goose

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GOOSE, noun goos. plural geese. 1. A well known aquatic fowl of the genus Anas; but the domestic goose lives chiefly on land, and feeds on grass. The soft feathers are used for beds, and the quills for pens. The wild goose is migratory. 2. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle which resembles the neck of a goose
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