Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 35
Gothicism (n.) A Gothic idiom.
Gothicism (n.) Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture.
Gothicism (n.) Rudeness of manners; barbarousness.
Gothicized (imp. & p. p.) of Gothicize.
Gothicizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gothicize.
Gothicize (v. t.) To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism. gothite
Gothite (n.) Alt. of Goethite
Goethite (n.) (Min.) A hydrous oxide of iron ({HFeO2), occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown.
Gothite (n.) A red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust [syn: goethite, gothite].
Gotten () p. p. of Get. Gotterdammerung
Gouache (n.) A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted.
Gouache (n.) An opaque watercolor prepared with gum.
Gouache (n.) A watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum.
Goud (n.) Woad. [Obs.]
Goudron (n.) (Mil.) A small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts. -- Farrow.
Gouge (n.) A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood.
Gouge (n.) A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve.
Gouge (n.) An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc. -- Knight.
Gouge (n.) (Mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein aud the solid vein. -- Raymond.
Gouge (n.) The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge.
Gouge (n.) Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person. [Slang, U. S.]
Gouge bit, A boring bit, shaped like a gouge.
Gouge (n.) An impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: dent, ding, gouge, nick].
Gouge (n.) And edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves.
Gouge (n.) The act of gouging.
Gouge (v.) Force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" [syn: gouge, force out].
Gouge (v.) Obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" [syn: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring].
Gouge (v.) Make a groove in [syn: rout, gouge].
Gouged (imp. & p. p.) of Bouge.
Gouging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bouge.
Gouge (v. t.) To scoop out with a gouge.
Gouge (v. t.) To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb. [K S.]
Note: A barbarity mentioned by some travelers as formerly practiced in the brutal frays of desperadoes in some parts of the United States.
Gouge (v. t.) To cheat in a bargain; to chouse. [Slang, U. S.]
Gouger (n.) (Zool.) See Plum Gouger.
Compare: Plum Gouger
Plum gouger (Zool.), A weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus scutellaris), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Gouger (n.) An attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye.
Gouger (n.) A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud [syn: swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter].
Gougeshell (n.) (Zool.) A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.
Compare: Vermetus
Vermetus (n.) (Zool.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae.
Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube.
Goujere (n.) The venereal disease. [Obs.]
Gouland (n.) See Golding.
Compare: Golding
Goldin, Golding (n.) (Bot.) A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold ({Chrysanthemum segetum). [This word is variously corrupted into gouland, gools, gowan, etc.]
Goulards extract () (Med.) An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract.
Gour (n.) A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber. -- Tylor.
Gour (n.) (Zool.) See Koulan.
Compare: Koulan
Koulan (n.) [Native name.] (Zool.) A wild horse ({Equus onager or Asinus onager) inhabiting the plains of Central Asia; -- called also gour, khur, and onager. [Written also kulan.]
Note: It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is intermediate between the horse and ass.
Goura (n.) (Zool.) One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon ({Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon ({G. coronata) are among the beat known species.
Gourami (n.) (Zool.) A very largo East Indian freshwater fish ({Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made to introduce it into Southern Europe. [Written also goramy.]
Gourd (n.) (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd ({Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.
Gourd (n.) A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. -- Chaucer.
Bitter gourd, Colocynth.
Gourde (n.) A silver dollar; --
so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. -- Simmonds.
Gourd (n.) A false die. See Gord. Gourd
Gourd (n.) Alt. of Gourde.
Gord (n.) [Written also gourd.] [Perh. hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.]
An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Gourd (n.) Bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd [syn: gourd, calabash].
Gourd (n.) Any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds.
Gourd (n.) Any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds [syn: gourd, gourd vine].
