gorge vs smeddum

gorge

noun
  • A concave moulding; a cavetto. 

  • The rearward side of an outwork, a bastion, or a fort, often open, or not protected against artillery; a narrow entry passage into the outwork of an enclosed fortification. 

  • A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine. 

  • The groove of a pulley. 

  • Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out. 

  • A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself. 

  • A primitive device used instead of a hook to catch fish, consisting of an object that is easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line. 

  • An act of gorging. 

adj
  • Gorgeous. 

verb
  • To fill up (an organ, a vein, etc.); to block up or obstruct; (US, specifically) of ice: to choke or fill a channel or passage, causing an obstruction. 

  • To fill up to the throat; to glut, to satiate. 

  • To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. 

  • To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities. 

smeddum

noun
  • Ore small enough to pass through the wire bottom of a sieve. 

  • Fine powder; flour. 

  • A layer of clay or shale between two beds of coal. 

  • Smitham. 

  • Zest, energy; pluck; sagacity; quickness of apprehension; gumption; spirit; mettle. 

  • The powder or finest part of ground malt. 

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