Part 4903

<h1>Gorgerin</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gor`ge*rin"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>gorge</ets> neck.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also <altname>neck of the capital</altname>, and <altname>hypotrachelium</altname>. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Column</er>.</def>

<h1>Gorget</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gor"get</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>gorgete</ets>, dim. of <ets>gorge</ets> throat. See <er>Gorge</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor.</def>

<blockquote>Unfix the <b>gorget's</b> iron clasp. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A ruff worn by women.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also <altname>blunt gorget</altname>.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

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<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.</def>

<cs><col>Gorget hummer</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a humming bird of the genus <spn>Trochilus</spn>. See <er>Rubythroat</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gorgon</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Gor"gon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Gorgo</ets>, <ets>-onis</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ terrible.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gr. Myth.)</fld> <def>One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything very ugly or horrid.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The brindled gnu. See <er>Gnu</er>.</def>

<h1>Gorgon</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Gor"gon</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; <as>as, a <ex>Gorgon</ex> face</as>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Gorgonacea</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Gor`go*na"ce*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Gorgoniacea</er>.</def>

<h1>Gorgonean</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Gor*go"ne*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Gorgonian</er>, 1.</def>

<h1>Gorgoneion</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Gor`go*ne"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gorgoneia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>Gorgo`neios</grk>, equiv. to <grk>Gorgei^os</grk> belonging to a Gorgon.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head.</def>

<i>Elmes.</i>