Goam

Quick meaning: Goam is a verb meaning (rare) To see, to recognize, to take notice of.

Meaning

(rare) To see, to recognize, to take notice of.

Example Sentences

"He never goam'd me," the aggrieved countryman would say with much bitterness.

One of Mr Scott's elders, who came from the west, used to meet Mrs Scott on her way to Jedburgh, when he never goamed her; but when he met her returning in the afternoon he always lifted his hat, and made obeisance.

He never goamed the lassie afterwards, and, in his despair, he began to drink, and drank heavily. He knew his rival by sight, and, knowing the road he would take to reach his home, Scott waylaid and beat him to death on Greenlaw Muir.

Word Forms

• goams
• goaming
• goamed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include notice, clock, apprehend, remark, cognize, reconnoitre.

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