gadling (2), gadeling, gadelyng, gadlyng

& a. [A. S. gædeling; O. Sax.gaduling; O. H. Ger. gataling, Goth. gadiliggs =a companion, a kinsman.] A. As subst.: One given to gadding about; an idle vagabond. B. As adj .: Given to gadding about; wandering, vagrant, vagabond. ing. găd-mạn, s . [Eng. gad, and man.] A man who with his gad directed a yoke of oxen in plowgad-6id, a. & 8. [Lat. gad us Gr. gados , and eidos=form.] [GADUS.] A. As adj.: Of or belonging to a codfish or to the family Gadide. +B. As subst .: A fish belonging to the family Gadide. găd-o-lin-ite, găd-o-lin, s. [Ger. gadolinit .] Named after Prof. Gadolin, a Ru ian chemist; suff. -ite ( Min . ) (q. v.).] Min .: An orthorhombic black or greenish-black mineral, in ma sub translucent to opaque, but in splinters nearly transparent. Hardne , 6.5 to 7; specific gravity, 4 to 45. Composition: Silica, 22-61 to 25.80; yttria, 24.64 to 50.00; protoxide of cerium, 0 to 17:38; protoxide of iron, 9.76 to 15:03, . Po e es double refraction. Found abroad in Sweden, Norway, Green land, Ceylon, and in trap near Galway, Ireland. ( Dana .) gădş-mạn, s. [Eng. gad, s., and man. ] A plowboy; the boy that drives the horses in the plow; a gadman. "A gadsman ane, a thresher t'other." Burns: Answer to a Mandate.