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One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c

Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific. The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. Milton.

To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify. [R.]

A kind of Italian pressed milk cheese; -- so called from a village near Milan.

The female of the gorcock.

A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.

Axle grease. See Gome. [Prov. Eng.]

The European cormorant.

A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.

See Gormand, n. [Obs.]

Gluttony.

To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton. Shak.

A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.

A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale).

Furze. See Furze. The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse. Cowper. Gorse bird (Zoöl.), the European linnet; -- called also gorse hatcher. [Prov. Eng.] -- Gorse chat (Zoöl.), the winchat. -- Gorse duck, the corncrake; -- called also grass drake, land drake, and corn drake.

Covered with gore or clotted blood. Thou canst not say I did it; never shake Thy gory locks at me. Shak.

species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk (A. Novæ-Hollandiæ) is pure white.

One who takes care of geese.

One of several species of pygmy geese, of the genus Nettepus. They are about the size of a teal, and inhabit Africa, India, and Australia.