gadwand

A goad for driving horses or oxen. gad-whip, s. An ox-whip. *găd (2), *gade (2), s. [A. S. gad a.] A com panion. =a goad.] găd, *gadde, v . t . [Icel. gadda =to goad; gaddr about idly. 1. To ramble or roam about; to rove or wander "How now, my headstrong, where have you been gad ding?"- Shakesp .: Romeo and Juliet, iv. 2. *2. To wander in thought or speech. "The good nuns would check her gadding tongue." Tennyson: Guinevere, 1,511. 3. To straggle in growth. "The ivy, gadding from the untwisted stem, Curtains each verdant side." Mason: Elfrida. IMG:content-0266.png:[blocks in formation] boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; which includes the Welsh, Bretons, and Cornish. The Gadhelic branch arose in Ireland, whence it spread to Scotland in the sixth century. B. As subst.: The language spoken by the Gadhelic branch of the Celtic race.