GAD, noun 1. A wedge or ingot of steel. 2. A style or graver. 3. A punch of iron with a wooden handle, used by miners. GAD, verb intransitive 1. To walk about; to rove or ramble idly or without any fixed purpose. Give the water no passage, neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad. 2. To ramble in growth; as the gadding vine.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI