单词 | goad stick |
释义 | goad stickn. A pointed rod or stick used to drive or spur livestock, esp. a team of draught animals; = goad n.1 1b. Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > goad goadeOE prickleOE yardc1000 prickc1225 gad1289 gorea1325 brodc1375 brodyke1471 pricker?a1475 gad-wand1487 gadstaff1568 stimule1583 goad prick1609 ankus1768 goad stick1773 sjambok1790 driving stick1800 prod1828 sting1842 quirt1845 garrocha1846 gad-stick1866 romal1904 1773 C. Vallancey Gram. Irish Lang. vii. 125 A goad stick, cleac' broid. 1825 J. Neal Bro. Jonathan I. 159 I fetches it a rap with my goard stick. 1839 Knickerbocker Mag. 13 298 A small man..holding a goad-stick in his hand..entered the room. 1851 J. S. Springer Forest Life & Forest Trees 97 The teamster now arranges every ox..,passing through several evolutions with his goad-stick. 1907 McClure's Mag. June 211/1 The driver was using a goad-stick in place of a whip. 1987 K. Singh in M. Eliade Encycl. Relig. XIII. 317 The gurū keeps his followers on the path of truth; he acts as a goad stick, keeping man, who is like a rogue elephant, from running amok. 2006 L. Lawlor He will go Fearless ix. 133 ‘Come up!’ Frenchy barked, and tapped each ox lightly on the shoulder with a long, flexible goad stick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1773 |
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