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noun

Gad n.

The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.

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."

A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.

A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.

A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel. (Obs.) "Flemish steel... some in bars and some in gads."

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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Etymology of 'Gad'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gad" Quotes from Famous Books

... is supposed by Eustathius that the pastures being infested by gad flies and other noxious insects in the day-time, they drove their sheep a-field in the morning, which by their wool were defended from them, and their cattle in the evening, when the insects had withdrawn. It is ...

— The Odyssey of Homer • Homer

... can't gad round dancing and rough-housing every night and work eight hours on her feet, and put her lunch money on her back, and not pay up for it. I've seen too many blue-eyed dolls like ...

— The Best Short Stories of 1915 - And the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various

... just your misfortune," said the wooden fence. "You gad about too much. You are always on the wing, ready to start out of the country when it begins to freeze. You have no love for your fatherland. You cannot ...

— The Sand-Hills of Jutland • Hans Christian Andersen

... vow to gad, Will; I have a better opinion of thy wit, than to think thou would'st come ...

— The Works of John Dryden, Vol. II • Edited by Walter Scott

... of course you have; doubled him up completely! But look sharp! there are more birds before me! I can hardly keep the dogs down, now! There! there goes one—clean out of shot of me, though! Mark! mark, Tom! Gad, how the fat dog's running!" he continued. "He sees him! Ten to one he gets him! There he goes—bang! A long shot, ...

— Warwick Woodlands - Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago • Henry William Herbert (AKA Frank Forester)

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