Lexicon: good – gossip

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good (-s), n. [see good, adj.]

Moral works.

good-bye (goodbye, good bye), interj. [contraction of the phrase “God be with you”.]

  1. Farewell when parting.
  2. Farewell to life; death.

goodbye (good-by), n. [see good-bye, interj.]

goodmorrow, n. [Used in the phrase “God give you good morrow,” now archaic.]

Farewell; [fig.] referring to death.

goodnight, interj. [OE god.]

goodnight (good night), n. [see goodnight, interj.]

Phrase used when parting at night; phrase “Good Night”: [fig.] parting from life.

gore (-ed), v. [Fr.]

Wound; puncture.

gorse, n. [OE]

Thick prickly shrub bearing yellow flowers.

gossamer, n. [ME 'goose' + 'summer'.] (webplay: fields).

  1. Down; feather.
  2. Chiffon; material.

gossip (-ed, -ped), v. [OE godsibb < 'god' + 'related'.]

  1. Run from place to place; speak; communicate.
  2. Chat; talk much.