Definition of gorge

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Gorge (n.) A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river..

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Defile :: Defile (n.) Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc..
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
Shrill-gorged :: Shrill-gorged (a.) Having a throat which produces a shrill note.
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) The groove of a pulley.
Bastion :: Bastion (n.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin..
Regorge :: Regorge (v. t.) To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back.
Coupe-gorge :: Coupe-gorge (n.) Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.
Gorged :: Gorged (a.) Bearing a coronet or ring about the neck.
Couloir :: Couloir (n.) A deep gorge; a gully.
Gorgerin :: Gorgerin (n.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column..
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities..
Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion.
Jager :: "Jager (n.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua)..
Fleche :: Fleche (n.) A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge..
Regorge :: Regorge (v. t.) To swallow again; to swallow back.
Gorged :: Gorged (a.) Having a gorge or throat.
Neckplate :: Neckplate (n.) See Gorget, 1 and 2..
Gorged :: Gorged (imp. & p. p.) of Gorg.
Disgorged :: Disgorged (imp. & p. p.) of Disgorg.
Gorgeous :: Gorgeous (n.) Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent.
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