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'£. long. 3" 50'. — Alfo, a fea-port town of this iHand, near 

 tiie E. coaft, on a canal communicating willi the Meufe ; 

 rurmerly carrying on a confidfrable trade, but the harbour is 

 i;0'.\- choaktd with fund ; 6 miles W. of Helvoetfluys. 



GoREE, a fmall ifland in the Atlantic, within cannon- 

 fiot of tlie coaft of Africa, about two miles in circumfer- 

 ence. The air is cool and tempern'.e, being refrcfhed by al- 

 ternate breezes from the land and fea. It is almoll inacceflible 

 on account of its furrounding rocks; but it has two bays, and 

 a fort with fevcral new buildings conllruiSed by a late direftur 

 M. de St. Jean, who has alfo rendered it a very ftrong phicc . 

 Jiy his pcrfevcring affiduity, fprings of fre(h water have been 

 t'.iicovered, and a variety of vegetables and fruit trees have been 

 planted ; fo that the ifland, once barren and defpicable, is 

 now made one of the moft fafe, pleafant, and important fet- 

 tlements in Africa. Goree was ceded to the Dutch in 161 7 

 by a king of Cape Verd, and by them fortified. The Dutch 

 \,ere driven out by admiral Holmes in 1663, and the ifland 

 \',a> garrifoned by the Englifli. It was two years after taken 

 by De Ruyter, and its fortifications augmented by the 

 Dutch ; but in 1667 a French fquadron compelled the Dutch 

 t.i abandon Orange fort, and retire to fort NafTau ; but 

 Lore, incapable of defending themfelves, they were obliged 

 to furrender at difcretion. Upon the arrival of M.du 

 CafTe, the ifland was formally taken poflefTion of in the name 

 of the Senegal company, and a treaty was concluded with the 

 king and negroes of the neighbouring country on the fame 

 conditions v.ith thofe by which the Dutch had pofleiTed tlie 

 ifland. The conquefl was fecured to the company by the 

 treaty of Nimeguen. The French immediately repaired 

 the forts, and changed tlieir names, calling the lower fort 

 " Vermandois," and the higher " St. Michael.'' In 1750 

 Goree was taken by the Englifh. By the treaty of 1763 

 Goree and its dependencies were left to the French. In 

 177S it was taken by the Englifli. N, bt. 14 40'. W. long. 



'7 30'- 



GonEK, a fmall ifland on the coafl of Brazil, at the 

 mouth of the Rio dos Reyes Magos. S. lat. 19' 10'. 



GOREING, or GoniNG, is faid of a fail when cut flant- 

 ing, fo that it is broader at the clew than at the caring, as 

 all top-fails and top-gallant-fails are. 



GOREL, a name or title given to the prince of Georgia. 

 The gorel is always a Mahometan. The fophy of Perfia 

 obliges him to obferve the religion of the Alcoran, in order 

 to preferve the dignity of gorel in his family. 



GORE's, Bay, in Geography, a bay on the S. W. coaft of 

 the ifland of Tavai-Poenammoo. S. lat. 43 12'. W. long. 

 186" 36'. 



Goke'.s Ifland, an ifland in the N. Pacific ocean, fo named 

 by captain Cook in the year 1778. This is a narrow ifland, 

 particularly at the low necks of lands wliich form a iuniflion 

 betweci\ the hifls ; it is about 30 miles long from N.W. to 

 S.E. ; and it appeared barren and uninhabited. Some fea- 

 otters were feen. N. lat. 60 40'. W. long. 172 30'. 



GORESBRIDGE, a fmall poft town of the county of 

 Kilkenny, Ireland, 51 miles S.W. from Dublin, on the road 

 to Waterford. 



GORKY, a pod town of the county of Wexford, Ireland, 

 alfo called Ntwborough, which, before the Uiiion, was re- 

 prefented in parliament. It is 45^ miles S. from Dublin, and 

 2 I N. from Wexford. 



GoHE\-Mountains of Ireland, in the county of Donegal, 

 near Raphoe. 



