Goat

See also: goat, GOAT, G. O. A. T., G.O.A.T., and go at

English

Proper noun

the Goat

1. (astronomy, astrology) The constellation and zodiacal sign Capricornus.

   Synonym: the Horned Goat

   • 1862, [Frances Rolleston], Mazzaroth, or, The Constellations: Part III, London: Rivingtons, page 7:

     The Balance shows redemption’s need;
     The Scorpion wounds He must endure;
     The Archer tells His coming sure;
     The Goat, His death in sacrifice[.]

   • 1947 November 14, Mountain District Free Press and Frentree Gully News, Tecoma, Vic., page 8, column 2:

     Now, if you went down into the forest where the spring gum-tips gleam gold and ruby in whatever sunshine, Heaven thinks fit to apportion at this season to residents of the Dandenongs (who surely were all born Aquarians) what sign of the Zodiac would you expect to meet? Not Leo the Lion or Capricornus the Goat, though the Italians keep a few Capricorns for cheeses but chain them up. The goats I mean.

   • 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 137:

     But although the Divine Egg had disappeared in a clap of thunder, he still had the Sign of the Goat.

2. The eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

See also

• (Chinese zodiac signs) (year of the ~) Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig ^{(Category: en:Chinese zodiac signs)}

Anagrams

• Gøta, TOGA, Toga, atgo, toga