Bankers' cash notes (i.e., promissory notes given by a banker to his customers as acknowledgments of the receipt of money) were originally called in London "goldsmiths' notes," from the circumstance that all the banking business in England was originally transacted by goldsmiths. Wharton. … [Read more...]
GOD'S PENNY
In old English law. Earnest-money; money given as evidence of the completion of a bargain. This name is probably derived from the fact that such money was given to the church or distributed in alms. … [Read more...]
GOLDWIT
A mulct or fine In gold. … [Read more...]
GOGING-STOLE
An old form of the word "cucking-stool," (q. v.) Cowell. … [Read more...]
GOLIARDUS
L. Lat. A jester, buffoon, or juggler. Spelman, voc. "Goliar-densis." … [Read more...]