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d varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.

. -- Gold beater, one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold leaf. -- Gold beater's skin, the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used for separating the leaves of metal during the process of gold-beating. -- Gold beetle (Zoöl.), any small gold-colored beetle of the family Chrysomelidæ; -…

. -- Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.] -- Goose flesh, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear; -- called also goose skin.goose pimples and goose bumps -- Goose grass. (Bot.)

The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.

or kermes in sect. -- Grain leather. (a) Dressed horse hides. (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side for women's shoes, etc. -- Grain moth (Zoöl.), one of several small moths, of the family Tineidæ (as Tinea granella and Butalis cereAlella), whose larvæ devour grain in storehouses. -- Grain side…

f pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.

A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.

ble berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use and for making wine and raisins.

ration or worship of woman. The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin- deep. Lowell.

A labiate plant (the Lycopus Europæus). Gypsies are said to stain their skin with its juice.

The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.

tus frumentarius). It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations.

A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail. Holloway.

e (Leptus autumnalis), of a bright crimson color, which is troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic animals; -- called also harvest louse, and harvest bug. -- Harvest moon, the moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is…

from low temperature, or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter; heat of the skin or body in fever, etc. Else how had the world . . . Avoided pinching cold and scorching heat! Milton.

A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.

A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber.

An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to ano…

The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.

Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.