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~ GORE   id+ | GAP  STAB  WOUND  BLOOD |
^u       ukr HORE = SORROW
~ GORGE  continued under see> ~ GAR
            id+ | THROAT |      sug> DISGORGE
            id+ | FILL VORACIOUSLY THE GULLET |
            id+ | NECKCHIEF | which could be
~ GORGEOUS  id+ | CHARMING |
            myth> THE GORGON MEDUSA WAS ALLURING
                  BUT PUNISHED FOR HAVING SEX
     lat   GURGA = GULLET   see> GARGLE
           GURGES  A WHIRLPOOL or ABYSS
     med> DISGORGE  REGURGITATE
     lit+ SOME SPEECH IS LIKE GARGLING or
            GARGLE or see> JARGON
~ GORGON   id+ | MYTHICAL BEING |        see> JARGON
                 with SNAKES FOR HAIR    sug> GORE
     myth> note HOMER SPEAKS OF ONLY ONE GORGON
           WHOSE HEAD IS REPRESENTED IN THE ILIAD AS
     FIXED IN THE CENTER OF THE AEGIS OF ZEUS
     IN THE ODYSSEY GORGON IS A MONSTER OF THE UNDERWORLD
           HESIOD INCREASED THE NUMBER OF GORGONS
           TO THREE
~ GORGONS  id+ | UGLY | or REPULSIVE
           REVOLTING  HIDEOUS
  in gr GORGON implies GRIM
  myth> THERE SISTERS
        DAUGHTERS OF PHORKYS & KETO
  STHENO or STHEINO THE MIGHTY
  EURYALE   THE FAR SPRINGER
  MEDUSA    THE QUEEN
  GORGONS WERE CONSIDERED IMMORTAL
  EXCEPT FOR MEDUSA WHO WAS MORTAL
  SHE WAS KILLED BY
  see> PERSEUS   see> MEDUSA
  art> often SHOWN AS HIDEOUS OLD WOMEN
       ADJACENT TO THE FURIES or as
  WINGED FEMALE CREATURES
  WITH HAIR CONSISTING OF SNAKES
  ROUND FACED
  WITH PROTRUDING TONGUES AND
  LARGE PROJECTING TEETH
  biol> GORGONIA  GORGONELLA GORGONIIDAE
        GORGONINA  GORGONACEA  GORGONOCEPHALUS
  GORGONOPSIA etc are names of ins rept  etc to denote
  SNAKE LIKE APPENDAGES
  continue see> JARGON

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