George noble (jorjno"bl)

An English gold coin of the reign of Henry VIII., worth at the time 68.8d. The name George (derived from the figure Obverse. IMG:content-2230.jpg:[merged small][ocr errors][ocr errors][merged small] George-noble of Henry VIII., British Museum. (Size of the original.) of St. George on the obverse of the coin) was given it to distinguish it from the earlier English gold coins named nobles. Nor full nor fasting can the carle take rest, Whiles his George - nobles rusten in his chest; He sleeps but once, and dreames of burglaries. geoponic (jē-ō-pon'ik), a. and n. [ κός, of or for agriculture, of the earth. Two or three notabilities of Rock land, with geoponic eyes, and glabrous, bumple foreheads. O. W. Holmes, Elsie Venner, xii. II. n. One who tills or cultivates the earth. The wholesome blasts of the North wind (much accounted of among builders and geoponics for immi ion of pure air)... [come] in from that part which lies open to the sea. Drayton, Polyolbion, x. 82, note.