Goad (?), n. [AS. gād; perh. akin to AS. gār a dart, and E. gore. See Gore, v. t.] A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
The daily goad urging him to the daily toil. Macaulay.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.