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_Bp. Forbes._
GOAT, _s._ A narrow cavern or inlet, into which the sea enters, Ang.
Isl. _gioota_, caverna terrae; _gat_, foramen.
GOAT-CHAFFER, _s._ Cerambyx aedilis.
_Sibbald._
_To_ GOAVE, _v. n._
V. ~Goif~.
GOB, _s._ The mouth.
Ir. _gob_.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. The stomach, S. _gebbie_.
_Maitland P._
GOb.i.+.c.h, _s._ The _goby_, a fish.
_Stat. Acc._
GOCKMIN, GOKMAN, _s._ A centinel.
Gael. _gochdman_, a watchman.
_Martin._
G.o.dBAIRNE, _s._ G.o.dchild.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _G.o.dbearn_, puer l.u.s.tricus.
_To_ GOGGE, _v. a._ To blindfold.
_Z. Boyd._
~Goggles~, _s. pl._ Blinds for horses, S.
GOE, GEU, _s._ A creek.
V. ~Geo~.
_Neill._
_To_ GOIF, GOUE, GOVE, GOAVE, GOUP, _v._
1. To stare, to gaze, to look with a roving eye, S.
_Gawve_, A. Bor.
_Douglas._
2. To investigate.
_Douglas._
3. To look stedfastly, holding up the face, S. B.
_Burns._
4. To throw up the head, tossing it from side to side, S.
Germ. _gaff-en_, adspectare, Sw. _gap-a_, avide intueri, Isl.
_gap-a_, circ.u.mspicere.
GOLACH, _s._
1. The generic name for a beetle, Ang.
2. The earwig, Loth.
Gael. _forchar-gollach_, id.
GO-LAIGH, GO-LAIGHIE, _s._ A low short-legged hen; also a woman of a similar shape, S. B.
From the v. _go_, and _laigh_, low.
GOLDING, _s._ A species of wild fowl.
