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Webster 1913 Edition
Gold
Gold
(gōld)
, Noun.
1.
(Chem.)
A metallic element of atomic number 79, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat (melting point 1064.4° C), moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (
Aurum
). Atomic weight 196.97. ☞ Native gold contains usually eight to ten per cent of silver, but often much more. As the amount of silver increases, the color becomes whiter and the specific gravity lower. Gold is very widely disseminated, as in the sands of many rivers, but in very small quantity. It usually occurs in quartz veins (gold quartz), in slate and metamorphic rocks, or in sand and alluvial soil, resulting from the disintegration of such rocks. It also occurs associated with other metallic substances, as in auriferous pyrites, and is combined with tellurium in the minerals
petzite
, calaverite
, sylvanite
, etc. Pure gold is too soft for ordinary use, and is hardened by alloying with silver and copper, the latter giving a characteristic reddish tinge. [See Carat
.] Gold also finds use in gold foil, in the pigment purple of Cassius
, and in the chloride, which is used as a toning agent in photography. 2.
Money; riches; wealth.
For me, the
gold
of France did not seduce. Shakespeare
3.
A yellow color, like that of the metal;
as, a flower tipped with
. gold
4.
Figuratively, something precious or pure;
as, hearts of
. gold
Shak.
Age of gold
. See
– Golden age
, under Golden
. Dutch gold
, Fool’s gold
, Gold dust
Gold amalgam
, a mineral, found in Columbia and California, composed of gold and mercury.
– Gold beater
, one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold leaf.
– Gold beater's skin
, the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used for separating the leaves of metal during the process of gold-beating.
– Gold beetle
(Zool.)
, any small gold-colored beetle of the family
– Chrysomelidæ
; – called also golden beetle
. Gold blocking
, printing with gold leaf, as upon a book cover, by means of an engraved block.
Knight.
– Gold cloth
. See
– Cloth of gold
, under Cloth
. Gold Coast
, a part of the coast of Guinea, in West Africa.
– Gold cradle
. (Mining)
See , 7.
– Cradle
, Noun.
Gold diggings
, the places, or region, where gold is found by digging in sand and gravel from which it is separated by washing.
– Gold end
, a fragment of broken gold or jewelry.
– Gold-end man
. (a)
A buyer of old gold or jewelry.
(b)
A goldsmith's apprentice.
(c)
An itinerant jeweler.
“I know him not: he looks like a gold-end man.” B. Jonson.
– Gold fever
, a popular mania for gold hunting.
– Gold field
, a region in which are deposits of gold.
– Gold finder
. (a)
One who finds gold.
(b)
One who empties privies.
[Obs. & Low]
Swift.
– Gold flower
, a composite plant with dry and persistent yellow radiating involucral scales, the
– Helichrysum Stœchas
of Southern Europe. There are many South African species of the same genus. Gold foil
, thin sheets of gold, as used by dentists and others. See
– Gold leaf
. Gold knobs
or
Gold knoppes
(Bot.)
, buttercups.
– Gold lace
, a kind of lace, made of gold thread.
– Gold latten
, a thin plate of gold or gilded metal.
– Gold leaf
, gold beaten into a film of extreme thinness, and used for gilding, etc. It is much thinner than gold foil.
– Gold lode
(Mining)
, a gold vein.
– Gold mine
, a place where gold is obtained by mining operations, as distinguished from diggings, where it is extracted by washing. Cf.
– Gold diggings
(above). Gold nugget
, a lump of gold as found in gold mining or digging; – called also a
– pepito
. Gold paint
. See
– Gold shell
. Gold pheasant
, or Golden pheasant
(Zool.)
See under
– Pheasant
. Gold plate
, a general name for vessels, dishes, cups, spoons, etc., made of gold.
– Gold of pleasure
. [Name perhaps translated from Sp.
oro-de-alegria
.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus
– Camelina
, bearing yellow flowers. C. sativa
is sometimes cultivated for the oil of its seeds. Gold shell
. (a)
A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up with gum water and spread on shells, for artists' use; – called also
gold paint
. (b)
(Zool.)
A bivalve shell (
– Anomia glabra
) of the Atlantic coast; – called also jingle shell
and silver shell
. See Anomia
. Gold size
, a composition used in applying gold leaf.
– Gold solder
, a kind of solder, often containing twelve parts of gold, two of silver, and four of copper.
– Gold stick
, the colonel of a regiment of English lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions; – so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of the regiment.
[Eng.]
– Gold thread
. (a)
A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold.
Ure.
(b)
(Bot.)
A small evergreen plant (
– Coptis trifolia
), so called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in marshy places in the United States. Gold tissue
, a tissue fabric interwoven with gold thread.
– Gold tooling
, the fixing of gold leaf by a hot tool upon book covers, or the ornamental impression so made.
– Gold washings
, places where gold found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
– Gold worm
, a glowworm.
[Obs.]
– Jeweler's gold
, an alloy containing three parts of gold to one of copper.
– Mosaic gold
. See under
Mosaic
.Webster 1828 Edition
Gold
GOLD
,Noun.
1.
A precious metal of a bright yellow color, and the most ductile and malleable of all the metals. It is the heaviest metal except platina; and being a very dense, fixed substance, and not liable to be injured by air, it is well fitted to be used as coin, or a representative of commodities in commerce. Its ductility and malleability render it the most suitable metal for gilding. It is often found native in solid masses, as in Hungary and Peru; though generally in combination with silver, copper or iron.2.
