gosnick (gosnik)

The saury. [Scotch.] gospel (gos'pel), n. and a. [ The ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. Acts xx. 34. Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel . 2 Tim. i. 10. 2. The story of Christ's life, teachings, sufferings, death, resurrection, and ascension; hence, one of the books in which that story was originally told: as, the Gospel of Matthew. [Preferably with a capital letter when used in a titular sense, but not in the general senses.] Luegos on the four, those of Matthew and The gospels are four in number - those of Matthew, Mark, John were written by apostles and eye-witne es, that of Luke is avowedly gathered from others who were wit He [Luke] seith in his godspel , And scheweth hit by ensaumple vr soules to wi e. Piers Plowman (A), viii. 112. gospeler, gospeller (gos'pel-ér), n. [ gospel ere , gospel lere , god spell ere , godspel- lere , an evangelist, god spell i an , preach the gospel: see gospel , v .] 1. A writer of one of the four gospels. What men may in the gospel rede Of Seynt Mathew, the gospel ere . Quilts fill'd high With go a more and roses cannot yield The body soft repose, the mind kept waking With anguish and affliction. And the foure gospellers Stand and on the pelers. 2. One who lays particular stre upon the gos- pel and strict adherence to its doctrines, more or le narrowly conceived, in opposition to ecclesiastical usages or traditions; a fervently evangelical Protestant; a Puritan: at the time of the Reformation and later, a term of reproach in the mouths of persons of ecclesiastical or rationalistic sympathies. He was a gospeller , one of the new brethren, somewhat worse than a rank papist. Latimer , 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. The band of the early Cambridge Gospellers ; of which Stafford, Bilney, Barnes and Warner were the leaders. R. W. Dizon , Hist. Church of Eng., ii. Weel prosper a' the gospel lads That are into the west countrie, Aye wicked Claver'se to demean. gospel (gos'pel), v . t .; pret. and pp. gospeled or gospelled , ppr. gospel ing or gospelling . [ godspellien (not found, but cf. gospeler ), god spell i an (= OHG. got spell on ), intr., preach the gospel (tr. LL. evangelizare , evangelize), godspel , gospel: see gospel , n.] To instruct in the gospel; fill with sentiments of piety. [Obsolete or archaic.] Are you so gospell'd , To pray for this good man, and for his i ue, Whose heavy hand hath bow'd you to the grave? Shak., Macbeth, iii. 1. IMG:content-2530.png:[blocks in formation] gospellers. gospel-go ipt gospel-go ipt (gos'pel-gosip), n. An over- zealous talker about religion. gospelizet, gospellizet (gos'pel-iz), v. t. [ IMG:content-2531.png:[blocks in formation] 4t. A mere trifle; a flimsy, trivial matter. "Greve zow noghte," quod Gawayne, "for Godis luffe of hevene; ffore this [wound] es bot go sese mere, and gyffene one erles [given as an earnest]." a name of popular origin, alluding to the downy appearance of the film, and to the time of its appearance. Cf. the equiv. D. zomerdraden , pl., = Sw. sommartråd , 'summer-thread'; G. som- merfäden , pl., 'summer-threads.' The Sc. go- summer, the latter end of summer, is appar. an ingenious adaptation of go amer , gos summer, to denote the time when summer goes ; cf. go - har- vest .] I. n. 1. A fine filmy substance, consist- ing of cobweb formed by various small spiders, and only, according to some, when they are young. It is seen in stubble-fields and on low bushes, and also floating in the air in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. Threads of go amer are often spun out into Betwene wolle and go omer is a grete difference. Lydgate , Order of Fools, 1. 55. A louer may bestride the go amours , That ydles in the wanton Summer ayге, And yet not fall. Shak ., R. and J., ii. 6 (fol. 1623). Four nimble gnats the horses were, Their harne es of go amere . 2. A variety of gauze, softer and stronger than the ordinary kind, much used for veils.