Goal

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GOAL, sb.1 Sc. Irel. Rut. War. Ken. [gōl.] A gaol, prison. Sc. It were great cruelty to suffer his servants to be carried to the goale in that case they were in, Spottiswoode Miscell. (1844) I. 115. Wxf. Come pay for the whole, Or else you will be the first man in the goal, Kennedy Banks of Boro (1867) 59. Rut.1 For the Goal and Martialsey, 19s. 11d., Parish Accounts, 1753. War.2 Ken. Quorum wigs, upon my soul, Mind me, says Snap-crust, of a goal, Nairne Tales (1790) 47, ed. 1824. [AFr. (goale also gaole), geôle, prison (Moisy).]

GOAL, sb.2 Cor. [gōl.] A slow, aching pain. Cor.1 Cor.2 Hence Goalin, adj. Of a pain: slow, heavy, aching. Cor.2

GOAL, v.1 and sb.3 n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Also written gole N.Cy.1 n.Yks.1; and in forms goll N.Cy.1; gooal n.Yks.2 e.Yks.1; gorl Nhb.1; goyle w.Yks. [gōl, goəl, w.Yks. goil.] 1. v. Of the wind: to blow with violence, rush, roar; to howl. Cf. gowl, v.3, gurl, v.1 N.Cy.1 How the wind golls against the window. Nhb.1 Aa couldn't sleep a wink; the weind [wind] gorl'd see. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 e.Yks.1 Applied only to the wind. w.Yks. (S.P.U.) Hence (1) Goaling, ppl. adj. Of the wind: rushing, howling; (2) Gorly, adj. wild, windy. (1) n.Yks.2 The wind is said to be ‘a gooaling draught,’ when it draws sharply through a narrow passage. (2) Nhb.1 What a gorly day. 2. sb. A sudden gust or blast of wind; a strong current of wind. N.Cy.1, n.Yks.2, e.Yks.1 [1. Sw. dial. gola (gåla), to blow gently (Rietz). 2. ON. gol, a gust of wind (Fritzner).]

GOAL, v.2 n.Lin.1 Of water: to wash away. See Gull, sb.5 Th' rats hes maade a hoäle thrif th' bank, an' when Taacey taks in a tide, th' watter goäls it awaay. Th' watter's goäl'd a big hoäle e' my beck boddoms.

GOAL, see Gole.

GOLE, adj. Obs. Ess. s.Cy. Also written goal s.Cy. Large, full; rank (as grass); prominent. Ess. Monthly Mag. (1814) I. 498; Gl. (1851); Ess.1 s.Cy. It is said of rank corn or grass that the leaf, blade, or ear is goal. So of a young cockrel, when his comb and gills are red and turgid with blood, that he is goal, Ray (1691); Grose (1790). [(K.)]

Source : A glossary of the Essex dialect. richard stephen charnock