Chapter 68

Gold"en-rod` (?), n. (Bot.) A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago.

Golden-rod tree (Bot.), a shrub (Bosea Yervamora), a native of the Canary Isles.

Gold"finch` (?), n. [AS. goldfinc. See Gold, and Finch.] (Zoˆl.) (a) A beautiful bright- colored European finch (Carduelis elegans). The name refers to the large patch of yellow on the wings. The front of the head and throat are bright red; the nape, with part of the wings and tail, black; -- called also goldspink, goldie, fool's coat, drawbird, draw-water, thistle finch, and sweet William. (b) The yellow- hammer. (c) A small American finch (Spinus tristis); the thistle bird.

The name is also applied to other yellow finches, esp. to several additional American species of Spinus.

Gold"fin`ny (?), n. (Zoˆl.) One of two or more species of European labroid fishes (Crenilabrus melops, and Ctenolabrus rupestris); -- called also goldsinny, and goldney.

Gold"fish` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) A small domesticated cyprinoid fish (Carassius auratus); -- so named from its color. It is a native of China, and is said to have been introduced into Europe in 1691. It is often kept as an ornament, in small ponds or glass globes. Many varieties are known. Called also golden fish, and golden carp. See Telescope fish, under Telescope. (b) A California marine fish of an orange or red color; the garibaldi.

Gold"-ham`mer (?), n. The yellow- hammer.

Gold"ie (?), n. [From Gold.] (Zoˆl.) (a) The European goldfinch. (b) The yellow- hammer.

Gold"i*locks` (?), n. Same as Goldylocks.

{ Gold"in (?), Gold"ing (?), } n. (Bot.) [From the golden color of the blossoms.] A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum). [This word is variously corrupted into gouland, gools, gowan, etc.]

Gold"less (?), a. Destitute of gold.

Gold"ney (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Gilthead.

Gold"seed` (?), n. (Bot.) Dog's-tail grass.

Gold"sin`ny (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Goldfinny.

Gold"smith` (?), n. [AS. goldsmi&?;. See Gold., and Smith.] 1. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.

2. A banker. [Obs.]

The goldsmiths of London formerly received money on deposit because they were prepared to keep it safely.

Goldsmith beetle (Zoˆl.), a large, bright yellow, American beetle (Cotalpa lanigera), of the family ScarabÊidÊ

Gold"tit` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Verdin.

Gold"y*locks` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup.

Go"let (?), n. The gullet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Go"let, n. (Zoˆl.) A California trout. See Malma.

Golf (?), n. [D. kolf club or bat, also a Dutch game played in an inclosed area with clubs and balls; akin to G. kolben club, but end, Icel. k&?;lfr tongue of a bell. bolt, Sw. kolf bolt, dart, but end, Dan. kolv bolt, arrow. Cf. Club, Globe.] A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner. [Scot.] Strutt.

Golf"er (?), n. One who plays golf. [Scot.]

Gol"go*tha (?), n. Calvary. See the Note under Calvary.

Gol"iard (gl"yrd), n. [From OF. goliart glutton, buffoon, riotous student, Goliard, LL. goliardus, prob. fr. L. gula throat. Cf. Gules.] A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.

Gol"iard*er*y (?), n. The satirical or ribald poetry of the Goliards. Milman.

Go*li"ath bee"tle (?). [From Goliath, the Philistine giant.] (Zoˆl.) Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles.

Goll (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A hand, paw, or claw. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. B. Jonson.

Go*loe"-shoe` (?), n. A galoche.

Go*lore" (?), n. See Galore.

Go*loshe" (?), n. See Galoche.

Golt"schut (?), n. 1. A small ingot of gold.

2. A silver ingot, used in Japan as money.

Gol"yard*eys (?), n. A buffoon. See Goliard. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Go"man (?), n. [Prob. fr. good man; but cf. also AS. gumman a man, OHG. gomman man, husband.] A husband; a master of a family. [Obs.]

{ Go"mar*ist (?), Go"mar*ite (?), } n. (Eccl.-Hist.) One of the followers of Francis Gomar or Gomarus, a Dutch disciple of Calvin in the 17th century, who strongly opposed the Arminians.

Gom"bo (?), n. See Gumbo.

Gome (?), n. [AS. guma; akin to Goth. guma, L. homo. See Bridegroom.] A man. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

Gome, n. [Cf. Icel. gormr ooze, mud.] The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm. [Prov. Eng.]

Go"mer (?), n. A Hebrew measure. See Homer.

Go"mer, n. (Gun.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor.

