English Dictionary: Goring | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Goring | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Goring \Gor"ing\, or Goring cloth \Gor"ing cloth`\, n., (Naut.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot. |