Part 4901

<h1>Gordian</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gor"di*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Gordiacea.</def>

<h1>Gordius</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gor"di*us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Gordian</er>, 1.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also <altname>hair eel</altname>, <altname>hairworm</altname>, and <altname>hair snake</altname>, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs.</def>

<h1>Gore</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>gor</ets> dirt, dung; akin to Icel. <ets>gor</ets>, SW. <ets>gorr</ets>, OHG. <ets>gor</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>cord</ets>, <ets>chord</ets>, and <ets>yarn</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>g\'94rn</ets>, <ets>garnir</ets>, guts.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Dirt; mud.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Fisher.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Gore</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gore</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gore</ets>, <ets>gare</ets>, AS. <ets>g<?/ra</ets> angular point of land, fr. <ets>g<?/r</ets> spear; akin to D. <ets>geer</ets> gore, G. <ets>gehre</ets> gore, <ets>ger</ets> spear, Icel. <ets>geiri</ets> gore, <ets>geir</ets> spear, and prob. to E. <ets>goad</ets>. Cf. <er>Gar</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Garlic</er>, and <er>Gore</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small traingular piece of land.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.</def>

<note>&hand; It is usually on the sinister side, and of the tincture called <i>tenn\'82</i>. Like the other abatements it is a modern fancy and not actually used.</note>

<h1>Gore</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gore</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gored</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Goring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>gar</ets> spear, AS. <ets>g<?/r</ets>. See 2d <er>Gore</er>.]</ety> <def>To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab.</def>

<blockquote>The low stumps shall <b>gore</b> His daintly feet. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gore</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gore</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; <as>as, to <ex>gore</ex> an apron</as>.</def>

<h1>Gorebill</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gore"bill`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[2d <ets>gore + bill</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The garfish.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Gorfly</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gor"fly`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gorflies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[<ets>Gore</ets> (AS. <ets>gor</ets>) dung + <ets>fly</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A dung fly.</def>

<h1>Gorge</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gorge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gorge</ets>, LL. <ets>gorgia</ets>, throat, narrow pass, and <ets>gorga</ets> abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. <ets>gurgea</ets> whirlpool, gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. <ets>gargara</ets> whirlpool, <ets>g\'f0</ets> to devour. Cf. <er>Gorget</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.</def>

<blockquote>Wherewith he gripped her <b>gorge</b> with so great pain. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Now, how abhorred! . . . my <b>gorge</b> rises at it. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>