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n. One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female demigod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a god of fertility and vegetation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a goddess of fertility and vegetation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. God, when considered as the first person in the Trinity.
Syn. -- Father. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. & n. Good. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. guð, goð, Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. hū, p. p. hūta, to call upon, invoke, implore. √30. Cf. Goodbye, Gospel, Gossip. ] 1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol. [ 1913 Webster ]

He maketh a god, and worshipeth it. Is. xliv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down
To bestial gods. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah. [ 1913 Webster ]

God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John iv. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose god is their belly. Phil. iii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Act of God. (Law) See under Act. --
Gallery gods, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [ Colloq. ] --
God's acre,
God's field, a burial place; a churchyard. See under Acre. --
God's house. (a) An almshouse. [ Obs. ] (b) A church. --
God's penny, earnest penny. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. --
God's Sunday, Easter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat as a god; to idolize. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. A more intense and vulgar form of darned; -- often taken as profane and offensive. [ vulgar ]
Syn. -- blasted, blessed, damn, darned, deuced. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. goddohtor. ] A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A woman of superior charms or excellence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Good. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Goodly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. godfæder. Cf. Gossip. ] A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction. Correlative of godmother. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it is desired. Book of Common Prayer (Prot. Episc. Ch., U. S. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care. [ R. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

god"fear`ing, a. Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; devoutly religious.
Syn. -- devout, pious. [1913 Webster]

A brave god-fearing man. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

a god-fearing and law-abiding people. H. L. Mencken [WordNet 1.5]

adj. 1. deserted and unhospitable.
Syn. -- desert, desolate, waste, wild. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. forlorn.
Syn. -- desolate, forlorn, lorn, sad. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. godhed. See -head, and cf. Godhood. ] 1. Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The Deity; God; the Supreme Being. [ 1913 Webster ]

The imperial throne
Of Godhead, fixed for ever. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A god or goddess; a divinity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Adoring first the genius of the place,
The nymphs and native godheads yet unknown. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ God + -hood. Cf. Godhead. ] Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

A corruption of God yield, i. e., God reward or bless. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In golden terms or a golden manner; splendidly; delightfully. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked. -- God"less*ly, adv. -- God"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ God + like. Cf. Godly. ] Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue. -- God"like`ness, n. [1913 Webster]

adv. Righteously. H. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Godly. ] Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the state or quality of being godly; piety. [ 1913 Webster ]

Godliness is profitable unto all things. 1 Tim. iv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A diminutive god. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ God, n. + -ly. Cf. Godlike, Like. ] Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; conformed to God's law; devout; righteous; as, a godly life. [ 1913 Webster ]

For godly sorrow worketh repentance. 2 Cor. vii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Piously; devoutly; righteously. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2. Tim. iii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Goodlyhead. ] Goodness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. godmōdor. ] A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfather [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corruption of Malay gādong warehouse. ] A warehouse. [ East Indies ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. godron a round plait, godroon. ] (Arch.) An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ God, n. + -ship. ] The rank or character of a god; deity; divinity; a god or goddess. [ 1913 Webster ]

O'er hills and dales their godships came. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gossip. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. godsunu. ] A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Success; prosperous journeying; -- a contraction of the phrase, “God speed you.” [ Written also as two separate words. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Receive him not into house, neither bid him God speed. 2 John 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Toward God. 2 Cor. iii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. from AS. gōd good + wiht creature, wight. ] (Zool.) One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidæ. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa hæmastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydrogen + Gr. &unr_; way. path. ] (Elec.) The negative pole or cathode. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Logos, and Dædal. ] Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; flexible; &unr_; a willow twig + e'i^dos form. ] (Bot.) A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Lygodium palmatum, much prized for indoor ornament, inhabits shaded and moist grassy places, from Massachusetts to Virginia and Kentucky, and sparingly southwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pagode. See Pagoda. ] 1. A pagoda. [ R. ] “Or some queer pagod.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An idol. [ Obs. ] Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg. pagoda, pagode, fr. Hind. & Per. but-kadah a house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol + kadah a house, a temple. ] 1. A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An idol. [ R. ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Prob. so named from the image of a pagoda or a deity (cf. Skr. bhagavat holy, divine) stamped on it. ] A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Costume) A funnel-shaped sleeve arranged to show the sleeve lining and an inner sleeve. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Min.) Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite. [ 1913 Webster ]