Gold

gold, n. A precious metal, of reddish yellow color and metallic luster, ductile and malleable money wealth a yellow color like that of the metal. [AS. and G.; D. gaud, Ic. gull, Sw. and Dan. quid, Goth, gulth, Rubs, zlato, Gr. chrusos, Skr. hirana — chlorine, green, yellow.'] Gold'en, -n, a. Made of, consisting of, or of the col of, gold; very precious. — Gold- Goiter. en age. TlThe fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments. (Rom. literature.) The first part of the cla ical period of Latinity (b. c. 81- a. d. 14), followed by the silver age. —G. number. (Chronol.) A number showing the year of the lunar cycle, — formerly written in the calendar in gold. — G. rule. The rule of doing as we woHld hnve others do to us. See Luke vi. 31. — Gold'beat'er, n. One who beats or foliates gold for gilding. — Gold-beater's skin. The outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used for — separating the leaves of metal in beating. dust, n. — Gold in very fine particles. finch, n. A singing bird, —named from the color of its wings; also, a small Amer. bird, the thistle finch or yellow-bird.— -fish, b. A small fish, named from its color, a — native of China. leaf, n. Gold beaten into a thin leaf. — Gold's mith, n. One who manufactures ve els and ornaments of gold. — Gold'ylocks, -T-loks, n. A plant having yellow flowers, like locks of hair; wood crowfoot.