gooseflesh

The same as GOOSE-SKIN (q. v.). goose-grease, s . A grease obtained from the fatty portions of the goose. Very efficacious in cases of sore chests, croup, . In bad cases of croup it may be taken internally with good results, tgoose-mu el, s . Zool .: A barnacle. It is not a genuine mu el, which is a mollusk, but is a crustacean or crustaceous family. "Herskin began to rise into what is vulgarly termed goose-skin."-Mi Ferrier: Inheritance, ch. ii. 1. Ord. Lang ., Bot ., .: The fruit of Ribes gros sularia , also the bush itself. Sir Joseph Hooker places it under a first section Gro ular i a, of the genus Ribes, with the character branches spinous; leaves plaited in bud; peduncles one to three flow ered. There are two varieties of the wild goose berry, Ribes gro ular i a proper, with the leaves thinning above, and the fruit glandular hairy; and R. Uva crisp a , with the leaves smaller and the ripe fruit glabrous. 2. Fig .: A silly person. B. As adj .: Of, belonging to, or resembling the gooseberry. (1) To play gooseberry : To play propriety; to accompany two young lovers in public. (2) To play old gooseberry : To play the deuce, to act, to throw everything into confusion.