or device to direct the
                  compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting.
  
      4. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the
            directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops,
            or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations,
            marches, and alignments in tactics. --Farrow.
  
      {Guide bar} (Mach.), the part of a steam engine on which the
            crosshead slides, and by which the motion of the piston
            rod is kept parallel to the cylinder, being a substitute
            for the parallel motion; -- called also {guide}, and
            {slide bar}.
  
      {Guide block} (Steam Engine), a block attached in to the
            crosshead to work in contact with the guide bar.
  
      {Guide meridian}. (Surveying) See under {Meridian}.
  
      {Guide pile} (Engin.), a pile driven to mark a place, as a
            point to work to.
  
      {Guide pulley} (Mach.), a pulley for directing or changing
            the line of motion of belt; an idler. --Knight.
  
      {Guide rail} (Railroads), an additional rail, between the
            others, gripped by horizontal driving wheels on the
            locomotive, as a means of propulsion on steep gradients.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guideboard \Guide"board`\, n.
      A board, as upon a guidepost having upon it directions or
      information as to the road. --Lowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gutta-percha \Gut"ta-per`cha\, n. [Malay gutah gum + pertja the
      tree from which is it procured.]
      A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the
      Malayan archipelago, especially by the {Isonandra, [or]
      Dichopsis, Gutta}. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the
      tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its
      new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water.
      In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is
      extensively used for many economical purposes. The {Mimusops
      globosa} of Guiana also yields this material.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guttiferous \Gut*tif"er*ous\, a. (Bot.)
      (a) Yielding gum or resinous substances.
      (b) Pertaining to a natural order of trees and shrubs
            ({Guttifer[91]}) noted for their abounding in a resinous
            sap.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guttiform \Gut"ti*form\, a. [L. gutta a drop + -form.]
      Drop-shaped, as a spot of color.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Godeffroy, NY
      Zip code(s): 12739

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Godfrey, IL (CDP, FIPS 30094)
      Location: 38.96670 N, 90.18833 W
      Population (1990): 5436 (2027 housing units)
      Area: 23.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62035

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Gath-hepher
      wine-press of the well, a town of Lower Galilee, about 5 miles
      from Nazareth; the birthplace of Jonah (2 Kings 14:25); the same
      as Gittah-hepher (Josh. 19:13). It has been identified with the
      modern el-Meshed, a village on the top of a rocky hill. Here the
      supposed tomb of Jonah, Neby Yunas, is still pointed out.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Gittah-hepher
      (Josh. 19:13). See GATH-{HEPHER}.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Gittah-hepher, digging; a wine-press
  
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