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Gooseberry Fool. Pulmonaria officinalis, L. — Wilkinson. 
Gooseberry Pie. Einlohium hirsutum, L., from the smell of the 
leaves. See Apple-pie and Codlins-and-Cream. — Buff. In Buss. 
Gooseberry Pudding. 
Goosebill. (1) Galium Aparine,lj. — Ger, Appx. Hal. Wr. ^From 
the sharp serrated leaves being hke the rough-edged mandibles of a 
goose.’ Prior, p. 92. 
(2) In the Grete Herball, Btellaria Holostea, L., seems to be meant. 
‘ Goos-hyll or stytch-wort is an herbe common ynough. The rote of 
it is lyke a gooshill.^ 
Goosechite. Agrimonia Eupatoria, L. — Ger. Hal. Wr. 
Goose Corn. See Corn, Goose. 
Goose Flops. Digitalis purpm^ea, L. — N. Dev. 
Goose-foot. — Lyte (p. 548) figures and describes Clienopodium ru- 
hrum, L., under this name, and gives its Latin name as^es anserinus, 
with the equivalents ‘ in high Douche gensz fusz ; in Frenche, pied 
dioyson ; in base Almaigne, Gansen voeti It is now used as a general 
term for all the species of Clienopodium. Prior, p. 94. 
Goose-gob. See Goose-gog. 
Goose-gog. The ripe fruit of Rihes Grossularia, L. — dies. ; Berh. 
(Goosegobs), Eeliquary, vi. 160; E. Anglia, Forby; Hants. HoU; 
Lane. (Goose-gob); Line.; Middx.; Nhamp. (Goozgogs), Nth. 
Gloss.; Bom.; Buff. (Guze-gog) Moor; Yks. (Whitby), E. D. S. Gloss. 
C. 2 ; var. dial. Hal. Wr. ; Pulman (Gooze-gog). 
Goose-grass. (1) Galium Aparine, L. — Lyte. North, Hal. Wr. ; 
dies. ; Cumb. E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 8 (Gedss-grass) ; Dev. (Teignmouth) ; 
Olou. ; Norf. ; Pulman. Occasionally used as food for geese, ‘ the herb 
chopped small is given to 'goslings in this island’ [I. of Wight]. 
FI. Vect. With. (ed. ii.) i. 157, says that young geese are very fond 
of it. 
(2) Potentilla anserina, L. — Ger. Appx. Dumfriessh.; E. Lord. Bot. 
E. Bord. ; Olou.; Hunt. N. & Q,., 3rd S. x. 268; Line. Brogd. ; 
E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6; North. Eay, E. D. S. Gloss. B. 15; Yks. Prior, 
p. 94. This is the Gosgres of the old English Medical MS. given in 
Archaeologia, xxx. (p. 408). 
(3) Bromus mollis, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; FifesJi. (Goose- 
girs) Jamieson ; Moray (Guse-grass), FI. M. ; Cumb., E. D. S. Gloss. 
C. 8. 
(4) Car ex hirta, L. — Bom. 
Goose-grass, Great. A book name for Asperugo procumhens, L. — 
Ger. A mere translation of its old Latin name, Aparine major. 
Goose-grass, Yellow. Galium verum, L. — Eural Cyclopcedia. 
Goose-grease. A misprint for Goose-grass in Mascal’s Government 
of Cattell, p. 15; also {jide Prior) in Eay; also in Bay ley’s Diet. 
(1724): ‘Hariff .... goosegrease.’ 
Goose-heirifFe. Galium Aparine, L. — Coles (A. in E.). Prior, 
p. 94. See Harif. 
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