Part 4893

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable; commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive, or troublesome, etc.</def>

<blockquote>And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very <b>good</b>. <i>Gen. i. 31.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Good</b> company, <b>good</b> wine, <b>good</b> welcome. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious; religious; -- said of persons or actions.</def>

<blockquote>In all things showing thyself a pattern of <b>good</b> works. <i>Tit. ii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by <i>to</i> or <i>toward</i>, also formerly by <i>unto</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The men were very <b>good</b> unto us. <i>1 Sam. xxv. 15.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be relied upon; -- followed especially by <i>for</i>.</def>

<blockquote>All quality that is <b>good</b> for anything is founded originally in merit. <i>Collier.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed especially by <i>at</i>.</def>

<blockquote>He . . . is a <b>good</b> workman; a very <b>good</b> tailor. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Those are generally <b>good</b> at flattering who are <b>good</b> for nothing else. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious; valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary ability; of unimpaired credit.</def>

<blockquote>My reasons are both <b>good</b> and weighty. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>My meaning in saying he is a <b>good</b> man is . . . that he is sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases <i>in good earnest</i>; <i>in good sooth</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Love no man in <b>good</b> earnest. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases <i>a good deal</i>, <i>a good way</i>, <i>a good degree</i>, <i>a good share</i> or <i>part</i>, etc.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.</def>

<blockquote><b>Good</b> measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over. <i>Luke vi. 38.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied; as in the phrases <i>a good name</i>, <i>a good report</i>, <i>good repute</i>, etc.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>good</b> name is better than precious ointment. <i>Eccl. vii. 1.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>As good as</col>. <cd>See under <er>As</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>For good</col>, &or; <col>For good and all</col></mcol>, <cd>completely and finally; fully; truly.</cd>

<blockquote>The good woman never died after this, till she came to die <b>for good and all</b>. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>Good breeding</col>, <cd>polite or polished manners, formed by education; a polite education.</cd>

<blockquote>Distinguished by good humor and <b>good breeding</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>Good cheap</col>, <cd>literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap.</cd>

-- <col>Good consideration</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A consideration of blood or of natural love and affection. <i>Blackstone</i>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A valuable consideration, or one which will sustain a contract.</cd> -- <col>Good fellow</col>, <cd>a person of companionable qualities.</cd> <mark>[Familiar]</mark> -- <mcol><col>Good folk</col>, <col>or Good people</col></mcol>, <cd>fairies; brownies; pixies, etc. <mark>[Colloq. Eng. & Scot.]</mark></cd> -- <col>Good for nothing</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Of no value; useless; worthless.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Used substantively, an idle, worthless person.</cd>