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eristic of a goat; goatlike. Give your chaste body up to the embraces Of goatish lust. Massinger. -- Goat"ish*ly, adv. -- Goat"ish*ness, n.

To coöperate. [Obs.] Massinger.

One who horns or cuckolds. [Obs.] Massinger.

e in a hurricane whirl'd. Tennyson. Each guilty thought to me is A dreadful hurricane. Massinger. Hurricane bird (Zoöl.), the frigate bird. -- Hurricane deck. (Naut.) See under Deck.

Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.

y scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue. [Obs.] This is but an induction: I will dMassinger.

ivate thoughts and feelings. Here's none but friends; we may speak Our insides freely. Massinger.

Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations.

A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes. Massinger.

A conclusion; a result. Massinger.

To make a lady of; to make ladylike. [Obs.] Massinger.

Selfish pleasure; delight. [Obs.] Massinger.

on from the wall of Kensington Garden. Walpole. To like of, to be pleased with. [Obs.] Massinger.

Representing life; lifelike. [Obs.] I spied the lively picture of my father. Massinger.

Through the whole extent or duration. The bird of dawning singeth all night long. Shak.

s never so magnificent As when he's sparing to enrich a few With the injuries of many. Massinger.

A composer or singer of melodies.

ving a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer. -- n.

A particular feature or trait. [Obs.] Massinger.

es to the accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician. Chaucer.