Gore
Gore , noun
[Anglo-Saxon gor dirt, dung; akin to Icelandic gor, SW. gorr, Old High German gor, and perh. to English cord, chord, and yarn; compare Icelandic gorn, garnir, guts.]
1.
Dirt; mud. [Obsolete] — Bp. Fisher
2.
Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted. — Milton
Gore , noun
[Old English gore, gare, Anglo-Saxon g{not transcribed}ra angular point of land, from g{not transcribed}r spear; akin to Dutch geer gore, German gehre gore, ger spear, Icelandic geiri gore, geir spear, and prob. to English goad. Compare 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 triangular piece of land. — Cowell
3.
(Heraldry) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.
It is usually on the sinister side, and of the tincture called tenné. Like the other abatements it is a modern fancy and not actually used.
Gore , transitive verb
[Old English gar spear, Anglo-Saxon g{not transcribed}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.
Gore , transitive verb
To cut in a triangular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron.