GOB, a portion.
GODS, the people in the upper gallery of a theatre; “up amongst the
GODS,” a seat amongst the low persons in the gallery—so named from the
high position of the gallery, and the blue sky generally painted on the
ceiling of the theatre; termed by the _French_, PARADIS.
GODS, the quadrats used by printers in throwing on the imposing stone,
similar to the movement in casting dice.—_Printers’ term._
GO IT, a term of encouragement, implying “keep it up!” Sometimes
amplified to GO IT, YE CRIPPLES; said to have been a facetious
rendering of the last line of _Virgil’s Eclogues_—
“Ite domum Saturæ, Venit Hesperus, _ite capellæ_;”
or, “GO IT, YE CRIPPLES, CRUTCHES ARE CHEAP.”
GOLDFINCH, a sovereign.
GOLGOTHA, a hat, “place of a skull.”