n. [ OE goot, got, gat, AS. gāt; akin to D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid. ] (Zool.) A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (Capra hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra ægagrus), of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat (Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the antelopes. See Mazame. [ 1913 Webster ]

Goat antelope (Zool), one of several species of antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara. --
Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig. --
Goat house. (a) A place for keeping goats. (b) A brothel. [ Obs. ] --
Goat moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the large European species (Cossus ligniperda), the larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the he-goat. --
Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus Capraria (Capraria biflora). --
Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant (Aconitum Lucoctonum), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland into England; wolfsbane. --
Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis caprina) growing at the Cape of Good Hope. --
Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States). --
Goat's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant (Astragalus Tragacanthus), found in the Levant. --
Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to Atraphaxis). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a small pointed chin beard. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who tends goats. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characteristic of a goat; goatlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give your chaste body up to the embraces
Of goatish lust. Massinger.

-- Goat"ish*ly, adv. -- Goat"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a goat; goatish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.), A weedy European annual with yellow flowers, of the genus Tragopogon; -- so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant; it is naturalized in US.
Syn. -- meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A short-stemmed South African plant (Oxalis caprina) with bluish flowers.
Syn. -- goat's foot, Oxalis caprina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The skin of a goat, or leather made from it. -- a. Made of the skin of a goat. [ 1913 Webster ]