† ˈgoat-buck Obs.
[f. goat + buck n.1; cf. Du. geitebok (earlier geytenbok), G. geiszbock (MHG. geiȥboc).]
A he-goat.
| c 1000 ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 119/29 Capra ægida, gatbuccan hyrde. 1388 Wyclif Gen. xxx. 35 And he departide..the geet and scheep, geet buckis and rammes. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. x. (1495) 313 A gote bucke is a beest wyth hornes stondynge vpwarde. c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 758/26 Hic caper, a get buk. 1535 Coverdale Ezek. xliii. 22 Take a gootbuck without blemish for a synoffringe. 1567 J. Maplet Gr. Forest 88 The Gote-bucke is verie wanton or lasciuious. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 181 Of the Goat, Male and Female. The male or great Goat-Buck [etc.]. |