Goring

3 definitions found

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]:

  Goring \Gor"ing\, or Goring cloth \Gor"ing cloth`\, n., (Naut.)
     A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Goring
       n : German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo
           and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946) [syn: {Goering},
            {Hermann Goring}, {Hermann Goering}, {Hermann Wilhelm
           Goring}]