Gob"ble, n. A noise made in the throat.
Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble.
Mrs. Gore.
Gob"bler (?), n. A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.
Gob"e*lin (?), a. Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called
Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government
since 1667.
||Gobe`mouche" (?), n. [F.] Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who
||keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person.
Gob"et (?), n. See Gobbet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Go"-be*tween` (?), n. An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; --
usually in a disparaging sense. Shak.
Go"bi*oid (?), a. [NL. Gobius + - oid.] (Zoˆl.) Like, or pertaining to,
the goby, or the genus Gobius. -- n. A gobioid fish.
Gob"let (?), n. [F. gobelet, LL. gobeletus, gobellus; cf. L. cupa tub,
cask. See Cupel.] A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or
standard, but without a handle.
We love not loaded boards and goblets crowned.
Denham.
Gob"lin (?), n. [OE. gobelin, F. gobelin, LL. gobelinus, fr. Gr. &?;
knave, a mischievous goblin; or cf. G. kobold, E. kobold, cobalt,
Armor. gobilin an ignis fatuus, goblin.] An evil or mischievous spirit;
a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.
To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied.
Milton.
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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.
Gob"lin*ize (?), v. t. To transform into a goblin. [R.] Lowell.
Go"by (?), n.; pl. Gobies (#). [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr. &?; Cf.
Gudgeon.] (Zoˆl.) One of several species of small marine fishes of the
genus Gobius and allied genera.
Go"-by` (?), n. A passing without notice; intentional neglect;
thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the
go-by.
Some songs to which we have given the go- by.
Prof. Wilson.
Go"cart` (?), n. A framework moving on casters, designed to support
children while learning to walk.
God (?), a. & n. Good. [Obs.] Chaucer.
God (gd), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel.
gu, go, Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root
appearing in Skr. h, p. p. hta, to call upon, invoke, implore.
√30. Cf. Goodbye, Gospel, Gossip.] 1. A being conceived of as
possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice,
worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol.
He maketh a god, and worshipeth it.
Is. xliv. 15.
The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To bestial gods.
Milton.
2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and
the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.
God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in
spirit and in truth.
John iv. 24.
3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object
of supreme regard.
Whose god is their belly.
Phil. iii. 19.
4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.]
Shak.
Act of God. (Law) See under Act. -- Gallery gods, the occupants of the
highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] -- God's acre,
God's field, a burial place; a churchyard. See under Acre. -- God's
house. (a) An almshouse. [Obs.] (b) A church. -- God's penny, earnest
penny. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. -- God's Sunday, Easter.
God, v. t. To treat as a god; to idolize. [Obs.] Shak.
God"child` (?), n. One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism,
and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or
goddaughter. See Godfather.
God"daugh`ter (?), n. [AS. goddohtor.] A female for whom one becomes
sponsor at baptism.
God"dess (?), n. 1. A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female
sex.
When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of
goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and
superior beauty.
Addison.