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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1818

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†GOAD, n. A fishing-rod.Slk. 1818 Hogg Wool-gatherer (1874) 75:
I can do naething wi' that goad.

[A substitution of Eng. goad for Gaud (see n.², 6.).]

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