Goring

Gore  (gôr, gr), Albert, Jr. Known as "Al." Born 1948.

Vice President of the United States (1993-2001) under Bill Clinton. He earlier served as a U.S. senator from Tennessee (1985-1993).

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gore ¹  (gôr, gr)

tr.v. gored, gor·ing, gores

To pierce or stab with a horn or tusk.

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[Middle English goren, probably from gore, spear, from Old English gr.]

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gore ²  (gôr, gr)

n.

1. A triangular or tapering piece of cloth forming a part of something, as in a skirt or sail.

2. A small triangular piece of land.

tr.v. gored, gor·ing, gores

1. To provide with a gore.

2. To cut into a gore.

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[Middle English, from Old English gra, triangular piece of land.]

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gore ³  (gôr, gr)

n.

Blood, especially coagulated blood from a wound.

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[Middle English, filth, from Old English gor.]

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Goring of butchers: a company of butchers—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.

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Goring - German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946) Goering, Hermann Goering, Hermann Goring, Hermann Wilhelm Goring