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5. goddaughter (god'dâ"ter), n. [ ter , goddowter , goddōhtor (= Icel. gudhdōt tir = Sw. guddotter = Dan. guddatter ), god , God, + dohtor , daughter.] A female godchild. For with my name baptised was she, And such as it is devised I sure, My goddoughter I may calle hir in vre. top of the torpedo, causes a terrific explosion at the botSt. Nicholas, XIV. 48. tom of the well. 2. A movable-jointed contractible apparatus, with interior springs se IMG:content-2467.png:[blocks in formation] godle (god'les), a. [ godles (= D. god deloos G. gottlos = Icel. gudhlau , godhlau = Sw. Dan. gudlös = Goth. gudalaus ), god +-les.] 1. Having or acknowledging no God; impious; atheistical; ungodly; irreligious; wicked. He deceaueth himselfe, and maketh a mocke of himselfe vnto the godles hypocrites and infidels. Tyndale , Works, p. 99. For faults not his, for guilt and crimes Of godle men, and of rebellious times, Him his ungrateful country sent, Their best Camillus, into banishment. cured to iron plates in overlapping sections, something like an elongated cartridge in shape and about three feet long, introduced into a pipe-line for the purpose of freeing it from obstructions. The motion of the oil carries it along, and its flexibility allows of its turning sharp angles and going through narrow spaces. 3. A rough sled used for holding one end of a log in hauling it out of the woods, etc., the other end dragging on the snow or ice. Also =Syn. 1. Ungodly , Unrighteous, etc. See irreligious. called tieboy . [Northwestern U. S.]