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What is a gargoyle?

What is a gargoyle? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
  2. Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
  3. A fictional winged monster.
  4. (pejorative) An ugly woman.
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At these opposite poles of judgment, Sam may be taken as either icon or gargoyle.
Our house sported gables and towers, gingerbread and scrollwork, stained-glass and leering wooden gargoyle bas-reliefs.
First, it isn't cursed with a face like a gargoyle, like so many other Korean products have been in the past.
I must have cut a bitter and pathetic figure, lit up in the flickering candle light like a Shakespearean gargoyle in Dolce and Gabbana trousers.
Like some horrendous, watchful gargoyle, the Nipe crouched motionlessly on the shadowed roof of the low building.
The two gruesome gargoyle bookends are based on the watchful pair who overlook the St Magnus Cathedral west door, gazing out over Broad Street.

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