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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAD, n.
1. A wedge or ingot of steel.
2. A style or graver.
3. A punch of iron with a wooden handle, used by miners.
GAD, v.i.
1. To walk about; to rove or ramble idly or without any fixed purpose.
Give the water no passage, neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.
2. To ramble in growth; as the gadding vine.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months [syn: generalized anxiety disorder, GAD, anxiety reaction]
2: a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on" [syn: spur, gad] v
1: wander aimlessly in search of pleasure [syn: gallivant, gad, jazz around]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Hebrew G?dh Date: before 12th century a son of Jacob and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel • Gadite noun

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, spike, from Old Norse gaddr; akin to Old English geard rod — more at yard Date: 1671 1. a chisel or pointed iron or steel bar for loosening ore or rock 2. chiefly dialect a long stick II. intransitive verb (gadded; gadding) Etymology: Middle English gadden Date: 15th century to be on the go without a specific aim or purpose — usually used with about III. interjection Etymology: euphemism for God Date: 1608 — used as a mild oath

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v.intr. (gadded, gadding) (foll. by about, abroad, around) go about idly or in search of pleasure. --n. idle wandering or adventure (esp. in on the gad). Etymology: back-form. f. obs. gadling companion f. OE gædeling f. gæd fellowship 2. int. (also by gad) an expression of surprise or emphatic assertion. Etymology: = God

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gad Gad, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gadded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gadding.] [Prob. fr. gad, n., and orig. meaning to drive about.] To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled. ``The gadding vine.'' --Milton. Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? --Jer. ii. 36.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gad Gad, n. [OE. gad, Icel. gaddr goad, sting; akin to Sw. gadd sting, Goth. gazds, G. gerte switch. See Yard a measure.] 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. --Shak. 3. A sharp-pointed rod; a goad. 4. A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling. --Fairholt. 5. A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel. [Obs.] Flemish steel . . . some in bars and some in gads. --Moxon. 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.] --Halliwell. Bartlett. Upon the gad, upon the spur of the moment; hastily. [Obs.] ``All this done upon the gad!'' --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(gads, gadding, gadded) If you gad about, you go to a lot of different places looking for amusement or entertainment. (INFORMAL) Don't think you'll keep me here while you gad about. VERB: V about/out, also V adv/prep, V

Hitchcock Bible Dictionary

a band; a troop

Easton's Bible Dictionary

fortune; luck. (1.) Jacob's seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and the brother of Asher (Gen. 30:11-13; 46:16, 18). In the Authorized Version of 30:11 the words, "A troop cometh: and she called," etc., should rather be rendered, "In fortune [R.V., 'Fortunate']: and she called," etc., or "Fortune cometh," etc.

The tribe of Gad during the march through the wilderness had their place with Simeon and Reuben on the south side of the tabernacle (Num. 2:14). The tribes of Reuben and Gad continued all through their history to follow the pastoral pursuits of the patriarchs (Num. 32:1-5).

The portion allotted to the tribe of Gad was on the east of Jordan, and comprehended the half of Gilead, a region of great beauty and fertility (Deut. 3:12), bounded on the east by the Arabian desert, on the west by the Jordan (Josh. 13:27), and on the north by the river Jabbok. It thus included the whole of the Jordan valley as far north as to the Sea of Galilee, where it narrowed almost to a point.

This tribe was fierce and warlike; they were "strong men of might, men of war for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, their faces the faces of lions, and like roes upon the mountains for swiftness" (1 Chr. 12:8; 5:19-22). Barzillai (2 Sam. 17:27) and Elijah (1 Kings 17:1) were of this tribe. It was carried into captivity at the same time as the other tribes of the northern kingdom by Tiglath-pileser (1 Chr. 5:26), and in the time of Jeremiah (49:1) their cities were inhabited by the Ammonites.

(2.) A prophet who joined David in the "hold," and at whose advice he quitted it for the forest of Hareth (1 Chr. 29:29; 2 Chr. 29:25; 1 Sam. 22:5). Many years after we find mention made of him in connection with the punishment inflicted for numbering the people (2 Sam. 24:11-19; 1 Chr. 21:9-19). He wrote a book called the "Acts of David" (1 Chr. 29:29), and assisted in the arrangements for the musical services of the "house of God" (2 Chr. 29:25). He bore the title of "the king's seer" (2 Sam. 24:11, 13; 1 Chr. 21:9).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Rove about idly, ramble without definite purpose. 2. Go unrestrainedly, wag, run loose. 3. Gossip, rattle, prate, babble, tattle, talk mischievously.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	GAD
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ASO
FAA District	JAN
State	AL
State	ALABAMA
County	ETOWAH
County State	AL
City Name	GADSDEN
Full Name	GADSDEN MUNI
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"GADSDEN, AL 35999"
Elevation	569
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	ATLANTA
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	04
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	SW
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGPRY3
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	037
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	008
Based Jet engine general aviation aircraft	001
Based Helicopters	001
Base Operational Gliders	002
Air Taxi	001200
General Aviation, Local Operations	004736
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	017520
Military Aircraft Operations	000430
Latitude	33.9726252778
Longitude	-86.0890013889
State FIPS code	01
State Postal Code	AL
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	7
Version	09

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