GORGA, a town of Mingrtlia, on the Black fea; 30 

 miles S. of Anarghia.— Alfo, a river of Naples, which 

 ■tarn into the Liban, in Calabria Citra. 



QOKGE, in/"j/«nry, is the uppermoft bag cr'ftcmacli 



of a hawk or falcon, beinc; that which receives tlic food the 

 firft. 



The gorge, ingluvUs, is the fame, in birds of pr.y, with 

 v.'hat we call tlie cra-w or crop. When the bird is fed, he is 

 fdid to he gorged. 



Go HOE, \n jirchiuSure, denotes a fort of concave mould- 

 ing, wider but not fo deep as a fcotia ; ufed chiefly iu frames, 

 chambranles, &c. 



GoiiGii of a Ch'tmney, is that part between the cliambranle 

 and the crowning of the mantle. Of this there are divert 

 forms ; ftraight, perpendicular, in fonn of a bell, ficc. 



GoKCiEis lumctimes alfo ufed for a moulding tliat is coij- 

 cave in the upper part, and convex at bottom; more pro- 

 perly called gula and cymalium. 



Gorge is alfo ufed for tlie neck of a column ; more pro- 

 perly called colariii and gorgeriii. 



GoiuJK, in ForlifiCiUiijn, the entrance of a Bojllon, or of a 

 Ravelin, or other Out-ivork. See each article. 



The Gorge of a JJuJlion is what remains of the fides of the 

 polygon of a place, aiter retrenching the curtains ; in which 

 cafe it makes an angle in the centre of the ballion. 



In flat ballions, the gorge is a right line on the curtain, 

 reachmg between the two flanks. 



Gorge of a Half mortti, or Ravelin, is the fpace between 

 the two ends of their faces next the pl.^.ce. 



Gorge of the other out-works is the interval betwixt their 

 fides next the ditch. 



A'l the gorges are to be made deftitute of parapets ; 

 otherwile the beficgers, having taken pofleflion of a work, 

 might make ufe thereof to defend themfelves fi-om the fact 

 of the place : fo that they are only fortified with palifadocs, 

 to prevent a furprife. 



Gorge, Half the Gorge, demi-gorge, that part of the poly- 

 gon between the flank and the centre of the bait ion. 



GORGED, in Hirahlry, is when a crown, cf ronet, or 

 the like th;iig, is borne about the neck of a lion, a fwan, &c. 

 In that cafe they fay, the lion or cygnet is gorged with a 

 ducal coronet, &c. 



Gouged is alfo ufed when the gorge or neck of a pea- 

 cock, fwan, or the ^ike bird, is of a dilferent colour or metal 

 from the red. 



GolUiKD, among Farr'uri, &c. fignifies as much as 

 fwelLd. In which fenfe they fay, the legs of an Horfe are 

 gorged ; tlie pallern-joint is gorged ; you mud wclk him 

 out, to difgoige his flioulder. 



Gouged, in Rural Economy, a term v.liith is fomctimes 

 applied to fignify being hoven by frefh luxuriant green food, 

 and reUites to cattle, &c. 



GORGERIN, apart of the ancient armour, being that 

 which covered the throat or neck of a perfcn armed at all 

 points. 



GoKGr.nix, or Gorge, in ylrchUeFture, the little frec7e in 

 the Doric capital, between the adrag:J, at the top of the 

 fhaft of the column, and the annn'ets. 



Some call it colUirino. Vitruvius gives it the name l.yf>o- 

 trachelium. 



GO RGET, in MilUary Jfairs, a piece of brafs or filvcr, 

 worn by tlie officers of foot upon their breads when on duty. 

 The gorget hangs round the neck by a ribband ; they are 

 fometimes gilded, and have commonly feme device engraved 

 on them, as the fovereign'f, or even the colonel's coat cf 

 arms, creft, or cypher. 



GouGET, an inftrument ufed in S-irgery, for the purpofe 

 of cutting an opening into the bladdtr, fo as to enable the 

 operator to introduce the pair cf forceps and estraft tKe 



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