Money. For me, the gold of France did not seduce--
3.
Something pleasing or valuable; as a heart of gold.4.
A bright yellow color; as a flower edged with gold.5.
Riches; wealth.Gold of pleasure, a plant of the genus Myagrum.
GOLD
,Adj.
Definition 2024
Gold
Gold
German
Etymology
From Old High German gold, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.
Pronunciation
Noun
Gold n (genitive Goldes or Golds, no plural)
- gold (chemical element, Au)
Declension
Declension of Gold (uncountable)
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
- (Chemical Element): Previous: Platin. Next: Quecksilber
See also
German Low German
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German gôlt, from Old Saxon gōld, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą. More at gold.
Noun
Gold n (no plural)
Derived terms
- Goldfever
- Goldküst
- Goldmedaille
- Goldsmölten
- Narrengold (Pyrit, Swevelkies)
- Noordisch Gold
See also
- cheemsch Element
- Eddelmetall
References
- Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, ISBN 978-3-529-03000-0, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
Luxembourgish
| Chemical element | |
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Etymology
From Old High German gold, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą. Cognate with German Gold, English gold, Dutch goud, Icelandic gull.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡolt/
Noun
Gold n (uncountable)
Derived terms
- gëllen
- goldeg
gold
gold
English
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Au | Previous: platinum (Pt) |
| Next: mercury (Hg) | |
A gold nugget.
Alternative forms
- gould (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡəʊld/, /ɡɔʊld/
- (US) enPR: gōld, IPA(key): /ɡoʊld/
- Rhymes: -əʊld
Noun
gold (countable and uncountable, plural golds)
- (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
- (countable) A coin made of this material, or supposedly so.
- (countable) A bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
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gold colour:
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- (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
- (countable) A gold medal.
- France has won three golds and five silvers.
- (figuratively) Anything or anyone considered to be very valuable.
- 2010, Paul Hendy, Who Killed Simon Peters?
- Now obviously this meant that I went over my allotted time, but the theatre management didn't mind because I was giving them comedy gold and that's what gets bums on seats.
- 2012, Victor Pemberton, Leo's Girl
- Marge Quincey didn't deserve a husband like his dad. He was pure gold, and she wasn't worth a light beside him.
- 2010, Paul Hendy, Who Killed Simon Peters?
- (fantasy role-playing games, fantasy board games) Miscellaneous unit of currency in fantasy genre.
Synonyms
- E175 when used as a food colouring
Derived terms
Terms derived from gold
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Related terms
Related terms
See also
- (place to pan for gold): lavatory
Translations
element
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coin
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colour
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bullseye
gold medal
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anything or anyone considered to be very valuable
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Adjective
gold (not generally comparable, comparative golder, superlative goldest)
- Made of gold.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
- Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
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- Having the colour of gold.
- 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
- Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess:
- Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.
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- (of commercial services) Premium, superior.
Translations
made of gold
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having the colour of gold
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Synonyms
- (made of gold, having the colour of gold): golden
Verb
gold (third-person singular simple present golds, present participle golding, simple past and past participle golded)
- To pyrolyze or burn food until the color begins to change to a light brown, but not as dark as browning
See also
Etymology 2
From gold master, a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.
Adjective
gold (not comparable)
- (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
- 2004 November, “Half-Life 2 goes gold”, in HWM, page 10:
- The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004.
- 2011, Jordan Gray, Unearthed, page 6:
- He felt bone-tired and twitchy, the way he did in the final stages of putting a video-game project together, almost ready to go gold and turn a new game loose on the public.
- 2011, Jessica Mulligan and Bridgette Patrovsky, quoting Damion Schubert, Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide, page 221:
- I had coded guilds into M59 over the weekend, shortly before we were supposed to go gold.
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Adverb
gold (not comparable)
- of or referring to a gold version of something
Statistics
Most common English words before 1923: service · various · u · #586: gold · letters · history · master
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔl/, [ɡ̊ʌlˀ]
Adjective
gold
- barren, desolate
- sterile (unable to reproduce)
- dry, (of a cow) not producing milk
- En gold ko.
- A dry cow.
- En gold ko.
Inflection
| Inflection of gold | |||
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| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | gold | goldere | goldest2 |
| Neuter singular | goldt | goldere | goldest2 |
| Plural | golde | goldere | goldest2 |
| Definite attributive1 | golde | goldere | goldeste |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Derived terms
- goldhed ("barrenness, sterility")
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”).
Noun
gold (plural golds)
- gold (metal)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gulþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥tom, from *ǵʰelh₃-. Cognate with Old Frisian gold, Old Saxon gold, Old High German gold (German Gold), Old Norse goll, gull (Swedish guld), Dutch goud, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸 (gulþ). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Slavic *zolto (Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), Russian зо́лото (zóloto)), Proto-Baltic *želt-, *želtas (Lithuanian žel̃tas, Latvian zelts).
Noun
gold n
Declension
Declension of gold (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: gold
Volapük
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡold]
Noun
gold (plural golds)
Declension
declension of gold
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| nominative | gold | golds |
| genitive | golda | goldas |
| dative | golde | goldes |
| accusative | goldi | goldis |
| predicative | goldu | goldus |
| vocative | o gold! | o golds! |
Synonyms
- goldin (chemistry - Au)
Derived terms
Terms derived from gold
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