Gourd (1.) Jonah's gourd (Jonah 4:6-10), bearing the Hebrew name _kikayon_ (found only here), was probably the kiki of the Egyptians, the croton. This is the castor-oil plant, a species of ricinus, the palma Christi, so called from the palmate division of its leaves. Others with more probability regard it as the cucurbita the el-keroa of the Arabs, a kind of pumpkin peculiar to the East. "It is grown in great abundance on the alluvial banks of the Tigris and on the plain between the river and the ruins of Nineveh." At the present day it is trained to run over structures of mud and brush to form boots to protect the gardeners from the heat of the noon-day sun. It grows with extraordinary rapidity, and when cut or injured withers away also with great rapidity.
Gourd (2.) Wild gourds (2 Kings 4:38-40), Heb. pakkuoth, belong to the family of the cucumber-like plants, some of which are poisonous. The species here referred to is probably the colocynth (Cucumis colocynthus). The LXX. render the word by "wild pumpkin." It abounds in the desert parts of Syria, Egypt, and Arabia. There is, however, another species, called the Cucumis prophetarum, from the idea that it afforded the gourd which "the sons of the prophets" shred by mistake into their pottage.
Gourdiness (n.) (Far.) The state of being gourdy.
Gourd tree () (Bot.) A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America.
Gourdworm (n.) (Zool.) The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.
Compare: Fluke
Fluke (n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
Fluke (n.) (Zool.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
Fluke (n.) An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
Fluke (n.) An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke. [Cant, Eng.] -- A. Trollope.
Fluke (n.) (Zool.) The European flounder. See Flounder. [Written also fleuk, flook, and flowk.]
Fluke (n.) (Zool.) Any American flounder of the genus Paralichthys,
especially Paralicthys dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean and in adjacent bays. -- RHUD
Fluke (n.) (Zool.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species ({Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot.
Fluke (v. t. & i.) [imp. & p. p. Fluked; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluking.] To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards. [Slang]
Fluke (n.) A stroke of luck [syn: good luck, fluke, good fortune].
Fluke (n.) A barb on a harpoon or arrow.
Fluke (n.) Flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor [syn: fluke, flue].
Fluke (n.) Either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean.
Fluke (n.) Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host [syn: fluke, trematode, trematode worm].
Gourdy (a.) (Far.) Swelled in the legs.
Gourmand (n.) [F.] A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.
That great gourmand, fat Apicius. -- B. Jonson.
Gourmand (n.) A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess [syn: glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman].
Gourmet (n.) [F.] A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.
Gourmet (n.) A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) [syn: epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant, epicurean, foodie].
Gournet (n.) (Zool.) A fish. See Gurnet.
Compare: Gurnard
Gurnard, Gurnet (n.)
(Zool.) One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and
allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks.
Some of the species are highly esteemed for food. The name is sometimes applied to the
American sea robins. [Written also gournet.]
Plyling gurnard. See under Flying.
Gout (n.) A drop; a clot or coagulation.
On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood. -- Shak.
Gout (n.) (Med.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms.
It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc. It is an inherited disease of purine metaboism, which causes an increased level of uric acid in the blood, and leads to deposition of crystals of sodium urate in cartilage within joints and in connective tissue. It can be alleviated by a diet low in purines, and is treated by drugs which block formation of uric acid. -- Dunglison.
Gout (n.) A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn.
Gout stones. See Chalkstone, n., 2.
Gout (n.) Taste; relish.
Gout (n.) A painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints [syn: gout, gouty arthritis, urarthritis].
Gout, () med. jur. contracts. An inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints.
Gout, () In cases of insurance on lives, when there is warranty of health, it seems that a man subject to the gout, is a life capable of being, insured, if he has no sickness at the time to make it an unequal contract. 2 Park, Ins. 583.
Gout, (n.) A physician's name for the rheumatism of a rich patient.
Goutily (adv.) In a gouty manner.
Goutiness (n.) The state of being gouty; gout. Goutweed
Goutweed (n.) Alt. of Goutwort.
Goutwort (n.) (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Aegopodium Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard.
