Gorgon

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Anything very ugly or horrid.

II. Gorgon ·noun The brindled gnu. ·see Gnu.

III. Gorgon ·adj Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face.

IV. Gorgon ·noun One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.

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