gaudless (gadles)

[ titute of ornament. [Rare.] gaudronné (gō-dro-nā'), a. See godronné. gaudryt, n. An obsolete variant of gaudery. gaudsman (gâdz'man), n.; pl. gaudsmen (-men). [ Sc., = gadsman, q. v.] Same as gadsman. gaudy (ga'di), a. [ I have good cause to set the cocke on the hope, and make gaud ye chere. Palsgrave, Acolastus (1540). Let's have one other gaudy night; call to me All my sad captains; fill our bowls; once more; The Lawland lads think they are fine, But the hieland lads are brisk and gaucy . Glasgow Peggy (Child's Ballads, IV. 76). In comes a gaucie gash guidwife, An' sits down by the fire. Burns, Holy Fair. gaud i (gâd), n. [ ME.gaude , gawde , also gaud i , gaud ye (cf. Sc. gowdy ), jewel, ornament, bead on a rosary, gaude , gawde , a trick, jest, ult. E. joy ), ML., in pl. gaudia , beads on a rosary, dim. gaudeolum (for * gaudiolum ), a jewel (> ult. E. jewel ), gaudere , pp. gavisus , rejoice, akin to Gr. γαίειν, rejoice. Gaud and joy are thus doublets, and jewel is the same word in a dim. form.] Jest; joke; sport; pastime; trick; artifice. The gaudes of an ape. Chaucer , Parson's Tale. By this gaude have I wonne yere by yere An hundred mark, sith I was pardonere. 11. Chaucer, Prol. to Pardoner's Tale, 1. 103. 2. A piece of showy finery; a gay trapping, trinket, or the like; any object of ostentation or exultation. And euery gawde that glads the minde of man. Gas coigne, Steele Glas (ed. Arber), p. 59. in memory of these five joys. Blomefield, Norfolk, L. 303. gaudy (ga'di), v. t.; pret. and pp. gaudied, ppr. gaudying. [ Not half so gaudied , for their May-day mirth All wreathed and ribanded, our youths and maids. As these stern Aztecas in war attire. Southey. gaudy-day (ga'di-dā), n. A festival day; a holiday; especially, an English university festival; a gaudy. Also gaud - day . Never pa ing beyond the confines of a farthing, nor once munching commons but only upon gaudy - days. Middle ton, The Black Book. A foolish utensil of state, Which, like old plate upon a gaudy day , 'S brought forth to make a show, and that is all. Suckling, The Goblins, iii. gaudy-shopt (ga'di-shop), n. A shop for the sale of cheap finery. IMG:content-2150.png:[blocks in formation] gauffer (ga'fer), v. t. Same as goffer . gauffre (gō'fr), n. [F.: see gopher .] Same as gopher, 1. The name was applied by G. Cuvier, and is still in use in Canadian French. gauge, gaugeable, etc. See gage2 , etc. Gaull (gal), n. [OF. Gaule (F. Gaulois ), Gallus , Γάλλος , a Gaul (> L. Gallia , Gr. Γαλ- λία , Gaul, now called France); prob. of OTeut. origin, repr. by AS. Wealh , foreign, Wealas (E. Wales), the Britons, lit. strangers, foreigners (> prob. Ir. and Gael. gall , a stranger, a for- eigner, esp. an English man): see Welsh.] 1. An inhabitant of ancient Gaul, a country divided by the Alps into Cisalpine Gaul (northern Italy) and Transalpine Gaul (modern France, with Belgium and parts of Germany, of Switzerland, and of the Netherlands); specifically, a member of the Gallic or Celtic race, in distinction from other races settled in the same regions.-2. In modern use, a French man: as, the lively Gaul. [Allusive and humorous.] Let's mock the midnight bell. Shak., A. and C., iii. 11. gaul2, etc. An obsolete or occasional spelling But gaudy plumage, sprightly strain, And genteel form, were all in vain. Couper, On a Goldfinch. IMG:content-2151.png:[blocks in formation] Love, still a baby, plays with gawdes and toys. A nut-shell, or a bag of cherry-stones, a gaud to entertain the fancy of a few minutes. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 260. Grand houses and splendid parks, all those gauds and vanities with which a sumptuous aristocracy surrounds itself. The Century, XXIII. 736. a., but in part of gall1, gall2, etc.