<h1>Goliard</h1> <Xpage=637>
<hw>Gol"iard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From OF. <ets>goliart</ets> glutton, buffoon, riotous student, Goliard, LL. <ets>goliardus</ets>, prob. fr. L. <ets>gula</ets> throat. Cf. <er>Gules</er>.]</ety> <def>A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.</def>
<h1>Goliardery</h1> <Xpage=637>
<hw>Gol"iard*er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The satirical or ribald poetry of the Goliards.</def>
<i>Milman.</i>
<h1>Goliath beetle</h1> <Xpage=637>
<hw>Go*li"ath bee"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From <ets>Goliath</ets>, the Philistine giant.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any species of <spn>Goliathus</spn>, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles.</def>
<h1>Goll</h1> <Xpage=637>
<hw>Goll</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A hand, paw, or claw.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Sir P. Sidney. B. Jonson.</i>
<h1>Goloe-shoe</h1> <Xpage=637>
<hw>Go*loe"-shoe`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A galoche.</def>
<h1>Golore</h1> <Xpage=637>
<hw>Go*lore"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Galore</er>.</def>
<h1>Goloshe</h1> <Xpage=637>
<hw>Go*loshe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Galoche</er>.</def>
<h1>Goltschut</h1> <Xpage=637>
<hw>Golt"schut</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small ingot of gold.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A silver ingot, used in Japan as money.</def>
<h1>Golyardeys</h1> <Xpage=637>
<hw>Gol"yard*eys</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A buffoon. See <er>Gollard</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Chaucer.</i>
<h1>Goman</h1> <Xpage=637>
<hw>Go"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>good man</ets>; but cf. also AS. <ets>gumman</ets> a man, OHG. <ets>gomman</ets> man, husband.]</ety> <def>A husband; a master of a family.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Gomarist, Gomarite</h1> <Xpage=637>
<hw><hw>Go"mar*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Go"mar*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl.-Hist.)</fld> <def>One of the followers of Francis <i>Gomar</i> or <i>Gomarus</i>, a Dutch disciple of Calvin in the 17th century, who strongly opposed the Arminians.</def>
<h1>Gombo</h1> <Xpage=637>
<hw>Gom"bo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Gumbo</er>.</def>
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