Part 4878

<hw>Gob"ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A noise made in the throat.</def>

<blockquote>Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant <b>gobble</b>. <i>Mrs. Gore.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gobbler</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Gob"bler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.</def>

<h1>Gobelin</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Gob"e*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called <i>Gobelin</i> works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667.</def>

<h1>Gobemouche</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Gobe`mouche"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person.</def>

<h1>Gobet</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Gob"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Gobbet</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Go-between</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Go"-be*tween`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Gobioid</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Go"bi*oid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>Gobius + -oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus <spn>Gobius</spn>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A gobioid fish.</def></def2>

<h1>Goblet</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Gob"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gobelet</ets>, LL. <ets>gobeletus</ets>, <ets>gobellus</ets>; cf. L. <ets>cupa</ets> tub, cask. See <er>Cupel</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle.</def>

<blockquote>We love not loaded boards and <b>goblets</b> crowned. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Goblin</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Gob"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gobelin</ets>, F. <ets>gobelin</ets>, LL. <ets>gobelinus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ knave, a mischievous goblin; or cf. G. <ets>kobold</ets>, E. <ets>kobold</ets>, <ets>cobalt</ets>, Armor. <ets>gobilin</ets> an ignis fatuus, goblin.]</ety> <def>An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.</def>

<blockquote>To whom the <b>goblin</b>, full of wrath, replied. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Gobline</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>Gob"line`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also <altname>gobrope</altname> and <altname>gaubline</altname>.</def>

<h1>Goblinize</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>Gob"lin*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To transform into a goblin.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Lowell.</i>