Definition of Gorges

1. Noun. (plural of gorge) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of gorge) ¹

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Definition of Gorges

1. gorge [v] - See also: gorge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gorges

gorge
gorge-walking
gorge walking
gorged
gorgedly
gorgelet
gorgelets
gorgeous
gorgeously
gorgeousness
gorgeousnesses
gorger
gorgerin
gorgerins
gorgers
gorges (current term)
gorget
gorgeted
gorgets
gorgia
gorgias
gorging
gorgio
gorgios
gorgon
gorgonacea
gorgoneia
gorgoneion

Literary usage of Gorges

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"Apparently after his return to England he was appointed agent by Sir Ferdinando gorges [qv], and then •went back to New England ..."

2. Southern France, Including Corsica: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"The gorges d'Engins, gorges de la Bourne, and gorges de la Vernaison. ... 30 pm The line mountain-road ti-a- verses the grand gorges de la ..."

3. English Colonies in America by John Andrew Doyle (1889)
"Meanwhile gorges had succeeded in securing the help of Lord Southampton,t who had, like himself, been among the friends Voyage * and followers of Essex. ..."

4. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1865)
"Weymouth having arrived from his voyage to America in 1605, gorges became ... gorges was instrumental in procuring the great Patent for New England, of Nov. ..."

5. Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1865)
"gorges was instrumental in procuring the great Patent for New England, of Nov. ... gorges, although advanced in years at the breaking-out of the civil war, ..."

6. The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century by Herbert Levi Osgood (1907)
"By occasional petitions, however, the Mason and gorges heirs kept their case before ... In 1670 and 1671 gorges petitioned twice and Mason once.1 Both of ..."

7. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1865)
"... our Sovereign Lord Charles by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Ac. Between Sir Ferdinando gorges of ..."

8. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1899)
"He was intending to buy Maine of gorges, as an endowment for his favorite ... Usher, the Boston merchant, had come to Lon- May6- don,4 and paid gorges the ..."

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