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  • 11gore — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gāra; akin to Old English gār spear, and perhaps to Greek chaion shepherd s staff Date: before 12th century 1. a small usually triangular piece of land 2. a. a tapering or triangular piece (as… …

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  • 12Prosphora — A prosphoron (Greek: πρόσφορον, offering ) is a small loaf of bread used in Orthodox Christian liturgies. The plural form is prosphora (πρόσφορα). The term originally meant any offering made to a temple, but in Orthodox Christianity has come to… …

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  • 13gore — English has three separate words gore, two of them perhaps ultimately related. Gore ‘blood’ [OE] originally meant ‘dung, shit’, or more generally ‘filth, dirt, slime’, and related words in other languages, such as Dutch goor ‘mud, filth’, Old… …

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  • 14gore — English has three separate words gore, two of them perhaps ultimately related. Gore ‘blood’ [OE] originally meant ‘dung, shit’, or more generally ‘filth, dirt, slime’, and related words in other languages, such as Dutch goor ‘mud, filth’, Old… …

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  • 15Neckerchief — A Scouting neckerchief and woggle A neckerchief, necker or less commonly scarf is a type of neckwear associated with Scouts, cowboys and sailors. It consists of a triangular piece of cloth or a rectangular piece folded into a triangle. The long… …

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  • 16Gore (road) — A typical gore point. Note the Fitch Barriers (impact attenuators) in front of the sign post. A gore, gore point, or gore zone is a triangular piece of land found where roads merge or split. When two roads merge, the area is sometimes referred to …

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  • 17kobdas — Drum used for inducing trances and for divination by Sami shamans. It consisted of a wooden frame over which a reindeer hide was stretched; the hide was covered with designs representing spirits or deities. In divination, the drum was beaten with …

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  • 18Garland — This long established surname is of dual derivation in England, being either a topographical name from residence by a triangular shaped piece of land, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century gara , triangular piece of land, with land ,… …

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  • 19Garlant — This long established surname is of dual derivation in England, being either a topographical name from residence by a triangular shaped piece of land, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century gara , triangular piece of land, with land ,… …

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  • 20gore — gore1 noun blood that has been shed, especially as a result of violence. Origin OE gor dung, dirt , of Gmc origin. gore2 verb (of an animal such as a bull) pierce or stab with a horn or tusk. Origin ME: of unknown origin. gore3 noun a triangular… …

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