Gouty (a.) Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint.
Gouty (a.) Pertaining to the gout. "Gouty matter." -- Blackmore.
Gouty (a.) Swollen, as if from gout. -- Derham.
Gouty (a.) Boggy; as, gouty land. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Gouty bronchitis, Bronchitis arising as a secondary disease during the progress of gout.
Gouty concretions, Calculi (urate of sodium) formed in the joints, kidneys, etc., of sufferers from gout.
Gouty kidney, An affection occurring during the progress of gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of urate of sodium.
Gouty (a.) Suffering from gout.
Gove (n.) A mow; a rick for hay. [Obs.] -- Tusser.
Gove -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000): 3068
Housing Units (2000): 1423
Land area (2000): 1071.383972 sq. miles (2774.871632 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.090389 sq. miles (0.234107 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1071.474361 sq. miles (2775.105739 sq. km)
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.990702 N, 100.475457 W
Headwords:
Gove
Gove, KS
Gove County
Gove County, KS
Governed (imp. & p. p.) of Govern.
Governing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Govern.
Govern (v. t.) To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority. "Fit to govern and rule multitudes." -- Shak.
Govern
(v. t.)
To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the
life; to govern a horse.
Govern well thy appetite. -- Milton.
Govern (v. t.) (Gram.) To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case.
Governed (n.) The body of people who are citizens of a particular government; "governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed"-- Declaration of Independence.
Govern (v. i.) To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. -- Dryden.
Govern (v.) Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" [syn: regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern] [ant: deregulate].
Govern (v.) Direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct."
Govern (v.) Exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?" [syn: govern, rule].
Govern (v.) Require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German."
Governability (n.) Governableness.
Governable (a.) Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient. -- Locke.
Governable (a.) Capable of being controlled [syn: controllable, governable].
Governableness (n.) The quality of being governable; manageableness. Governal
Governal (n.) Alt. of Governail.
Governail (n.) Management; mastery. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. -- Spenser.
Governance (n.) Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement. -- Chaucer. -- J. H. Newman.
Governance (n.) The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn: administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation].
Governance (n.) The act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" [syn: government, governing, governance, government activity, administration].
Information technology governance
Governance
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Governante (n.) A governess. -- Sir W. Scott.
Governess (n.) A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.
Governess (n.) A woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home).
Governing (a.) Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state.
Governing (a.) (Gram.) Requiring a particular case.
Governing (a.) Responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws; "governing bodies."
Governing (n.) The act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" [syn: government, governing, governance, government activity, administration].
Government (n.) [C] [G]（常大寫）政府，內閣；[U] 政體；體制；[U] 政治；[U] 統治 The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
Government (n.) The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
That free government which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth. -- Milton.
Government (n.) The right or power of governing; authority.
I here resign my government to thee. -- Shak.
Government (n.) The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
When we, in England, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being. -- Mozley & W.
Government (n.) The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
Government (n.) Management of the limbs or body. -- Shak.
Government (n.) (Gram.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
Government (n.) The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" [syn: {government}, {authorities}, {regime}].
Government (n.) The act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" [syn: {government}, {governing}, {governance}, {government activity}, {administration}].
Government (n.) (Government) The system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government."
Government (n.) The study of government of states and other political units [syn: {politics}, {political science}, {government}].
Government, () Natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state.
Government, () There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.
Government, () Governments are also divided into monarchical and republican; among the monarchical states may be classed empires, kingdoms, and others; in these the sovereignty resides in, a single individual. There are some monarchical states under the name of duchies, counties, and the like.
Republican states are those where the sovereignty is in several persons.
These are subdivided into aristocracies, where the power is exercised by a few persons of the first rank in the state; and democracies, which are those governments where the common people may exercise the highest powers. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 20. See Aristocracy; Democracy; Despotism; Monarchy; Theocracy.
