| slovo | definícia |
gorge
(encz) | gorge,cpát se v: Rostislav Svoboda |
gorge
(encz) | gorge,pohltit v: Rostislav Svoboda |
gorge
(encz) | gorge,polykat v: Rostislav Svoboda |
gorge
(encz) | gorge,přecpat se v: Rostislav Svoboda |
gorge
(encz) | gorge,rokle n: Zdeněk Brož |
gorge
(encz) | gorge,strž [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Gorge
(gcide) | Gorge \Gorge\, v. i.
To eat greedily and to satiety. --Milton.
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Gorge
(gcide) | Gorge \Gorge\, n. [F. gorge, LL. gorgia, throat, narrow pass,
and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool,
gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. gargara whirlpool, g[.r] to devour. Cf.
Gorget.]
1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to
the stomach.
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Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain.
--Spenser.
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Now, how abhorred! . . . my gorge rises at it.
--Shak.
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2. A narrow passage or entrance; as:
(a) A defile between mountains.
(b) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a
fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of
Bastion.
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3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or
other fowl.
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And all the way, most like a brutish beast,
e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest.
--Spenser.
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4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an
obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.
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5. (Arch.) A concave molding; a cavetto. --Gwilt.
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6. (Naut.) The groove of a pulley.
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7. (Angling) A primitive device used instead of a fishhook,
consisting of an object easy to be swallowed but difficult
to be ejected or loosened, as a piece of bone or stone
pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
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Gorge circle (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross
section of a hyperboloid of revolution.
Circle of the gorge (Math.), a minimum circle on a surface
of revolution, cut out by a plane perpendicular to the
axis.
Gorge fishing, trolling with a dead bait on a double hook
which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge.
Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead.
--Knight.
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Gorge
(gcide) | Gorge \Gorge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gorged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gorging.] [F. gorger. See Gorge, n.]
1. To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in
large mouthfuls or quantities.
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The fish has gorged the hook. --Johnson.
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2. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
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The giant gorged with flesh. --Addison.
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Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite.
--Dryden.
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gorge
(wn) | gorge
n 1: a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
2: a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) [syn:
defile, gorge]
3: the passage between the pharynx and the stomach [syn:
esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gullet]
v 1: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She
stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice
cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut,
englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat,
gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, {pig
out}, satiate, scarf out] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
gorgeous
(mass) | gorgeous
- senzačný |
gorgeously
(mass) | gorgeously
- výborne |
disgorge
(encz) | disgorge,chrlit Martin M.disgorge,vylévat v: Zdeněk Broždisgorge,vyvrhnout Martin M.disgorge,zvrátit Martin M. |
disgorged
(encz) | disgorged,chrlil v: Zdeněk Broždisgorged,vyvrhl v: Zdeněk Broždisgorged,zvrátil v: Zdeněk Brož |
disgorgement
(encz) | disgorgement,vyhrnutí n: Zdeněk Broždisgorgement,vychrlení n: Zdeněk Brož |
engorge
(encz) | engorge,otéci v: Pinoengorge,otékat v: Pino |
engorgement
(encz) | engorgement,otok n: Pinoengorgement,přecpání n: Zdeněk Brožengorgement,překrvení n: Pino |
gorged
(encz) | gorged, |
gorgeous
(encz) | gorgeous,krásný adj: Pinogorgeous,nádherný adj: Zdeněk Brožgorgeous,senzační adj: Zdeněk Brož |
gorgeously
(encz) | gorgeously,senzačně adv: Zdeněk Brožgorgeously,skvěle adv: Zdeněk Brož |
gorgeousness
(encz) | gorgeousness,nádhera n: Zdeněk Brožgorgeousness,skvělost n: Zdeněk Brož |
gorger
(encz) | gorger, n: |
gorgerin
(encz) | gorgerin, n: |
gorget
(encz) | gorget,ozdobný límec n: Zdeněk Brož |
overgorge
(encz) | overgorge, v: |
regorge
(encz) | regorge, v: |
blunt gorget
(gcide) | Gorget \Gor"get\, n. [OF. gorgete, dim. of gorge throat. See
Gorge, n.]
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.
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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.
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Unfix the gorget's iron clasp. --Sir W.
