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7. To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through.
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By going over all these particulars, you may receive some tolerable satisfaction about this great subject. South.
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8. To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.
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The fruit she goes with,
I pray for heartily, that it may find
Good time, and live. Shak.
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9. To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come.
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I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God; . . . only ye shall not go very far away. Ex. viii. 28.
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10. To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
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By Saint George, he's gone!
That spear wound hath our master sped. Sir W. Scott.
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11. To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York.
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His amorous expressions go no further than virtue may allow. Dryden.
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12. To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.
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☞ Go is used, in combination with many prepositions and adverbs, to denote motion of the kind indicated by the preposition or adverb, in which, and not in the verb, lies the principal force of the expression; as, to go against to go into, to go out, to go aside, to go astray, etc.
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Coloq. Go to , come; move; go away; -- a phrase of exclamation, serious or ironical. -- Coloq. To go a-begging , not to be in demand; to be undesired. -- Coloq. To go about . (a) To set about; to enter upon a scheme of action; to undertake. “They went about to slay him.” Acts ix. 29.
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They never go about . . . to hide or palliate their vices. Swift.
(b) (Naut.) To tack; to turn the head of a ship; to wear. -- Coloq. To go abraod . (a) To go to a foreign country. (b) To go out of doors. (c) To become public; to be published or disclosed; to be current.
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Then went this saying abroad among the brethren. John xxi. 23.
-- Coloq. To go against . (a) To march against; to attack. (b) To be in opposition to; to be disagreeable to. -- Coloq. To go ahead . (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on; to make progress; to proceed. -- Coloq. To go and come . See To come and go, under . -- Coloq. To go aside . (a) To withdraw; to retire.
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He . . . went aside privately into a desert place. Luke. ix. 10.
(b) To go from what is right; to err. Num. v. 29.-- Coloq. To go back on . (a) To retrace (one's path or footsteps). (b) To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U. S.] -- Coloq. To go below (Naut), to go below deck. -- Coloq. To go between , to interpose or mediate between; to be a secret agent between parties; in a bad sense, to pander. -- Coloq. To go beyond . See under . -- Coloq. To go by , to pass away unnoticed; to omit. -- Coloq. To go by the board (Naut.), to fall or be carried overboard; as, the mast went by the board. -- Coloq. To go down . (a) To descend. (b) To go below the horizon; as, the sun has gone down. (c) To sink; to founder; -- said of ships, etc. (d) To be swallowed; -- used literally or figuratively. [Colloq.]
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Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down whole with him for truth. L' Estrange.
-- Coloq. To go far . (a) To go to a distance. (b) To have much weight or influence. -- Coloq. To go for . (a) To go in quest of. (b) To represent; to pass for. (c) To favor; to advocate. (d) To attack; to assault. [Low] (e) To sell for; to be parted with for (a price). -- Coloq. To go for nothing , to be parted with for no compensation or result; to have no value, efficacy, or influence; to count for nothing. -- Coloq. To go forth . (a) To depart from a place. (b) To be divulged or made generally known; to emanate.
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The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Micah iv. 2.
-- Coloq. To go hard with , to trouble, pain, or endanger. -- Coloq. To go in , to engage in; to take part. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. To go in and out , to do the business of life; to live; to have free access. John x. 9. -- Coloq. To go in for . [Colloq.] (a) To go for; to favor or advocate (a candidate, a measure, etc.). (b) To seek to acquire or attain to (wealth, honor, preferment, etc.) (c) To complete for (a reward, election, etc.). (d) To make the object of one's labors, studies, etc.
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He was as ready to go in for statistics as for anything else. Dickens.
-- Coloq. To go in to or Coloq. To go in unto . (a) To enter the presence of. Esther iv. 16. (b) To have sexual intercourse with. [Script.] -- Coloq. To go into . (a) To speak of, investigate, or discuss (a question, subject, etc.). (b) To participate in (a war, a business, etc.). -- Coloq. To go large . (Naut) See under . -- Coloq. To go off . (a) To go away; to depart.
