GOBON. An old English name for the whiting.

GOB-STICK. A horn or wooden spoon.

GO BY. Stratagem.--_To give her the go by_, is to escape by deceiving.

GOBY. A name of the _gudgeon_ (which see). It was erroneously applied to
white-bait.

GOD. We retain the Anglo-Saxon word to designate the ALMIGHTY;
signifying good, to do good, doing good, and to benefit; terms such as
our classic borrowings cannot pretend to.

GODENDA. An offensive weapon of our early times, being a poleaxe with a
spike at its end.

GO DOWN. The name given to store-houses and magazines in the East
Indies.

GODSEND. An unexpected relief or prize; but wreckers denote by the term
vessels and goods driven on shore.

GOE. A creek, smaller than a voe.

GOELETTE [Fr.] A schooner. Also, a sloop-of-war.

GOGAR. A serrated worm used in the north for fishing-bait.

GOGLET. An earthen vase or bottle for holding water.

GOILLEAR. The Gaelic for a sea-bird of the Hebrides, said to come ashore
only in January.

GOING ABOUT. Tacking ship.

GOING FREE. When the bowlines are slackened, or sailing with the wind
abeam.

GOING LARGE. Sailing off the wind.

GOING THROUGH THE FLEET. A cruel punishment, long happily abolished. The
victim was sentenced to receive a certain portion of the flogging
alongside the various ships, towed in a launch by a boat supplied from
each vessel, the drummers beating the rogue's march.

GOLDENEY. A name for the yellow gurnard among the northern fishermen.

GOLD FISH. The trivial name of the _Cyprinus auratus_, one of the most
superb of the finny tribe. It was originally brought from China, but is
now generally naturalized in Europe.

GOLD MOHUR. A well known current coin in the East Indies, varying a
little in value at each presidency, but averaging fifteen rupees, or
thirty shillings.

GOLE. An old northern word for a stream or sluice.

GOLLETTE. The shirt of mail formerly worn by foot soldiers. Also, a
French sloop-of-war, spelled goelette.

GOMER. A particular form of chamber in ordnance, consisting in a conical
narrowing of the bore towards its inner end. It was first devised for
the service of mortars, and named after the inventor, Gomer, in the late
wars.

GOMERE [Fr.] The cable of a galley.

GONDOLA. A light pleasure-barge universally used on the canals of
Venice, generally propelled by one man standing on the stern with one
powerful oar, though the larger kinds have more rowers. The middle-sized
gondo