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   gathered
         adj 1: brought together in one place; "the collected works of
                  Milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt" [syn:
                  {collected}, {gathered}] [ant: {uncollected},
                  {ungathered}]

English Dictionary: good word by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gathered skirt
n
  1. a skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get rid of
v
  1. dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
    Synonym(s): get rid of, remove
  2. terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
    Synonym(s): extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
  3. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
    Synonym(s): abolish, get rid of
    Antonym(s): establish, found, launch, set up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get word
v
  1. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
    Synonym(s): learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goat herder
n
  1. a person who tends a flock of goats [syn: goat herder, goatherd]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goatherd
n
  1. a person who tends a flock of goats [syn: goat herder, goatherd]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Godard
n
  1. French film maker influenced by surrealism; early work explored the documentary use of film; noted for innovative techniques (born in 1930)
    Synonym(s): Godard, Jean Luc Godard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Goddard
n
  1. United States physicist who developed the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1882-1945)
    Synonym(s): Goddard, Robert Hutchings Goddard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good word
n
  1. something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable
    Synonym(s): recommendation, testimonial, good word
  2. good news
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good-hearted
adj
  1. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"
    Synonym(s): charitable, benevolent, kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted, large-hearted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gotterdammerung
n
  1. myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil
    Synonym(s): Gotterdammerung, Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gouty arthritis
n
  1. a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints
    Synonym(s): gout, gouty arthritis, urarthritis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guide word
n
  1. a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page
    Synonym(s): guide word, guideword, catchword
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guideword
n
  1. a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page
    Synonym(s): guide word, guideword, catchword
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ragnarok \Rag"na*rok"\, d8Ragnar94k \[d8]Rag"na*r[94]k"\, n.
      [Icel., fr. regin, r[94]gn, gods + r[94]k reason, origin,
      history; confused with ragna-r[94]kr the twilight of the
      gods.] (Norse Myth.)
      The so-called [bd]Twilight of the Gods[b8] (called in German
      {G[94]tterd[84]mmerung}), the final destruction of the world
      in the great conflict between the [92]sir (gods) on the one
      hand, and on the other, the gaints and the powers of Hel
      under the leadership of Loki (who is escaped from bondage).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gather \Gath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gathered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Gathering}.] [OE. gaderen, AS. gaderian, gadrian, fr.
      gador, geador, together, fr. g[91]d fellowship; akin to E.
      good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte husband, MHG. gate,
      also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a sister's son. [root]29. See
      {Good}, and cf. {Together}.]
      1. To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate
            things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to
            assemble; to muster; to congregate.
  
                     And Belgium's capital had gathered them Her beauty
                     and her chivalry.                              --Byron.
  
                     When he had gathered all the chief priests and
                     scribes of the people together.         --Matt. ii. 4.
  
      2. To pick out and bring together from among what is of less
            value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to
            pick off; to pluck.
  
                     A rose just gathered from the stalk.   --Dryden.
  
                     Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
                                                                              --Matt. vii.
                                                                              16.
  
                     Gather us from among the heathen.      --Ps. cvi. 47.
  
      3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little;
            to amass; to gain; to heap up.
  
                     He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
                     substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity
                     the poor.                                          --Prov.
                                                                              xxviii. 8.
  
                     To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by
                     degrees.                                             --Locke.
  
      4. To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to
            contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or
            plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece
            of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a
            ruffle.
  
                     Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand In
                     act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      5. To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a
            conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments
            that prove; to infer; to conclude.
  
                     Let me say no more[?] Gather the sequel by that went
                     before.                                             --Shak.
  
      6. To gain; to win. [Obs.]
  
                     He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden.
  
      7. (Arch.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry,
            as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to
            the width of the flue, or the like.
  
      8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of
            a rope.
  
      {To be gathered} {to one's people, [or] to one's fathers} to
            die. --Gen. xxv. 8.
  
      {To gather breath}, to recover normal breathing after being
            out of breath; to get breath; to rest. --Spenser.
  
      {To gather one's self together}, to collect and dispose one's
            powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory
            to a leap.
  
      {To gather way} (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with
            increasing speed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goatherd \Goat"herd`\, n.
      One who tends goats. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Godward \God"ward\, adv.
      Toward God. --2 Cor. iii. 4.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goitered \Goi"tered\, Goitred \Goi"tred\, a.
      Affected with goiter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goitered \Goi"tered\, Goitred \Goi"tred\, a.
      Affected with goiter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Word \Word\, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord,
      G. wort, Icel. or[edh], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa[a3]rd,
      OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or
      perhaps to Gr. "rh`twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.]
      1. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate
            or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal
            sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom
            expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of
            human speech or language; a constituent part of a
            sentence; a term; a vocable. [bd]A glutton of words.[b8]
            --Piers Plowman.
  
                     You cram these words into mine ears, against The
                     stomach of my sense.                           --Shak.
  
