Gohunyin

Burmese national game played with the seeds of a huge creeper, the Eutada pursoetha. These are made to stand in a long row, and the players throw at them with the same kind of seeds or iron rings. The object is to knock down the greatest number, a favorite game being one in which the players endeavor to knock down five with five shots in succe ion. Goito. Village of Italy, on the Mincio, near Mantua; scene of Piedmontese victories over the Ru ians, April and May, 1848. Goître. Enlargement of the thyroid gland. See CRETINISM and EXOPHTHALMIC GOÎTRE.