Goading: alternatives and connections

The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

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A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.

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A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.

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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

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A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.

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of Prod

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A sparrow.

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of Spur

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of Urge

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