Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GOOSE, n. [goos. Plur. Geese. Sax. gos; Sw. gås; Dan. gaas; Arm. goas; W. gwyz; Russ. gus; Ir. gedh, or geadh; Pers. قَاْز kaz. The G. and D. is gans, but whether the same word or not, let the reader judge. The Ch. אוז or אוזא, and the corresponding Arabic and Syriac words, may possibly be the same word, the Europeans prefixing g in the Celtic manner.]

1. A well known aquatic fowl of the genus Anas; but the domestic goose lives chiefly on land, and feeds on grass. The soft feathers are used for beds, and the quills for pens. The wild goose is migratory.
2. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.