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Definition of gad:

(interjection) : an exclamatory interjection roughly equivalent to 'by God', 'goodness gracious', 'for goodness' sake'
(v) : to move from one location to another in an apparently random manner; often as phrasal verb gad about
(n) : a sharp-pointed object; a goad; a pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock, especially in mining
"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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Definition of gad:

(interjection) : an exclamatory interjection roughly equivalent to 'by God', 'goodness gracious', 'for goodness' sake'
(v) : to move from one location to another in an apparently random manner; often as phrasal verb gad about
(n) : a sharp-pointed object; a goad; a pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock, especially in mining
"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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