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Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth; lustful; wanton. [Obs.]

nd induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings.

ied to the kinglets. -- Gnat flower, the bee flower. -- Gnat hawk (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker; -- called also gnat owl. -- Gnat snapper (Zoöl.), a bird that catches gnats. -- Gnat strainer, a person ostentatiously punctilious about trifles. Cf. Matt. xxiii. 24.

Same as Goaf.

A goat. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An Indian goat antelope (Nemorhedus goral), resembling the chamois.

s made from the coccus 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 storeh…

or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like. Chaucer.

Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.

t the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.

thrust. Home base (Baseball), the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making a run. -- Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner. -- Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.] -- Home rule, rule or government of an a…

inted organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed.

A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.

One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.

To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime. He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity. Bp. Warburton.

The goatsucker.

A wild goat (Capra Jemlaica) which inhabits the loftiest mountains of India. It has long, coarse hair, forming a thick mane on its head and neck.

A young goat. The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid. Is. xi. 6 .

ied on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field.

A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.