good-now 
good-nowt (giid'nou), inter j. [Not prop, a com- 
pound, but a phrase, good, now, the now being a 
continuative adv.; cf. the similar phrase well, 
now.] An exclamation of surprise, curiosity, 
or entreaty. 
Good nou', sit down, and tell me. Shak., Hamlet, i. 1. 
Good-now ! good-now .' how your devotions jump with 
mine ! Dryden. 
goods (gudz), n. pi. Sec good, n., 5 and 6. Goods, 
in composition, occurs in British use in reference to goods 
in transit that is, freight; in the United States, freight 
is used in such compounds. 
goods-engine (gudz'en"jin), . An engine used 
for drawing goods-trains. [Eng.] 
goodshipt(gud'ship),". [ME. goodschipe; (.good 
+ -sltij).] Favor; grace; kindness. 
And for the goodschipe of this dede, 
They graunten him a lusty mede. 
Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq., 134, f. 117. (Halliwell.) 
goods-shed (gudz'shed), re. A shed for storage 
at a railroad-station or on a dock ; a dock-ware- 
house. [Eng.] 
goods-train (gudz'tran), n. A train of goods- 
wagons. [Eng.] 
goods-truck (gudz'truk), . A railway-truck 
for carrying goods. [Eng.] 
goods-wagon, goods-van (gudz'wag'on, -van), 
n. A goods-truck. [Eng.] 
good-tempered (gud'tem'p&rd), a. Having a 
good temper; not easily irritated. 
goodwife (giid'wif '),.; pl.goodwives(-wivz'). 
[< good + wife, woman. Cf . goodman and house- 
wife.] The mistress of a household; woman 
of the house : correlative of goodman. 
Did not goodwife Keech, the butcher's wife, come in 
then, and call me gossip Quickly? 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 1. 
When the goodwife's shuttle merrily 
Goes flashing thro' the loom. 
Macaulay, Horatius. 
The pleasant good-wife put our potatoes upon the fire to 
boil. B. Taylor, Northern Travel, p. 420. 
good-Will (gud'wil'), n. [= MLG. gutwille (cf. 
OHG. guotwilKgi) = Icel. godlivild, godhvili = 
ODan. godvilje, good will.] 1. Benevolence; 
friendly disposition ; cheerful acquiescence : 
now usually, and properly, as two words. See 
will. 
The praise of an ignorant man is only good-will. 
Steele, Spectator, No. 188. 
He [James II. ] set himself, therefore, to labour, with real 
good-will, but with the good-will of a coarse, stern, and ar- 
bitrary mind, for the conversion of his kinsman. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. 
A Zulu slays an ox to secure the goodwill of his dead 
relative's ghost, who complains to him in a dream that he 
has not been fed. H. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., 373. 
2. The degree of favor enjoyed by a particular 
shop or trade as indicated by its custom. Spe- 
cifically (o) In law, the advantage or benefit which is 
acquired by an establishment, beyond the mere value of 
the capital, stock, funds, or property employed therein, in 
consequence of the general public patronage and encou- 
ragement which it receives from constant or habitual cus- 
tomers, on account of its local position or common celeb- 
rity, or reputation for skill, or affluence, or punctuality, 
or from other accidental circumstances or necessities, or 
even from ancient partialities or prejudices. Story, J. (b) 
Friendly influence exerted with the view of transferring 
the custom of any shop or trade to a successor; the right 
and title to take up a trade or business connection, pur- 
chased of an outgoing tenant or occupier. 
goody 1 (gud'i), a. and . [< good + dim. -y 1 .] 
1. a. Weakly good in morals or religion ; char- 
acterized by good intentions or pious phrasing 
without vital force ; pious but futile ; namby- 
pamby : often reduplicated, goody-good, goody- 
goody. 
One can't help in his presence rather trying to justify his 
good opinion; and it does so tire one to be goody and talk 
sense. Charlotte Bronte, Villette, ix. 
The art did n't consist either of the water-color studies 
of the children, or of goody engravings. 
The Century, XXXVI. 123. 
II. .; pl. goodies (-iz). A sweetmeat; a bon- 
bon : most frequently used in the plural. 
It was in rhyme, even, that the young Charles should 
learn his lessons. ... At this rate, all knowledge is to be 
had in a goody, and the end of it is an old song. 
B. L. Stevenson, Charles of Orleans. 
goody 2 (gud'i), re. ; pl. goodies (-iz). [Also 
goodie; a reduction of goodwife. Cf. hussy, 
cpntr. of huswife, housewife.] 1. A term of 
civility applied to women in humble life: as. 
goody Dobson. 
Old Goody Blake was old and poor. 
Wordsworth, Goody Blake and Harry GUI. 
2. In some colleges, a woman who makes beds, 
sweeps, and takes general care of students' 
rooms. [U. S.] 
The Goodie*, hearing, cease to sweep, 
And listen, while the cook-maids weep. 
The. Rebelliad. 
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3. The spot or lafayette, a sciamoid fish, Lios- 
tomus xniilliurus: more fully called Cape May 
goody. 
goody-bread (gud'i-bred), . Same as cracknel 
bread (which see, under cracknel). 
goodyeart, goodyearst, Corrupt forms of 
goujeers. 