                     Amongst men who confound their ideas with words,
                     there must be endless disputes.         --Locke.
  
      2. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of
            characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a
            page.
  
      3. pl. Talk; discourse; speech; language.
  
                     Why should calamity be full of words? --Shak.
  
                     Be thy words severe; Sharp as he merits, but the
                     sword forbear.                                    --Dryden.
  
      4. Account; tidings; message; communication; information; --
            used only in the singular.
  
                     I pray you . . . bring me word thither How the world
                     goes.                                                --Shak.
  
      5. Signal; order; command; direction.
  
                     Give the word through.                        --Shak.
  
      6. Language considered as implying the faith or authority of
            the person who utters it; statement; affirmation;
            declaration; promise.
  
                     Obey thy parents; keep thy word justly. --Shak.
  
                     I know you brave, and take you at your word.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     I desire not the reader should take my word.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      7. pl. Verbal contention; dispute.
  
                     Some words there grew 'twixt Somerset and me.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      8. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase,
            clause, or short sentence.
  
                     All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this;
                     Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. --Gal. v.
                                                                              14.
  
                     She said; but at the happy word [bd]he lives,[b8] My
                     father stooped, re-fathered, o'er my wound.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
                     There is only one other point on which I offer a
                     word of remark.                                 --Dickens.
  
      {By word of mouth}, orally; by actual speaking. --Boyle.
  
      {Compound word}. See under {Compound}, a.
  
      {Good word}, commendation; favorable account. [bd]And gave
            the harmless fellow a good word.[b8] --Pope.
  
      {In a word}, briefly; to sum up.
  
      {In word}, in declaration; in profession. [bd]Let us not love
            in word, . . . but in deed and in truth.[b8] --1 John iii.
            8.
  
      {Nuns of the Word Incarnate} (R. C. Ch.), an order of nuns
            founded in France in 1625, and approved in 1638. The
            order, which also exists in the United States, was
            instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the
            [bd]Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God.[b8]
  
      {The word}, or {The Word}. (Theol.)
            (a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a
                  revelation of God. [bd]Bold to speak the word without
                  fear.[b8] --Phil. i. 14.
            (b) The second person in the Trinity before his
                  manifestation in time by the incarnation; among those
                  who reject a Trinity of persons, some one or all of
                  the divine attributes personified. --John i. 1.
  
      {To eat one's words}, to retract what has been said.
  
      {To have the words for}, to speak for; to act as spokesman.
            [Obs.] [bd]Our host hadde the wordes for us all.[b8]
            --Chaucer.
  
      {Word blindness} (Physiol.), inability to understand printed
            or written words or symbols, although the person affected
            may be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write
            correctly. --Landois & Stirling.
  
      {Word deafness} (Physiol.), inability to understand spoken
            words, though the person affected may hear them and other
            sounds, and hence is not deaf.
  
      {Word dumbness} (Physiol.), inability to express ideas in
            verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired.
           
  
      {Word for word}, in the exact words; verbatim; literally;
            exactly; as, to repeat anything word for word.
  
      {Word painting}, the act of describing an object fully and
            vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly to the
            mind, as if in a picture.
  
      {Word picture}, an accurate and vivid description, which
            presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a
            picture.
  
      {Word square}, a series of words so arranged that they can be
            read vertically and horizontally with like results.
  
      Note: H E A R T E M B E R A B U S E R E S I N T R E N T (A
               word square)
  
      Syn: See {Term}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from
      having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.]
      (Bot.)
      A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({[92]gopodium
      Podagraria}); -- called also {bishop's weed}, {ashweed}, and
      {herb gerard}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gratuity \Gra*tu"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Gtratuities}. [F. gratuit[82],
      or LL. gratuitas.]
      1. Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift;
            a present. --Swift.
  
      2. Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or
            service, as a recompense or acknowledgment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zebrawood \Ze"bra*wood`\, n.
      (a) A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and
            whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree
            ({Connarus Guianensis}).
      (b) The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia
            fragrans}).
      (c) The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus {Guettarda}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gutter \Gut*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guttered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Guttering}.]
      1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to
            channel. --Shak.
  
      2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [R.] --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gutwort \Gut"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      A plant, {Globularia Alypum}, a violent purgative, found in
      Africa.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Goddard, KS (city, FIPS 26725)
      Location: 37.65978 N, 97.57662 W
      Population (1990): 1804 (593 housing units)
      Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67052
   Goddard, MD (CDP, FIPS 33812)
      Location: 38.98950 N, 76.85365 W
      Population (1990): 4576 (1780 housing units)
      Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Goodridge, MN (city, FIPS 24470)
      Location: 48.14470 N, 95.80397 W
      Population (1990): 115 (56 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56725

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Gederathite
      an epithet applied to Josabad, one of David's warriors at Ziklag
      (1 Chr. 12:4), a native of Gederah.
     

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