Government, () It should be remembered, however, that governments, for the most part, have not been framed on models. Their parts and their powers grew out of occasional acts, prompted by some urgent expediency, or some private interest, which, in the course of time, coalesced and hardened into usages.
These usages became the object of respect and the guide of conduct long before they were embodied in written laws. This subject is philosophically treated by Sir James McIntosh, in his History of England. See vol. 1, p. 71, et seq.
Government (n.) (Group) (B1) [ C, + sing/pl. verb ] (Written abbreviation govt) 政府，內閣 The group of people who officially control a country.
// The government of Israel.
// The government is/ are expected to announce its/their tax proposals today.
// The minister has announced that there will be no change in government policy.
// Senior government officials will be attending a meeting tomorrow.
// Theatre companies are very concerned about cuts in government grants to the arts.
// A government enquiry has been launched.
Government (n.) (System) (B2) [ U ] 政體，體制 The system used for controlling a country, city, or group of people.
// The 1990s saw a shift to democratic government in Eastern Europe.
// What this state needs is really strong government.
Government (n.) (System) (B2) [ U ] 統治，執政；治理，管理 The activities involved in controlling a country, city, group of people, etc..
// The party that was elected to power has no experience of government.
// (UK) The party was in government (= controlled the country) for four years in the 1960s.
Her/ His Majesty's Government 英國女王／國王陛下的政府，英國政府 The government of the UK.
Governmental (a.) Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.
Governmental (a.) Relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state; "governmental policy"; "public confidence and governmental morale."
Governor (n.) One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania. "The governor of the town." -- Shak.
Governor (n.) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
Governor (n.) (Naut.) A pilot; a steersman. [R.]
Governor (n.) (Mach.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.
Note: The illustration shows a form of governor commonly used for steam engines, in wich a heavy sleeve (a) sliding on a rapidly revolving spindle (b), driven by the engine, is raised or lowered, when the speed varies, by the changing centrifugal force of two balls (c c) to which it is connected by links (d d), the balls being attached to arms (e e) which are jointed to the top of the spindle. The sleeve is connected with the throttle valve or cut-off through a lever (f), and its motion produces a greater supply of steam when the engine runs too slowly and a less supply when too fast.
Governor cut-off (Steam Engine), A variable cut-off gear in which the governor acts in such a way as to cause the steam to be cut off from entering the cylinder at points of the stroke dependent upon the engine's speed.
Hydraulic governor (Mach.), A governor which is operated by the action of a liquid in flowing; a cataract.
Governor (n.) The head of a state government.
Governor (n.) A control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) [syn: governor, regulator].
Governor (1.) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace (2 Chr. 28:7; comp. 1 Kings 4:6), chief of the temple (1 Chr. 9:11; Jer. 20:1), the leader of the Aaronites (1 Chr. 12:27), keeper of the sacred treasury (26:24), captain of the army (13:1), the king (1 Sam. 9:16), the Messiah (Dan. 9:25).
Governor (2.) Heb. nasi, raised; exalted. Used to denote the chiefs of families (Num. 3:24, 30, 32, 35); also of tribes (2:3; 7:2; 3:32). These dignities appear to have been elective, not hereditary.
Governor (3.) Heb. pakid, an officer or magistrate. It is used of the delegate of the high priest (2 Chr. 24:11), the Levites (Neh. 11:22), a military commander (2 Kings 25:19), Joseph's officers in Egypt (Gen. 41:34).
Governor (4.) Heb. shallit, one who has power, who rules (Gen. 42:6; Ezra 4:20; Eccl. 8:8; Dan. 2:15; 5:29).
Governor (5.) Heb. aluph, literally one put over a thousand, i.e., a clan or a subdivision of a tribe. Used of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen. 36), and of the Jewish chiefs (Zech. 9:7).
Governor (6.) Heb. moshel, one who rules, holds dominion. Used of many classes of rulers (Gen. 3:16; 24:2; 45:8; Ps. 105:20); of the Messiah (Micah 5:2); of God (1 Chr. 29:12; Ps. 103:19).
