| gordian | (adj) extremely intricate; usually in phrase `Gordian knot' |
| gordian knot | (n) any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms |
| gordian knot | (n) an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia |
| gordimer | (n) South African novelist and short-story writer whose work describes the effects of apartheid (born in 1923), Syn. Nadine Gordimer |
| gordius | (n) legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot |
| gordon setter | (n) a Scottish breed with a black-and-tan coat |
| byron | (n) English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824), Syn. Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale, Lord George Gordon Byron |
| fort meade | (n) a United States Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency, