"goll" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From God. Etymology templates: {{m|en|God}} God Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} goll
  1. (dialect, euphemistic) God Tags: dialectal, euphemistic
    Sense id: en-goll-en-name-nFRNlrDI Categories (other): English euphemisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: golls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} goll (plural golls)
  1. (obsolete) A hand. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-goll-en-noun-c2qJjgTi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for goll meaning in English (1.9kB)

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          "ref": "1609, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Philaster",
          "text": "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.",
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