Part 573

Ramsay.

Gowd (?), n. [Cf. Gold.] Gold; wealth. [Scot.]

The man's the gowd for a' that.

Burns.

Gowd"en (?), a. Golden. [Scot.]

Gow"die (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Dragont. [Scot.]

Gowd"nook" (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The saury pike; -- called also gofnick.

Gowk (?), v. t. [See Gawk.] To make a, booby of one); to stupefy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Gowk, n. [See Gawk.] (Zoˆl.) 1. The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.

2. A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.

Gowl (?), v. i. [OE. gaulen, goulen. Cf. Yawl, v. i.] To howl. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Gown (?), n. [OE. goune, prob. from W. gwn gown, loose robe, akin to Ir. gunn, Gael. g˘n; cf. OF. gone, prob. of the same origin.] 1. A loose, flowing upper garment; especially: (a) The ordinary outer dress of a woman; as, a calico or silk gown. (b) The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military.

He Mars deposed, and arms to gowns made yield.

Dryden.

(c) A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.

2. Any sort of dress or garb.

He comes . . . in the gown of humility.

Shak.

Gowned (?), p. a. Dressed in a gown; clad.

Gowned in pure white, that fitted to the shape.

Tennyson.

Gowns"man (?), Gown"man (&?;), n.; pl. -men (-men). One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier.

Goz"zard (?), n. See Gosherd. [Prov. Eng.]

Graaf"i*an (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch physician.

Graafian follicles or vesicles, small cavities in which the ova are developed in the ovaries of mammals, and by the bursting of which they are discharged.

Graal (grl), n. See Grail, a dish.

Grab (grb), n. [Ar. & Hind. ghurb crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship.] (Naut.) A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

Grab (grb), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Grabbed (grbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grabbing.] [Akin to Sw. grabba to grasp. Cf. Grabble, Grapple, Grasp.] To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.