gowdDefinition of Gowd. Gowd is a dialectal variant often used in Scottish English to refer to gold. It represents both the precious metal used in jewelry and coinage and, furatively, somethingDefine Gowd. Gowd synonyms, Gowd pronunciation, Gowd translation, English dictionary definition of Gowd. n. 1. Gold; wealth. The man's the gowd for a' that. - Burns. Webster's