'Goods wagon' definitions:

Definition of 'Goods wagon'

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  • Good \Good\, n.
  • 1. That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; -- opposed to evil. [1913 Webster]
  • There be many that say, Who will show us any good ? --Ps. iv. 6. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; -- opposed to harm, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • The good of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the good of each of the members composing it. --Jay. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. pl. Wares; commodities; chattels; -- formerly used in the singular in a collective sense. In law, a comprehensive name for almost all personal property as distinguished from land or real property. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
  • He hath made us spend much good. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Dress goods, Dry goods, etc. See in the Vocabulary.
  • Goods engine, a freight locomotive. [Eng.]
  • Goods train, a freight train. [Eng.]
  • Goods wagon, a freight car [Eng.] See the Note under Car, n., 2. [1913 Webster]