Gorgon: alternatives and connections

A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to…

A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, a…

One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.

In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with indepe…

A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which…

A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to…

Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a…

To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See Astrophyton.

A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four departments of a univer…

A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.

One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Go…

Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.

Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the an…

A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.

One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends o…

A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affe…