The good yean shall devour them, flesh and fell, 
Ere they shall make us weep. Shak. , Lear, v. 3. 
GrOOdyera (giid'ye-ra), n. [Named from John 
Goodycr, an early English botanist.] A genus 
of low terrestrial orchids, with a creeping root- 
stock and a tuft of basal leaves, the stem bear- 
ing a spike of small white flowers. There are 25 
species, distributed through the northern hemisphere, 3 of 
which are North American. They usually have the leaves 
prettily reticulated with white veins. G. repem, the rat- 
tlesnake-plantain, is found in moist woods through north- 
ern Europe, Asia, and America. 
goody-good, goody-goody (gud'i-gud, gud'i- 
gud i), a. Same as goody 1 . 
Goethe used to exclaim of goody-goody persons, " Oh ! if 
they had but the heart to commit an absurdity ! " This was 
when he thought they wanted heartiness and nature. 
S. Smiles, Character, p. 282. 
His recorded answer to the life assurance official who 
talked goody-goody to him seems to me the result of a mis- 
take on both sides. N. and Q., 7th ser., VI. 435. 
goody-goodyism (gud'i-gud'i-izm), . The con- 
dition or character of one who is goody-goody, 
goodyship (gud'i-ship), . [< goody 1 * + -ship.] 
The state or quality of a goody. [Ludicrous.] 
The more shame for her goodyship, 
To give so near a friend the slip. 
S. Butler, Hudibras, I. iii. 517. 
googet, n. and v. An obsolete form of gouge. 
googul (go'gul), n. [E. Ind.] An Indian name 
for (a) several burseraceous gum-bearing trees, 
especially of the genus Commiphora; (o) gum; 
bdellium. 
gOOgwamck (gog'war-uk), . [Australian.] 
The mottled honey-eater or brush wattle-bird 
(A. carunculata) of Australia, a melliphagine 
bird of the genus Antlioclicera. 
gool 1 (gol), n. Same as goo Id, 2. 
gool 2 (gol), n. [Avar, of gole%.] 1. A ditch. 
2. A breach in a sea-wall or -bank; a passage 
worn by the flux and reflux of the tide. Crabb. 
goold (gold), n. 1 . An obsolete or dialectal va- 
riant of gold. Specifically 2f. The corn -mari- 
gold : same as gold, 6. 
The winter goolde is sowen in this moone, 
That loveth weet solute and gravel londe. 
Palladiw, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 191. 
With Roses dight and Qoolds and Daffadillies. 
Spenser, Colin Clout, L 339. 
gooldie (gol'di), n. A variant of (joldy. 
goolds (goldz), n. The plural of goold, 2, used 
as a singular in Great Britain. Also, corrupt- 
ly, guills. 
gool-french (gol'french), n. A corruption of 
goldfinch. [Devonshire, Eng.] 
goom 1 (gom), n. An obsolete or dialectal form 
of guml. [Still heard in the United States.] 
gooin 2 t, n. [Early mod. E., also gome, gom; < 
ME. goom, gome, < AS. guma, a man, = OS. 
gurno, sometimes gorno = OFries. goma (only 
in comp. breidgoma, bridegroom) = D. -gom 
(only in comp. brwidegom, bridegroom) = OHG. 
gomo, MHG. gome, gume, gumme, a man, G. -gam 
(in comp. brdutigam) = Icel. gumi, a man, = Sw. 
-gum (in comp. brud-gum) = Dan. -gom (in comp. 
brud-gom) = Goth, guma, a man; Teut. stem 
*guman- = L. homo (homon-, Jtomin-), OL. hemo 
(hemon-), a man: see homage, homo, human. 
A different word from groom*, q. v.] A man. 
Kynges & Erles Echon 
Thes were ; & many another goom 
Gret of astaat, & the beste, 
Thes were at the Feste. 
Arthur (ed. Furnivall), 1. 166. 
A scornful gom. Middleton, The Widow, i. 2. 
goompain, goompana, goompinee (gdm'pan, 
gom'pa-na, gom'pi-ne), n. The Odina Wodier, 
an anaeardiaceous tree of tropical India, the 
heavy wood of which is used for railroad-ties 
and other purposes. "It also yields a gum which 
is used in cloth-printing and in medicine. 
goonch (gonch), n. [Anglo-Ind. ; cf . Hind, gun- 
cha, a bud, blossom ?] A Hindu name for the 
seeds of the Indian licorice, Abrus precatorius. 
See Abrus. 
goor (g8r), H. [Anglo-Ind., < Hind, gur (pala- 
tal ).] 1. The East Indian name for the con- 
centrated juice or syrup of the date-palm, Phoe- 
nix dactylifera, a kind of coarse or half-made 
sugar. Also called jaggery. 2. Same as dzig- 
getai. 
gooral (go'ral), . Same as goral. 
goose 
joora-nut (go'ra-mit), n. Same as cola-nut. 
loorkha, Glioorka (gor'ka), n. A member of 
the dominant race in the kingdom of Nepal. 
