It was the old man with the goat's beard.

A thing with a goat's beard and goat-legs.

When I awake the aged Colonel is bending over me, his long white goat's beard tickling my chin.

How I detest those idle disquisitions about the colour of a goat's beard, or the blood of an oyster.'

Finally Hicks turned from his long scrutiny and glanced back toward the younger man, stroking his goat's beard solemnly.

While cooking vegetable oyster put in the kettle a small piece of codfish.

It is a species of Salsify, or vegetable oyster, and by some called Goat's beard, on account of the peculiar top.

Place a second layer of crumbs and the remainder of the vegetable oysters in the dish, and sprinkle again with salt and pepper.