-3. Any thin or light material or fabric; also, a gar- ment made of such material; specifically, a thin water-proof outer wrap, especially for women. Ich haue good ale, godsyb Gloton, wolt thow a aye? Piers Plowman (C), vii. 357. I sorrow for thee, as my friend and go ip . Fletcher (and another ), Love's Pilgrimage, i. 1. Steenie, in spite of the begging and sobbing of his dear dad and go ip , carried off Baby Charles in triumph to Macaulay , Nugent's Hampden. 3. One who goes about tattling and telling The dame reply'd: "Tis sung in every street, The common chat of go ips when they meet." 4. Idle talk, as of one friend or acquaintance to another; especially, confidential or minutely personal remarks about other people; tattle; scandal; trifling or groundle report. There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and wren, And the go ip of swallows through all the sky. Below me, there, is the village, and looks how quiet and small! And yet bubbles o'er like a city, with go ip , scandal, and spite. Tennyson, Maud, iv. 2. Go ip's bridle. Same as branks , 1.=Syn. 4. See prat- tle , n. IMG:content-2532.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2533.png:[blocks in formation] Of master Allwit's child? You'll to the go iping Middle ton , Chaste Maid, ii. 1. 2. Idle talk; chatter; scandal-mongering. All that I aim at, by this di ertation, is to cure it of several disagreeable notes, and in particular of those little jarrings and di onances which arise from anger, censoriousne , go iping, and coquetry. Spectator, No. 147. go ipmonger (gos'ip-mung"gėr), n. A chatty or go iping person; a scandal-bearer. The chief go ipmonger of the neighborhood. D. M. Wallace, Ru ia, p. 235. The quotation from that go ip - monger , Suet on i us, does not help us to form a clearer notion of the use of gla in the time of August us. Edinburgh Rev., CLXVI. 430. go ipredt (gos'ip-red), n. [ go ip rede , go ybrede, gods i brede , spiritual relationship, go ip , godsib , a sponsor, go ip, + -rede , AS. -ræden, condition, a suffix appearing also in AS. sibræden , kindred, and in E. kindred and hatred : see -red .] 1. Relationship by baptismal rites; spiritual affinity; sponsorship. Be wel ware of feyned cosynage and go ip rede . Lydgate, Minor Poems, p. 36. Go ip red, spiritual parentage, the connection between sponsor and godchild, has the same effects among the South Slavonians [operates as a bar to intermarriage] which it once had over the whole Christian world. Maine , Early Law and Custom, p. 257. 2. Idle talk; go ip. Now, this our poor fellow-citizen, Oliver Proudfute, having been active in spreading these reports, as indeed his element lay in such go ip red , some words pa ed betwixt him and me on the subject. Scott , Fair Maid of Perth, xx. go ipry (gos'ip-ri), n. [Formerly also go ip rie ; go ip +-ry.] 11. Intimacy. As to that bishop rick, he would in no wise accept of it without the advice of the Generall A embly, & neverthele er the next A embly he was seized hard & fast on the bishop rick, whereby all go iprie gade up between him and my uncle Mr. Andrew. Melvill's MS . , p. 36. 2. Go ipy conversation; current talk or report.. And many a flower of London go ipry Has dropped whenever such a stem broke off. Mrs. Browning , Aurora Leigh, viii. go ipy (gos'ip-i), a. [ go ipy prophecy. .. came dangerously Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XXXIX. 1. go omert, n. An earlier spelling of go amer. go oon (go-sön'), n. [A corruption of F. gar çon, a boy, a servant: see garçon, garcion.] A boy; a male servant. [Ireland.] In most Irish families there used to be a bare-footed go oon , who was slave to the cook and the butler, and who in fact, without wages, did all the hard work of the house. Go oons were always employed as me engers. Mi Edge worth , Castle Rack rent, p. 93. go ypine (gos'i-pin), a . [ Go ypium + -ine ].] In bot . , cottony; resembling cotton. bling