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Sea-goat en · PROPN

Etymology

By proprialization from sea-goat; goat corresponding with the capri- of Capricorn via calquing.

Meanings

1. The constellation and zodiacal sign Capricorn (♑).
   • The Sea Goat marks the Winter time, When in this Sign the sun doth shine. 1893, J. H. Broome, The Astral Origin of the Emblems, the Zodiacal Signs, and the Astral Hebrew Alphabet, as shown in the ‘Astronomical Register’, London: Edward Stanford, page 19:
   • Capricornus, the Sea-Goat. 1722, Isaac Watts, The Art of Reading and Writing English: or, The Chief Principles and Rules of Pronouncing our Mother-Tongue, both in Prose and Verse, London: John Clark, page 148:
   • The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales; The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-Goat, The Man that carries the Water-pot, And Fish with glittering scales. 1893, E. W. Bullinger, Witness of the Stars, London: The author, page 16:

Forms

Synonyms

Goat · Horned Goat

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