Gorgon definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary GORG'ON, n. [Gr.] A ... thing very ugly or horrid. GORG'ON, a. Like a gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as a gorgon face. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (Greek mythology ... the beholder to stone Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Latin Gorgon-, Gorgo, from Greek Gorg?n Date: 14th century 1. capitalized ... f. Gk Gorgo f. gorgos terrible Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gorgon Gor"gon (g[^o]r"g[o^]n), n. [L ... l.) The brindled gnu. See Gnu. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gorgon Gor"gon, a. Like a Gorgon; very ugly or ...
C gorgon definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gnu Gnu, n. [Hottentot gnu ... is plain brown; the brindled gnu or blue wildebeest (C. gorgon) is larger, with transverse stripes of black on the neck ...
... 2005) n 1: (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus 2: one of ... 14th century 1. capitalized [Latin, from Greek Medousa] a mortal Gorgon who is slain when decapitated by Perseus 2. plural medusae ... medusan adj. Etymology: L f. Gk Medousa, name of a Gorgon with snakes instead of hair Webster's 1913 Dictionary Medusa ... du"sa, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into ... Moby Thesaurus Argus, Briareus, Cerberus, Charybdis, Circe, Cyclops, Echidna, Euryale, Gorgon, Harpy, Hydra, Loch Ness monster, Medea, Minotaur, Pegasus, Python, Scylla ...
... New Latin Gorgonia, a coral genus, from Latin, coral, from Gorgon-, Gorgo Date: 1835 any of an order (Gorgonacea) of colonial ... branching axial skeleton • gorgonian adjective Merriam Webster's adjective see gorgon Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & adj. --n. a usu. brightly coloured ... of or relating to the Gorgonacea. Etymology: mod.L (as GORGON), with ref. to its petrifaction Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gorgonian ... an, a. [L. Gorgoneus.] 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific. The rest his look Bound with ...
... serpents; as a snaky rod or want. That sanky headed gorgon shield. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: resembling a ... 1567 1. of, formed of, or entwined with snakes < the Gorgon with snaky hair — Joseph Addison > 2. serpentine, snakelike < snaky coils ... as, a snaky rod or wand. --Dryden. That snaky-headed, Gorgon shield. --Milton. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1 ...
... life in captivity. In Greek mythology, the slayer of the Gorgon Medusa. He was the son of Zeus and Danaë . His ... life in captivity. In Greek mythology, the slayer of the Gorgon Medusa. He was the son of Zeus and Danaë . His ... hero, son of Jupiter and Dana["e], who slew the Gorgon Medusa. 2. (Astron.) A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near ...
... s 1828 Dictionary GORGO'NEAN GORGO'NIAN, a. Like a gorgon; pertaining to gorgons. Gorgonia nobilis, in natural history, red coral ... also gorgonian) 1. Of gorgons, pertaining to gorgons. 2. See gorgon, a.
... Dictionary v.tr. (also -ise) 1 stare at like a gorgon. 2 paralyse with terror etc. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gorgonize ... gon*ize, v. t. To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify. [R.]