Definitions for: Gore


[n] the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the blood of his kinsmen"
[n] a triangular piece of cloth
[n] coagulated blood from a wound
[n] Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
[v] wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument
[v] cut into gores; "gore a skirt"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.


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.


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

Synonyms: Al Gore, Albert Gore Jr., blood, bloodshed

See Also: blood, cut, execution, full skirt, gaiter, homicide, murder, piece of cloth, piece of material, pierce, slaying, style, tailor, thrust, umbrella, V.P., vice president

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