Scott.
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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.
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4. A ruff worn by women. [Obs.]
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5. (Surg.)
(a) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
(b) A grooved instrunent used in performing various
operations; -- called also blunt gorget.
--Dunglison.
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6. (Zool.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a
bird or mammal.
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Gorget hummer (Zool.), a humming bird of the genus
Trochilus. See Rubythroat.
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Circle of the gorge
(gcide) | Gorge \Gorge\, n. [F. gorge, LL. gorgia, throat, narrow pass,
and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool,
gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. gargara whirlpool, g[.r] to devour. Cf.
Gorget.]
1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to
the stomach.
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Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain.
--Spenser.
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Now, how abhorred! . . . my gorge rises at it.
--Shak.
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2. A narrow passage or entrance; as:
(a) A defile between mountains.
(b) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a
fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of
Bastion.
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3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or
other fowl.
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And all the way, most like a brutish beast,
e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest.
--Spenser.
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4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an
obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.
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5. (Arch.) A concave molding; a cavetto. --Gwilt.
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6. (Naut.) The groove of a pulley.
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7. (Angling) A primitive device used instead of a fishhook,
consisting of an object easy to be swallowed but difficult
to be ejected or loosened, as a piece of bone or stone
pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
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Gorge circle (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross
section of a hyperboloid of revolution.
Circle of the gorge (Math.), a minimum circle on a surface
of revolution, cut out by a plane perpendicular to the
axis.
Gorge fishing, trolling with a dead bait on a double hook
which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge.
Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead.
--Knight.
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congested engorged
(gcide) | filled \filled\ adj.
1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal;
as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of empty. [Narrower
terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding
with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full
of(predicate), overflowing, overflowing with(predicate),
rich in(predicate), rife with(predicate), thick
with(predicate)}; {brimful, brimful of(predicate),
brimfull, brimfull of(predicate), brimming, brimming
with(predicate)}; {chockablock(predicate),
chock-full(predicate), chockfull(predicate),
chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate),
chuck-full(predicate), cram full}; congested, engorged;
{crawling with(predicate), overrun with, swarming,
swarming with(predicate), teeming, teeming
with(predicate)}; {flooded, inundated, swamped ; {glutted,
overfull}; {heavy with(predicate) ; {laden, loaded ;
overladen, overloaded ; {stuffed ; {stuffed; {well-lined
]
Syn: full.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. entirely of one substance with no holes inside. Opposite
of hollow.
Syn: solid.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having appointments throughout the course of a period; --
of an appointment schedule; as, My calendar is filled for
the week. Opposite of unoccupied and free
Syn: occupied.
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Coupe-gorge
(gcide) | Coupe-gorge \Coupe`-gorge"\ (k[=oo]p`g[^o]rzh"), n. [F., cut
throat.] (Mil.)
Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops
occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.
--Farrow.
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Demigorge
(gcide) | Demigorge \Dem"i*gorge`\, n. [Cf. F. demi- gorge.] (Fort.)
Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the
angle of the flank to the center of the bastion.
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Disgorge
(gcide) | Disgorge \Dis*gorge"\, v. i.
To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make
restitution.
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See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths
Into the sea. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Disgorge \Dis*gorge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgorged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Disgorging.] [F. d['e]gorger, earlier desgorger;
pref. d['e]-, des- (L. dis-) + gorge. See Gorge.]
1. To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit;
to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the
mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from
a confined place.
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This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth
huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone. --Hakluyt.
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They loudly laughed
To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny
draught. --Dryden.
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2. To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized
and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender;
as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains.
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Disgorged
(gcide) | Disgorge \Dis*gorge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgorged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Disgorging.] [F. d['e]gorger, earlier desgorger;
pref. d['e]-, des- (L. dis-) + gorge. See Gorge.]
1. To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit;
to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the
mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from
a confined place.
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This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth
huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone. --Hakluyt.
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They loudly laughed
To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny
draught. --Dryden.
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2. To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized
and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender;
as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains.
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Disgorgement
(gcide) | Disgorgement \Dis*gorge"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]gorgement.]
The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged.
--Bp. Hall.
