† gorrel Obs.
Also 4, 6–7 gorrell, 5 gorell, (7 gorill).
[a. OF. gorel, gorreau, a pig, hog, related to OF. gore fem., sow: of unknown origin.]
1. A fat-paunched person.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. xiii. (1495) 232 Crampe that comyth of replycyon fallyth ofte to fatte men and flesshly and well fedde and gorrelles. 14.. MS. Laud. 416 lf. 61 b, Glotony that gorell is þe vjte synne, That men vse oft in delicat fedyng of mete. 1611 Cotgr., Bredailler, a gorbelly, gorrell, gulch, fatguts. |
2. ? A youth, lad, boy.
| 1530 Palsgr. 226/2 Gorrell a great ladde, pautonnier. 1547 Salesbury Welsh Dict., Llank ne rhokas, a gorrell. 1665 Cotton Scarron. iv. (1741) 72 She the small Ascanius takes..And in her lap on tuft of Sorrel Laying the little wanton Gorrel [etc.]. |
3. Comb., as gorrel-guts (also gorrelled-); gorrel-bellied adj.
| 1581 J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. A vj b, It is an easie matter for every common rascall to vomitt out disdaynefull names of infamous persons as..Epicures, gorrellguttes, and monsters. 15.. Old Tom of Bedlam in Reliq. Anc. E. Poet. (1823) III. 190 Gorrel-bellyed Bacchus, gyant-like, Bestryd a strong-beere barrell. c 1645 in Roxb. Ball. (1886) VI. 321 But if you'r drunk, your wits are sunk, And gorill'd guts will quarrel. |