† degorge, v. Obs.
(dɪˈgɔːdʒ)
[a. F. dégorger, OF. desgorger: see de- I. 6.]
= disgorge.
| 1493 Festivall (W. de W. 1515) 142 These people..made dragons for to spytte & degorge flambes of fyre out of theyr mouthes. 1586 B. Young Guazzo's Civ. Conv. iv. 181 b, It beehoveth..to chew it [a hastie sentence] well in our mindes before, least it be thought to be degorged..raw and undigested. 1622 Boys Wks. 2 We must degorge our malice before we pray. 1635 D. Person Varieties i. 24 All other waters doe degorge themselves into her [the sea's] bosome. 1737 Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 69 The Farrier's Dictionary..1726..says, that it proceeds from the degorging, tho' I suppose he means the disgorging, of the great Vein. |