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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become
        thick or clotted. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. A small traingular piece of land. --Cowell.
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     3. (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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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           The low stumps shall gore
           His daintly feet.                        --Coleridge.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  124 Moby Thesaurus words for "gore":
     Rh factor, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, Rhesus factor,
     antibody, antigen, arterial blood, auger, bane, bite, blood,
     blood bank, blood cell, blood count, blood donor,
     blood donor center, blood group, blood grouping, blood picture,
     blood platelet, blood pressure, blood serum, blood substitute,
     bloodletting, bloodmobile, bloodshed, bloodstream, bore, braining,
     broach, butchery, carnage, circulation, claret, clinical dextran,
     countersink, dealing death, destruction, destruction of life,
     dextran, disembowel, dispatch, drill, empierce, erythrocyte,
     euthanasia, execution, extermination, fix, flow of blood, globulin,
     gouge, gouge out, grume, hematics, hematologist, hematology,
     hematoscope, hematoscopy, hemocyte, hemoglobin, hemometer, hole,
     honeycomb, horn, humor, ichor, immolation, impale, isoantibody,
     kill, killing, lance, lapidation, leukocyte, lifeblood, martyrdom,
     martyrization, mercy killing, needle, neutrophil, opsonin,
     penetrate, perforate, phagocyte, pierce, pink, plasma,
     plasma substitute, poisoning, poke, prick, punch, puncture, ream,
     ream out, red corpuscle, riddle, ritual killing, ritual murder,
     run through, sacrifice, serum, shooting, skewer, slaughter,
     slaying, spear, spike, spit, stab, stick, stoning, taking of life,
     tap, transfix, transpierce, trepan, trephine, tusk, type O,
     venous blood, white corpuscle
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Gore, OK (town, FIPS 30300)
    Location: 35.54334 N, 95.11138 W
    Population (1990): 690 (304 housing units)
    Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 74435
  Gore, VA
    Zip code(s): 22637

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Gore, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    850
     Housing Units (2000): 416
     Land area (2000):     2.282343 sq. miles (5.911240 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.282343 sq. miles (5.911240 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            30300
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             35.532851 N, 95.115032 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     74435
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Gore, OK
      Gore
  

















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