Part 4899

<h1>Goosefoot</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Goose"foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of herbs (<spn>Chenopodium</spn>) mostly annual weeds; pigweed.</def>

<h1>Goosery</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Goos"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gooseries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A place for keeping geese.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The characteristics or actions of a goose; silliness.</def>

<blockquote>The finical <b>goosery</b> of your neat sermon actor. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Goosewing</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Goose"wing`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.</def>

<h1>Goosewinged</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Goose"winged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having a "goosewing."</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.</def>

<h1>Goosish</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Goos"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a goose; foolish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Goost</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Goost</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Ghost; spirit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Goot</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Goot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A goat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Go-out</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Go"-out`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>gowt</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Gopher</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Go"pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gaufre</ets> waffle, honeycomb. See <er>Gauffer</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera <spn>Geomys</spn> and <spn>Thomomys</spn>, of the family <spn>Geomyid\'91</spn>; -- called also <altname>pocket gopher</altname> and <altname>pouched rat</altname>. See <er>Pocket gopher</er>, and <er>Tucan</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The name was originally given by French settlers to many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the earth.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of several western American species of the genus <spn>Spermophilus</spn>, of the family <spn>Sciurid\'91</spn>; as, the gray gopher (<spn>Spermophilus Franklini</spn>) and the striped gopher (<spn>S. tridecemlineatus</spn>); -- called also <altname>striped prairie squirrel</altname>, <altname>leopard marmot</altname>, and <altname>leopard spermophile</altname>. See <er>Spermophile</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A large land tortoise (<spn>Testudo Carilina</spn>) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A large burrowing snake (<spn>Spilotes Couperi</spn>) of the Southern United States.</def>

<cs><col>Gopher drift</col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>an irregular prospecting drift, following or seeking the ore without regard to regular grade or section. <i>Raymond<i>.</cd></cs>