Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gorget. GORGET. gor'-jet: Appears only once in the King James Version (1 Samuel 17:6), being placed in the margin as an alternative to target (of brass) in the description of the armor worn by Goliath of Gath.
Vosegus triassicus sp. nov. Fig. 1; Etymology: specific epithet derived from the Triassic period. Type locality: Arzviller, department Moselle, Vosges, France. Type stratum: Lower Anisian (âUpper Buntsandsteinâ), early Middle Triassic âGrÃ¨s Ã  Voltziaâ Formation (Gall and Grauvogel-Stamm 2005).
Obesity is from the Latin obesitas, which means stout, fat, or plump. Äsus is the past participle of edere (to eat), with ob (over) added to it. The Oxford English Dictionary documents its first usage in 1611 by Randle Cotgrave.