Gom"me*lin (?), n. [F. gommeline, from gomme gum.] (Chem.) See Dextrin.

||Gom*phi"a*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; toothache or gnashing of ||teeth, fr. &?; a grinder tooth, from &?; a bolt.] (Med.) A disease of ||the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.

||Gom*pho"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, prop., a bolting together, fr. ||&?; to fasten with bolts or nails, &?; bolt, nail: cf. F. gomphose.] ||(Anat.) 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.

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

Gon (?), imp. & p. p. of Go. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gon"ad (?), n.; pl. Gonads (#). [Gr. &?; that which generates.] (Anat.) 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. Wiedersheim.

Go"na*kie (?), n. (Bot.) An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii).

||Go`nan*gi"um (?), n.; pl. L. Gonangia (#), E. Gonangiums (#). [NL., ||fr. Gr. &?; offspring + &?; vessel.] (Zoˆl.) See Gonotheca.

Gon"do*la (?), n. [It., dim. of gonda a gondola; cf. LL. gandeia a kind of boat, Gr. &?; a drinking vessel; said to be a Persian word; cf. F. gondole gondola, cup.]

1. A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now.

2. A flat-bottomed boat for freight. [U. S.]

3. A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads. [U. S.]

Gon"do*let (?), n. [It. gondoletta, dim. of gondola.] A small gondola. T. Moore.

Gon`do*lier" (?), n. [It. gondoliere: cf. F. gondolier.] A man who rows a gondola.

Gone (?), p. p. of Go.

Gone"ness, n. A state of exhaustion; faintness, especially as resulting from hunger. [Colloq. U. S.]

{ Gon"fa*lon (?), Gon"fa*non (?), } n. [OE. gonfanoun, OF. gonfanon, F. gonfalon, the same word as F. confalon, name of a religious brotherhood, fr. OHG. gundfano war flag; gund war (used in comp., and akin to AS. g) + fano cloth, flag; akin to E. vane; cf. AS. gfana. See Vane, and cf. Confalon.] 1. The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediÊval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope.

2. A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself.

Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear, Stream in the air.

Milton.

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Gon`fa*lon*ier" (?), n. [F. gonfalonier: cf. It. gonfaloniere.] He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer; as: (a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church. (b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediÊveal Italy. (c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper.

Gong (?), n. [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See Gang.] A privy or jakes. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]

Gong, n. 1. [Malayan (Jav.) gng.] An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise.

O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong.

Longfellow.

2. (Mach.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell.

Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from which Oriental gongs are made.

Go"ni*a*tite (?), n. [Gr. &?; angle.] (Paleon.) One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian formation, the latest, in the Triassic.

Go*nid"i*al (?), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia.

Go*nid"i*al, a. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the angles of the mouth; as, a gonidial groove of an actinian.

||Go*nid"i*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, dim. of &?; angle.] (Zool.) A ||special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many ||Anthozoa.

||Go*nid"i*um, n.; pl. Gonidia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; that which ||generates.] (Bot.) A component cell of the yellowish green layer in ||certain lichens.

||Go*nim"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; productive, fr. &?; that ||which generates.] (Bot.) Bluish green granules which occur in certain ||lichens, as Collema, Peltigera, etc., and which replace the more ||usual gonidia.

Gon"i*mous (?), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia or gonimia, as that part of a lichen which contains the green or chlorophyll-bearing cells.

Go`ni*om"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; angle + -meter: cf. F. goniomËtre.] An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles of crystals, or the inclination of planes.

Contact, or Hand, goniometer, a goniometer having two movable arms (ab, cd), between which (at ab) the faces of the crystals are placed. These arms turn about a fixed point, which is the center of the graduated circle or semicircle upon which the angle is read off. -- Reflecting goniometer, an instrument for measuring the angles of crystals by determining through what angular space the crystal must be turned so that two rays reflected from two surfaces successively shall have the same direction; -- called also Wollaston's goniometer, from the inventor.

Go`ni*o*met"ric (?), Go`ni*o*met"ric*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to, or determined by means of, a goniometer; trigonometric.

Go`ni*om"e*try (?), n. [Cf. F. goniomÈtrie.] (Math.) The art of measuring angles; trigonometry.

Gon`o*blas"tid (?), n. [See Gonoblastidium.] (Zoˆl.) A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore.

||Gon`o*blas*tid"i*um (?), n.; pl. Gonoblastidia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; ||offspring + &?; to bud.] (Zoˆl.) A blastostyle.

Gon`o*ca"lyx (?), n. [Gr. &?; offspring + E. calyx,] (Zoˆl.) The bell of a sessile gonozooid.

