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A thermometer specially constructed for measuring temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground.

See Sea gherkin.

A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Hayward.

One who tends goats. Spenser.

child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction. There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it is desired. Book o…

A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfather

dents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidæ; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.

Minnesota; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of gophers.

A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark. Gen. vi. 14.

One who takes care of geese.

A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent. Grandfather longlegs. (Zoöl.) See Dady longlegs.

Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent. He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. Hawthorne.

The mother of one's father or mother.

Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent.

The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.

The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.

The art or business of a gunsmith.

One who gushes. [Colloq.]

Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils. A. Brown.

r in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter. [Obs.] The haberdasher heapeth wealth by hats. Gascoigne.