How to pronounce“gorge”in English
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Definitions of “gorge”
The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.
“His gall did grate for griefe and high diſdaine, And knitting all his force got one hand free, Wherewith he grypt her gorge with ſo great paine, That ſoone to looſe her wicked bands did her co[n]ſtraine.”
The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; (falconry, specifically) the crop or gizzard of a hawk.
“I wil tel you, Scholer, that unleſs the hook be faſt in his [the trout's] very Gorge, he wil live, and a little time with the help of the water, wil ruſt the hook, & it wil in time wear away as the gravel does in the horſe hoof, which only leaves a falſe quarter.”
To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities.
“They gorged themselves on chocolate and cake.”
To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
“Seiz'd by his [a lion's] stalwart teeth, at once | his victim's [a cow's] neck is broken: Thereafter, swilleth he the blood, | and all her entrails gorgeth.”
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