▁A yr , ▁Scotland , ▁a ▁Jacob ite ▁of ▁strong ▁conv ict ions . ▁It ▁also ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁char itable ▁organization , ▁at ▁least ▁according ▁to ▁its ▁surv iving ▁byla ws . ▁There ▁are ▁also ▁some ▁surv iving ▁pendant ▁bad ges , ▁bearing ▁their ▁sign . ▁ ▁Possible ▁et ym ology ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁Jon athon ▁Green ▁suggests ▁in ▁Cass ell ’ s ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁S lang ▁that , ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁g orm agon , ▁the ▁word ▁is ▁a ▁bl end ▁of ▁g org on ▁and ▁drag on , ▁while ▁the ▁Oxford ▁English ▁Dictionary ▁describes ▁the ▁et ym ology ▁as ▁" mean ing less : ▁pseudo ▁Chinese ." ▁ ▁In ▁The ▁ 1 8 1 1 ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁the ▁V ul gar ▁T ong ue , ▁the ▁word ▁g orm agon ▁was ▁humor ously ▁defined ▁thus : ▁" A ▁mon ster ▁with ▁six ▁eyes , ▁three ▁mouth s , ▁four ▁arms , ▁eight ▁legs , ▁five ▁on ▁one ▁side ▁and ▁three ▁on ▁the ▁other , ▁three ▁ar s es , ▁two ▁t ars es ▁[ pen ises ], ▁and ▁a ▁* *** ▁upon ▁its ▁back ." ▁ ▁The ▁compiler ▁Francis ▁Gro se ▁gave ▁the ▁game ▁away ▁in ▁his ▁dictionary ▁entry ▁by ▁explaining ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁" a ▁man ▁on ▁horse back , ▁with ▁a ▁woman ▁behind ▁him ". ▁( H is ▁" five ▁legs ▁on ▁one ▁side " ▁description ▁could ▁be ▁merely ▁that ▁the ▁woman ▁was ▁r iding ▁side - s addle ). ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁references