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A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel. Eng. Cyc.

A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. [Obs.]

A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setæ; the sea mouse.

Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.

yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the "royal" metal. -- Aqua Tofana, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana, in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have poisoned more than 600 persons. Fra…

The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness. Goldsmith.

of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.

Great as a man's arm. [Obs.] A wreath of gold, arm-gret. Chaucer.

A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.

An imposing series of things. Their long array of sapphire and of gold. Byron.

the arts (as they are called in colleges) is, perhaps, laying too laborious a foundation. Goldsmith.

Tested purity or value. [Obs.] With gold and pearl of rich assay. Spenser.

the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.

To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances.

state of purity and refinement; -- so called because the reign of Augustus Cæsar was the golden age of Roman literature. Thus the reign of Louis XIV. (b. 1638) has been called the Augustan age of French literature, and that of Queen Anne (b. 1664) the Augustan age of English literature. -- Augustan confession (Eccl.…

Resembling or containing gold; gold-colored; gilded.

Golden; gilded. Skelton.

The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies.