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   gadfly
         n 1: a persistently annoying person [syn: {pest}, {blighter},
               {cuss}, {pesterer}, {gadfly}]
         2: any of various large flies that annoy livestock

English Dictionary: gadfly by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gatefold
n
  1. an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine
    Synonym(s): foldout, gatefold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
getable
adj
  1. capable of being obtained; "savings of up to 50 percent are obtainable"
    Synonym(s): gettable, getable, obtainable, procurable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gettable
adj
  1. capable of being obtained; "savings of up to 50 percent are obtainable"
    Synonym(s): gettable, getable, obtainable, procurable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ghetto blaster
n
  1. a portable stereo
    Synonym(s): ghetto blaster, boom box
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
god-awful
adj
  1. very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"
    Synonym(s): beastly, hellish, god-awful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gutta balata
n
  1. when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
    Synonym(s): balata, gutta balata
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,
      the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. [?], OPers. Hindu,
      name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.
      Cf. {Hindoo}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,
            or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of
            America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
  
      3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian
            meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]
  
      {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}).
  
      {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.
  
      {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}.
  
      {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}.
  
      {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for
            gymnastic exercise.
  
      {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut
            husk.
  
      {Indian corn} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zea} ({Z. Mays});
            the maize, a native of America. See {Corn}, and {Maize}.
           
  
      {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2.
  
      {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola} ({M.
            Virginica}), a common in woods in the United States. The
            white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.
  
      {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus
            {Symphoricarpus} ({S. vulgaris}), bearing small red
            berries.
  
      {Indian dye}, the puccoon.
  
      {Indian fig}. (Bot.)
            (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}.
            (b) The prickly pear.
  
      {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row
            following one after another, the usual way among Indians
            of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.
  
      {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,
            and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.
  
      {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon
            nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United
            States; wood grass. --Gray.
  
      {Indian hemp}. (Bot.)
            (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({A. cannabinum}),
                  having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark,
                  whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is
                  both emetic and cathartic in properties.
            (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from
                  which hasheesh is obtained.
  
      {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon
            Avicenn[91]}). See {Abutilon}.
  
      {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]
  
      {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum
            vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom
            corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It
            is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}.
  
      {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu.
  
      {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}.
  
      {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}.
  
      {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus
            {Gillenia} ({G. trifoliata}, and {G. stipulacea}), common
            in the United States, the roots of which are used in
            medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also {American
            ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray.
  
      {Indian pink}. (Bot.)
            (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[d2]a Quamoclit}); -- so called
                  in the West Indies.
            (b) See {China pink}, under {China}.
  
      {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa
            uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having
            scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole
            plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.
  
      {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of
            the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white
            flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
            --Gray.
  
      {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white
            hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}).
  
      {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients
            are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.
  
      {Indian purple}.
            (a) A dull purple color.
            (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and
                  black.
  
      {Indian red}.
            (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate
                  of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the
                  Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}.
            (b) See {Almagra}.
  
      {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}.
  
      {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({C.
            Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
            See {Canna}.
  
      {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and
            pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under
            {Summer}.
  
      {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See
            {Lobelia}.
  
      {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus
            {Aris[91]ma}. {A. triphyllum} has a wrinkled farinaceous
            root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid
            juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and {Wake-robin}.
  
      {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn.
  
      {Indian yellow}.
            (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but
                  less pure than cadmium.
            (b) See {Euxanthin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadfly \Gad"fly`\, n.; pl. {Gadflies}. [Gad + fly.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any dipterous insect of the genus {Oestrus}, and allied
      genera of botflies.
  
      Note: The sheep gadfly ({Oestrus ovis}) deposits its young in
               the nostrils of sheep, and the larv[91] develop in the
               frontal sinuses. The common species which infests
               cattle ({Hypoderma bovis}) deposits its eggs upon or in
               the skin where the larv[91] or bots live and produce
               sores called wormels. The gadflies of the horse produce
               the intestinal parasites called bots. See {Botfly}, and
               {Bots}. The true horseflies are often erroneously
               called gadflies, and the true gadflies are sometimes
               incorrectly called breeze flies.
  
