Part 4875

<h1>Goa</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Go"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species of antelope (<spn>Procapra picticauda</spn>), inhabiting Thibet.</def>

<h1>Goad</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Goad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>g\'bed</ets>; perh. akin to AS. <ets>g\'ber</ets> a dart, and E. <ets>gore</ets>. See <er>Gore</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.</def>

<blockquote>The daily <b>goad</b> urging him to the daily toil. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Goad</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Goad</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Goaded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Goading</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.</def>

<blockquote>That temptation that doth <b>goad</b> us on. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite; instigate.</syn>

<h1>Goaf</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Goaf</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>; <plu>n</i>.; <i>pl. <plw>Goafs</plw> <tt>(#)</tt> or <plw>Goaves</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. lst <er>Gob</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also <altname>gob</altname> .</def>

<cs><mcol><col>To work the goaf</col> &or; <col>gob</col></mcol>, <cd>to remove the pillars of mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and replace them with props. <i>Ure</i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Goal</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Goal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gaule</ets> pole, Prov. F. <ets>waule</ets>, of German origin; cf. Fries. <ets>walu</ets> staff, stick, rod, Goth. <ets>walus</ets>, Icel. <ets>v\'94lr</ets> a round stick; prob. akin to E. <ets>wale</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the <b>goal</b> With rapid wheels. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.</def>

<blockquote>Each individual seeks a several <b>goal</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Goal keeper</col>, <cd>the player charged with the defense of the goal.</cd></cs>

<h1>Goa powder</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Go"a pow"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[So called from <ets>Goa</ets>, on the Malabar coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal.]</ety> <def>A bitter powder (also called <altname>araroba</altname>) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (<spn>Andira araroba</spn>) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained.</def>

<h1>Goar</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Goar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as lst <er>Gore</er>.</def>

<h1>Goarish</h1> <Xpage=635>

<hw>Goar"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Patched; mean.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl. </i>

<h1>Goat</h1> <Xpage=635>