Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry: Composed of convex curves larger than in invected.
- Bounded by a line as in . Also goared, goré gory. —Fesse gored. Same as fesse arrondi. See
fesse .
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
gore . - adjective textiles Having a
gore or gores.
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Examples
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The Mountaineers were "gored" as Miami freshman running back
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The Dyea River as of old roared turbulently down to the sea; but its ancient banks were gored by the feet of many men, and these men labored in surging rows at the dripping tow-lines, and the deep-laden boats followed them as they fought their upward way.
CHAPTER I 2010
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Now, Doug in San Diego is OK with this as a solution to the Nazi-like crisis of illegal immigrants, but I suspect that his ox is not getting gored.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Kobach on Arizona’s Immigration Law 2010
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Politics: its always whose ox is being gored (almost).
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Everything seems to depend on who's ox is getting gored.
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Given the Bush disaster change sounded great but when specifics begin to take shape all the gored oxes line up to threaten cataclysm.
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If it's offensive, it is, but not every ox is gored.
Bukiet on Brooklyn Books Hal Duncan 2009
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And the will of man strove with the will of the water, and the men laughed at the old Dyea River and gored its banks deeper for the men who were to follow.
CHAPTER I 2010
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Something savaged him from behind, and in a deft spin, he gored it, then turned again to respond to the aerial attack of demon-infected bats.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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The hills had been stripped of their trees, and their raw sides gored and perforated by great timber-slides and prospect holes.
LI-WAN, THE FAIR 2010
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