·vt A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
II. Goad ·vt To Prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to Stimulate.
(Heb. malmad, only in Judg. 3: 31), an instrument used by ploughmen for guiding their oxen. Shamgar ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Judges 3:31; 1 Samuel 13:21) The Hebrew word in the latter passage probably means the point of the ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Mentioned only in Judg. 3:31, the weapon with which Shamgar (q.v.) slew six hundred Philistines. "Th...
a play -thing. Lane. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose