| gorge | 1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach. "Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain." (Spenser) "Now, how abhorred! . . . My gorge rises at it." (Shak) 2. A narrow passage or entrance; as: A defile between mountains. The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; usually synonymous with rear. 3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl. "And all the way, most like a brutish beast,< e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest." (Spenser) 4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river. 5. A concave molding; a cavetto. 6. The groove of a pulley. Gorge circle, the outline of the smallest cross-section of a hyperboloid of revolution. Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead. Origin: F. Gorge, LL. Gorgia, throat, narrow pass, and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. Fr. L. Gurgea whirlpool, gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. Gargara whirlpool, go to devour. Cf. Gorget. 1. To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities. "The fish has gorged the hook." (Johnson) 2. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate. "The giant gorged with flesh." (Addison) "Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite." (Dryden) Origin: F. Gorger. See Gorge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| gorgelet | <zoology> A small gorget, as of a humming bird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gorget | 1. 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. 2. A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor. "Unfix the gorget's iron clasp." (Sir W. Scott) 3. 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. 4. A ruff worn by women. 5. <surgery> A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget. 6. <zoology> A crescent-shaped, coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. <zoology> Gorget hummer, a humming bird of the genus Trochilus. See Rubythroat. Origin: OF. Gorgete, dim. Of gorge throat. See Gorge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gorget |
armor plate that protects the neck
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| gorget |
A circular ornament, flat or convex on one side and concave on the other, usually worn over the chest.
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a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by color, texture, etc. (Stein 1966)
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a relatively large, flat, or gently curving object of polished stone, shell, or metal, with holes for suspension. Usually believed to have been worn as an ornament around the throat.
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A steel collar, used in fifteenth-century armor.
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| gorge | the passage between the pharynx and the stomach |
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| gorge | a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) |
| gorge | a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it) |
| gorge | overeat or eat immodestly |
| gorge | fed beyond capacity or desire |
| gorge | dazzlingly beautiful |
| gorge | in an impressively beautiful manner |
| gorge | someone who eats food rapidly and greedily |
| gorge | the molding at the top of a column |
| gorge | armor plate that protects the neck |
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