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   Geoffrey of Monmouth
         n 1: Welsh chronicler who wrote an account of the kings of
               Britain which is now believed to contain little historical
               fact but it is a source of the Arthurian legend (circa
               1100-1154)

English Dictionary: goober pea by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
go for broke
v
  1. risk everything in one big effort; "the cyclist went for broke at the end of the race"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goober pea
n
  1. pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
    Synonym(s): peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goof-proof
v
  1. proof against human misuse or error; "foolproof this appliance"
    Synonym(s): goofproof, goof-proof, foolproof
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goofproof
v
  1. proof against human misuse or error; "foolproof this appliance"
    Synonym(s): goofproof, goof-proof, foolproof
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Gossypium \[d8]Gos*syp"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. gossypion,
      gossipion.] (Bot.)
      A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The
      species are much confused. {G. herbaceum} is the name given
      to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island
      cotton is produced by {G. Barbadense}, a shrubby variety.
      There are several other kinds besides these.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gobline \Gob"line`\, n. (Naut.)
      One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin
      striker or the bowsprit; -- called also {gobrope} and
      {gaubline}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
               the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the
               {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or
               {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are
               some of the best known.
  
      Note: Among the true plums are;
  
      {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or
            purple globular drupes,
  
      {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}.
  
      {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its
            round red drupes.
  
      {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
            much grown in England for sale in the markets.
  
      {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or
            yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several
            other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other
            genera than {Prunus}, are;
  
      {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of
            the same family with the persimmon.
  
      {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}.
  
      {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}.
           
  
      {Date plum}. See under {Date}.
  
      {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium
            macrophyllum}.
  
      {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime.
  
      {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}.
  
      {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}.
  
      2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
  
      3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
            language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the
            person possessing it.
  
      {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European
            bullfinch.
  
      {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
            scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
            in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
            bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
  
      {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very
            destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other
            stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
            incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
            pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum
            curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Gopher object type
  
      A character specifying how to display a {Gopher} document.
      Current types are:
  
         0   document
         1   menu
         2   CSO phone book entity
         3   error
         4   binhex binary
         5   DOS binary (deprecated)
         6   UU   binary (deprecated)
         7   index search
         8   telnet connection
         9   binary
         +   duplicate server for previous object
         I   image
         M   MIME document
         T   tn3270 based telnet connection
         c   cal
         g   GIF image
         h   HTML
         s   binary
         u   {Usenet} newsgroup
  
      (1999-10-14)
  
  
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