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See Gilthead.

Dog's-tail grass.

See Goldfinny.

An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.

See Verdin.

A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup.

See Beggar's ticks.

See Mangel-wurzel.

A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zinc. Ure.

A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes.

. (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip.

Gold in alluvial deposits; placer gold.

A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye. B. Jonson.

A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.

The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. Milman. All ablaze with crimson and gold. Longfellow.

eigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms. Nares. To sham Abraham, to feign sickness. Goldsmith.

o put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority. This principle (if one may so abuse the word) shoots rapidly into popularity. Froude.

Of or pertaining to Abyssinia. Abyssinian gold, an alloy of 90.74 parts of copper and 8.33 parts of zink. Ure.

y. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith.