See Also: enthral(dictionary)
enthral(dictionary)

gooding (iou) and enthral (oh)


gooding (iou)



gooding verbal noun. L15.
[from GOOD verb + -ING1. Sense 2 prob. from GOOD noun.]
The action of improving something (esp. land by manuring); manure. obsolete exc. Scot. L15.
Orig., the practice of begging. Now only local, the custom of collecting alms on St Thomas's Day (21 December). M16.

enthral (oh)



[T usually passive]
to make someone very interested and excited, so that they listen or watch something very carefully
be enthralled by/with sb/sth
::The children were enthralled by the story she was telling
-- enthralled adj