gonys (gon is)

[NL., first applied to a part of a bird's bill by Illiger in 1811; appar. a slip of the pen or a misprint (simulating Gr. γόνυ = E. knee), and doubtle intended by Illiger to be genys, bill. At their point of union there is a prominence, more or le marked;... this point is gonys proper; but the term is extended to apply to the whole line of union of the rami, from gonys proper to the tip of the under mandible. The gonys is to the under mandible what the keel is to a boat; it is the opposite of the ridge or culmen of the upper mandible. Coues, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 103. goober (gö'bėr), n . [Supposed to be of W. Ind. or African origin (?).] ).] The peanut, Arachis hy pogæa. Also spelled gouber . [Southern U. S.] From the handling of our orchard crops to raking goo bers out of the ground, there is probably no product more easily manipulated or readily marketed than cocoa. U. S. Cons. Rep ., No. liv. (1885), p. 382. Peanuts, known in the vernacular as goobers . utmost limit; without abatement; full; complete: as, a good bushel; it is a good day's journey from here. This place is four good hours beyond Jebilee. Maundrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 17. "He (the horse] may drink well," said the stranger, speaking with a Moorish accent; "it is a good year since he had his last draught." Irving , Alhambra, p. 389. 5. Considerable; more than a little; rather large, great, long, or the like: as, a good way off; a good deal. Sir Tho. Went worth hath been a good while Lord President of York. Howell, Letters, L. v. 32. There was good part of the Church remaining, with several pieces of painting entire. Maundrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 86. 6. Not a counterfeit or imitation; real; genuine; hence, actual; serious: as, a good dollar; in goo good earnest. All his men were easily entreated to cast downe their Armes, little dreaming any durst in that manner haue vsed their King: who then to escape himselfe bestowed his presents in good sadne e. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, I. 215. If they speak in jest, he takes it in good earnest. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 237. 7. Competent; skilful; dexterous; handy; clever; apt: as, a good lawyer; a good workman; a good oarsman; to be good at riming. You were ever good at sudden commendations, Bishop of Winchester. Shak., Hen. VIIL., v. 2. I did not see many Operas, not being so good a French- Man as to understand them when sung. Lister , Journey to Paris, p. 170. The Century, XXXVI. 770. wards on that account the better judges. protoplasm. Le Maout and Decaisne , Botany (trans.), p. 951. go no theca (gon-ō-thēkä), n.; pl.gonothecæ(-sē). [NL., γόνος , generation, seed, + θήκη , case, repository. The chitinous receptacle within which the gonophores of certain hydrozoans are produced: same as gonangium. The origin of the reproductive capsules or gonothecæ is exactly similar; but their destination is very different. W. B. Carpenter, Micros., § 520. go no the cal (gon-ō-thē'kal), a. [