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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GORE, n. [Gr. from issuing.]
1. Blood; but generally, thick or clotted blood; blood that after effusion becomes inspissated.
2. Dirt; mud. [Unusual.]
GORE, n.
1. A wedge-shaped or triangular piece of cloth sewed into a garment to widen it in any part.
2. A slip or triangular piece of land.
3. In heraldry, an abatement denoting a coward. It consists of two arch lines, meeting in an acute angle in the middle of the fess point.
GORE, v.t.
1. To stab; to pierce; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear.
2. To pierce with the point of a horn.
If an ox gore a man or a woman--Exodus 21.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) [syn: Gore, Al Gore, Albert Gore Jr.]
2: coagulated blood from a wound
3: a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails [syn: gore, panel]
4: the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen" [syn: bloodshed, gore] v
1: wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument
2: cut into gores; "gore a skirt"

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Albert, Jr. 1948- American politician; vice president of the United States (1993-2001)

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English g?ra; akin to Old English g?r spear, and perhaps to Greek chaion shepherd's staff Date: before 12th century 1. a small usually triangular piece of land 2. a. a tapering or triangular piece (as of cloth in a skirt) b. an elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe II. transitive verb (gored; goring) Date: 1548 1. to cut into a tapering triangular form 2. to provide with a gore III. transitive verb (gored; goring) Etymology: Middle English, probably from gore spear, sword, from Old English g?r spear Date: 15th century to pierce or wound with something pointed (as a horn or knife) <gored by a bull> IV. noun Etymology: Middle English, filth, from Old English gor Date: 1563 1. blood; especially clotted blood 2. gruesomeness depicted in vivid detail

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. blood shed and clotted. Etymology: OE gor dung, dirt 2. v.tr. pierce with a horn, tusk, etc. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn. 3. n. & v. --n. 1 a wedge-shaped piece in a garment. 2 a triangular or tapering piece in an umbrella etc. --v.tr. shape with a gore. Etymology: OE gara triangular piece of land, rel. to OE gar spear, a spearhead being triangular

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gore Gore, n. [AS. gor dirt, dung; akin to Icel. gor, SW. gorr, OHG. gor, and perh. to E. cord, chord, and yarn; cf. Icel. g["o]rn, garnir, guts.] 1. Dirt; mud. [Obs.] --Bp. Fisher. 2. Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gore Gore, n. [OE. gore, gare, AS. g?ra angular point of land, fr. g?r spear; akin to D. geer gore, G. gehre gore, ger spear, Icel. geiri gore, geir spear, and prob. to E. goad. Cf. Gar, n., Garlic, and Gore, v.] 1. A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part. 2. A small traingular piece of land. --Cowell. 3. (Her.) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point. Note: It is usually on the sinister side, and of the tincture called tenn['e]. Like the other abatements it is a modern fancy and not actually used.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gore Gore, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gored; p. pr. & vb. n. Goring.] [OE. gar spear, AS. g?r. See 2d Gore.] To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab. The low stumps shall gore His daintly feet. --Coleridge.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gore Gore, v. t. To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(gores, goring, gored) 1. If someone is gored by an animal, they are badly wounded by its horns or tusks. Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros... He was gored to death in front of his family. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, be V-ed to n 2. Gore is blood from a wound that has become thick. There were pools of blood and gore on the pavement.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

gor (naghach): "Gore" occurs only three times in the King James Version, namely, Ex 21:28,31 bis, "if an ox gore a man or a woman," etc.; in 21:29,32,36, the King James Version has "push" (with his horn), the Revised Version (British and American) "gore." The same verb in Piel and HithpaeI is elsewhere translated "push" and "pushing" (De 33:17, "He shall push the peoples," the Revised Version, margin "gore"; 1Ki 22:11; Ps 44:5; Eze 34:21; Da 8:4; 11:40, the Revised Version (British and American) "contend," margin "Hebrew push at," as an ox pushes with his horns so should the king fight--a fitting description of warfare).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Blood, clotted blood. 2. Gusset, triangular piece (of cloth, etc.). II. v. a. 1. Stab, pierce. 2. Piece with a gore.

Foolish Dictionary

Blood. Shed daily in Chicago abattoirs but never spilled in French duels.

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