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GOOSb'NECK, in a nli?,

p'cee of iron

ÍI ,~J

on t:1C

one

~nJ

01"

Ih~

lilla, 10 \\ hdl t!:c I.lni.,d of

Ih~

WhIP'

naff or the "·heel.rope comes, for n(u ing

Ih~

fhip.

COOSE'\V ' NG , in lhe b ·l.ngoagc . Whcn a fhip fdils

bdorc, or l'Iilh a q.m lcr w:od

a frefh gale,

make Ihe more harte,

th~y

I.luneh out a boom, and

fail

on the lec

fiJ~ ;

anu a foil fo fiued, is ealled a

goofe.wing.

GOR, the capital of a prol'ince of Ihe fam: name, in the

Ean.Indies, fubjca tOthe Mo¡;ul: E. long . 85°, N.

!JI. 31°

'5'.

GORCUM, a eity of Ihe Uniled Provinm, filOated in

that of Holland, on Ihe rirer Waal, t\Venly two miles

ea(l of Rotterdam : E. long 4° 50', N. lat. 51° 50'.

GORDIi\.N KNOT. in anliquity, a knot made in the

leathers or harnefs of the chariot of Cordius, king of

Phrygia, fo very iotricate, that therc was DO bDdiog

where it begao or

end~d.

The iolMbilanls had a traditioo, lhat the oracle

had deelared, lhal he \Vho uniled this koot, fhould be

maner of Afia. Alexander haVing undemken it, was

uoable to aecomplifh it; when fmiog lerl his 001 UD·

tying it fhou ld be deemed ao ill augury, and prove a

eheek in lhe way of his eooquen" he CUl il aruoder

Wilh his fword, and lhus eilher aeeoolplifhed or

do·

ded lhe oraele.

CORE, io heraldry, one of lhe abalements, whieh, ae·

eording 10 Guillim, deooles a coward.

is a figure

coofining of I\VO areh lioe! drawn one from lhe fioi(ler

chief, and lhe olher from the uni(ler bafe, bOlh mm·

in~

in an aCUle angle io Ihe middle of lhe

f~f!

pOiOI.

See Plale XCVII.

fig.

CORGE, in archileéture. the narrowc(l pan of the Tuf·

cao and Dorie capilals. Iying bet\Veen Ihe a(lragal,

¡.

bove lhe fhafl of the pillar, and the

annul~ls.

Go RG

in fortification, the eotrance of the plalform of

anywork. See FO R11FI CAT ION.

GORGED, iD heraldry, the bearing of acrown, coronet,

or the like, aboul the neek of a lion, a fwan,

be.

and

in thal cafe il is f.!.Íd, lhe lion or cygnet is gorged with

a ducal eoronet,

(;c.

Gorged is alfo ufed when the gorge or neek of a

peacoek, fwan, or lhe like bird, is of a differenl eo·

lour or metal from lhe re(l.

GO!lGONA, the name of t\Vo iOands; one in the Paeifie

Oeean on lhe eua(l of Peru,

long.

79°:

N. lat. 3° ;

lhe olher iDtheMediterraoean, t\VeDIy-6ve miles wen

of Leghorn .

GORGONS, in antiqllilY, a warlike fem ale nalion of

Lybia, in Afriea. who h?d frequent quarrels Wilh ID'

olher nalion of the fame fex, ealled Amnzons .

GORLlTZ, a eilyof Upper Saxony, in Germany, fifly

mil,es ean of

Drefd~n :

E. long. 15 °

6',

N. lal. 51'

12 •

GOSHAWK . See FALco.

GOSLAR, an imperi.1eily of Lo\Ver Saxony, in Ger·

m. ny, Ihiny miles fOUlh of Brunfwiek: E. long.

lO'

30', N.

Iat

5z"

GOS PEL, the hinoryof the life, aélions, dealh, refur·

reétlon, afecnfiun and dotlrin" of Jefus Chri!!.

