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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gargoyle \Gar"goyle\, n. [OE. garguilie gargouille cf Sp g['a]rgola, prob. fr the same source as F. gorge throat, influenced by L. gargarizare to gargle. See {Gorge} and cf {Gargle}, {Gargarize}.] (Arch.) A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely. [Written also {gargle}, {gargyle}, and {gurgoyle}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gargoyle n 1: a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal 2: a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Gargoyle A language for compiler writing. [J.V. Garwick, CACM 7(1):16-20, (Jan 1964)]. (1994-11-04) From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: GARGOYLE, n. A rain-spout projecting from the eaves of mediaeval buildings, commonly fashioned into a grotesque caricature of some personal enemy of the architect or owner of the building. This was especially the case in churches and ecclesiastical structures generally, in which the gargoyles presented a perfect rogues' gallery of local heretics and controversialists. Sometimes when a new dean and chapter were installed the old gargoyles were removed and others substituted having a closer relation to the private animosities of the new incumbents.
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