Goblinize
(Gob"lin*ize) v. t. To transform into a goblin. [R.] Lowell.
Goby
(Go"by) n.; pl. Gobies [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr. Cf. Gudgeon.] (Zoöl.) One of several
species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.
Go-by
(Go"-by`) n. A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to
give a proposal the go-by.
Some songs to which we have given the go- by.
Prof. Wilson. Gocart
(Go"cart`) n. A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to
walk.
God
(God) a. & n. Good. [Obs.] Chaucer.
God
(God) n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. guð, goð, Sw. & Dan. gud,
Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. hu, p. p. huta, to call upon, invoke,
implore. &radic30. Cf. Goodbye, Gospel, Gossip.]
1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship,
etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol.
He maketh a god, and worshipeth it.
Is. xliv. 15.
The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down
To bestial gods.
Milton. 2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.
God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John iv. 24. 3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.
Whose god is their belly.
Phil. iii. 19. 4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.] Shak.
Act of God. (Law) See under Act. — Gallery gods, the occupants of the highest and cheapest
gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] — God's acre, God's field, a burial place; a churchyard. See under
Acre. — God's house. (a) An almshouse. [Obs.] (b) A church. — God's penny, earnest penny.
[Obs.] Beau. & Fl. — God's Sunday, Easter.
God
(God), v. t. To treat as a god; to idolize. [Obs.] Shak.
Godchild
(God"child`) n. One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises
to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather.
Goddaughter
(God"daugh`ter) n. [AS. goddohtor.] A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.
Goddess
(God"dess) n.
1. A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex.
When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished
by her graceful stature and superior beauty.
Addison. 2. A woman of superior charms or excellence.
