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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: gosbank - gotha</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="gosbank"> Gosbank, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state bank of the former Soviet Union. </DL> <A NAME="gosh"> gosh, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> an exclamation or mild oath. Ex. Gosh, it's cold out today. </DL> <A NAME="goshawk"> goshawk, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large, powerful, short-winged hawk, formerly much used in falconry. </DL> <A NAME="goshen"> Goshen, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a fertile part of Egypt, east of the Nile delta, where the Israelites were permitted to live before the Exodus (in the Bible, Genesis 45: 10; Exodus 8: 20-22). <DD> 2. any land of plenty and comfort. </DL> <A NAME="gosiute"> Gosiute, noun, pl. -ute or -utes.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a member of a small tribe of Indians of Shoshone stock in northwestern Utah. <DD> 2. their Shoshonean language. </DL> <A NAME="goslet"> goslet, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several species of very small geese found in India, Africa, and Australia. </DL> <A NAME="gosling"> gosling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a young goose. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a foolish, inexperienced person. </DL> <A NAME="goslow"> go-slow (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD> 1. movement, progress, change, etc., at a deliberate or more deliberate pace. Ex. a go-slow on tax reduction. <DD> 2. a policy of deliberate action or change; gradualism. </DL> <A NAME="goslowstrike"> goslow strike, or go-slow (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) slowdown. </DL> <A NAME="gospel"> gospel, noun, adjective, verb, -peled, -pelling or (especially British) -pelled, -pelling.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. the teaching of Jesus and the Apostles. Ex. The old minister had preached the gospel for 40 years. <DD> b. glad tidings, especially concerning the coming of the promised Messiah in the person of Christ, of salvation through the Atonement, and of the kingdom of God. <DD> 2. anything earnestly believed or taken as a guide for action. Ex. Drink plenty of water; that is my gospel. The law of the land is his gospel (Sir Richard Steele). Christianity has given the world the moral gospel; now France must preach the social gospel (Edmund Wilson). <DD> 3. (Figurative.) the absolute truth. Ex. She takes the doctor's words for gospel. <DD> 4. =gospel music. <DD>adj. 1. of or like the gospel. <DD> 2. in agreement with the gospel; evangelical. <DD> 3. characterized by evangelical fervor; spreading the gospel. Ex. gospel music, gospel hymns. <DD> 4. of or having to do with gospel music or gospel songs. Ex. a gospel singer, gospel shouts. <DD>v.t., v.i. to evangelize. </DL> <A NAME="gospel"> Gospel, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the story of Christ's life and teachings. <DD> 2a. any one of the first four books of the New Testament by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. They tell about the life and teachings of Christ. <DD> b. a part of one of these books read during a religious service. </DL> <A NAME="gospeler"> gospeler, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the person who reads or sings the Gospel in the Eucharistic service. <DD> 2. a person who claims for his sect or party the exclusive possession of the true gospel or Christian doctrine. <DD> 3. a person who zealously professes faith in the gospel. <DD> 4. a singer of gospel songs. </DL> <A NAME="gospelize"> gospelize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to instruct in the gospel; evangelize. </DL> <A NAME="gospeller"> gospeller, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) gospeler. </DL> <A NAME="gospelmusic"> gospel music,<DL COMPACT><DD> music based on gospel songs, with elements of modern blues and jazz. </DL> <A NAME="gospeloath"> gospel oath,<DL COMPACT><DD> an oath sworn upon the Gospels; an oath of inviolable nature. </DL> <A NAME="gospelshop"> gospel shop,<DL COMPACT><DD> a Methodist chapel (used in an unfriendly way). </DL> <A NAME="gospelside"> gospel side,<DL COMPACT><DD> the north side of the altar, at which the Gospel is read. </DL> <A NAME="gospelsong"> gospel song,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a black church song similar to a spiritual but influenced by currently popular music, originally improvised by a church singer and often popularized by jazz performers. </DL> <A NAME="gospeltruth"> gospel truth,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the truth or truths contained in the gospel. <DD> 2. something absolutely true; something as true as the gospel. </DL> <A NAME="gosplan"> Gosplan, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the official former Soviet planning agency in charge of programs for economic and industrial development, as for the five-year plans. </DL> <A NAME="gospodar"> gospodar, noun. =hospodar.