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The leaders . . . will not go off until they hear you. Shak.
(b) To cease; to intermit; as, this sickness went off. (c) To die. Shak. (d) To explode or be discharged; -- said of gunpowder, of a gun, a mine, etc. (e) To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of. (f) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished.
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The wedding went off much as such affairs do. Mrs. Caskell.
-- Coloq. To go on . (a) To proceed; to advance further; to continue; as, to go on reading. (b) To be put or drawn on; to fit over; as, the coat will not go on. -- Coloq. To go all fours , to correspond exactly, point for point.
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It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours. Macaulay.
-- Coloq. To go out . (a) To issue forth from a place. (b) To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition.
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There are other men fitter to go out than I. Shak.
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What went ye out for to see ? Matt. xi. 7, 8, 9.
(c) To become diffused, divulged, or spread abroad, as news, fame etc. (d) To expire; to die; to cease; to come to an end; as, the light has gone out.
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Life itself goes out at thy displeasure. Addison.
-- Coloq. To go over . (a) To traverse; to cross, as a river, boundary, etc.; to change sides.
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I must not go over Jordan. Deut. iv. 22.
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Let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan. Deut. iii. 25.
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Ishmael . . . departed to go over to the Ammonites. Jer. xli. 10.
(b) To read, or study; to examine; to review; as, to go over one's accounts.
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If we go over the laws of Christianity, we shall find that . . . they enjoin the same thing. Tillotson.
(c) To transcend; to surpass. (d) To be postponed; as, the bill went over for the session. (e) (Chem.) To be converted (into a specified substance or material); as, monoclinic sulphur goes over into orthorhombic, by standing; sucrose goes over into dextrose and levulose. -- Coloq. To go through . (a) To accomplish; as, to go through a work. (b) To suffer; to endure to the end; as, to go through a surgical operation or a tedious illness. (c) To spend completely; to exhaust, as a fortune. (d) To strip or despoil (one) of his property. [Slang] (e) To botch or bungle a business. [Scot.] -- Coloq. To go through with , to perform, as a calculation, to the end; to complete. -- Coloq. To go to ground . (a) To escape into a hole; -- said of a hunted fox. (b) To fall in battle. -- Coloq. To go to naught (Colloq.), to prove abortive, or unavailling. -- Coloq. To go under . (a) To set; -- said of the sun. (b) To be known or recognized by (a name, title, etc.). (c) To be overwhelmed, submerged, or defeated; to perish; to succumb. -- Coloq. To go up , to come to nothing; to prove abortive; to fail. [Slang] -- Coloq. To go upon , to act upon, as a foundation or hypothesis. -- Coloq. To go with . (a) To accompany. (b) To coincide or agree with. (c) To suit; to harmonize with. -- Coloq. To go well with , Coloq. To go ill with , Coloq. To go hard with , to affect (one) in such manner. -- Coloq. To go without , to be, or to remain, destitute of. -- Coloq. To go wrong . (a) To take a wrong road or direction; to wander or stray. (b) To depart from virtue. (c) To happen unfortunately; to unexpectedly cause a mishap or failure. (d) To miss success; to fail. -- Coloq. To let go , to allow to depart; to quit one's hold; to release.
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Go (?), v. t. 1. To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.
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They to go equal shares in the booty. L'Estrange.
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2. To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling. [Colloq.]
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Coloq. To go halves , to share with another equally. -- Coloq. To go it , to behave in a wild manner; to be uproarious; to carry on; also, to proceed; to make progress. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. To go it alone (Card Playing), to play a hand without the assistance of one's partner. -- Coloq. To go it blind . (a) To act in a rash, reckless, or headlong manner. [Slang] (b) (Card Playing) To bet without having examined the cards. -- Coloq. To go one's way , to set forth; to depart.
