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Goring
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Also, Goering.
verb (used with object), gored, gor·ing.
to pierce with or as if with a horn or tusk.
noun
1.
2.
one of the panels, usually tapering or shaped, making up a garment, as a skirt.
3.
a triangular tract of land, especially one lying between larger divisions.
verb (used with object)
4.
to make or furnish with a gore or gores.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English gāra corner (cognate with German Gehre gusset); compare Old English gār spear
before 900; Middle English; Old English gāra corner (cognate with German Gehre gusset); compare Old English gār spear
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Word Origin & History
gore
c.1400, from Scottish gorren "to pierce, stab," origin unknown, perhaps related to O.E. gar "spear" (see gar), which is certainly the source of the third meaning of Mod.Eng. gore, "triangular piece of ground" (O.E. gara), hence also "front of a skirt" (mid-13c.), and "triangular
EXPANDpiece of cloth" (early 14c.).
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