</DL> <A NAME="gospodin"> gospodin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Russian.) Mr.; mister. </DL> <A NAME="gosport"> gosport, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rubber speaking tube by which a flight instructor formerly talked to a student pilot while in flight. </DL> <A NAME="gossamer"> gossamer, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a film or thread of cobweb spun by small spiders, which is seen floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn, or spread on trees and bushes, or over a grassy surface. Ex. Walking between two trees, she felt gossamer catch on her face. <DD> 2. a very thin, light cloth or substance. Ex. a summer dress of lightest gossamer. <DD> 3. (U.S.) a thin, light, waterproof cloth or coat. <DD>adj. like gossamer; very light and thin; filmy. Ex. (Figurative.) For if her reputation is tarnished ... the value of her gossamer illusion of innocence, falls correspondingly (Harper's). (SYN) delicate. </DL> <A NAME="gossamerspider"> gossamer spider,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small spider that weaves very slender threads often seen floating in the air. </DL> <A NAME="gossamery"> gossamery, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> like gossamer; very light and thin; filmy; flimsy. </DL> <A NAME="gossan"> gossan, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mining.) decomposed rock of a reddish or rusty color, due to oxidized iron pyrites, that often forms a large part of the outcrop of a metal-bearing vein. Also, gozzan. </DL> <A NAME="gossip"> gossip, noun, verb, -siped, -siping.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. idle talk, not always true, about other people and their affairs. Ex. He heard nothing but neighborhood gossip from her without a single fact. (SYN) tattle. <DD> 2. light, familiar talk or writing. Ex. Somewhere past Sirius, shade called to shade, "Well, any gossip? ..." "Not much. They say that solar god has made some quite amusing things out of his dust" (J. B. Priestley). <DD> 3. a person who gossips a great deal. Ex. a set of malicious, prating, prudent gossips, both male and female, who murder characters to kill time (Richard Brinsley Sheridan). <DD> 4. (Archaic or Dialect.) a friend. <DD> 5. (Archaic or Dialect.) a godparent. <DD>v.i. to repeat what one knows or hears about other people and their affairs. Ex. The old ladies like to sit and gossip about the new neighbors. <DD>v.t. 1. to repeat like a gossip. Ex. to gossip scandal. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) tostand godparent to. noun gossiper. adv. gossipingly. </DL> <A NAME="gossipcolumn"> gossip column,<DL COMPACT><DD> a newspaper column devoted to gossip about celebrities, usually written in a light, chatty style. </DL> <A NAME="gossipcolumnist"> gossip columnist,<DL COMPACT><DD> the writer of a gossip column. </DL> <A NAME="gossipist"> gossipist, noun. =gossip columnist.</DL> <A NAME="gossipmonger"> gossipmonger, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who spreads gossip or idle rumors about others. </DL> <A NAME="gossipred"> gossipred, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. small talk; gossip. <DD> 2. the relationship or affinity between a godparent and godchild. </DL> <A NAME="gossipry"> gossipry, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> small talk; gossip. </DL> <A NAME="gossipy"> gossipy, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. fond of gossip. Ex. He was curious, meddlesome, gossipy (Atlantic). <DD> 2. full of gossip. Ex. a gossipy letter. noun gossipiness. </DL> <A NAME="gossoon"> gossoon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anglo-Irish.) <DD> 1. a boy. <DD> 2. a male servant. </DL> <A NAME="gossyplure"> gossyplure, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a synthetic form of the sex attractant of the female pink bollworm. Ex. The most promising way to use gossyplure is to saturate the field with the synthetic scent, overpowering the natural odor emitted by females. This confuses the males so that they cannot find the females, which then lay sterile eggs (Frederick C. Price). </DL> <A NAME="gossypol"> gossypol, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a poisonous, yellow pigment in cottonseed which makes cottonseed meal unsuitable as a hog or poultry feed. </DL> <A NAME="gostop"> go-stop, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) =stop-go. </DL> <A NAME="got"> got, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> a past tense and a past participle of get. Ex. We got the letter yesterday. We had got tired of waiting for it. expr. got up, artificially produced, elaborated, or adorned for effect or to deceive. Ex. It's hard for us to imagine strontium 90--the name has a got-up sound, like something out of science fiction (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="gotama"> Gotama, noun. =Gautama (Buddha).</DL> <A NAME="goth"> Goth, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a member of a Germanic people whoinvaded the Roman Empire from about 200 to 400 A.D. The Goths settled mainly in southern and eastern Europe. Ex. Till Goths and Vandals, a rude Northern race, Did all the matchless monuments deface (John Dryden). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a person without culture or taste; an uncivilized person. Ex. He must be a Goth and a barbarian if he did not enter into the spirit of such a happy ... contrivance (Tobias Smollett). </DL> <A NAME="goth"> Goth.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Gothic. </DL> <A NAME="gotha"> Gotha, noun. Almanach de,<DL COMPACT><DD> an annual register of the genealogy of the principal royal and aristocratic families of Europe. </DL> <A HREF="gotham.dic">NEXT</A>