10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GORCROW»
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
Kraqe; He is the Corvus corone of The Knight of the Polar Star : and John Bull,
who calls a spade a spade, not only terms him The Carrion Crow, but brands him
with the just name of Gorcrow or Oore- crmo — and a more truculent assassin ...
2
An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
See goffer. gorcrow [archaic]. From gore 1,inorig. sense.Cf. carrion crow. Gordian
knot. Tied byGordius, king of Gordium (Phrygia), with prophecy that he whountied
it should rule the world. Alexandercut it through withhis sword.InShaks. (Cymb.
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
See Gore (1).Andsee below. GORCROW, thecarrioncrow. (E.) 'Raven and
gorcrow, all my birdsofprey;' Ben Jonson,The Fox, Acti.Compounded of E. gore,
filth, dirt, carrion (a former sense oftheword); and crow. See Gore(1). And
seeabove.
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The Selected Plays of Ben Jonson: Volume 1: Sejanus, ...
Fetch me my gown, My furs, and nightcaps; say my couch is changing: 85 And let
him entertain himself awhile, Without i'th'gallery. [Exit MOSCa.] Now, now, my
clients Begin their visitation! Vulture, kite, Raven, and gorcrow, all my birds of
prey, ...
Ben Jonson, Johanna Procter, Martin Butler,
1989
5
Ben Jonson: Four Comedies
Vulture, kite, Raven, and gorcrow, all my birds of prey That think me turning
carcass, now they come. I am not for 'em yet. 90 [Re-enter Mosca with costume
and make-up, and dresses Volpone during the following dialogue] How now?
Ben Johnson, Helen Ostovich,
2014
6
Volpone and The Alchemist
[Exit MOSCA.] Now, now my clients Begin their visitation! Vulture, kite, Raven,
and gorcrow,10 all my. 8. free from slaughter] with impunity. 9. trencher] plate. 10.
gorcrow] carrion crow. ll. ambitious] also a reference to. Ben Ionson ACT I_-— ...
Vulture, kite, Raven, and gorcrow, all my birds of prey That think me turning
carcass, now they come; 90 I am not for 'em yet. [Re-enter MOSCA, with the gown
, &c.] How now? the news? Mosca. [Helping him dress.] A piece of plate, sir.
Volpone.
Ben Jonson, Brian Parker,
1999
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The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology
So also Swed. dial, gtrbiilg, a fat paunch, from g&r, dirt, contents of the intestines,
and btilg, belly. gorcrow, carrion-crow. (E.) I. e. gore-crow ; see above. Gore (a), a
triangular piece let into a garment, • triangular slip of land. (E.) M. E. gore.
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A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
See Gore (i). gorcrow» carrion-crow, (E.) I.e. gore-crow ; see above. Gordian. (L.-
Gk.) Only in the phr, ' Gordian knot,' i.e. intricate knot. Named from the Phrygian
king Cardites (IfyStos), who tied it. An oraele declared that whoever undid it ...
Walter W. Skeat, Walter William Skeat,
2005
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A Dictionary of English and Bengalee: Tr. from Todd's Ed. of ...
Gr: ইনজিল, মঙ্গল সমাচার, ধ বার | - 1 হ ' শাত্তন্ত্রর একশেচুর্গব্লম্মু warm
ঈন্ধুত্তরৰুৰুদ্ৰকছু, রহিডুরলুন্যমক ya'; Gorcock, n. s. পক্ষিৰিট্টস্পষ I ' পুস্তট্টকর
একঢশিংশ I 8' Mg,' ষ *_ শে V _ W Gorcrow, -৪. ৪. III? র্কার্টুকৰিট্টশষ, শবাহ্যারি
কাকবিশেষ I To ...
Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Ramcomul Sen,
1834