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Engorge
(gcide) | Engorge \En*gorge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engorged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Engorging.] [Pref. en- + gorge: cf. F. engorger to
obstruct, cram.]
1. To gorge; to glut. --Mir. for Mag.
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2. To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to
devour. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Engorge \En*gorge"\, v. i.
To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with
food. --Beaumont.
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Engorged
(gcide) | Engorge \En*gorge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engorged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Engorging.] [Pref. en- + gorge: cf. F. engorger to
obstruct, cram.]
1. To gorge; to glut. --Mir. for Mag.
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2. To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to
devour. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Engorged \En*gorged"\, p. a.
1. Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.
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2. (Med.) Filled to excess with blood or other liquid;
congested.
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Engorgement
(gcide) | Engorgement \En*gorge"ment\, n. [Cf. F. engorgement.]
1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity;
a glutting.
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2. (Med.) An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in
some part of the system; congestion. --Hoblyn.
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3. (Metal.) The clogging of a blast furnace.
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Gorge
(gcide) | Gorge \Gorge\, v. i.
To eat greedily and to satiety. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Gorge \Gorge\, n. [F. gorge, LL. gorgia, throat, narrow pass,
and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool,
gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. gargara whirlpool, g[.r] to devour. Cf.
Gorget.]
1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to
the stomach.
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Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain.
--Spenser.
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Now, how abhorred! . . . my gorge rises at it.
--Shak.
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2. A narrow passage or entrance; as:
(a) A defile between mountains.
(b) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a
fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of
Bastion.
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3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or
other fowl.
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And all the way, most like a brutish beast,
e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest.
--Spenser.
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4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an
obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.
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5. (Arch.) A concave molding; a cavetto. --Gwilt.
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6. (Naut.) The groove of a pulley.
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7. (Angling) A primitive device used instead of a fishhook,
consisting of an object easy to be swallowed but difficult
to be ejected or loosened, as a piece of bone or stone
pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
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Gorge circle (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross
section of a hyperboloid of revolution.
Circle of the gorge (Math.), a minimum circle on a surface
of revolution, cut out by a plane perpendicular to the
axis.
Gorge fishing, trolling with a dead bait on a double hook
which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge.
Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead.
--Knight.
[1913 Webster + Webster 1913 Suppl.]Gorge \Gorge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gorged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gorging.] [F. gorger. See Gorge, n.]
1. To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in
large mouthfuls or quantities.
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The fish has gorged the hook. --Johnson.
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2. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
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The giant gorged with flesh. --Addison.
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Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite.
--Dryden.
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Gorge circle
(gcide) | Gorge \Gorge\, n. [F. gorge, LL. gorgia, throat, narrow pass,
and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool,
gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. gargara whirlpool, g[.r] to devour. Cf.
Gorget.]
1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to
the stomach.
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Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain.
--Spenser.
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Now, how abhorred! . . . my gorge rises at it.
--Shak.
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2. A narrow passage or entrance; as:
(a) A defile between mountains.
(b) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a
fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of
Bastion.
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3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or
other fowl.
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And all the way, most like a brutish beast,
e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest.
--Spenser.
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4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an
obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.
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5. (Arch.) A concave molding; a cavetto. --Gwilt.
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6. (Naut.) The groove of a pulley.
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7. (Angling) A primitive device used instead of a fishhook,
consisting of an object easy to be swallowed but difficult
to be ejected or loosened, as a piece of bone or stone
pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gorge circle (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross
section of a hyperboloid of revolution.
Circle of the gorge (Math.), a minimum circle on a surface
of revolution, cut out by a plane perpendicular to the
axis.
Gorge fishing, trolling with a dead bait on a double hook
which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge.
Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead.
--Knight.
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Gorge fishing
(gcide) | Gorge \Gorge\, n. [F. gorge, LL. gorgia, throat, narrow pass,
and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool,
gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. gargara whirlpool, g[.r] to devour. Cf.
Gorget.]
1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to
the stomach.
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Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain.
--Spenser.
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Now, how abhorred! . . . my gorge rises at it.
--Shak.
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2. A narrow passage or entrance; as:
(a) A defile between mountains.
(b) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a
fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of
Bastion.
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3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or
other fowl.
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And all the way, most like a brutish beast,
e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest.
--Spenser.
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4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an
obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Arch.) A concave molding; a cavetto. --Gwilt.
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6. (Naut.) The groove of a pulley.
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7. (Angling) A primitive device used instead of a fishhook,
consisting of an object easy to be swallowed but difficult
to be ejected or loosened, as a piece of bone or stone
pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gorge circle (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross
section of a hyperboloid of revolution.
Circle of the gorge (Math.), a minimum circle on a surface
of revolution, cut out by a plane perpendicular to the
axis.
Gorge fishing, trolling with a dead bait on a double hook
which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge.
Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead.
--Knight.
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Gorge hook
(gcide) | Gorge \Gorge\, n. [F. gorge, LL. gorgia, throat, narrow pass,
and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool,
gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. gargara whirlpool, g[.r] to devour. Cf.
Gorget.]
1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to
the stomach.
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Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain.
--Spenser.
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Now, how abhorred! . . . my gorge rises at it.
--Shak.
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2. A narrow passage or entrance; as:
(a) A defile between mountains.
(b) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a
fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of
Bastion.
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3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or
other fowl.
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And all the way, most like a brutish beast,
e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest.
--Spenser.
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4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an
obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Arch.) A concave molding; a cavetto. --Gwilt.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Naut.) The groove of a pulley.
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7. (Angling) A primitive device used instead of a fishhook,
consisting of an object easy to be swallowed but difficult
to be ejected or loosened, as a piece of bone or stone
pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gorge circle (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross
section of a hyperboloid of revolution.
Circle of the gorge (Math.), a minimum circle on a surface
of revolution, cut out by a plane perpendicular to the
axis.
Gorge fishing, trolling with a dead bait on a double hook
which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge.
Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead.
--Knight.
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Gorged
(gcide) | Gorged \Gorged\, a.
1. Having a gorge or throat.
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2. (Her.) Bearing a coronet or ring about the neck.
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3. Glutted; fed to the full.
[1913 Webster]Gorge \Gorge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gorged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gorging.] [F. gorger. See Gorge, n.]
1. To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in
large mouthfuls or quantities.
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The fish has gorged the hook. --Johnson.
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2. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
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The giant gorged with flesh. --Addison.
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Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite.
--Dryden.
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Gorgelet
(gcide) | Gorgelet \Gor"ge*let\, n. (Zool.)
A small gorget, as of a humming bird.
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Gorgeous
(gcide) | Gorgeous \Gor"geous\, a. [OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain,
luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F.
gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. Gorge,
n.]
Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine;
magnificent.
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Cloud-land, gorgeous land. --Coleridge.
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Gorgeous as the sun at midsummer. --Shak.
-- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n.
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Gorgeously
(gcide) | Gorgeous \Gor"geous\, a. [OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain,
luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F.
gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. Gorge,
n.]
Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine;
magnificent.
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Cloud-land, gorgeous land. --Coleridge.
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Gorgeous as the sun at midsummer. --Shak.
-- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n.
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Gorgeousness
(gcide) | Gorgeous \Gor"geous\, a. [OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain,
luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F.
gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. Gorge,
n.]
Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine;
magnificent.
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Cloud-land, gorgeous land. --Coleridge.
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Gorgeous as the sun at midsummer. --Shak.
-- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n.
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Gorgerin
(gcide) | Gorgerin \Gor`ge*rin"\, n. [F., fr. gorge neck.] (Arch.)
In some columns, that part of the capital between the
termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or
the space between two neck moldings; -- called also {neck of
the capital}, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column.
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gorges
(gcide) | Valley \Val"ley\, n.; pl. Valleys. [OE. vale, valeie, OF.
val['e]e, valede, F. vall['e]e, LL. vallata, L. vallis,
valles. See Vale.]
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1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains;
the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions
intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a
stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or
both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.
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The valley of the shadow of death. --Ps. xxiii.
4.
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Sweet interchange
Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
--Milton.
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Note: Deep and narrow valleys with abrupt sides are usually
the results of erosion by water, and are called
gorges, ravines, canyons, gulches, etc.
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2. (Arch.)
(a) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which
have their plates running in different directions, and
form on the plan a reentrant angle.
