6. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as,
there is no go in him. [Colloq.]
7. (Cribbage) That condition in the course of the game when a player
can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above
thirty-one.
Great go, Little go, the final and the preliminary examinations for a
degree. [Slang, Eng. Univ.] -- No go, a failure; a fiasco. [Slang]
Thackeray. -- On the go, moving about; unsettled. [Colloq.]
Go"a (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda),
inhabiting Thibet.
Goad (?), n. [AS. gd; perh. akin to AS. gr a dart, and E. gore. See
Gore, v. t.] A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any
necessity that urges or stimulates.
The daily goad urging him to the daily toil.
Macaulay.
Goad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Goaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Goading.] To prick;
to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything
pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.
That temptation that doth goad us on.
Shak.
Syn. -- To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite;
instigate.
Goaf (?); n.; pl. Goafs (#) or Goaves (#). [Cf. lst Gob.] (Mining) That
part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly
removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .
To work the goaf or gob, to remove the pillars of mineral matter
previously left to support the roof, and replace them with props. Ure.
Goal (?), n. [F. gaule pole, Prov. F. waule, of German origin; cf.
Fries. walu staff, stick, rod, Goth. walus, Icel. vˆlr a round stick;
prob. akin to E. wale.]
1. The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the
constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the
place at which a race or a journey is to end.
Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels.
Milton.
2. The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which
a person aims to reach or attain.
Each individual seeks a several goal.
Pope.
3. A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line
between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score;
also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts.
Goal keeper, the player charged with the defense of the goal.
Go"a pow"der (?). [So called from Goa, on the Malabar coast, whither it
was shipped from Portugal.] A bitter powder (also called araroba) found
in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and
used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is
obtained.
Goar (?), n. Same as lst Gore.
Goar"ish, a. Patched; mean. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Goat (gt), n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. gt; akin to D. geit, OHG. geiz,
G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young
goat, kid.] (Zoˆl.) A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of
several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus),
which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have long, silky hair,
used in the manufacture of textile fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat
(Capra Êgagrus), of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in
its stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species of the
domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat (Haplocercus montanus) is more
nearly related to the antelopes. See Mazame.
Goat antelope (Zoˆl), one of several species of antelopes, which in
some respects resemble a goat, having recurved horns, a stout body,
large hoofs, and a short, flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and
chikara. -- Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig. -- Goat house. (a) A place
for keeping goats. (b) A brothel. [Obs.] -- Goat moth (Zoˆl.), any moth
of the genus Cossus, esp. the large European species (C. ligniperda),
the larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three
years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the he-goat. -- Goat
weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus Capraria (C.
biflora). -- Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant (Aconitum
Lucoctonum), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland
into England; wolfsbane. -- Goat's beard (Bot.), a plant of the genus
Tragopogon; -- so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One
species is the salsify or oyster plant. -- Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind
of wood sorrel (Oxalis caprina) growing at the Cape of Good Hope. --
Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis of Europe, or
Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States). -- Goat's thorn (Bot.), a
thorny leguminous plant (Astragalus Tragacanthus), found in the Levant.
-- Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to
Atraphaxis).
Goat`ee" (?), n. A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which
is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat.
Goat"fish` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the
Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.
Goat"herd` (?), n. One who tends goats. Spenser.
Goat"ish, a. Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.
Give your chaste body up to the embraces Of goatish lust.
Massinger.
-- Goat"ish*ly, adv. -- Goat"ish*ness, n.
Goat"like` (?), a. Like a goat; goatish.
Goat"skin` (?), n. The skin of a goat, or leather made from it. -- a.
Made of the skin of a goat.
Goat"suck`er (?), n. (Zoˆl.) One of several species of insectivorous
birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European
species (Caprimulgus EuropÊus); -- so called from the mistaken notion
that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat
owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr,
churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk.
Goaves (gvz), n. pl. [See Goaf, n.] (Mining) Old workings. See Goaf.
Raymond.
Gob (gb), n. [Cf. Goaf.] (Mining) Same as Goaf.
Gob, n. [OF. gob morsel; cf. F. gobe, gobbe, a poisoned morsel, poison
ball, gobet a piece swallowed, gober to swallow greedily and without
tasting; cf. Gael. & Ir. gob mouth, snout, W. gwp a bird's head and
neck. Cf. Gobble, Job, n.] 1. A little mass or collection; a small
quantity; a mouthful. [Low] L'Estrange.