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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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["o]rn, garnir, guts.]
   1. Dirt; mud. [Obs.] --Bp. Fisher.

   2. Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become
      thick or clotted. --Milton.

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['e]. Like the other abatements it is a
         modern fancy and not actually used.

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.

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.

Source : WordNet®

Gore
     n 1: vice president of the United States under Bill Clinton (born
          in 1948) [syn: {Al Gore}, {Albert Gore Jr.}]
     2: coagulated blood from a wound
     3: a triangular piece of cloth
     4: the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the
        blood of his kinsmen" [syn: {bloodshed}, {blood}]
     v 1: wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or
          instrument
     2: cut into gores; "gore a skirt"
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