gold breast (gold brest)

A small striped finch-like bird of the genus Pytelia, as P. sub flava: a book-name. Also called matt.- Ducat gold. See ducat.-Dutch Goldcrest (Regulus cristatus). golden (gōl'dn), a . [ golden , a restored form of earlier gulden , gylden , gilden , gyl- den (with umlaut) (= OS. guldin = OFries. gel- den, golden, gulden = D. gouden = MLG. golden = OHG. guldīn , culdin , MHG. guldin (also used as a noun, > G. gulden , florin), G. gülden , usual- ly golden = Icel. gullinn = Sw. gyllen , gylden = Ďan. gylden = Goth. gul the ins ), of gold, gold , gold: see gold and -en2. Cf. gilden1 , a doublet of golden , and gilden2 , gulden .] 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. Thy state is taken for a joint-stool, thy golden sceptre Shak., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4. Two ma y keys he bore of metals twain; The golden opes, the iron shuts amain. IMG:content-2483.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2484.jpg:[graphic] oxeye daisy (which see, under daisy ). - Golden divisiont. See division.- Golden dock. See dock1 , 1.- Golden eagle, fleece. See the nouns. - Golden fly. Same as goldwasp.-Golden Friday, haddock, Horde, house, ide, legend, lungwort, maidenhair, mean, mole, mouse-ear, etc. See the nouns. - Golden number, the number of any year in the Metonic cycle of 19 years. The rule for finding it is to add 1 to the number of the year af- ter Christ, according to the ordinary reckoning, and divide by 19, when the remainder will be the golden number. The is said be derived the fact that, on discovery of the Metonic cycle, about 432 B. C., aatins the tion in letters of gold wa was set up in Athens, and others in golden-flower (gōl'dn-flou" er), n. The corn- marigold, Chrysanthemum segetum. See Chry- san the mum , 2. golden head (gōl'dn-hed), n. The male wid- geon, Mareca penelope ; the yellow poll. (East coast of Ireland.] golden knop (gōl'dn-nop), n . Same as golden- bug . E. D. goldenlyt (gōl'dn-li), adv . Splendidly; delight- fully. other cities of Greece; the numbers were also marked in My brother Jaques he keeps at school, and report speaks gold in the ancient calendars. The golden numbers are Shak., As you Like it, i. 1. termine the day on which the Easter full moon occurs, used in ecclesiastical computations, with the epact, to de- the date by which all the movable feasts in the church year are determined. See Easter 1.- Golden pheasant, plover, robin. See the nouns. - Golden rose, a rose made of pure gold, ble ed by the Pope on Lætare Sun- day, the fourth Sunday of Lent, used by him in ble ing the people, and occasionally sent as a mark of especial honor to Catholic sovereigns and other notable persons, to churches, cities, etc. Originally it consisted of a sin- gle rose of wrought gold; the form finally adopted is a thorny branch flowers and leaves, surmounted by one principal rose. - Golden rule. (a) The rule of conduct: "Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." Mat. vii. 12. (b) In arith ., the rule of three. See rule . -Golden samphire, saxifrage, shiner, etc. See the nouns. - Gold- en section, the division of a line in extreme and mean ratio, which is solved by Euclid II. 11. Golden Spur, a papal order existing since the sixteenth century. It consists of two cla es, commanders and knights. The present name is Order of St. Sylvester. - Golden star, a form of monstrance in which during the papal ma on Easter day the bread is exhibited to the people for adoration. Walcott. Golden sul- phid, a sulphid of antimony, pre- pared by precipitating a sulph anti- moniate by sulphuric acid. - Gold- en thistle, wedding, wra e, etc. See the nouns. - Golden warblers, several species of the genus Den- is bisected in C. CD is taken equal to BC, and the square ADEF is constructed. dræca , which resemble the common summer warbler of the United States, D. æstiva , in being almost entirely of See goldwasp . - Knights of the Golden Circle. See knight. Order of the Golden Fleece. See fleece . Then was I ware of one that on me moved In golden armour with a crown of gold. 2. Of the color or luster of gold; yellow; bright; shining; splendid: as, the golden sun; golden fruit: sometimes poetically used of blood. The weary sun hath made a golden set, And, by the bright track of his fiery car, Gives token of a goodly day to-morrow. Like loose mists that blow Acro her crescent, goldening as they go. Lowell , Endymion, iv. golden back (gōl'dn-bak), n . The American golden plover, Charadrius dominicus . golden bough (gōl'dn-bou), n . The mistletoe, Viscum album . ted ladybird, Coccinella septem - punctata . Also called golden knop . To see thee, laying there thy golden head, My pride in happier summers, at my feet. Golden opinions from all sorts of people. Shak ., Macbeth, i. 7. This mistre [Affliction] lately plucked me by