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   Goal (?), n. [F. gaule pole, Prov. F. waule, of German origin; cf. Fries. walu staff, stick, rod, Goth. walus, Icel. völr a round stick; prob. akin to E. wale.]
   
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   1. The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.
   
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   Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal
   
   With rapid wheels. Milton.
   
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   2. The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.
   
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   Each individual seeks a several goal. Pope.
   
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   3. A base, station, or bound used in various games as the point or object which a team must reach in order to score points; in certain games, the point which the ball or puck must pass in order for points to be scored.  In football, it is a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score points; in soccer or ice hockey, it is a net at each end of the soccer field into which the soccer ball or hocjey puck must be propelled; in basketball, it is the basket7 suspended from the backboard, through which the basketball must pass.
   
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   4. (Sport) The act or instance of propelling the ball or puck into or through the goal3, thus scoring points; as, “to score a goal”.
   
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   Goal keeper, (Sport) the player charged with the defense of the goal, such as in soccer or ice hockey.
   
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