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<h1>Gome</h1> <Xpage=637>

<hw>Gome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>guma</ets>; akin to Goth. <ets>guma</ets>, L. <ets>homo</ets>. See <er>Bridegroom</er>.]</ety> <def>A man.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>P. Plowman.</i>

<h1>Gome</h1> <Xpage=637>

<hw>Gome</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>gormr</ets> ooze, mud.]</ety> <def>The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also <altname>gorm</altname>. See <er>Gorm</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Gomer</h1> <Xpage=637>

<hw>Go"mer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Hebrew measure. See <er>Homer</er>.</def>

<h1>Gomer</h1> <Xpage=637>

<hw>Go"mer</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor.</def>

<h1>Gommelin</h1> <Xpage=637>

<hw>Gom"me*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gommeline</ets>, from <ets>gomme</ets> gum.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dextrin</er>.</def>

<h1>Gomphiasis</h1> <Xpage=637>

<hw>Gom*phi"a*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ toothache or gnashing of teeth, fr. <?/ a grinder tooth, from <?/ a bolt.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.</def>

<h1>Gomphosis</h1> <Xpage=637>

<hw>Gom*pho"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, prop., a bolting together, fr. <?/ to fasten with bolts or nails, <?/ bolt, nail: cf. F. <ets>gomphose</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws.</def>

<h1>Gomuti</h1> <Xpage=637>

<hw>Go*mu"ti</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Malayan <ets>gumuti</ets>.]</ety> <def>A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, <spn>Metroxylon Sagu</spn>, and <spn>Arenga saccharifera</spn>, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also <altname>ejoo</altname>.</def>

<h1>Gon</h1> <Xpage=637>

<hw>Gon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Go</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gonad</h1> <Xpage=637>

<hw>Gon"ad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gonads</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ that which generates.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland.</def>

<i>Wiedersheim.</i>

<h1>Gonakie</h1> <Xpage=637>

<hw>Go"na*kie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An African timber tree (<spn>Acacia Adansonii</spn>).</def>

<h1>Gonangium</h1> <Xpage=637>

<hw>Go`nan*gi"um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Gonangia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Gonangiums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ offspring + <?/ vessel.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Gonotheca</er>.</def>

<h1>Gondola</h1> <Xpage=637>