Theword is f.xoo, anel of lhe fame import with lhe

G O V

Lalin lerOl

ct'angeliulI/,

wilieh

figlli:i~s

gl,J

lidin~,

or good ntws .

This hinory is conlained in the wrilings of SI Mat.

thew, St Muk, SI Luke, and SI Juhn; who fruOl

thenee are ealled evangelin!. T he Chrini.n ehureh

never aeknowledged ¡ny moce than Ihefe four golptls

as eanonieal; nOlwilhllanding. whieh,

f~vtral

apocry.

phal gofpds are handed down 10 us, anJ olhers are eo·

tirely lort.

GOSSYPIUM, in botany, a genus of tbe monoJelphia

polyandria clafs The ealix is double, lhe eXlerior

one eonfiJli ng of three leaves ; the capfule has four

eells

anu the feeds are eOI'ered Wilh down. There

ar~

four fpeeies, none of them natives of Hrilain.

GOTHA the capital of Ihe duchy of Saxe GOlha, io

Upper Saxony

long. 10° 36', N. Idl. 51 °.

is fu bjetl10 the duke of Saxe Gotha, brolher of

her

royal

highnefs lhe prineefs dowager of \Vales,

GOTHIC, in general, .whatever has any rel.tÍon 10 Ihe

GOlhs : thus, we f;¡y, Gothic eu(lums, GOlhie mhi.

ledure,

&c.

GOTHLAND, the mo(l fOUlhern provinee of Swedeo,

being a peninfula furrounded on time fides by the

Ballic Sea.

is fubdivided iOlo Eart and \Ven GOlh·

Idnd, Smaland, Halland, Bleken, and Sehonen.

GOTHLANO, is alfo an iOand of me Bahie, filumd Wilh·

out the provioee of Gothland and Livonia.

GOTTENBURG, aport·tOWO of Sweden, filumd be·

tween the Sound, on the eoan of the Schaggeraek Sea,

near the entranee of the Ballie.

GOTTINGEN, a city of Germany, in Ihe eirele of

Lower Saxony and dukedomof Brunfwiek: E. long.

9° 45', N. Lal. 51 '

p '.

GOTTORP, a eity of lhe dukcdom of Slefwie, in Deo·

mark, and capilalof lhe lerrilories of [he duke

Hol·

CIein GOllorp: E. loog. 10°, N. lat. 54° 40"

GOUDE, a eily of the Uniled Nctherlands, in Ihe

pro·

vinee of Holland, len miles nonh·ean of Ronerdaol.

GOVERNMENT, in general, is lhe polily of a (lote,

or an

or~erly

power eonniluled for the publie good.

Civil governmeOl WdS in(li,uted for lhe prefemcion

and adl'ancement of mens civil intere(ls, and for

t~e

beuer fecurity of lheir lives, Iiberties, and propcrties.

The ufe and neeeflily of govcrnmenl is fueh, lhal lhm

never was an age or eounlry withoUI fome fon of civil

authority: but

men areIcldom unanimous in the

means of attaining their cnds, fo their diffuenee in o·

pinion io relalion 10 goveroment, has produeed a vane·

ty of form! of ir. To enumetale lhem, would be. 10

recapilulate the hi(lory of lhe whole earth. But .hey

may, in general, be reduceJ tOone of Ihefe heads:

cither Ihe civil aUlhority is dclega[ed 10 ORe or more,

or e1fe il is (lill referved 10 the wholebody of lhe peo·

pie ; wAenee arifes the knolVn di(linfl,on of gOl'ero'

mcnt into monarehy, ariHoerael', anu demoeraey.

Mr Hooker thinks, lhal lhe fi r(l

~overnmenl

I\'asaro

bilrary, and admini(lered by a fingle pcrfon;

u!l

was found by experienee, lhal 10 live by one nlJn's

will , II'JS lhe caufe of all mens

~lifery:

:ll1U

lhl~, h~

concludes, was lhe original of invenling iJlI's.. The

R~lao

anJ mon of

Ih~

GreciJIl rt'lcS w"c bUllt uro