Governor (7.) Heb. sar, a ruler or chief; a word of very general use. It is used of the chief baker of Pharaoh (Gen. 40:16); of the chief butler (40:2, etc. See also Gen. 47:6; Ex. 1:11; Dan. 1:7; Judg. 10:18; 1 Kings 22:26; 20:15; 2 Kings 1:9; 2 Sam. 24:2). It is used also of angels, guardian angels (Dan. 10:13, 20, 21; 12:1; 10:13; 8:25).
Governor (8.) Pehah, whence _pasha_, i.e., friend of the king; adjutant; governor of a province (2 Kings 18:24; Isa. 36:9; Jer. 51: 57; Ezek. 23:6, 23; Dan. 3:2; Esther 3: 12), or a perfect (Neh. 3:7; 5:14; Ezra 5:3; Hag. 1:1). This is a foreign word, Assyrian, which was early adopted into the Hebrew idiom (1 Kings 10:15).
Governor (9.) The Chaldean word _segan_ is applied to the governors of the Babylonian satrapies (Dan. 3:2, 27; 6:7); the prefects over the Magi (2:48). The corresponding Hebrew word _segan_ is used of provincial rulers (Jer. 51:23, 28, 57); also of chiefs and rulers of the people of Jerusalem (Ezra 9:2; Neh. 2:16; 4:14, 19; 5:7, 17; 7:5; 12:40).
In the New Testament there are also different Greek words rendered thus.
(1.) Meaning an ethnarch (2 Cor. 11:32), which was an office distinct from military command, with considerable latitude of application.
(2.) The procurator of Judea under the Romans (Matt. 27:2). (Comp. Luke 2:2, where the verb from which the Greek word so rendered is derived is used.)
(3.) Steward (Gal. 4:2).
(4.) Governor of the feast (John 2:9), who appears here to have been merely an intimate friend of the bridegroom, and to have presided at the marriage banquet in his stead.
(5.) A director, i.e., helmsman; Lat. gubernator, (James 3:4).
Governor general () A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.
Governor general (n.) A governor of high rank
Governorship (n.) The office of a governor.
Gowan (n.) The daisy, or mountain daisy. [Scot.]
And pu'd the gowans fine. -- Burns.
Gowan (n.) (Min.) Decomposed granite.
Compare: Goldin
Goldin, Golding (n.) (Bot.) [From the golden color of the blossoms.] A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold ({Chrysanthemum segetum). [This word is variously corrupted into gouland, gools, gowan, etc.]
Gowany (a.) Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies. [Scot.]
Sweeter than gowany glens or new-mown hay. -- Ramsay.
Gowd (n.) Gold; wealth. [Scot.]
The man's the gowd for a' that. -- Burns.
Gowden (a.) Golden. [Scot.]
Gowdie (n.) (Zool.) See Dragont. [Scot.]
Compare: Weever
Weever (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidae. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painful wounds.
Note: The two British species are the great, or greater, weever ({Trachinus draco), which becomes a foot long (called also gowdie, sea cat, stingbull, and weaverfish), and the lesser weever ({Trachinus vipera), about half as large (called also otter pike, and stingfish).
Compare: Dragonet
Dragonet (n.) A little dragon. -- Spenser.
Dragonet (n.) (Zool.) A small British marine fish ({Callionymuslyra); -- called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie.
Gowdnook (n.) (Zool.) The saury pike; -- called also gofnick.
Compare: Saury
Saury (n.; pl. Sauries.) [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
Gowk (v. t.) To make a, booby of one); to stupefy. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Gowk (n.) (Zool.) The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.
Gowk (n.) (Zool.) A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.
Gowl (v. i.) To howl. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Gown (n.) A loose, flowing upper garment ; especially:
Gown (n.) The ordinary outer dress of a woman, especially one that is full-length/ex>.