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Pronunciation : Gore
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. gor dirt, dung; akin to Icel. gor, SW. gorr, OHG. gor, and perh. to E. cord, chord, and yarn; cf. Icel. g?rn, garnir, guts.]
Definition : 1. Dirt; mud. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.

2. Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted. Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gore
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. gore, gare, AS. g angular point of land, fr. g 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.]
Definition : 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.)

Defn: 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?. Like the other abatements it is a modern fancy and not actually used.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gore
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. gar spear, AS. g. See 2d Gore.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Gored; p. pr. & vb. n. Goring.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gore
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913