Definition for GORE

GORE, n.1 [Sax. gor, gore, mud; W. gor; Ir. cear, blood, and red; Gr. ιχωρ; from issuing.]

  1. Blood; but generally, thick or clotted blood; blood that after effusion becomes inspissated. Milton.
  2. Dirt; mud. [Unusual.] Bp. Fisher.

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