† ˈbar-goose Obs.
[App. a contraction of barnacle-goose.]
The barnacle-goose: see barnacle 2.
| 1598 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. i. (1633) 201/2 The (Trees-brood) Bar-geese, mid th' Hebridian wave..their farflown wings do wave. 1647 N. Ward Simp. Cobler 25 Such garbes, as..transclout them into gant bar-geese, ill-shapen shotten shell-fish, Egyptian Hieroglyphicks. |