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The bernicle goose; -- called also clack goose.

ollision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds. The goose let fall a golden egg With cackle and with clatter. Tennyson.

with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.

To make a confused noise; to bustle. It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there. Tennyson.

A child's rocking-horse. Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. Mother Goose.

The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal. Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. -- Coromandel wood, Calamander wood.

An ill-natured person. [Colloq.] "Crosspatch, draw the latch." Mother Goose.

A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum. Black currant,a shrub or bush (Ribes nigrum and R. floridum) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit. -- Cherry currant, a variety of the red currant, having a strong, symmetrical bush and a very…

The goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler.

of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. -- Duck barnacle. (Zoöl.) See Goose barnacle. -- Duck hawk. (Zoöl.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. -- Duck mole (Zoöl.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill re…

A porpoise. [Scott.] Dunter goose (Zoöl.) the eider duck. J. Brand.

of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia. Emperor goose (Zoöl.), a large and handsome goose (Philacte canagica), found in Alaska. -- Emperor moth (Zoöl.), one of several large and beautiful bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as the American Cecropia moth (Platy…

A gooseberry. [Prov. Eng.] Prior.

The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes.

ject of contempt. [Obs.] England were but a fling Save for the crooked stick and the gray goose wing. Old Proverb. To have one's fling, to enjoy one's self to the full; to have a season of dissipation. J. H. Newman. "When I was as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of pleasure." D. Jerrold.

A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.

peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles.

To make a noise like a goose; to cackle. Bacon.

The male of any species of goose.

A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world. [Also gansa.] Johnson.