DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan

 Dress goods A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; -- most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also applicable to silks, printed linens, and calicoes.
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 Good n.
 1. That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; -- opposed to evil.
    There be many that say, Who will show us any good ?   --Ps. iv. 6.
 2. Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; -- opposed to harm, etc.
    The good of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the good of each of the members composing it.   --Jay.
 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.
    He hath made us spend much good.   --Chaucer.
 Thy lands and goods
 Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate
 Unto the state of Venice.   --Shak.
 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.