Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GOAD'ING, ppr.

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

GOAL, n. [Fr. gaule, a long pole; W. gwyal; Arm. goalenn, a staff.]

1. 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.
2. Any starting post. Milton.
3. 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. [Obs.] Beaum.

GOAT, n. [Sax. gæt; D. geit; G. geiss; Sw. 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 nearly 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 a 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.

GOATS'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, so 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. גב, a hill, a boss; Ch. גבא geba, to raise.]

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

GOB'BET, n. [Fr. gobe, supra.]

A mouthful; a lump. Shak. Addison.

GOB'BET, v.t.

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

GOB'BLE, v.i.

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

GOB'BLE, v.t. [Fr. gober, to swallow.]

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

GOB'BLED, pp.

Swallowed hastily.

GOB'BLER, n.

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