▪ I. engore, v.1
(ɛnˈgɔə(r))
Also 6 engoar, ingore, 7 ingoar.
[f. en-1 + gore n.]
trans. To steep in gore; to make gory, stain with blood.
| 1593 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 39 He shall..Oxen, Sheepe, Cammels, idely engore. 1597 Daniel Civ. Wares viii. ii. This new chosen Lord..with the sword..Ingor'd his new-worne crowne. c 1611 Chapman Iliad xii. 212 A high-flown eagle..sustain'd a dragon all engor'd In her strong seres. Ibid. xxi. 22 (D.) The flood blush'd to be so much engor'd With such base souls. 1615 W. Hull Mirr. of Maiestie 86 This bloud, wherewith I am ingoared. c 1800 Downman Ragnar Lodbrach in Evans O. Ball. III. iv. 113 With hunger keen the trenchant sword Wide the Scarfian rocks engor'd. |
Hence enˈgored, ppl. a. Obs.
| 1602 Return fr. Parnass. ii. v. iv. (Arb.) 69 There shall engoared venom be my inke. |
▪ II. † enˈgore, v.2 Obs. rare.
[f. en-1 + gore v.]
trans. To gore, wound deeply; fig. to ‘goad’, infuriate. Hence enˈgored, ppl. a.
| 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. viii. 42 As salvage Bull..When rancour doth with rage him once engore. Ibid. iii. v. 28 By the great persue which she there perceav'd; Well hoped shee the beast engor'd had beene. 1596 Ibid. iv. ix. 31 As when an eager mastiffe once doth prove The tast of bloud of some engored beast. |