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).
Word Origin and History for estrus Expand. n. 1850, frenzied passion, from Latin oestrus frenzy, gadfly, from Greek oistros gadfly, breeze, sting, mad impulse, perhaps from a PIE *eis, forming words denoting passion (cf. Avestan aeÅ¡ma- anger, Lithuanian aistra violent passion, Latin ira anger).