† igad, i'gad, int. Obs.
(ɪˈgæd)
Variant of egad; see god, and cf. icod.
| 1671 Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Rehearsal i. (Arb.) 37, I gad, I'll e'en kneel down, and he shall cut my head off. Ibid. v. 111 I'l justifie it to be as grand to the eye, every whit, I gad, as that great scene in Harry the Eight, and grander too, I gad. 1700 Congreve Way of World v. xiv, I'gad, I understand nothing of the matter. 1728 Vanbr. & Cib. Prov. Husb. iv. i, I'gad, if I don't keep a tight Hand on my Tit, here, she'll [etc.]. |