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Gorse. [Obs.] Shak.

An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer. Gossamer spider (Zoöl.), any small or young spider which spins webs by which to sail in the air. See Ballooning spider.

Like gossamer; flimsy. The greatest master of gossamery affectation. De Quincey.

Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein.

Containing or producing gossan.

A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- called also whistler and three-bearded rockling. [Prov. Eng.]

A gossip. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. Selden.

One given to gossip. Beaconsfield.

The relationship between a person and his sponsors. [Obs.]

Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy. Bale.

Full of, or given to, gossip.

A boy; a servant. [Ireland]

A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these.

x to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.

An old woman; and old gossip. [Obs.] Shak.

rson given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.

An expectation based on cirumstances. The lazy gossips of the port, Abborrent of a calculation crost, Began to chafe as at a personal wrong. Tennyson.

A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip. [Obs.] [Written also callat.]

To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. Shak. To chat a while on their adventures. Dryden.