Part 4879

<h1>Goby</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>Go"by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gobies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>gobie</ets>, L. <ets>gobius</ets>, <ets>gobio</ets>, Gr. <?/ Cf. <er>Gudgeon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus <spn>Gobius</spn> and allied genera.</def>

<h1>Go-by</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>Go"-by`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; <as>as, to give a proposal the <ex>go-by</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Some songs to which we have given the <b>go-by</b>. <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gocart</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>Go"cart`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk.</def>

<h1>God</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>Good.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>God</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>god</ets>; akin to OS. & D. <ets>god</ets>, OHG. <ets>got</ets>, G. <ets>gott</ets>, Icel. <ets>gu<?/</ets>, <ets>go<?/</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>gud</ets>, Goth. <ets>gup</ets>, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. <ets>h<?/</ets>, p. p. <ets>h<?/ta</ets>, to call upon, invoke, implore. <?/ Cf. <er>Goodbye</er>, <er>Gospel</er>, <er>Gossip</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>He maketh a <b>god</b>, and worshipeth it. <i>Is. xliv. 15.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To bestial <b>gods</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.</def>

<blockquote><b>God</b> is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. <i>John iv. 24.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.</def>

<blockquote>Whose <b>god</b> is their belly. <i>Phil. iii. 19.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Act of God</col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Act</er>.</cd> -- <col>Gallery gods</col>, <cd>the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>God's acre</col>, <col>God's field</col></mcol>, <cd>a burial place; a churchyard. See under <er>Acre</er>.</cd> -- <col>God's house</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An almshouse. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A church.</cd> -- <col>God's penny</col>, <cd>earnest penny. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Beau. & Fl</i>.</cd> -- <col>God's Sunday</col>, <cd>Easter.</cd></cs>

<h1>God</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To treat as a god; to idolize.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Godchild</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God"child`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See <er>Godfather</er>.</def>

<h1>Goddaughter</h1> <Xpage=636>

<hw>God"daugh`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>goddohtor</ets>.]</ety> <def>A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.</def>