† gorcen.

Forms: Also Middle English gorte, 1600s gors, 1700s goss.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman gortz, plural of gort (also Old French gord , gourt , modern French dialect gour , gourd ) < Latin gurgit-em , gurges , whirlpool. The form gorce was taken later for singular and a plural formed from it. See also gore n.⁴

Obsolete.

a. A whirlpool.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [noun]

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1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. i A lytil gorte..wherin Sylla bayned her accustomably whan she hade hete.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 5 b A deep pit of water, a gors or gulf.

b. (See quot. 1706.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > in a river > natural

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1350 Act 25 Edw. III Stat. iv. c. 4 Pur ce que Communes passages de neefs & batelx en les grantz rivers dEngleterre si sont sovent foitz destourbez par le lever de gortz.

1472 Act 12 Edw. IV c. 7 Ascuns..gorces,..molyns, mille~dammez, etc.]

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Gorce,..any stop in a River, such as Wears, Mills, Stakes, etc. which hinder the free Passage of Ships or Boats.

1742 C. Viner Gen. Abridgm. Law & Equity XVI. 23 Nusance..lies for levying of a Goss to intercept the Course of Fish coming from the Sea.

1891 North in Times 13 May 3/5 The construction of such a gort..was an act of ownership.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	gorce
释义	† gorcen. Forms: Also Middle English gorte, 1600s gors, 1700s goss. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman gortz, plural of gort (also Old French gord , gourt , modern French dialect gour , gourd ) < Latin gurgit-em , gurges , whirlpool. The form gorce was taken later for singular and a plural formed from it. See also gore n.⁴ Obsolete. a. A whirlpool. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [noun] swallowa700 weelc897 suckc1220 swallowinga1387 swelthc1400 swirlc1425 gorce1480 vorage1490 whirlpool1530 gourd1538 gulf1538 poolc1540 hurlpool1552 whirlpit1564 sea-gulf1571 maelstrom1588 vorago1654 well1654 gurges1664 gurge1667 swelchiea1688 vortex1704 tourbillion1712 whirly-pool1727 wheel-pit1828 sea-puss1839 turn-hole1851 suck-hole1909 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. i A lytil gorte..wherin Sylla bayned her accustomably whan she hade hete. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 5 b A deep pit of water, a gors or gulf. b. (See quot. 1706.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > in a river > natural gore1523 gorce1706 1350 Act 25 Edw. III Stat. iv. c. 4 Pur ce que Communes passages de neefs & batelx en les grantz rivers dEngleterre si sont sovent foitz destourbez par le lever de gortz. 1472 Act 12 Edw. IV c. 7 Ascuns..gorces,..molyns, mille~dammez, etc.] 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Gorce,..any stop in a River, such as Wears, Mills, Stakes, etc. which hinder the free Passage of Ships or Boats. 1742 C. Viner Gen. Abridgm. Law & Equity XVI. 23 Nusance..lies for levying of a Goss to intercept the Course of Fish coming from the Sea. 1891 North in Times 13 May 3/5 The construction of such a gort..was an act of ownership.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1480
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