Gon`o*cho"rism (?), n. [Gr. &?; offspring + &?; to separate.] (a) Separation of the sexes in different individuals; -- opposed to hermaphroditism. (b) In ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs. (c) In phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species previously hermaphrodite or sexless.

||Gon`o*coc"cus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; semen, the genitals + NL. & ||E. coccus.] (Med.) A vegetable microˆrganism of the genus ||Micrococcus, occurring in the secretion in gonorrhea. It is believed ||by some to constitute the cause of this disease.

Gon"oph (?), n. [Perh. fr. Heb. gannbh thief.] A pickpocket or thief. [Eng. Slang] Dickens.

Gon"o*phore (?), n. [Gr. &?; offspring, seed + &?; to bear.] 1. (Zoˆl.) A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.

2. (Bot.) A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner.

{ Gon`or*rhe"a, Gon`or*rhú"a } (?), n. [L. gonorrhoea, Gr. &?;; &?; that which begets, semen, the genitals + &?; to flow: cf. F. gonorrhÈe.] (Med.) A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap.

{ Gon`or*rhe"al, Gon`or*rhú"al } (?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to gonorrhea; as, gonorrheal rheumatism.

Gon"o*some (?), n. [Gr. &?; offspring + -some body.] (Zoˆl.) The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively.

||Gon`o*the"ca (?), n.; pl. Gonothec&?; (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; ||offspring + &?; box.] (Zoˆl.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids ||(Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds ||or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and ||teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian.

Gon`o*zo"oid (?), n. [Gr. &?; offspring + E. zooid.] (Zoˆl.) A sexual zooid, or medusoid bud of a hydroid; a gonophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian.

Go*nyd"i*al (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to the gonys of a bird's beak.

||Go"nys (?), n. [Cf. Genys.] (Zoˆl.) The keel or lower outline of a ||bird's bill, so far as the mandibular rami are united.

Goo"ber (?), n. A peanut. [Southern U. S.]

Good (?), a. [Compar. Better (?); superl. Best (?). These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. Gd, akin to D. goed, OS. gd, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. gr, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth. gds; prob. orig., fitting, belonging together, and akin to E. gather. &radic;29 Cf. Gather.]

1. 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.

And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.

Gen. i. 31.

Good company, good wine, good welcome.

Shak.

2. Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious; religious; -- said of persons or actions.

In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works.

Tit. ii. 7.

3. Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by to or toward, also formerly by unto.

The men were very good unto us.

1 Sam. xxv. 15.

4. Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be relied upon; -- followed especially by for.

All quality that is good for anything is founded originally in merit.

Collier.

5. Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed especially by at.

He . . . is a good workman; a very good tailor.

Shak.

Those are generally good at flattering who are good for nothing else.

South.

6. 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.

My reasons are both good and weighty.

Shak.

My meaning in saying he is a good man is . . . that he is sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond.

Shak.

7. Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth.

Love no man in good earnest.

Shak.

8. Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or part, etc.

9. Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.

Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over.

Luke vi. 38.

10. Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied; as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good repute, etc.

A good name is better than precious ointment

. Eccl. vii. 1.

As good as. See under As. -- For good, or For good and all, completely and finally; fully; truly.

The good woman never died after this, till she came to die for good and all.

L'Estrange.

-- Good breeding, polite or polished manners, formed by education; a polite education.

Distinguished by good humor and good breeding.

Macaulay.

-- Good cheap, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap.

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

My father always said I was born to be a good for nothing.

Ld. Lytton.

-- Good Friday, the Friday of Holy Week, kept in some churches as a fast, in memoory of our Savior's passion or suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion. -- Good humor, or Good-humor, a cheerful or pleasant temper or state of mind. -- Good nature, or Good-nature, habitual kindness or mildness of temper or disposition; amiability; state of being in good humor.

The good nature and generosity which belonged to his character.

Macaulay.

The young count's good nature and easy persuadability were among his best characteristics.

Hawthorne.

-- Good people. See Good folk (above). -- Good speed, good luck; good success; godspeed; -- an old form of wishing success. See Speed. -- Good turn, an act of kidness; a favor. -- Good will. (a) Benevolence; well wishing; kindly feeling. (b) (Law) The custom of any trade or business; the tendency or inclination of persons, old customers and others, to resort to an established place of business; the advantage accruing from tendency or inclination.

The good will of a trade is nothing more than the probability that the old customers will resort to the old place.

Lord Eldon.