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Go, n. 1. Act; working; operation. [Obs.]
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So gracious were the goes of marriage. Marston.
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2. A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. [Slang]
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This is a pretty go. Dickens.
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3. The fashion or mode; as, quite the go. [Colloq.]
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4. Noisy merriment; as, a high go. [Colloq.]
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5. A glass of spirits. [Slang]
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6. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him. [Colloq.]
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7. (Cribbage) That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
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8. Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he made a go of it; also, an agreement.

“Well,” said Fleming, “is it a go?” Bret Harte.
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Coloq. Great go , Coloq. Little go , the final and the preliminary examinations for a degree. [Slang, Eng. Univ.] -- Coloq. No go , a failure; a fiasco. [Slang] Thackeray. -- Coloq. On the go , moving about; unsettled. [Colloq.]
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Goa (?), n. (Zoöl.) A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet.
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Goad (?), n. [AS. gād; perh. akin to AS. gār a dart, and E. gore. See , v. t.] A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
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The daily goad urging him to the daily toil. Macaulay.
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Goad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Goaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Goading.] To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.
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That temptation that doth goad us on. Shak.

Syn. -- To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite; instigate.
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goaded adj. compelled forcibly by an outside agency; as, mobs goaded by blind hatred.
Syn. -- driven, forced.
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Goaf (?); n.; pl. Goafs (#) or Goaves (#). [Cf. 1st .] (Mining) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .
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Coloq. To work the goaf or Coloq. To work the gob , to remove the pillars of mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and replace them with props. Ure.
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Goal (?), n. [F. gaule pole, Prov. F. waule, of German origin; cf. Fries. walu staff, stick, rod, Goth. walus, Icel. völr a round stick; prob. akin to E. wale.]
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1. The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.
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Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal
With rapid wheels. Milton.
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2. The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.
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Each individual seeks a several goal. Pope.
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3. A base, station, or bound used in various games as the point or object which a team must reach in order to score points; in certain games, the point which the ball or puck must pass in order for points to be scored. In football, it is a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score points; in soccer or ice hockey, it is a net at each end of the soccer field into which the soccer ball or hocjey puck must be propelled; in basketball, it is the basket{7} suspended from the backboard, through which the basketball must pass.
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4. (Sport) The act or instance of propelling the ball or puck into or through the goal{3}, thus scoring points; as, to score a goal.
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Coloq. Goal keeper , (Sport) the player charged with the defense of the goal, such as in soccer or ice hockey.
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goalless adj. having no points scored; -- of games.
Syn. -- scoreless, hitless.
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goal line (?), n. (Sport) The line bounding the end of a playing field, at or directly in front of the goal{3}.
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goalmouth n. (hockey or soccer) The area immediately in front of the goal.
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goalpost, goal post (?), n. (Sport) One of two posts supporting a crossbar which forms a goal{3}, especially in American football; also, in football the entire structure consisting of the posts, crossbar, and two uprights. To score a goal by kicking the football, the ball must pass above the crossbar and between the vertical lines formed by the uprights.
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Goa powder (?). [So called from Goa, on the Malabar coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal.] A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained.
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Goar (?), n. Same as 1st .
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Goarish, a. Patched; mean. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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go-around n. (aeronautics) A landing approach that fails and gives way to another attempt.
Syn. -- overshoot, wave-off.
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go-as-you-please adj. not bound by rule or law or convention.
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bewildered by the old go-as-you-please liberty of alliterative rhythm. George Saintsbury
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Goat (gōt), n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. gāt; akin to D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zoöl.) A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (Capra hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
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☞ The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra ægagrus), of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat (Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the antelopes. See .
