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8 words match “GOWD”

GOWD n.
Gold; wealth. [Scot.] The man's the gowd for a' that. Burns.
GOWDEN a.
Golden. [Scot.]
GOWDIE n.
See Dragont. [Scot.]
GOWDNOOK n.
The saury pike; -- called also gofnick.
DRAGONET n.
A small British marine fish (Callionymuslyra); -- called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie.
GOLDEN-EYE n.
a, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common.
SAURY n.
ox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
THAT pron.
, laughing, ogling, and all that. Pope. The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd [gold] for a'that. Burns. -- For that. See under For, prep. -- In that. See under In, prep.