Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
gouge |
noun |
A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood., A bookbinder’s tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve., An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc., Soft material lying between the wall of a vein aud the solid vein., The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge., Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person. |
goura |
noun |
One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species. |
gourd |
noun |
A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes., A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle., A false die. See Gord., Alt. of Gourde |
gouty |
adjective |
Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint., Pertaining to the gout., Swollen, as if from gout., Boggy; as, gouty land. |