GO
Go, n.
1. Act; working; operation. [Obs.] So gracious were the goes of marriage. Marston.
2. A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. [Slang] This is a pretty go. Dickens.
3. The fashion or mode; as, quite the go. [Colloq.]
4. Noisy merriment; as, a high go. [Colloq.]
5. A glass of spirits. [Slang]
6. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him. [Colloq.]
7. (Cribbage)
Defn: That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one. Great go, Little go, the final and the preliminary examinations for a degree. [Slang, Eng. Univ.] — No go, a failure; a fiasco. [Slang] Thackeray. — On the go, moving about; unsettled. [Colloq.]
GOA
Go"a, n. (Zoöl.)