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Gorgon
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. 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. The brindled gnu. See Gnu.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face. Dryden.