goffering (gofering)

[Verbal n. of goffer, v.] Flutes, plaits, or crimps collectively. Robin did on the old mans hood, Itt goggled on his crowne. Robin Hood and the Old Man (Child's Ballads, V. 258). II. trans. To roll (the eyes) about blin kingly and staringly. He goggled his eyes, and groped in his money-pocket. Walpole, Letters, III. 174. gogglel (gog'l), n . [ goggle1 , v .] 1. A strained, blinking, or squinting rolling of the eye. Others will have such a divided face between a devout and an inviting glance, that the unnatural mixture will make the look to be at that time ridiculous. Lord Halifax . goiter The flavor [of Zemzem water) is a salt bitter... For this reason Turks and other strangers prefer rain-water collected in cisterns and sold for five farthings a gugglet . R. F. Burton, El-Medinah, p. 391. gogmagogt, n. [In allusion to two large wooden statues in the Gildhall, London, called Gog and Magog (see Rev. xx. 8).] A A big big or strong person. [Humorous.] Be valiant, my little gogmagogs , I'll fence with all the justices in Hertfordshire. Merry Devil of Edmonton, gogmagogicalt, a. [ gogmagog +-ic- al .] Large; monstrous. Nares . Be it to all men by these presents knowne, That lately to the world was plainely showne, In a huge volume gogmagogicall . John Taylor, Works (1630).