gad (1), gadde, gade (1)

[Icel. gaddr =a goad; A.S.gad =agoad; Sw.gadd =asting.] [GOAD.] I. Ordinary Language: *1. A point of a spear or arrow. "Te felien with irnene gadien." Legend of St. Katherine, 1,943. *2. A sharp-pointed piece of metal; a graver. "I will go get a leaf of bra , And with a gad of steele will write these words." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, iv. 1. Gad it an i an găd'-ding, pr. par., a. & 8. [GAD, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or habit of wandering idly about.