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Cad vs. Gad

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Cadnoun

A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.

Gadverb

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

Cadnoun

(historical) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.

Gadnoun

One who roams about idly; a gadabout.

Cadnoun

A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.

Gadnoun

A greedy and/or stupid person.

‘Get over here, ye good-for-nothing gadǃ’;

Cadnoun

A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.

Gadnoun

A sharp-pointed object; a goad.

Cadnoun

someone who is morally reprehensible;

‘you dirty dog’;

Gadnoun

(obsolete) A metal bar.

Cadnoun

software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing

Gadnoun

A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock.

Gadnoun

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

Gadnoun

A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.

Gadnoun

A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with.

Gadnoun

The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.

Gadnoun

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.’;

Gadnoun

A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.

Gadnoun

A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.

Gadnoun

A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel.

‘Flemish steel . . . some in bars and some in gads.’;

Gadnoun

A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with.

Gadverb

To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled.

‘Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?’;

Gadnoun

an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months

Gadnoun

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’;

Gadverb

wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

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