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plendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments. Like a glowworm in the night, The which hath fire in darkness, none in light. Shak.

eat gluttonously or to satiety. Like three horses that have broken fence, And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn. Tennyson.

on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out. How goes the night, boy Shak. I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of man enough. Arbuthnot. Whether the cause goes for me or against me, you must pay me the reward. I Watts.

sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk .

blocking, printing with gold leaf, as upon a book cover, by means of an engraved block. Knight. -- Gold cloth. See Cloth of gold, under Cloth. -- Gold Coast, a part of the coast of Guinea, in West Africa. -- Gold cradle. (Mining) See Cradle, n., 7. -- Gold diggings, the places, or region, where gold is found by di…

and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also Toison d'Or. -- Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang] -- Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, t…

hyperboloid of revolution. -- Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead. Knight.

g tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc.. from leather, paper, etc. Knight.

cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers. Knight.

The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. Knight.

d to express thankfulness, with surprise; many thanks. Gramercy, Mammon, said the gentle knight. Spenser.

A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.

chapters, called Posts, throughout the country. -- Grand cross. (a) The highest rank of knighthood in the Order of the Bath. (b) A knight grand cross. -- Grand cordon, the cordon or broad ribbon, identified with the highest grade in certain honorary orders; hence, a person who holds that grade. -- Grand days (Eng. L…

from about 30th Street about 50th Street; -- so called from its brilliant illumination at night.

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

A kind of French fancy dress goods. Knight.

ng a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands. Knight. All is grist that comes to his mill, all that he has anything to do with is a source of profit. [Colloq.] -- To bring grist to the maill, to bring profitable business into one's hands; to be a source of profit. [Colloq.] Ay…

To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.

tric current thereto. Connection to the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities. Knight. -- Ground plot, the ground upon which any structure is erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground plan. -- Ground plum (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Astragalus caryocarpus) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Te…

A tool for smoothing the solder joints of lead pipe. Knight.