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Gad   /gæd/   Listen
noun
Gad  n.  
1.
The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.
2.
A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc. "I will go get a leaf of brass, And with a gad of steel will write these words."
3.
A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.
4.
A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
5.
A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel. (Obs.) "Flemish steel... some in bars and some in gads."
6.
A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with. (Prov. Eng. Local, U.S.)
Upon the gad, upon the spur of the moment; hastily. (Obs.) "All this done upon the gad!"



verb
Gad  v. i.  (past & past part. gadded; pres. part. gadding)  To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled. "The gadding vine." "Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?"






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"Gad" Quotes from Famous Books



... everything else, I'll go back to the practice of law," he said cheerfully. "Uncle Henry is mean enough to say that he has forgotten more law than I ever knew, but he has none the better of me. 'Gad, I am confident that I've forgotten more law, myself, than I ...
— The Man From Brodney's • George Barr McCutcheon

... or irascible people attain to that spot, O Bharata's son. O Bhima, in order to see Arjuna, thither shall we repair, in company, with Brahmanas of strict vows, girding on our swords, and wielding our bows. Those only that are impure, meet with flies, gad-flies, mosquitoes, tigers, lions, and reptiles, but the pure never come across them. Therefore, regulating our fare, and restraining our senses, we shall go to the Gandhamadana, desirous of ...
— Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1 • Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

... Gad! If he could but be behind the wheel of such a car for an hour! The frontier could not be over fifty miles to the south, of that he was quite positive; and what would fifty miles be ...
— The Mad King • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... help reflecting that this might be the last time we should look on such scenes of revelry, and came to the conclusion that the only thing to do was to make the most of it while we had the chance. And, by Gad, we did.... ...
— Bullets & Billets • Bruce Bairnsfather

... You were going to offer to fill the place of the Montmorenci. You impudent little hussy! [Aside] Gad, she's uncommonly pretty, though. Prettier than the other. I noticed that when she was sewing on my shirt-button; only I didn't think it right, under the circumstances, to dwell upon the idea. But there can't be any ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 • Various


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