-- In good time. (a) Promptly; punctually; opportunely; not too soon nor too late. (b) (Mus.) Correctly; in proper time. -- To hold good, to remain true or valid; to be operative; to remain in force or effect; as, his promise holds good; the condition still holds good. -- To make good, to fulfill; to establish; to maintain; to supply (a defect or deficiency); to indemmify; to prove or verify (an accusation); to prove to be blameless; to clear; to vindicate.

Each word made good and true.

Shak.

Of no power to make his wishes good.

Shak.

I . . . would by combat make her good.

Shak.

Convenient numbers to make good the city.

Shak.

-- To think good, to approve; to be pleased or satisfied with; to consider expedient or proper.

If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear.

Zech. xi. 12.

Good, in the sense of wishing well, is much used in greeting and leave-taking; as, good day, good night, good evening, good morning, etc.

Good (?), n. 1. That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; -- opposed to evil.

There be many that say, Who will show us any good ?

Ps. iv. 6.

2. Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; -- opposed to harm, etc.

The good of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the good of each of the members composing it.

Jay.

3. pl. Wares; commodities; chattels; - - formerly used in the singular in a collective sense. In law, a comprehensive name for almost all personal property as distinguished from land or real property. Wharton.

He hath made us spend much good.

Chaucer.

Thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice.

Shak.

Dress goods, Dry goods, etc. See in the Vocabulary. -- Goods engine, a freight locomotive. [Eng.] -- Goods train, a freight train. [Eng.] -- Goods wagon, a freight car [Eng.] See the Note under Car, n., 2.

Good, adv. Well, -- especially in the phrase as good, with a following as expressed or implied; equally well with as much advantage or as little harm as possible.

As good almost kill a man as kill a good book.

Milton.

As good as, in effect; virtually; the same as.

They who counsel ye to such a suppressing, do as good as bid ye suppress yourselves.

Milton.

Good, v. t. 1. To make good; to turn to good. [Obs.]

2. To manure; to improve. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

{ Good`-by", Good`-bye" } (?), n. or interj. [A contraction of God be with ye (God be w ye, God bw' ye, God bwye).] Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep. Shak.

Good`-den" (?), interj. [Corrupt. of good e'en, for good evening.] A form of salutation. [Obs.] Shak.

Good`-fel"low*ship (?), n. Agreeable companionship; companionableness.

Good"geon (?), n. (Naut.) Same as Gudgeon, 5.

Good`-hu"mored (?), a. Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good- natured.

Good`-hu"mored*ly, adv. With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.

Good"ish (?), a. Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.

Goodish pictures in rich frames.

Walpole.

Good"less, a. Having no goods. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Good"lich (?), a. Goodly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Good"li*ness (?), n. [From Goodly.] Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness.

Her goodliness was full of harmony to his eyes.

Sir P. Sidney.

Good"-look`ing (?), a. Handsome.

Good"ly, adv. Excellently. [Obs.] Spenser.

Good"ly, a. [Compar. Goodlier (?); superl. Goodliest.] [OE. godlich, AS. gdlic. See Good, and Like.]

1. Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.

We have many goodly days to see.

Shak.

2. Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses.

The goodliest man of men since born.

Milton.

3. Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number.

Goodly and great he sails behind his link.

Dryden.

{ Good"ly*head (?), Good"ly*hood (?) } n. Goodness; grace; goodliness. [Obs.] Spenser.

Good"man (?), n. [Good + man]

1. A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to "My friend", "Good sir", "Mister;" -- sometimes used ironically. [Obs.]

With you, goodman boy, an you please.

Shak.

2. A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly. [Archaic] Chaucer.

Say ye to the goodman of the house, . . . Where is the guest-chamber ?

Mark xiv. 14.

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In the early colonial records of New England, the term goodman is frequently used as a title of designation, sometimes in a respectful manner, to denote a person whose first name was not known, or when it was not desired to use that name; in this use it was nearly equivalent to Mr. This use was doubtless brought with the first settlers from England.

Good`-na"tured (?), a. Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.

Syn. -- Good-natured, Good-tempered, Good- humored. Good-natured denotes a disposition to please and be pleased. Good-tempered denotes a habit of mind which is not easily ruffled by provocations or other disturbing influences. Good-humored is applied to a spirit full of ease and cheerfulness, as displayed in one's outward deportment and in social intercourse. A good-natured man recommends himself to all by the spirit which governs him. A good-humored man recommends himself particularly as a companion. A good-tempered man is rarely betrayed into anything which can disturb the serenity of the social circle.

Good`-na"tured*ly, adv. With mildness of temper.

Good"ness (?), n. [AS. gdnes.] The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc.

Good" now" (?). An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty. [Obs.] Shak.

Goods (?), n. pl. See Good, n., 3.