Gol"yard*eys (?), n. A buffoon. See Goliard. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Go"man (?), n. [Prob. fr. good man; but cf. also AS. gumman a man, OHG.
gomman man, husband.] A husband; a master of a family. [Obs.]
{ Go"mar*ist (?), Go"mar*ite (?), } n. (Eccl.-Hist.) One of the
followers of Francis Gomar or Gomarus, a Dutch disciple of Calvin in
the 17th century, who strongly opposed the Arminians.
Gom"bo (?), n. See Gumbo.
Gome (?), n. [AS. guma; akin to Goth. guma, L. homo. See Bridegroom.] A
man. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Gome, n. [Cf. Icel. gormr ooze, mud.] The black grease on the axle of a
cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm. [Prov. Eng.]
Go"mer (?), n. A Hebrew measure. See Homer.
Go"mer, n. (Gun.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy
ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor.
Gom"me*lin (?), n. [F. gommeline, from gomme gum.] (Chem.) See Dextrin.
||Gom*phi"a*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; toothache or gnashing of
||teeth, fr. &?; a grinder tooth, from &?; a bolt.] (Med.) A disease of
||the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.
||Gom*pho"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, prop., a bolting together, fr.
||&?; to fasten with bolts or nails, &?; bolt, nail: cf. F. gomphose.]
||(Anat.) A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part
||is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws.
Go*mu"ti (?), n. [Malayan gumuti.] A black, fibrous substance
resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of
palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands.
It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo.
Gon (?), imp. & p. p. of Go. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Gon"ad (?), n.; pl. Gonads (#). [Gr. &?; that which generates.] (Anat.)
One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes,
but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a
germ gland. Wiedersheim.
Go"na*kie (?), n. (Bot.) An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii).
||Go`nan*gi"um (?), n.; pl. L. Gonangia (#), E. Gonangiums (#). [NL.,
||fr. Gr. &?; offspring + &?; vessel.] (Zoˆl.) See Gonotheca.
Gon"do*la (?), n. [It., dim. of gonda a gondola; cf. LL. gandeia a kind
of boat, Gr. &?; a drinking vessel; said to be a Persian word; cf. F.
gondole gondola, cup.]
1. A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals
of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who
stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a
small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or
rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be
painted black, and they are customarily so painted now.