the ear, And many a golden le on hath me taught. IMG:content-2485.png:[blocks in formation] Cytisus Laburnum : so called from its long ra- cemes of yellow flowers. golden-cheeked (gōl'dn-chēkt), a . Having yel- low lores: as, the golden - cheeked warbler, Den- dræca chrysoparia . golden club (gōl'dn-klub), n. The Orontium aquaticum , an aquatic plant of the United States, bearing a yellow club-shaped spadix. golden-crested (gōl'dn-krested), a. Having a yellow crest: specifically applied to several kinglets or goldcrests. golden-crowned (gōl'dn-kround), a. Having a yellow crown: as, the golden - crowned thrush, Siurus auric a pill us ; the golden - crowned spar- row, Zonotrichia coronata . gold-end-mant, n. A man who buys broken pieces of gold and silver; an itinerant jeweler. Re-enter Higgen, disguised as a gold - end -man. Hig . Have ye any ends of gold or silver? golden ear (gōl'dn-er), п . A noctuid moth, Hydræcia nictitans . goldeneye (göl'dn-i), n . 1. A sea-duck of the subfamily Fuligulinæ and genus Clangula ; a garrot. The common goldeneye is C. glaucion or C. clangula of Europe and America. Barrow's goldeneye is the Rocky Mountain garrot, C. barrovi . See cut under garrot. In the interior, and perhaps at some points on the coast, the golden-eyes decoy readily, but this is not the case on our southern New England shore, where they rarely pay the slightest attention to the stools. 2. A fish, Hyodon chrysopsis , having a large eye with yellow iris.-3. One of various neurop- terous insects of the genus Chrysopa : so called But on the hills the golden - rod , and the aster in the wood, And the yellow sun-flower by the brook, in autumn beauty Bryant, Death of the Flowers. IMG:content-2486.jpg:[merged small][merged small][graphic][subsumed][merged small][ocr errors] IMG:content-2487.jpg:[blocks in formation] lamellicorn beetle of the family Scarabæidæ , Cotalpa lanigera : so called from its beautiful appearance, the wing-covers being of a golden color with metallic luster. The insect is nearly an inch long. It is very abundant in the United States in early summer, feeding upon the foliage of various trees. The larva closely resembles in habits and appearance the common white grub. See cut under Cotalpa . 2. A name of some or any of the cetonians, a gold-leaf (gold'lēf), n. Gold beaten into the form of a very thin leaf or sheet. An ounce of goldsmith-beetle (gōld's mith-bētl), n. 1. A gold may be beaten out so as to cover 200 square feet or more, the leaf used for gilding being often much thinner this. The gold is rolled into a ribbon not thicker than ordinary paper; it is then cut into pieces an inch square, piled up with much larger square pieces of gold beaters' skin, and beaten until it reaches their size. It is then cut up again, interleaved with fresh pieces of the skin, and again beaten, and so on. A book of gold-leaf measures 3 by 3) and a leaf of gold 30 by 38 inches. There are 25 leaves in a book, and 20 books in a pack. -Gold- leaf electroscope. See electroscope . goldle (gold les), a. [ gold + -le .] Desti- tute of gold. The goldle age, where gold disturbs no dreams. Byron. Middle ton, Spanish Gypsy, ii. 2. - gold-lily (gold'lil i), n. The yellow lily. See lily . domesticated and bred everywhere for orna- ment in ponds, tanks, and aquariums. The rich red, golden, silver, black, and other colors are artificially produced and propagated by selection; in a state of na- ture the fish is of a dull olivaceous green, to which it tends to revert if left to itself on escaping from cultivation. 2. Same as garibaldi , 2. goldie, a . and n. See goldy . goldilocks, goldy locks (gol'di-loks), n. 1. A species of buttercup, Ranunculus auricomus.- 2. A book-name for cultivated species of Chry- socoma, composite plants from South Africa, with heads of yellow flowers.-3. The Lino- syris vulgar is , a native of Europe, resembling goldenrod, with small heads of yellow flow- ers.-4. The filmy fern, Hymenophyllum Tun- bridgense.-5. The mo Poly tri chum commune . golding (gōl'ding), n. [ gold + -ing1 .] 1. One of various plants with yellow flowers, especial- ly the corn-marigold, Chrysanthemum segetum . -2. A variety of apple of a golden-yellow goldisht (gōl'dish), a. [ goldish ; gold + -ish1.] Somewhat golden in color. Gret torment to hir ther gan she purchas, Hir goldish herre tering, breking, euermore, For hir fader and lord lying hir before. She moves among my visions of the lake,... While the gold - lily blows, and overhead The light cloud smoulders on the summer crag. Tennyson , Edwin Morris. gold-mine (gōld'min), n. 1. A place where gold is or may be mined. Hence-2. Any-gold-standard (gōld's tan-därd), a. Using gold thing productive of great wealth. gold-miner (gold'miner), n. One who mines for gold. gold-mole (gold'mol), n. The Cape chryso- chlore, Chrysochloris aureus , or any other