Webster's Dictionary 1913

2215

Gorgon

Gor″gon (gôr″gŏn), n. [L. Gorgo, -onis, Gr. Γοργώ, fr. γοργόσ terrible.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific...

2216

Gorgon (2)

Gor″gon, a. Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face. Dryden.

2217

Gorgonacea

‖Gor′go‐na″ce‐a (gôr′gō̍‐nā″shē̍‐ȧ), n. pl.(Zoöl.) See Gorgoniacea.

2218

Gorgonean

Gor‐go″ne‐an (gôr‐gō″nē̍‐an), a. See Gorgonian, 1.

2219

Gorgoneion

‖Gor′go‐ne″ion (gôr′gō̍‐nē″yŏn), n.; pl.Gorgoneia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. Γοργόνειοσ, equiv. to Γοργει̑οσ belonging to a Gorgon.] (Arch.) A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's hea...

2220

Gorgonia

‖Gor‐go″ni‐a (gôr‐gō″nĭ‐ȧ), n.(Zoöl.) 1. A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea...

2221

Gorgoniacea

‖Gor‐go′ni‐a″ce‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Gorgonia.] (Zoöl.) One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covere...

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Gorgonian

Gor‐go″ni‐an (?), a. [L. Gorgoneus.]1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.The rest his lookBound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. Milton.2....

2223

Gorgonian (2)

Gor‐go″ni‐an, n.(Zoöl.) One of the Gorgoniacea.

2224

Gorgonize

Gor″gon‐ize (?), v. t. To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify.

2225

Gorgonzola

‖Gor′gon‐zo″la (?), n. A kind of Italian pressed milk cheese; — so called from a village near Milan.

2226

Gorhen

Gor″hen′ (?), n. [Gor- as in gorcock + hen.] (Zoöl.) The female of the gorcock.

2227

Gorilla

Go‐ril″la (?), n.(Zoöl.) 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 i...

2228

Goring

Gor″ing (?), or Gor″ing cloth′ (�), n., (Naut.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.

2229

Gorm

Gorm (?), n. Axle grease. See Gome.

2230

Gorm (2)

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

2231

Gorma

Gor″ma (?), n.(Zoöl.) The European cormorant.

2232

Gormand

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;...

2233

Gormand (2)

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

2234

Gormander

Gor″mand‐er (?), n. See Gormand, n.

2235

Gormandism

Gor″mand‐ism (?), n. Gluttony.

2236

Gormandize

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 ...

2237

Gormandizer

Gor″mand‐i′zer (?), n. A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.

2238

Goroon shell

Go‐roon″ shell′ (?). (Zoöl.) A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale).

2239

Gorse

Gorse (?), n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow, grass.] (Bot.) Furze. See Furze.The common, overgrown with fern, and roughWith prickly gorse. Cowper.Gorse bird(Zoöl.), th...

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Gory

Gor″y (?), a. [From Gore.]1. Covered with gore or clotted blood.Thou canst not say I did it; never shakeThy gory locks at me. Shak.2. Bloody; murderous. “Gory emulation.” Shak.

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Goshawk

Gos″hawk′ (?), n. [AS. g�shafuc, lit., goosehawk; or Icel. gāshaukr. See Goose, and Hawk the bird.] (Zoöl.) Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species and varietie...