Part 546

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. L'Estrange.

2. The mouth. [Prov. Eng.or Low] Wright.

Gob"bet (?), n. [OE. & F. gobet. See 2d Gob.] A mouthful; a lump; a small piece. Spenser.

had broken the stocks to small gobbets.

Wyclif.

Gob"bet, v. t. To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. L'Estrange.

Gob"bet*ly, adv. In pieces. [Obs.] Huloet.

Gob"bing (?), n. [See lst Gob.] (Mining) (a) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff. Brande & C.

(b) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.

Gob"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gobbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling (?).] [Freq. of 2d gob.]

1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.

Supper gobbled up in haste.

Swift.

2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.

He . . . gobbles out a note of self- approbation.

Goldsmith.

To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang]

Gob"ble, v. i. 1. To eat greedily.

2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. Prior.

Gob"ble, n. A noise made in the throat.