in- sectivorous mammal of the family Chrysochlo- ridida. See cut under Chrysochloris . goldney, goldny (gōld'ni), n.; pl. goldneys , goldnies (-niz). [Perhaps contr. of goldeneye, which is also used as the name of a duck.] The golden maid, golden wra e, gilthead, or con- ner, Crenilabrus melops or C. tinca. gold-note (gold'nōt), n. A bank-note in the general form of other national-bank notes, but payable only in gold coin. See gold - bank . IMG:content-2488.png:[graphic] Camel in a sativa , an annual cruciferous plant of tuft. Europe, a weed in grain and flax-fields, and sometimes cultivated for the oil expre ed from goldthread (gold'thred), n. evergreen plant, Coptis trifolia , growing in the its seeds. Its fibers can be used in the manu- United States and Europe: so called from its facture of packing, sailcloth, and other coarse fibrous yellow roots. See Coptis . gold-powder (gold pou"der), n. A preparation consisting of gold-leaf ground in a mortar with honey or thick gum-water until the gold is re- duced to an extremely fine powder. The honey or gum is then washed out with warm water, gold-proof (gold pröf), a . Proof against bri- bery or temptation by money. [Rare.] Art thou gold - proof ? there's for thee; help me to him. Beau. and Fl ., Maid's Tragedy, v. 4. gold-shell (gold's hel), n. 1. In the fine arts, a shell coated on the inside with a thin layer of gold-paint, soluble in water.-2. Anomia ephippium , a bivalve mollusk, so called from one of its varieties having a golden luster. It is one of several species, all known as clink -shells and jingle-shells, common on tide-rocks near low-water mark, firmly attached by one valve, and not distantly resembling limpets. The attachment is by a sort of stem or peduncle i uing through an opening in the side of the under valve. Also called silver-shell. goldsinny (gōld's in"i), n. Same as goldfinny , 1. gold-size (gōld's iz), n. [ gold + size2 .] 1. A size laid on to form a surface on which gold- leaf can be applied. It is of different composition according to the manner in which the gold is to be applied, the size of the surface to be gilded, the material upon gilding is a composition of pipe-clay, red chalk, black lead, suet, and bullocks' blood, thinned with a solution of gelatin. 2. A mixture of chrome-yellow and varnish used in gold-printing and for other purposes. goldsmith (gold's mith), n. [ goldsmith , goldsmith (= D. goudsmid = OHG. gold- smid , goltsmid, MHG. goltsmit , G. goldschmied (as a proper name also Goldschmidt , etc.) = Icel. gullsmidhr = Sw. Dan. guldsmed ), gold , gold, + smith , smith.] 1. An artisan who man- ufactures ve els and ornaments of gold; a worker in gold. Goldsmiths formerly acted also as bankers, managing the pecuniary concerns of their cus- tomers. The first circulating notes having been i ued by bankers of this cla , they were called goldsmiths' notes. Goldsmythes furst ande ryche Ieweleres, Ande by hemself crafty Broderes. Douce MS ., Oxford, quoted in Destruction of [Troy (E. E. T. S.), Pref., p. xlvii. Are there nae gowd smiths here in Fife, Can make to you an it her knife? Lee some Brand (Child's Ballads, II. 345). Neither chain nor goldsmith came to me. Shak ., C. of E., iv. 1. gold-washer (gold'wosh"èr), n. washes sand or gravel, as in a cradle, to obtain the gold which it contains.-2. An instrument or apparatus employed in was washing the refuse from gold. gold-washing (gold' wosh" ing), n. A place where refuse is washed from gold. goldwasp (gold'wosp), n. A parasitic hyme- nopterous insect of the family Chrysidida , which vies with the humming-birds in the richne of its colors. The common European species, Chrysis ignita, is about as large as the house-fly, of a rich deep blue-green color on the head and thorax, the abdomen burnished with a golden-coppery hue. The gold wasps larvæ destroying those of these insects. Also called golden wasp, golden fly, ruby- tailed fly , and cuckoo-fly. See cut under Chrysididæ . gold-weightt (gold'wat), n. 1. Precise weight; hence, exact estimate or limit. A man, believe it, that knows his place, to the gold- Fletcher ( and another ), Love's Pilgrimage. To one that weighs her words and her behaviours In the gold - weights of discretion! II. n. [Sc.; also written goldie , gooldie , gow- die . Cf. goldfinch, goldspink .] 1. The goldfinch Car duel is elegans . [Local, Eng.] -2. The yel- low bunting, Emberiza citrin ell a . [Local, Eng.] goldy locks, n. See goldilocks . golelt, n. An obsolete spelling of goall . gole2 (gōl), n. [E. dial. also gool , gole , gole , goule , gule , gula , throat: see gul- let , gules .] 1. The throat; hence, what comes from the throat, as voice, utterance, or saying. The water foul is han here hedis leid Togedere, and of a short avysement, Whan everryche hadde his large gole [var. goles ] seyd, They seyden sothly al be on a ent. golet