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Webster 1913 Edition


Goll

Goll

,
Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
A hand, paw, or claw.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney. B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Goll

GOLL

,
Noun.
[Gr. a cavity, and the hollow of the hand.]
Hands; paws; claws. [Not in use or local.]

Definition 2024


goll

goll

English

Noun

goll (plural golls)

  1. (obsolete) hand
    • 1609, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Philaster:
      Then give me thy Princely goll, which thus I kisse, to whom I crouch and bow; But see my royall sparke, this head-strong swarme that follow me humming like a master Bee, have I led forth their Hives, and being on wing, and in our heady flight, have seazed him shall suffer for thy wrongs.
    • 1622, Thomas Dekker, The Noble Spanish Soldier:
      Give me thy goll , thou are a noble girl.

Etymology 2

From God

Proper noun

goll

  1. (euphemistic) God
    • 1900, Edward Noyes Westcott, The Christmas Story from David Harum:
      'I dunno what you mean,' says Jim. 'Yes, ye do, goll darn ye!' says Dick, 'yes, ye do.
    • 1919, Various, The Best Short Stories of 1917:
      By goll! that's all I'm good for to take on now.

Manx

Noun

goll m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. verbal noun of immee
  2. going

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Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
goll gholl ngoll
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.