His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
Job xxxiv. 21.
Going barrel. (Horology) (a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and
having teeth on its periphery to drive the train. (b) A device for
maintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is being
wound up. -- Going forth. (Script.) (a) Outlet; way of exit. "Every
going forth of the sanctuary." Ezek. xliv. 5. (b) A limit; a border.
"The going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea."
Num. xxxiv. 4. -- Going out, or Goings out. (Script.) (a) The utmost
extremity or limit. "The border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings
out of it shall be at the salt sea." Num. xxxiv. 12. (b) Departure or
journeying. "And Moses wrote their goings out according to their
journeys." Num. xxxiii. 2. -- Goings on, behavior; actions; conduct; --
usually in a bad sense.
{ Goi"ter Goi"tre } (?), n. [F. goÓtre, L. guttur throat, cf. tumidum
guttur goiter, gutturosus goitered. See Guttural.] (Med.) An
enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck;
bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and is most
common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of
Switzerland.
{ Goi"tered, Goi"tred } (?), a. Affected with goiter.
Goi"trous (?), a. [F. goÓtreux, L. gutturosus. See Goiter.] Pertaining
to the goiter; affected with the goiter; of the nature of goiter or
bronchocele.
Let me not be understood as insinuating that the inhabitants in
general are either goitrous or idiots.
W. Coxe.
{ Gold (gld), Golde, Goolde (gld), } n. (Bot.) An old English name of
some yellow flower, -- the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr.
Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.
Gold (gld), n. [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G. gold, Icel. gull,
Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gul˛, Russ. & OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E.
yellow. √49, 234. See Yellow, and cf. Gild, v. t.]
1. (Chem.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal
used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic
yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity
19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite
unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore
well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic
weight 196.7.
Native gold contains usually eight to ten per cent of silver, but often
much more. As the amount of silver increases, the color becomes whiter
and the specific gravity lower. Gold is very widely disseminated, as in
the sands of many rivers, but in very small quantity. It usually occurs
in quartz veins (gold quartz), in slate and metamorphic rocks, or in
sand and alluvial soil, resulting from the disintegration of such
rocks. It also occurs associated with other metallic substances, as in
auriferous pyrites, and is combined with tellurium in the minerals
petzite, calaverite, sylvanite, etc. Pure gold is too soft for ordinary
use, and is hardened by alloying with silver and copper, the latter
giving a characteristic reddish tinge. [See Carat.] Gold also finds use
in gold foil, in the pigment purple of Cassius, and in the chloride,
which is used as a toning agent in photography.