gargoyle
gor gaw il
- n a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
- n an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
- In five years his business--"historical reproductions for home and garden"--has grown from a $6,000 stake to $6 million in sales, thanks largely to gargoyle paperweights, gargoyle .
- In addition, a gargoyle guards his office, and Harry's fancy moniker ("the Chosen One") sounds positively prosaic next to Dumbledore's titles: Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot and .
- Yalemen, like most collegians, have long dwelt in the shadow of the gargoyle.