Part 4904

<h1>Gorgonia</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Gor*go"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a coral which hardens in the air.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (<spn>Gorgonia flabellum</spn>), sea plume (<spn>G. setosa</spn>), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any slender branched gorgonian.</def>

<h1>Gorgoniacea</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Gor*go`ni*a"ce*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Gorgonia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c<?/nenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated.</def>

<note>&hand; The axis is commonly horny, but it may be solid and stony (composed of calcium carbonate), as in the red coral of commerce, or it may be in alternating horny and stony joints, as in Isis. See <er>Alcyonaria</er>, <er>Anthozoa</er>, <er>C<?/nenchyma</er>.</note>

<h1>Gorgonian</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Gor*go"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Gorgoneus</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.</def>

<blockquote>The rest his look Bound with <b>Gorgonian</b> rigor not to move. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; <as>as, <ex>gorgonian</ex> coral</as>.</def>

<h1>Gorgonian</h1> <Xpage=640>

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

<h1>Gorgonize</h1> <Xpage=640>

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

<h1>Gorhen</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Gor"hen`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gor-</ets> as in <ets>gorcock</ets> + <ets>hen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The female of the gorcock.</def>

<h1>Gorilla</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Go*ril"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[An African word; found in a Greek translation of a treatise in Punic by Hanno, a Carthaginian.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<mhw><h1>Goring, or Goring cloth</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Gor"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, or <hw>Gor"ing cloth`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt>, <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.</def>

<h1>Gorm</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Gorm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Axle grease. See <er>Gome</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Gorm</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Gorm</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Gorma</h1> <Xpage=640>

<hw>Gor"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European cormorant.</def>

<h1>Gormand</h1> <Xpage=640>