gusset vs stigma

gusset

noun
  • An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset. 

  • A large flat metal piece wider than the valley to help prevent build-up at the base of the valley, either from debris or ice dam formations. 

  • A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; especially, the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler. 

  • A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet. 

  • A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet. 

verb
  • To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into. 

stigma

noun
  • A mark of infamy or disgrace. 

  • A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus' body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically. 

  • A scar or birthmark. 

  • A visible sign or characteristic of a disease. 

  • An outward sign; an indication. 

  • A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, (Ϛ/ϛ). 

  • The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination. 

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