Gad

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 2 Bosnian 2.1 Noun 3 Croatian 3.1 Noun 4 Navajo 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Serbian 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Cyrillic spelling

English

Noun

gad

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.
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. (Obsolete)
6. A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with.
7. an old English indeterminate measure of metal produced by a furnace, perhaps equivalent to the bloom, perhaps weighing around 100 pounds.

   Quotations

   • 1957: Twice a day a 'gad' of iron, i.e., a bloom weighing 1 cwt. was produced, which took from six to seven hours. — H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 146.

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Bosnian

Noun

gad m. (pl.: gadovi)

1. a repulsive person
2. scoundrel
3. cad
4. asshole

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Croatian

Noun

gad m. (pl.: gadovi)

1. a repulsive person
2. scoundrel
3. cad
4. asshole

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Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kɑ̀t]

Noun

gad

1. juniper, cedar

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Serbian

Noun

gad m. (pl.: gadovi)

1. a repulsive person
2. scoundrel
3. cad
4. asshole

Cyrillic spelling

• гадpl:gad

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