Good"y, n.; pl. Goodies (#). [Prob. contr. from goodwife.] Goodwife; --
a low term of civility or sport.
Good"-year (?), n. [See Goujere.] The venereal disease; -- often used
as a mild oath. [Obs.] Shak.
Good"y-good`y, a. Mawkishly or weakly good; exhibiting goodness with
silliness. [Colloq.]
Good"y*ship, n. The state or quality of a goody or goodwife [Jocose]
Hudibraus.
||Goo*roo", Gu*ru" (&?;), n. [Hind. gur&?; a spiritual parent or
||teacher, Skr. guru heavy, noble, venerable, teacher. Cf. Grief.] A
||spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos. Malcom.
Goos"an`der (?), n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr.
goose + gander. Cf. Merganser.] (Zoˆl.) A species of merganser (M.
merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser,
dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser.
Goose (gs), n.; pl. Geese (gs). [OE. gos, AS. gs, pl. gs; akin to D. &
G. gans, Icel. gs, Dan. gaas, Sw. gÂs, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L.
anser, for hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. hasa. √233. Cf. Gander,
Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zoˆl.)
1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily AnserinÊ, and belonging
to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.
The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the
European graylag goose (Anser anser). The bean goose (A. segetum), the
American wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the bernicle
goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known species. The American white or
snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle,
Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, Wild goose, Brant.
2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common
goose.
The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen ∆gyptiaca) and the African
spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong to the family PlectropteridÊ.
The Australian semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape
Barren goose (Cereopsis NovÊ-HollandiÊ) are very different from
northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both
are domesticated in Australia.
3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which
resembles the neck of a goose.