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One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian formation, the latest, in the Triassic.

wthorne. -- Good people. See Good folk (above). -- Good speed, good luck; good success; godspeed; -- an old form of wishing success. See Speed. -- Good turn, an act of kidness; a favor. -- Good will. (a) Benevolence; well wishing; kindly feeling. (b) (Law) The custom of any trade or business; the tendency or inclina…

Having no goods. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.

Goods; furniture. [Obs.]

for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. Knight.

A kind of French fancy dress goods. Knight.

inguished from net profits. Abbott. -- Gross weight the total weight of merchandise or goods, without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; -- distinguished from neat, or net, weight.

t about eight inches in height, of the same genus (L. dendroideum) found in moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United States. Gray. -- Ground plan (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an elevation or perpendicular section. -- Ground plane, the horizont…

hers of the Guinea hen. -- Guinea peach. See under Peach. -- Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica, a tree of the order Anonaceæ, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper Æthiopicum. --Guinea pig.

A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.

while she guzzles, chats the doctor's praise. Roscommon. To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey. Gay.

A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth.

To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. Mostly. Gyp"sy*ing, vb. n.

A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.

The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles. Burke.

A division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.

he distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded. Temples proud to meet their gods halfway. Young.

A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall.

e pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock.