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English Dictionary: Gore by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gore
n
  1. Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
    Synonym(s): Gore, Al Gore, Albert Gore Jr.
  2. coagulated blood from a wound
  3. a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
    Synonym(s): gore, panel
  4. the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"
    Synonym(s): bloodshed, gore
v
  1. wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument
  2. cut into gores; "gore a skirt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gore \Gore\, v. t.
      To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide
      with a gore; as, to gore an apron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gore \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[94]rn, garnir, guts.]
      1. Dirt; mud. [Obs.] --Bp. Fisher.
  
      2. Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become
            thick or clotted. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gore \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[82]. Like the other abatements it is a
               modern fancy and not actually used.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gore \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.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gore, OK (town, FIPS 30300)
      Location: 35.54334 N, 95.11138 W
      Population (1990): 690 (304 housing units)
      Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 74435
   Gore, VA
      Zip code(s): 22637
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