God help you. Anciently an invocation on behalf of a person subjected to the Ordeal of Fire.
Godstone. A corruption of “Good Stone,” relative to the excellence of the stone quarried here.
Goggles. Shaded spectacles, so called in allusion to gig lamps.
Go in for Banting. See “[Banting].”
Gold Coast. The coast of Guinea, West Africa, where gold was found.
Golden Cross. The device of the Crusaders, extensively adopted as an inn sign.
Golden Gate. The entrance to San Francisco Harbour. This name had been bestowed upon it by the Spaniards centuries before the outbreak of the gold fever in 1847, from their own knowledge that this was the gate to the Land of Gold.
Golden Lane. A corruption of “Golding Lane,” after the builder.
Golden Square. Properly “Gelding Square,” from an old inn of this name.
Go Marooning. A southern state American expression for a picnicking party on the shore or up country which is to last for several days. See “[Maroons].”