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Webster 1913 Edition
Gad
Gad
,Noun.
[OE.
gad
, Icel. gaddr
goad, sting; akin to Sw. gadd
sting, Goth. gazds
, G. gerte
switch. See Yard
a measure.] 1.
The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.
2.
A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc.
I will go get a leaf of brass,
And with a
And with a
gad
of steel will write these words. Shakespeare
3.
A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.
4.
A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
Fairholt.
5.
A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel.
[Obs.]
Flemish steel . . . some in bars and some in
gads
. Moxon.
6.
A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with.
[Prov. Eng. Local, U.S.]
Halliwell. Bartlett.
Upon the gad
, upon the spur of the moment; hastily.
[Obs.]
“All this done upon the gad!” Shak.
Gad
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gadded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gadding
.] [Prob. fr. , and orig. meaning
gad
, Noun.
to drive about
.] To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled.
“The gadding vine.” Milton.
Why
gaddest
thou about so much to change thy way? Jer. ii. 36.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gad
GAD
, n.1.
A wedge or ingot of steel.2.
A style or graver.3.
A punch of iron with a wooden handle, used by miners.GAD
,Verb.
I.
1.
To walk about; to rove or ramble idly or without any fixed purpose. Give the water no passage, neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.
2.
To ramble in growth; as the gadding vine.Definition 2024
gàd
gàd
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
gàd m (genitive singular gàda, plural gàdaichean)
Derived terms
- gàd teòclaid (“chocolate bar, bar of chocolate”)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9