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gad

 
(găd) pronunciation
n.
  1. A pointed tool, such as a spike or chisel, used for breaking rock or ore.
  2. A goad, as for prodding cattle.
tr.v., gad·ded, gad·ding, gads.
To break up (ore, for example) with a gad.

[Middle English, from Old Norse gaddr.]


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