† gofen.
Scottish. Obsolete.
singular and plural. The pillory.
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society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [noun] > punishing by pillory or stocks > pillory or stocks
stocksc1325
pilloryc1330
stocka1382
gofe1489
stretchneck1543
harmans1567
foot trap1585
pigeonholes1592
jougs1596
berlina1607
halsfang1607
gorget1635
cippusa1637
nutcrackers1648
catasta1664
wooden cravat1676
the wooden ruff1677
neck stock1681
wooden casement1685
timber-stairsc1750
Norway neckcloth1785
law-neck-cloth1789
stoop1795
timber1851–4
nerve1854
1489 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 417 The said William sall offer and present his crag to the goyfs..thar to stand at the will of the said Thomas.
1498 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 73 To be set on the goif, and thair haldin thrie dayis.
1520 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 201 The mercat for the selling of aitis and hors corne be halden at the govis aboue the Tolbuith stair.
1530 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 129 To cause, big, and mak an goif againe on the towne sid.
1538 Aberd. Reg. XV. 141 (Jam.) His crag & hands to stand in the gofe.
1594 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 93 Hir craig to be put in the govis.
1608 Stirling Kirk Sess. Reg. in Maitland Misc. (1833) I. 450 They salbe brankit thrugh the toun, put in the govis, and banesit the toun.
Compounds
gofe-stair, gofe-stocks.
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1538 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 155 Thai ordane the said Besse..to stand in the Gowistair.
1558 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 309 Thair feit to be fetterit..in the goif stoikis xxiiij houris.
Derivatives
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1498 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 73 The caus of his goving.
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