Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GOLD'EN-WING-ED, a.

Having wings like gold.

GOLD'FINCH, n. [Sax. goldfinc.]

The Fringilla carduelis, a bird so named from the color of its wings.

GOLD'-FIND-ER, n.

One who finds gold; one who empties jakes. [Not much used.] Swift.

GOLD'FISH, or GOLD'EN-FISH, n.

A fish of the genus Cyprinus, of the size of a pilchard, so named from its bright color. These fishes are bred by the Chinese, in small ponds, in basins or porcelain vessels, and kept for ornament.

GOLD'-HAM-MER, n.

A kind of bird. Dict.

GOLD'-HILT-ED, a.

Having a golden hilt.

GOLD'-ING, n.

A sort of apple. Dict.

GOLD'LACE, n.

A lace wrought with gold.

GOLD'-LAC'ED, a.

Trimmed with gold lace.

GOLD-LEAF', n.

Gold foliated or beaten into a thin leaf.

GOLD'-LESS, a.

Destitute of gold.

GOLD'NEY, n.

A fish, the gilthead. Dict.

GOLD'-PLEAS-URE, n.

for Gold of pleasure, a plant of the genus Myagrum.

GOLD'PROOF, a.

Proof against bribery or temptation by money. Beaum.

GOLD'SIZE, n.

A size or glue for burnishing gilding. Encyc.

GOLD'SMITH, n.

1. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments of gold and silver.
2. A banker; one who manages the pecuniary concerns of others. [Goldsmiths were formerly bankers in England, but in America the practice does not exist, nor is the word used in this sense.]

GOLD'-STICK, n.

A colonel of a regiment of English lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions.

GOLD'THREAD, n.

1. A thread formed of flatted gold laid over a thread of silk, by twisting it with a wheel and iron bobbins. Encyc.
2. A plant, Coptis trifolia; so called from its fibrous yellow roots. United States.

GOLD-WIRE, n.

An ingot of silver, superficially covered with gold and drawn through small round holes. Encyc.

GOLD-Y-LOCKS, n.

A name given to certain plants of the genera Chrysocoma and Gnaphalium.

GOLF, n. [D. kolf, a club or bat; Dan. kolv, the butt end of a gun-stock.]

A game with ball and bat, in which he who drives the ball into a hole with the fewest strokes is the winner. Strutt.

GOLL, n. [Gr. γυαλον, a cavity, and the hollow of the hand. Qu. is this the Celtic form of vola?]

Hands; paws; claws. [Not in use or local.] Sidney.

GO-LOE'-SHOE', n. [Arm. golo or golei, to cover.]

An over-shoe; a shoe worn over another to keep the foot dry.

GOM, n. [Sax. gum; Goth. guma.]

A man. [Obs.]

GOM-PHO'SIS, n. [Gr.]

The immovable articulation of the teeth with the jaw-bone, like a nail in a board.