2. Verb. (third-person singular of goad) ¹
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Definition of Goads
1. goad [v] - See also: goad
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goads
Literary usage of Goads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"(old slang), goads (pi.; ca.nl). hub. 2. stamp; spec, punch, swage, matrix, S.
See PATE. diet, n. 1. See FOOD. 2. regimen. differ, vi 1. disagree (used with ..."
2. The Works of Nathanael Emmons ...: With a Memoir of His Life by Nathanael Emmons (1842)
"THE worda of the -wise are as goads ? ... taught them with so much force and
pungency that his words were " as goads, or nails fastened " by those prophets, ..."
3. Similitudes used in holy Scripture by Walter John Trower (1848)
"THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD COMPARED TO goads AND NAILS. ... The words of the wise
are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, ..."
4. The Tomb of Senebtisi at Lisht by Arthur Cruttenden Mace, Herbert Eustis Winlock (1916)
"... and less mundane, on the other, than those we have quoted. No connection with
animal goads Shape relates it to word-sign for "birth" LEPSIUS, ..."
5. Eastern Proverbs and Emblems Illustrating Old Truths by James Long (1881)
"Modern Greek.—Nourish a wolf in winter that he might devour you in summer.
'The Words of the Wise goads and Mails. ..."
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