gad-so | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

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So-so
·adv Tolerably; passably. II. So-so ·adj Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolera...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
So
·conj Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if. II. So ·adv It is well; let it be as it i...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
So
a measure for grain; vail ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
So
(Nubian, Sabako), an Ethiopian king who brought Egypt under his sway. He was bribed by Hoshea to hel...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
so
is often improperly used for such, as in the phrase: Prof. W----, who has acquired so high distinct...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
so!
An order to desist temporarily from hauling upon a rope, when it has come to its right position. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
So
"So, king of Egypt," is once mentioned in the Bible- (2 Kings 17:4) So has been identified by differ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Gad
GAD[PALAESTINA] ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Gad
·noun A sharp-pointed rod; a goad. II. Gad ·noun A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling. III. Gad ·noun ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Gad
a band; a troop ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Gad
Fortune; luck. 1) Jacob's seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and the brother of Asher (Gen. 3...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
gad
a long stick, a goad, a hunting gad; a fishing rod. Northumb. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
gad
A goad; the point of a spear or pike. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Gad
(a troop). • Jacob's seventh son, the first-born of Zilpah, Leah's maid, and whole-brother to Asher...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
So-called
·adj So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety). ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
BAAL-GAD
in the northern extremity of the Holy Land, in the valley of Lebanon, under Mount Hermon.( Josh. 11....

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Baal-gad
idol of fortune or felicity ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Dibon-gad
great understanding; abundance of sons ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Baal-gad
Lord of fortune, or troop of Baal, a Canaanite city in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon, ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Migdal-gad
Tower of fortune, a town in the plains of Judah, probably the modern el-Mejdel, a little to the nort...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
gad-yang
A coasting vessel of Cochin-China. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
give her so and so
The direction of the officer of the watch to the midshipman, reporting the rate of sailing by the lo...

The Sailor's Word-Book
make it so
The order of a commander to confirm the time, sunrise, noon, or sunset, reported to him by the offic...

The Sailor's Word-Book
River of Gad
Probably the Arno (2 Sam. 24:5). ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
coming! so is christmas
Said of a person who has long been called, and at length answers, Coming! ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Gad, The Tribe Of
The country allotted to the tribe of Gad appears, speaking roughly, to have lain chiefly about the c...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
if so be as how
A vulgar expression used by uneducated people in the interior parts of this country and in England. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.