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2. A banker. [Obs.]

The goldsmiths of London formerly received money on deposit because they were prepared to keep it safely.

Goldsmith beetle (Zoˆl.), a large, bright yellow, American beetle (Cotalpa lanigera), of the family ScarabÊidÊ

Gold"tit` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Verdin.

Gold"y*locks` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup.

Go"let (?), n. The gullet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Go"let, n. (Zoˆl.) A California trout. See Malma.

Golf (?), n. [D. kolf club or bat, also a Dutch game played in an inclosed area with clubs and balls; akin to G. kolben club, but end, Icel. k&?;lfr tongue of a bell. bolt, Sw. kolf bolt, dart, but end, Dan. kolv bolt, arrow. Cf. Club, Globe.] A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner. [Scot.] Strutt.

Golf"er (?), n. One who plays golf. [Scot.]

Gol"go*tha (?), n. Calvary. See the Note under Calvary.

Gol"iard (gl"yrd), n. [From OF. goliart glutton, buffoon, riotous student, Goliard, LL. goliardus, prob. fr. L. gula throat. Cf. Gules.] A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.

Gol"iard*er*y (?), n. The satirical or ribald poetry of the Goliards. Milman.

Go*li"ath bee"tle (?). [From Goliath, the Philistine giant.] (Zoˆl.) Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles.

Goll (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A hand, paw, or claw. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. B. Jonson.

Go*loe"-shoe` (?), n. A galoche.

Go*lore" (?), n. See Galore.

Go*loshe" (?), n. See Galoche.

Golt"schut (?), n. 1. A small ingot of gold.

2. A silver ingot, used in Japan as money.

Gol"yard*eys (?), n. A buffoon. See Goliard. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Go"man (?), n. [Prob. fr. good man; but cf. also AS. gumman a man, OHG. gomman man, husband.] A husband; a master of a family. [Obs.]

{ Go"mar*ist (?), Go"mar*ite (?), } n. (Eccl.-Hist.) One of the followers of Francis Gomar or Gomarus, a Dutch disciple of Calvin in the 17th century, who strongly opposed the Arminians.

Gom"bo (?), n. See Gumbo.

Gome (?), n. [AS. guma; akin to Goth. guma, L. homo. See Bridegroom.] A man. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

Gome, n. [Cf. Icel. gormr ooze, mud.] The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm. [Prov. Eng.]

Go"mer (?), n. A Hebrew measure. See Homer.

Go"mer, n. (Gun.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor.

Gom"me*lin (?), n. [F. gommeline, from gomme gum.] (Chem.) See Dextrin.