Part 565

Gor*go"ni*an (?), a. [L. Gorgoneus.]

1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.

The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move.

Milton.

2. (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral.

Gor*go"ni*an, n. (Zoˆl.) One of the Gorgoniacea.

Gor"gon*ize (?), v. t. To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify. [R.]

Gor"hen` (?), n. [Gor- as in gorcock + hen.] (Zoˆl.) The female of the gorcock.

Go*ril"la (?), n. [An African word; found in a Greek translation of a treatise in Punic by Hanno, a Carthaginian.] (Zoˆl.) A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

Gor"ing (?), or Gor"ing cloth` (&?;), n., (Naut.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.

Gorm (?), n. Axle grease. See Gome. [Prov. Eng.]

Gorm, v. t. To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky. [Prov. Eng.]

Gor"ma (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The European cormorant.

Gor"mand (?), n. [F. gourmand; cf. Prov. F. gourmer to sip, to lap, gourmacher to eat improperly, F. gourme mumps, glanders, Icel. gormr mud, mire, Prov. E. gorm to smear, daub; all perh. akin to E. gore blood, filth. Cf. Gourmand.] A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.

Gor"mand, a. Gluttonous; voracious. Pope.

Gor"mand*er (?), n. See Gormand, n. [Obs.]

Gor"mand*ism (?), n. Gluttony.

Gor"mand*ize (?), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Gormandized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gormandizing (?).] [F. gourmandise gluttony. See Gormand.] To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton. Shak.

Gor"mand*i`zer (?), n. A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.

Go*roon" shell` (?). (Zoˆl.) A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale).

Gorse (?), n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow, grass.] (Bot.) Furze. See Furze.

The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse.

Cowper.

Gorse bird (Zoˆl.), the European linnet; -- called also gorse hatcher. [Prov. Eng.] -- Gorse chat (Zoˆl.), the winchat. -- Gorse duck, the corncrake; -- called also grass drake, land drake, and corn drake.

Gor"y (?), a. [From Gore.]

1. Covered with gore or clotted blood.

Thou canst not say I did it; never shake Thy gory locks at me.

Shak.