(b) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on
a flat roof.
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Valley board (Arch.), a board for the reception of the lead
gutter in the valley of a roof. The valley board and lead
gutter are not usual in the United States.
Valley rafter, or Valley piece (Arch.), the rafter which
supports the valley.
Valley roof (Arch.), a roof having one or more valleys. See
Valley, 2, above.
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Gorget
(gcide) | Gorget \Gor"get\, n. [OF. gorgete, dim. of gorge throat. See
Gorge, n.]
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.
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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.
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Unfix the gorget's iron clasp. --Sir W.
Scott.
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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.
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4. A ruff worn by women. [Obs.]
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5. (Surg.)
(a) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
(b) A grooved instrunent used in performing various
operations; -- called also blunt gorget.
--Dunglison.
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6. (Zool.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a
bird or mammal.
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Gorget hummer (Zool.), a humming bird of the genus
Trochilus. See Rubythroat.
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Gorget hummer
(gcide) | Gorget \Gor"get\, n. [OF. gorgete, dim. of gorge throat. See
Gorge, n.]
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.
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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.
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Unfix the gorget's iron clasp. --Sir W.
Scott.
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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.
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4. A ruff worn by women. [Obs.]
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5. (Surg.)
(a) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
(b) A grooved instrunent used in performing various
operations; -- called also blunt gorget.
--Dunglison.
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6. (Zool.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a
bird or mammal.
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Gorget hummer (Zool.), a humming bird of the genus
Trochilus. See Rubythroat.
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Ingorge
(gcide) | Ingorge \In*gorge"\, v. t. & i.
See Engorge. --Milton.
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Overgorge
(gcide) | Overgorge \O`ver*gorge"\, v. t.
To gorge to excess.
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Regorge
(gcide) | Regorge \Re*gorge"\ (r?*g?rj"), v. t. [F. regorder; re- + gorger
to gorge. Cf. Regurgitate.]
1. To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back.
--Hayward.
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2. To swallow again; to swallow back.
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Tides at highest mark regorge the flood. --Dryden.
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Shrill-gorged
(gcide) | Shrill-gorged \Shrill"-gorged`\, a.
Having a throat which produces a shrill note. [R.] --Shak.
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Ungorged
(gcide) | Ungorged \Ungorged\
See gorged. |
Ungorgeous
(gcide) | Ungorgeous \Ungorgeous\
See gorgeous. |
disgorge
(wn) | disgorge
v 1: cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or
over; "spill the beans all over the table" [syn: spill,
shed, disgorge]
2: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him
last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast,
sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch,
puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down] |
disgorgement
(wn) | disgorgement
n 1: the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach
through the mouth [syn: vomit, vomiting, emesis,
regurgitation, disgorgement, puking] |
engorge
(wn) | engorge
v 1: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She
stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice
cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut,
englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat,
gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, {pig
out}, satiate, scarf out] |
engorged
(wn) | engorged
adj 1: overfull as with blood [syn: congested, engorged] |
engorgement
(wn) | engorgement
n 1: congestion with blood; "engorgement of the breast"
2: eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation |
gorgeous
(wn) | gorgeous
adj 1: dazzlingly beautiful; "a gorgeous Victorian gown" |
gorgeously
(wn) | gorgeously
adv 1: in an impressively beautiful manner; "the Princess was
gorgeously dressed" [syn: gorgeously, splendidly,
resplendently, magnificently] |
gorger
(wn) | gorger
n 1: someone who eats food rapidly and greedily [syn: scoffer,
gorger] |
gorgerin
(wn) | gorgerin
n 1: the molding at the top of a column [syn: gorgerin,
necking] |
gorget
(wn) | gorget
n 1: armor plate that protects the neck |
new river gorge bridge
(wn) | New River Gorge Bridge
n 1: a steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West
Virginia |
olduvai gorge
(wn) | Olduvai Gorge
n 1: a gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have
found some of the earliest human remains |
overgorge
(wn) | overgorge
v 1: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She
stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice
cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut,
englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat,
gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, {pig
out}, satiate, scarf out] |
regorge
(wn) | regorge
v 1: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave
him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast,
sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch,
puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down] |
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