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- English Word Goaf Definition That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .
- English Word Goafs Definition of Goaf
- English Word Goal Definition The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.
- English Word Goal Definition The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.
- English Word Goal Definition A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts.
- English Word Goar Definition Same as lst Gore.
- English Word Goarish Definition Patched; mean.
- English Word Goat Definition A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
- English Word Goatee Definition A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat.
- English Word Goatfish Definition A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.
- English Word Goatherd Definition One who tends goats.
- English Word Goatish Definition Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.
- English Word Goatlike Definition Like a goat; goatish.
- English Word Goatskin Definition The skin of a goat, or leather made from it.
- English Word Goatskin Definition Made of the skin of a goat.
- English Word Goatsucker Definition One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk.
- English Word Goaves Definition of Goaf
- English Word Goaves Definition Old workings. See Goaf.
- English Word Gob Definition Same as Goaf.
- English Word Gob Definition A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful.