go at foot

[Eng. goat, and foot.] A satyr, so called from the act that the cla ic poets described satyrs as having the hindquarters of a goat. "Catch her, go at foot; nay, Hide, hide them, million-myrtled wilderne ." Tennyson: Lucretius , 200. goat-herd, *gate-herd, *gate-heyrd, *goteherd, goot-herde, s. [A.'S. gát a goat; heord = a herd, heorde =a keeper, a herd.] *1. A herd or flock of goats. "Go after gate herden."- Ancren Riwle , p. 100. 2. One who is employed to tend goats. "Thilk same goatherd proud, That sits on yonder bank." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar; July. goat'-Ish, a. [Eng. goat; -ish.] 1. Resembling a goat in form; like a goat. "On's shield the goatish satires dance around." P. Fletcher: Purple Island , vii. 76. 2. Resembling a goat in any quality, especially in rankne of smell or lustfulne . "Give your chaste body up to the embraces Of goatish lust." Mas singer: Virgin Martyr , iii. 1. goat-ish-ly, adv. [Eng. goatish; -ly.] In a goatish manner; lustfully, lecherously. goat-ish-ne , s. [Eng. goatish; -ne .] The quality or state of being goatish, lustful, or lecherous; lustfulne .