Also [7 siyah-ghush], 8 siagush, shoegoose, shah goest, shargoss, 9 syah-gush. [Urdū = Pers. siyāh gosh black ear. (Friar Jordanus, 14th cent., has the form siagois.)] The caracal, a feline animal.
[1677. Charleton, Exercit. de Diff. et Nom. Anim., 21. Inter alia nomina, Persice dicitur Siyah-Ghush, i. e. Nigris auribus prædita, Black-ear.]
1727. A. Hamilton, New Acc. E. Ind., I. xi. 124. They hunt with Dogs, Leopards, and a small fierce Creature, called by them a Shoegoose.
1759. Ann. Reg., Chron., 119/2. A very beautiful and uncommon animal, lately arrived from the East Indies,… is lodged in the Tower. It is called, in the Indostan language, a Shah Goest.
1774. Goldsm., Nat. Hist., II. 322. All animals of this kind pursue in a pack…. The jackall, the syagush, the wolf, and the dog, are of this kind.
a. 1793. J. Hunter, Ess. Observ. Nat. Hist., etc. (1861), II. 50. Of the Shargoss. This animal is about the size of a common fox. It is of the genus of the cats.
1813. J. Forbes, Oriental Mem., I. x. 277. The Moguls train another beast for antelope-hunting, called the syah-gush.
