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of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects. "A multiplicity of goods." South.

A fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants of woolen goods.

n cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins. Muslin cambric. See Cambric. -- Muslin delaine, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses. See Delaine. [Written also mousseline de laine.]

Having little or nothing. [Obs.] [Men] that needy be and naughty, help them with thy goods. Piers Plowman.

ome business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm.

The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes. Mozley & W.

Act of taking off; specif., the taking off or purchase of goods.

The business, the place of business, or the goods, of a maker of, or dealer in, oils.

directly to any particular article manufactured or work done (as where different kinds of goods are produced), but must be allocated so that each kind of goods or work shall bear its proper share. [Brit.]

Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large. In those days were pit orders -- beshrew the uncomfortable manager who abolished them. Lamb.…

hout the course, extent, or expanse of anything; as, to look over accounts, or a stock of goods; a dress covered over with jewels.

ng exclusively to any particular part of the work or product, as where different kinds of goods are made, or where there are different departments in a business; -- called also fixed, establishment, or (in a manufacturing business) administration, selling, and distribution, charges, etc.

To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle.

To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market.

The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market.

One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See Owling, n. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] T. Brown.

d arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish. Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. Addison. Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed. Shak.

A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.

atches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, or vessel. See Packet, n., 2. -- Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. -- Packet note or post. See under Paper.…

Warehouse for storing goods.