GORING

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


Proper noun

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

Anagrams

• gringo, orging

Verb

goring

present participle of gore

Noun

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.

Adjective

goring (not comparable)

(nautical) Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.

Anagrams

• 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

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



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