The Goorkhas are of Hindu descent, and speak a Sanskrit- 
ic dialect. They were driven out of Rajputana by the 
early Mohammedan invaders, and gradually approached 
Nepal, which they conquered in 17U8, after a long strug- 
gle. Some of the best troops in the Anglo-Indian army are 
recruited from the Goorkhas. 
gooroo (go'ro), n. An English spelling of guru. 
goosander (go-san'der), n. [Spelled gossander 
in Drayton ; artificially formed, < goose + (g)an- 
der, in imitation of NL. merganser (Gesner), < 
L. mergus, q. v., + anser, goose.] Same as mer- 
ganser. 
goose (go's), n. ; pi. geese (ges). [Early mod. E. 
also gooce, gose, Sc. guse ; < ME. goos, gos (pi. 
gees, ges), < AS. gos (pi. ges) = D. gans = MLG. 
gos, gus, LG. gos, gas, gaus (pi. gose) = OHG. 
gans, cans, MHG. G. gans = Icel. gas = Sw. 
gas = Dan. gaas = Goth. *gans (not recorded, 
but inferred from the derived Sp. ganso, m., 
gansa, f . : see ganza) = L. ans-er (orig. *hans-er) 
= Gr. x'/v (orig. *x c '"f ?) = OBulg. gSsi = Slov. 
gos = Serv. dim. guska = Bohem. hus = Pol. 
ges = Little Russ. hus = Euss. gusii = Lith. 
zansis, zSsis = Lett, zoss = Skt. liansa (> Hind. 
hans), a goose. Ir. goss is of E. origin. The -* 
seems to be merely formative, the stem gan- 
appearing in the related words gander and gan- 
net, q. v. As to the use of goose for a tailors' 
smoothing-iron,' cf . G. gans, a lump of melted 
iron, the term being used like the equiv. E. pig 
and sow; the equiv. F. gueuse (whence appar. 
Sw. gos, or perhaps < Sw. giist) is a different 
word. Ill-judged attempts have been made to 
derive goose, in the sense of 'a silly person,' 
from another source, on the ground that the 
popular notion as to the stupidity of the bird 
is erroneous, "it being only ignorance of the 
darkest hue that ventures to portray the goose 
as deficient in sagacity or intelligence" (Corn- 
hill Mag., VIII. 203); but popular notions are 
often based on ignorance. Hence gooseling, 
gosling, goshawk.] 1. Any bird of the family 
Anatidie and subfamily Anserina;, of which there 
are about 40 species of several genera, as well 
as different varieties of the domesticated bird. 
See phrases below. Geese are technically distin- 
guished from swans and from ducks by the combina- 
tion of feathered lores, reticulate tarsi, stout bill high at 
the base, and simple hind toe. The neck is shorter than 
in swans, and usually longer than in ducks ; the sexes are 
usually similar, contrary to the rule among ducks. Geese 
stand higher and walk better than ducks ; as a rule they 
are less decidedly aquatic and more herbivorous, the cseca 
being more highly developed in consequence. Geese have 
a peculiar cry or call known as honking, and also utter a 
hissing sound. The flesh of most geese is highly esteemed. 
The tame goose in all its varieties is supposed to be de- 
scended from the graylag or common wild goose of Eu- 
rope, A. ferus; but some other related species may have 
contributed to the domestic stock. The pure-white va- 
riety is entirely artificial, and not related to the snow- 
geese of the genus Chen. The male of the goose is called 
gander, and the young of either sex gosling. 
The tame gese ... be heuy in fleinge, gredi at their 
mete, & diligent to theyr rest. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 222. 
We say in English, As wise as a gooce, or as wise as her 
mother's aperen string. 
Udall, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 118. 
Observing from the goose on the table, and the audit-ale 
which was circling in the loving cup, that it was a feast. 
F . W. Farrar, Julian Home, p. 251. 
The goose is worshipped in Ceylon. 
Sir J. Lnbbock, Orig. of Civilization, p. 183. 
2. A silly, foolish person; a simpleton: in al- 
lusion to the supposed stupidity of the domes- 
tic goose, inferred from its somewhat clumsy 
appearance and motions. 
A puny tilter, that spurs his horse but on one side, 
breaks his staff like a noble goose. 
Shak., As you Like it, iii. 4. 
Lady P. [to Hotspur). Go, ye giddy goose. 
Shak., IHen. IV., iii. 1. 
Called herself a little goose in the simplest manner pos- 
sible. Thackeray. 
Some people thought him zgoose, and some only a bore. 
J. S. Le Fanu, Tenants of Mallory, xli. 
3. A tailors' smoothing-iron: so called from 
the resemblance of its handle to the neck of a 
goose. 
Come in, tailor ; here you may roast your goose. 
Shak., Macbeth, U. 8. 
You 
Will carry your goose about you still, your planing-iron ! 
B. Jomon, New Inn, iv. 2. 
They had an ancient goose; it was an heirloom 
From some remoter tailor of our race. 
0. W. Holmes, Evening, by a Tailor. 
4. A game of chance formerly common in Eng- 
land. It was played on a card divided into small compart- 
ments numbered from 1 to 62, arranged in a spiral figure 
