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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gorgon \Gor"gon\ (g[^o]r"g[o^]n), n. [L. Gorgo, -onis, Gr Gorgw`, fr gorgo`s terrible.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa. 2. Anything very ugly or horrid. --Milton. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The brindled gnu. See {Gnu}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gorgon \Gor"gon\, a. Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as a Gorgon face. --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Gorgon n : any of three winged sister monsters having live snakes for hair; a glance turns the beholder to stone [syn: {Gorgon}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: GORGON, n. The Gorgon was a maiden bold Who turned to stone the Greeks of old That looked upon her awful brow. We dig them out of ruins now And swear that workmanship so bad Proves all the ancient sculptors mad.
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