Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GOA'D-ING, ppr.

Pricking; driving with a goad; inciting; urging on; rousing.

GOAL,

1. to [Fr. gaule, a long pole; W. gwyal; Arm; goalenn, a staff.]
2. The point set to bound a race, and to which they run; the mark. Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels. Milton.
3. Any starting post. Milton.
4. The end or final purpose; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or accomplish. Each individual seeks a several goal. Pope.

GOAR, n.

More usually Gore, – which see.

GOAR-ISH, a.

Patched; mean. [O6s.] Beaum.

GOAT, n. [Sax. get; D. geit; G. gates; S m. get; Dan gedebuk, a he-goat; Russ; koza]

An animal or quadruped of the genus Capra. The horns are hollow, turned upward, erect and scabrous; Goats are mealy of the size of sheep, but stronger, lese timid, and more agile. They delight to frequent rocks and mountains, and subsist on scanty coarse food; The milk of the goat is sweet, nourishing and medicinal, and the flesh furnishes' provisions to the inhabitants of countries where they abound.

GOAT-CHAF-FER, n.

An insect, a kind of beetle. Bailey.

GOAT-FISH, n.

A fish of the Mediterranean.

GOAT-HERD, n.

One whose occupation is to tend goats. Spenser.

GOAT-ISH, a.

1. Resembling u goat in any quality; of a rank smell. More.
2. Lustful. Shak.

GOAT-ISH-LY, adv.

In the manner of a goat; lustfully.

GOAT-MAR-JO-RAM, n.

Goat-beard.

GOAT-MILK-ER, n.

A kind of bird, so called from being supposed to suck goats; A Caprimulgus. Bailey.

GOATS-BEARD, n.

' In botany, a plant of the genus Tragopogon.

GOAT-SKIN, n.

The skin of a goat. Pope.

GOAT'S-RUE, n.

A plant of the genus Galega.

GOATS-STONES, n.

The greater goat's-stones is the Satyrium; the lesser, the Orchis.

GOATS-THORN, n.

A plant of the genus Astragalus;

GOAT-SUCK-ER, n.

In ornithology, a fowl of the genus Caprimulgus, an called from the opinion that it would suck goats; It is called also the fern-owl. In Bailey, it is called a goat-milker.

GOB, a. [Fr. gobe; W. gob, a heap; Qu. Heb. as, a hill, u boss; Ch. {foreign} geba, to raise.]

A little mass or collection; a mouthful. [A low word.] L'Estrange.

GOBBET, n.

Fr. go supra.] A mouthful; a lump. Shak. Addison.

GOBBET, v.t.

To swallow in large masses or mouthfuls. [A low word.] L'Estrange.

GOBBLE, v.i.

To make a noise in the throat, as a turky. Prior.

GOBBLE, v.t. [Fr. gober, to swallow.]

To swallow in large pieces; to swallow hastily. Prior. Swift.

GOB'BLED,

pp; Swallowed hastily.

GOBBLER, n.

1. One who swallows in haste; a greedy eater; a gormandizer.
2. A name sometimes given to the turky cock.