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golden
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golden
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Golden
(gcide) | Golden \Gold"en\ (g[=o]ld"'n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden,
AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]
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1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
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2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
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3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently
auspicious; as, golden opinions.
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Golden age.
(a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
manners in rural employments, followed by the {silver
age}, bronze age, and iron age. --Dryden.
(b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D.
14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when
Cicero, C[ae]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence:
(c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when
it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its
greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been
considered the golden age of English literature.
Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a
pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the
coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in
London having been Lombards.
Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict.
Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named
from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.
Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium
aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow
flowers.
Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup.
Golden eagle (Zool.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila
Chrysa["e]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North
America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of
the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is
called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is
the ring-tailed eagle.
Golden fleece.
(a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken
from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to
Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the
Argonautic expedition.
(b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by
Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also
Toison d'Or.
Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]
Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant
with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea.
Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who
overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th
century.
Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by
James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th
century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and
partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus
entitled.
Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.]
Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes;
sufficiency without excess; moderation.
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Angels guard him in the golden mean. --Pope.
Golden mole (Zool), one of several South African
Insectivora of the family Chrysochlorid[ae], resembling
moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green,
purple, and gold.
Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the
lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and
is so called from having formerly been written in the
calendar in gold.
Golden oriole. (Zool.) See Oriole.
Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant.
Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.
Golden plover (Zool.), one of several species of plovers,
of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European ({Charadrius
apricarius}, syn. Charadrius pluvialis; -- called also
yellow plover, black-breasted plover, hill plover,
and whistling plover. The common American species
(Charadrius dominicus) is also called frostbird, and
bullhead.
Golden robin. (Zool.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab.
Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by
the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some
church or person in recognition of special services
rendered to the Holy See.
Golden rule.
(a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us.
Cf. --Luke vi. 31.
(b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.
Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula
crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe.
Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers
(Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet
places in early spring.
Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb
(Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock
and large rounded leaves.
Golden sulphide of antimony, or {Golden sulphuret of
antimony} (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or
orange yellow powder.
Golden warbler (Zool.), a common American wood warbler
(Dendroica [ae]stiva); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow
warbler}, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird.
Golden wasp (Zool.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect,
of the family Chrysidid[ae]. The colors are golden,
blue, and green.
Golden wedding. See under Wedding.
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golden
(wn) | golden
adj 1: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long
aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn:
aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden]
2: marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon
days of the clipper trade" [syn: golden, halcyon,
prosperous]
3: made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome
of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" [syn:
gold, golden, gilded]
4: supremely favored; "golden lads and girls all must / like
chimney sweepers come to dust" [syn: fortunate, golden]
5: suggestive of gold; "a golden voice"
6: presaging or likely to bring good luck; "a favorable time to
ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make
a decision" [syn: golden, favorable, favourable,
lucky, prosperous] |
golden
(foldoc) | golden
[Probabaly from folklore's "golden egg"] When used to describe
a magnetic medium (e.g. "golden disk", "golden tape"),
describes one containing a tested, up-to-spec, ready-to-ship
software version. Compare platinum-iridium.
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golden
(jargon) | golden
adj.
[prob.: from folklore's ‘golden egg’] When used to describe a magnetic
medium (e.g., golden disk, golden tape), describes one containing a tested,
up-to-spec, ready-to-ship software version. Compare platinum-iridium. One
may also “go gold”, which is the act of releasing a golden version. The
gold color of many CDROMs is a coincidence; this term was well established
a decade before CDROM distribution become common in the mid-1990s.
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golden handshake
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golden honey plant
(encz) | golden honey plant, n: |
golden ironweed
(encz) | golden ironweed, n: |
golden larch
(encz) | golden larch, n: |
golden maidenhair
(encz) | golden maidenhair, n: |
golden marguerite
(encz) | golden marguerite, n: |
golden mean
(encz) | golden mean, n: |
golden mole
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golden oak mushroom
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golden oldie
(encz) | golden oldie, n: |
golden oriole
(encz) | golden oriole, n: |
golden parachute
(encz) | golden parachute, |
golden pea
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golden pheasant
(encz) | golden pheasant, n: |
golden pholiota
(encz) | golden pholiota, n: |
golden plover
(encz) | golden plover, n: |
golden polypody
(encz) | golden polypody, n: |
golden pothos
(encz) | golden pothos, n: |
golden potto
(encz) | golden potto, n: |
golden ragwort
(encz) | golden ragwort, n: |
golden rain
(encz) | golden rain, n: |
golden retriever
(encz) | golden retriever, |
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(encz) | golden rule,zlaté pravidlo Zdeněk Brož |
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(encz) | golden saxifrage, n: |
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golden section
(encz) | golden section, n: |
golden shiner
(encz) | golden shiner, n: |
golden shower tree
(encz) | golden shower tree, n: |
golden spleen
(encz) | golden spleen, n: |
golden star
(encz) | golden star, n: |
golden stars
(encz) | golden stars, n: |
golden syrup
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golden thistle
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golden thread
(encz) | golden thread, n: |
golden trumpet
(encz) | golden trumpet, n: |
golden warbler
(encz) | golden warbler, n: |
golden wattle
(encz) | golden wattle, n: |
golden wedding
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golden wedding anniversary
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golden willow
(encz) | golden willow, n: |
golden wonder millet
(encz) | golden wonder millet, n: |
golden yarrow
(encz) | golden yarrow, n: |
golden years
(encz) | golden years, |
golden-beard penstemon
(encz) | golden-beard penstemon, n: |
golden-crested kinglet
(encz) | golden-crested kinglet, n: |
golden-eyed fly
(encz) | golden-eyed fly, n: |
goldenbush
(encz) | goldenbush, n: |
goldeneye
(encz) | goldeneye, n: |
goldenly
(encz) | goldenly, |
goldenness
(encz) | goldenness, |
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