      {Gadfly petrel} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small petrels of
            the genus {Oestrelata}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS.
      bri[a2]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D.
      brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble,
      L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse,
      to roar, rush.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A fly of various species, of the family {Tabanid[91]}, noted
      for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking
      their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, and {gadfly}. They
      are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The
      name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written
      also {breese} and {brize}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadfly \Gad"fly`\, n.; pl. {Gadflies}. [Gad + fly.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any dipterous insect of the genus {Oestrus}, and allied
      genera of botflies.
  
      Note: The sheep gadfly ({Oestrus ovis}) deposits its young in
               the nostrils of sheep, and the larv[91] develop in the
               frontal sinuses. The common species which infests
               cattle ({Hypoderma bovis}) deposits its eggs upon or in
               the skin where the larv[91] or bots live and produce
               sores called wormels. The gadflies of the horse produce
               the intestinal parasites called bots. See {Botfly}, and
               {Bots}. The true horseflies are often erroneously
               called gadflies, and the true gadflies are sometimes
               incorrectly called breeze flies.
  
      {Gadfly petrel} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small petrels of
            the genus {Oestrelata}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS.
      bri[a2]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D.
      brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble,
      L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse,
      to roar, rush.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A fly of various species, of the family {Tabanid[91]}, noted
      for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking
      their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, and {gadfly}. They
      are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The
      name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written
      also {breese} and {brize}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadfly \Gad"fly`\, n.; pl. {Gadflies}. [Gad + fly.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any dipterous insect of the genus {Oestrus}, and allied
      genera of botflies.
  
      Note: The sheep gadfly ({Oestrus ovis}) deposits its young in
               the nostrils of sheep, and the larv[91] develop in the
               frontal sinuses. The common species which infests
               cattle ({Hypoderma bovis}) deposits its eggs upon or in
               the skin where the larv[91] or bots live and produce
               sores called wormels. The gadflies of the horse produce
               the intestinal parasites called bots. See {Botfly}, and
               {Bots}. The true horseflies are often erroneously
               called gadflies, and the true gadflies are sometimes
               incorrectly called breeze flies.
  
      {Gadfly petrel} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small petrels of
            the genus {Oestrelata}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadfly \Gad"fly`\, n.; pl. {Gadflies}. [Gad + fly.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any dipterous insect of the genus {Oestrus}, and allied
      genera of botflies.
  
      Note: The sheep gadfly ({Oestrus ovis}) deposits its young in
               the nostrils of sheep, and the larv[91] develop in the
               frontal sinuses. The common species which infests
               cattle ({Hypoderma bovis}) deposits its eggs upon or in
               the skin where the larv[91] or bots live and produce
               sores called wormels. The gadflies of the horse produce
               the intestinal parasites called bots. See {Botfly}, and
               {Bots}. The true horseflies are often erroneously
               called gadflies, and the true gadflies are sometimes
               incorrectly called breeze flies.
  
      {Gadfly petrel} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small petrels of
            the genus {Oestrelata}.

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gaudful \Gaud"ful\, a.
      Joyful; showy. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gettable \Get"ta*ble\, a.
      That may be obtained. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Go-devil \Go"-dev"il\, n. (Mach.)
            (a) A weight which is dropped into a bore, as of an oil
                  well, to explode a cartridge previously lowered.
            (b) A device, as a loosely fitted plug, which is driven
                  through a pipe by the pressure of the contents behind
                  the plug to clear away obstructions.
            (c) A rough sled or dray used for dragging logs, hauling
                  stone, etc. [Local, U. S.]

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]:
  
  
      6. (Arith.) The rule for dividing profit and loss among
            partners; -- called also partnership, company, and
            distributive proportion.
  
      {Good fellowship}, companionableness; the spirit and
            disposition befitting comrades.
  
                     There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good
                     fellowship in thee.                           --Shak.

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-fellowship \Good`-fel"low*ship\, n.
      Agreeable companionship; companionableness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guidable \Guid"a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counseled.
      --Sprat.

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]:
   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]:
   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.
  
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      {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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Goodfield, IL (village, FIPS 30445)
      Location: 40.62946 N, 89.27122 W
      Population (1990): 454 (168 housing units)
      Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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