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▪ I. † gorger, n.1 Obs. Also 4–5 gorgere, 5 gorgeer(e, -ier. [a. OF. gorg(i)ere, f. gorge gorge n.1] 1. = gorget1 1.
1300K. Alis. 3636 Of Grece he smot a baroun..Thorugh the gargaze and the gorger. 13..Coer de L. 321 Hys pusen therwith gan gon... Hys vyser and his gorgere. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. cxx. (1869) 63 With his gorgeer was sum time armed the abbot of Chalyt, thi goode patroun seint William. 1460Lybeaus Disc. 1618 Pysane, aventayle, and gorgere, Fell ynto the felld fer. 14..Rom. of Monk (Sion Coll. MS.) (Halliw.), Nowe I wol sey thee of the gorgier, which shoulde kepe the throte-bolle. 2. A wimple, neckerchief; = gorget1 2.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 957 Þat oþer [lady] wyth a gorger watz gered ouer þe swyre. Hence † gorger v. trans., to fasten a gorger on (a person).
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. cxx. (1869) 63 Whan suich a man armede him with swich a gorgeer, and gorgered him soo, thou shuldest also fastne on gladiche thi gorgeere. ▪ II. gorger, n.2|ˈgɔːdʒə(r)| [f. gorge v. + -er1.] 1. A person or animal that gorges or eats to repletion; a glutton.
1791–1823D'Israeli Cur. Lit., Anc. Cookery (Rtldg.) 267/2 Apicius, a name..now synonymous with a gorger, was the inventor of cakes called Apicians. 1883G. Allen Nat. Studies, Honey Ants 26 These gorgers might easily become specialized into a honey-bearing set of insects. 2. Naut. ‘A big haul or heavy deck of fish’ (Cent. Dict.). |