Goring, Goering, Hermann Goring, Hermann Goering, Hermann Wilhelm Goring
(noun) German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Goring
A surname.
A village and civil parish (Goring-on-Thames) in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, on the river Thames (OS grid ref SU6080).
Synonym: Goring-on-Thames
• gringo, orging
goring
present participle of gore
goring (plural gorings)
The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting
(textiles) A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.
goring (not comparable)
(nautical) Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.
• gringo, orging
Source: Wiktionary
Gor"ing, or Gor"ing cloth` (, n., (Naut.)
Definition: A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.
Gore, n. Etym: [AS. gor dirt, dung; akin to Icel. gor, SW. gorr, OHG. gor, and perh. to E. cord, chord, and yarn; cf. Icel. görn, garnir, guts.]
1. Dirt; mud. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.
2. Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted. Milton.
Gore, n. Etym: [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.]
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.)
Definition: 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 tenné. Like the other abatements it is a modern fancy and not actually used.
Gore, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gored; p. pr. & vb. n. Goring.] Etym: [OE. gar spear, AS. g. See 2d Gore.]
Definition: 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.
Gore, v. t.
Definition: To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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