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   Gore , n. [AS. gor dirt, dung; akin to Icel. gor, SW. gorr, OHG. gor, and perh. to E. cord, chord, and yarn; cf. Icel. görn, garnir, guts.]
   Dirt; mud. [Obs.]
   Bp. Fisher.
   
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   Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted.
   Milton.
   
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   Gore, n. [OE. gore, gare, AS. gra angular point of land, fr. gr 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.]
    A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part.
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   A small triangular piece of land.
   Cowell.
   
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   (Her.) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.
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   ☞ 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.
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   Gore, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gored ; p. pr. & vb. n. Goring.] [OE. gar spear, AS. gr. See 2d Gore.] To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab.
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   The low stumps shall gore
   His daintly feet.
   Coleridge.
   
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   Gore, v. t. To cut in a triangular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron.
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