Part 4898

<h1>Goody-goody</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Good"y-good`y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mawkishly or weakly good; exhibiting goodness with silliness.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Goodyship</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Good"y*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of a goody or goodwife</def> <mark>[Jocose]</mark>

<i>Hudibraus.</i>

<mhw><h1>Gooroo, Guru</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Goo*roo"</hw>, <hw>Gu*ru"</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>gur<?/</ets> a spiritual parent or teacher, Skr. <ets>guru</ets> heavy, noble, venerable, teacher. Cf. <er>Grief</er>.]</ety> <def>A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos.</def>

<i>Malcom.</i>

<h1>Goosander</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Goos"an`der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gossander</ets>, a tautological word formed fr. <ets>goose + gander</ets>. Cf. <er>Merganser</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species of merganser (<spn>M. merganser</spn>) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also <altname>merganser</altname>, <altname>dundiver</altname>, <altname>sawbill</altname>, <altname>sawneb</altname>, <altname>shelduck</altname>, and <altname>sheldrake</altname>. See <er>Merganser</er>.</def>

<h1>Goose</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Goose</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Geese</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>gos</ets>, AS. <ets>g<?/s</ets>, pl. <ets>g<?/s</ets>; akin to D. & G. <ets>gans</ets>, Icel. <ets>g\'bes</ets>, Dan. <ets>gaas</ets>, Sw. <ets>g<?/s</ets>, Russ. <ets>guse</ets>. OIr. <ets>geiss</ets>, L. <ets>anser</ets>, for <ets>hanser</ets>, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>hamsa</ets>. &root;233. Cf. <er>Gander</er>, <er>Gannet</er>, <er>Ganza</er>, <er>Gosling</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily <spn>Anserin\'91</spn>, and belonging to <spn>Anser</spn>, <spn>Branta</spn>, <spn>Chen</spn>, and several allied genera. See <er>Anseres</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the European graylag goose (<spn>Anser anser</spn>). The bean goose (<spn>A. segetum</spn>), the American wild or Canada goose (<spn>Branta Canadensis</spn>), and the bernicle goose (<spn>Branta leucopsis</spn>) are well known species. The American white or snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus <spn>Chen</spn>. See <er>Bernicle</er>, <i>Emperor goose</i>, under <er>Emperor</er>, <er>Snow goose</er>, <er>Wild goose</er>, <er>Brant</er>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.</def>

<note>&hand; The Egyptian or fox goose (<spn>Alopochen \'92gyptiaca</spn>) and the African spur-winged geese (<spn>Plectropterus</spn>) belong to the family <spn>Plectropterid\'91</spn>. The Australian semipalmated goose (<spn>Anseranas semipalmata</spn>) and Cape Barren goose (<spn>Cereopsis Nov\'91-Hollandi\'91</spn>) are very different from northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in Australia.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A silly creature; a simpleton.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.</def>

<blockquote>The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of <b>goose</b>. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>A wild goose chase</col>, <cd>an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment.</cd> -- <col>Fen goose</col>. <cd>See under <er>Fen</er>.</cd> -- <col>Goose barnacle</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any pedunculated barnacle of the genus <spn>Anatifa</spn> or <spn>Lepas</spn>; -- called also <altname>duck barnacle</altname>. See <er>Barnacle</er>, and <er>Cirripedia</er>.</cd> -- <col>Goose cap</col>, <cd>a silly person.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Beau. & </i>. -- <col>Goose corn</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a coarse kind of rush (<spn>Juncus squarrosus</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Goose feast</col>, <cd>Michaelmas.</cd> <mark>[Colloq. Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Goose flesh</col>, <cd>a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear; -- called also <altname>goose skin</altname>.</cd><-- and <altname>goose pimples</altname> and <altname>goose bumps</altname> --> -- <col>Goose grass</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A plant of the genus <spn>Galium</spn> (<spn>G. Aparine</spn>), a favorite food of geese; -- called also <altname>catchweed</altname> and <altname>cleavers</altname>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A species of knotgrass (<spn>Polygonum aviculare</spn>).</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>The annual spear grass (<spn>Poa annua</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Goose neck</col>, <cd>anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast.</cd> -- <col>Goose quill</col>, <cd>a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a pen made from it.</cd> -- <col>Goose skin</col>. <cd>See <altname>Goose flesh</altname>, above.</cd> -- <col>Goose tongue</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a composite plant (<spn>Achillea ptarmica</spn>), growing wild in the British islands.</cd> -- <col>Sea goose</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Phalarope</er>.</cd> -- <col>Solan goose</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Gannet</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gooseberry</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Goose"ber*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl</plu>. <plw>Gooseberries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <ety>[Corrupted for <ets>groseberry</ets> or <ets>groiseberry</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>groisele</ets>, F. <ets>groseille</ets>, -- of German origin; cf. G. <ets>krausbeere</ets>, <ets>kr\'84uselbeere</ets> (fr. <ets>kraus</ets> crisp), D. <ets>kruisbes</ets>, <ets>kruisbezie</ets> (as if <ets>crossberry</ets>, fr. <ets>kruis</ets> cross; for <ets>kroesbes</ets>, <ets>kroesbezie</ets>, fr. <ets>kroes</ets> crisp), Sw. <ets>krusb\'84r</ets> (fr. <ets>krus</ets>, <ets>krusing</ets>, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. <ets>curl</ets>. Cf. <er>Grossular</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any thorny shrub of the genus <spn>Ribes</spn>; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which <spn>Ribes Grossularia</spn> is the one commonly cultivated.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A silly person; a goose cap.</def>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<cs><col>Barbadoes gooseberry</col>, <cd>a climbing prickly shrub (<spn>Pereskia aculeata</spn>) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries.</cd> -- <col>Coromandel gooseberry</col>. <cd>See <er>Carambola</er>.</cd> -- <col>Gooseberry fool</col>. <cd>See lst <er>Fool</er>.</cd> -- <col>Gooseberry worm</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the larva of a small moth (<spn>Dakruma convolutella</spn>). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior.</cd></cs>

<h1>Goosefish</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Goose"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Z\'94ll.)</fld> <def>See <er>Angler</er>.</def>