gargoyle

4 definitions found

gargoyle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gargoyle \Gar"goyle\, n. [OE. garguilie, gargouille, cf. Sp.
     g['a]rgola, prob. fr. the same source as F. gorge throat,
     influenced by L. gargarizare to gargle. See Gorge and cf.
     Gargle, Gargarize.] (Arch.)
     A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often
     carved grotesquely. [Written also gargle, gargyle, and
     gurgoyle.]
     [1913 Webster]

gargoyle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gargoyle
      n 1: a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a
           person or animal
      2: an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a
         person or animal

gargoyle - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Gargoyle
  
     A language for compiler writing.
  
     [J.V. Garwick, CACM 7(1):16-20, (Jan 1964)].
  
     (1994-11-04)
  

gargoyle - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "gargoyle":
     baboon, bag, beak, blemish, blot, dog, downspout, eyesore, fright,
     hag, harridan, mess, monster, monstrosity, no beauty, scarecrow,
     sight, spout, teratism, ugly duckling, waterspout, witch