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The name of a city in west central India (the capital of the former Portuguese dominion in that country), used attrib. in the names of certain articles, as Goa bean, the seed of Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (J. Smith Dict. Names Pl. 1882); Goa plum, the fruit of Parinarium excelsum (Yule); Goa powder, a medicament used for Bombay eczema, derived from the Brazilian araroba-tree (Yule); Goa stone (also Goa ball), a fever medicine at one time greatly in vogue, consisting of various drugs made up in the form of a hard ball, from which a portion was scraped as required (see quots.).
1696J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 262 The Snake Stone..much excels the deservedly fam'd Gasper Antoni, or Goa Stone. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 149 Gasper Antonio, a Florentine, a Lay-Brother of the Order [of Paulistines], the Author of the Goa Stones, brings them in 50,000 Xerephins, by that invention Annually. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 30 Take..Goa Stone..half a scruple. 1719D'Urfey Pills V. 347 Perfum'd with fragrant Goar Stone. 1757Brooke in Phil. Trans. LI. 79, I seemed to find great relief by drinking punch, into which Goa stone had been plentifully grated. 1865C. W. King Nat. Hist. Gems (1867) 256 The Goa-stone..is of the shape and size of a duck's egg, has a greyish metallic lustre, and, though hard, is friable. 1874Fayrer in Med. Times & Gaz. 24 Oct. 471/1 Goa powder..is a fine yellowish powder without smell or taste... It is sold by the chemists in Calcutta and Bombay in small phials.
▸ Goa trance n. a type of dance music, originally popular among Western travellers in Goa, incorporating (usually digitally sampled) rhythms and sounds from ethnic musics into the largely synthesizer-based genre of trance (see trance n.1).
1994Independent (Nexis) 8 July 24 A commune in Poona, India, where for 50p a day, healthy looking westerners sat around on the floor painting, to the sound of loud *Goa trance music, whatever came into their heads. 1996Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Sept. 22 Their melodies, divided between rock and a spiritual infusion of Goa trance and hypnotic mantras, are set to the beat of the Indian tabla drum. 1998S. Reynolds Energy Flash v. 150 Coalescing at roughly the same time as the Megadog scene, Goa Trance was another compromised consolation for the utopian longings blocked by the Criminal Justice Act. |