golet2 (golet)

[Origin obscure.] A Californian trout: same as Dolly Varden, 2. golf (golf or gof), n. [Dial. goff, Sc. also gouff; prob. perch a weighing 14 oz., or a little le . The object is to drive the ball from each hole to and into the next; and the hole or the round (usually of 9 or 18 holes) is won by the player or side that accomplishes this in the fewest strokes. A considerable variety of clubs is used (the driver, spoon, cleek, niblick, putter, etc.), according to the exigencies of the game. Golf had its birth on the gra -covered sandy downs or "links" of the seaboard of Scotland, but is now extensively played in England and in the United States. That in na place of the real me thair be vsit fut-ball is, golf , or vther sic unprofitabill sport is. Acts James IV., 1491, c. 53 (ed. 1566, с. 32, Murray). [(Jamie son.) To play at golf. golf (golf), v. i. [ golf-club (golf'klub), n. IMG:content-2489.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small] Encyc. Brit., X. 766. 1. An implement for IMG:content-2490.png:[blocks in formation] a, long spoon (wood); b, lofting-iron (iron); c, niblick (iron); d, putter (wood); e, mashy (iron); 5. driver or play-club (wood); g. cleik (iron); 4, bra y niblick (wood); s, putter (iron). driving the ball in golf.-2. A club or company of golfers.