gondola (gon dol a)

[Early mod. E. and E. and U. S. dial. gondolo, gondelo, gundelo, etc.; = D. G. gondel = Dan. Sw. gondol = F. gondole = Sp. góndola = Pg. gondola, of Gondulidæ (gon-dūʻli-dē), n. pl. [NL., sub spiral polypi ger ous ridges strengthened with calcareous spicules. gone (gôn), p. a. [See go.] 1. Lapsed; lost; hopele ; beyond recovery: in a gone case and similar phrases. When it is come to that, it is commonly a gone case with persons [backsliders) as to those convictions. J. Edwards, Works (1856), IV. 411. gong 2. Characterized by a sinking sensation, as if about to faint; weak and faint: as, a gone feeling.-3. In archery, wide of the mark or beyond bounds: said of an arrow. Eschewing short, or gone , or eyther syde wyde. Ascham , Toxophilus, p. 18 (reprint). An arrow is said to be gone when it may from its flight be judged to fall wide of, or far from, the mark. Encyc. Brit ., II. 378. An arrow is said to be gone when it will fly beyond the target. M. and W. Thompson , Archery, p. 53. A gone case. See def. 1.- A gone coon. See coon. gonene (gôn'nes), n. [ gonene . [Colloq.] I... excused myself upon the plea that I had no appetite so early in the morning. "Ah," said Mrs. Bent, "just like you was, cousin 'Mandy Jane - a gonene ." Atlantic Monthly , LIII. 638. IMG:content-2493.jpg:[graphic] Goniopter