5. (Surg.) (a) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. (b) A grooved
instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt
gorget. Dunglison.
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6. (Zoˆl.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or
mammal.
Gorget hummer (Zoˆl.), a humming bird of the genus Trochilus. See
Rubythroat.
Gor"gon (gÙr"gn), n. [L. Gorgo, -onis, Gr. Gorgw`, fr. gorgo`s
terrible.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale,
and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom
turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.