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Coloq. Goat antelope (Zoöl), one of several species of antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara. -- Coloq. Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig. -- Coloq. Goat house . (a) A place for keeping goats. (b) A brothel. [Obs.] -- Coloq. Goat moth (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the large European species (Cossus ligniperda), the larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the he-goat. -- Coloq. Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus Capraria (Capraria biflora). -- Coloq. Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant (Aconitum Lucoctonum), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland into England; wolfsbane. -- Coloq. Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis caprina) growing at the Cape of Good Hope. -- Coloq. Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States). -- Coloq. Goat's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant (Astragalus Tragacanthus), found in the Levant. -- Coloq. Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to Atraphaxis).
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Goatee (?), n. A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat.
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goateed adj. having a small pointed chin beard.
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Goatfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.
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Goatherd (?), n. One who tends goats. Spenser.
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Goatish, a. Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.
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Give your chaste body up to the embraces
Of goatish lust. Massinger.

-- Goatishly, adv. -- Goatishness, n.
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Goatlike (?), a. Like a goat; goatish.
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Goat's beard, goatsbeard n. (Bot.), A weedy European annual with yellow flowers, of the genus Tragopogon; -- so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant; it is naturalized in US.
Syn. -- meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis.
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goatsfoot n. A short-stemmed South African plant (Oxalis caprina) with bluish flowers.
Syn. -- goat's foot, Oxalis caprina.
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Goatskin (?), n. The skin of a goat, or leather made from it. -- a. Made of the skin of a goat.
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Goatsucker (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europæus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk.
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Goaves (gōvz), n. pl. [See , n.] (Mining) Old workings. See . Raymond.
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Gob (gŏb), n. [Cf. .] (Mining) Same as .
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Gob, n. [OF. gob morsel; cf. F. gobe, gobbe, a poisoned morsel, poison ball, gobet a piece swallowed, gober to swallow greedily and without tasting; cf. Gael. & Ir. gob mouth, snout, W. gwp a bird's head and neck. Cf. , , n.] 1. A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful. [Low] L'Estrange.
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2. The mouth. [Prov. Eng.or Low] Wright.
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Gob (gŏb), n. Same as . [Colloq.]
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Gobang (?), n. [Written also goban.] [Jap. goban checkerboard, fr. Chino-Jap. go checker + ban board.] A Japanese game, played on a checkerboard, in which the object of the game is to be the first in placing five pieces, or men, in a row in any direction.
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Gobbet (?), n. [OE. & F. gobet. See 2d .] A mouthful; a lump; a small piece. Spenser.
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[He] had broken the stocks to small gobbets. Wyclif.
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Gobbet, v. t. To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. [Low] L'Estrange.
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Gobbetly, adv. In pieces. [Obs.] Huloet.
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Gobbing (?), n. [See 1st .] (Mining) (a) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff. Brande & C.

(b) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.
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Gobble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gobbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling (?).] [Freq. of 2d gob.]
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1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
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Supper gobbled up in haste. Swift.
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2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
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He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation. Goldsmith.
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Coloq. To gobble up , to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang]
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Gobble, v. i. 1. To eat greedily.
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2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. Prior.
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Gobble, n. A noise made in the throat.
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Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. Mrs. Gore.
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gobbledegook, gobbledygook n. The incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists; as, psychoanalytic gobbledygook.
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Gobbler (?), n. A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.
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Gobelin (?), a. Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667.
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Gobemouche (?), n. [F.] Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person.
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Gobet (?), n. See . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Go-between (?), n. A negotiator who acts as a link between parties; an intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- sometimes in a disparaging sense. Shak.
Syn. -- mediator, intermediator, intermediary.
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Gobiidae n. A natural family of fish comprising the gobies.
Syn. -- family Gobiidae.
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Gobio n. A genus of fish comprising the true gudgeons.
Syn. -- genus Gobio.
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Gobioid (?), a. [NL. Gobius + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius. -- n. A gobioid fish.
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Goblet (?), n. [F. gobelet, LL. gobeletus, gobellus; cf. L. cupa tub, cask. See .] A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle.
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We love not loaded boards and goblets crowned. Denham.
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Goblin (?), 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.
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To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied. Milton.
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