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An exclamatory interjection roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake.

One who roams about idly; a gadabout.

To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.

A greedy and/or stupid person.

Example: Get over here, ye good-for-nothing gadǃ

A sharp-pointed object; a goad.

A metal bar.

A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock.

An indeterminate measure of metal produced by a furnace, perhaps equivalent to the bloom, perhaps weighing around 100 pounds.