the sea-language. When a ship falls before, or with a quarter-wind on a fresh gale, to make the more haste, they launch out a boom and fall on the lee-side; and a fall so fitted, is called a goose-wing.

GOLCUM, a town of the United Provinces, in South Holland, which carries on a considerable trade in cheese and butter. It is situated on the rivers Ligne and Maas, in E. Long. 4° 55', N. Lat. 51° 49'.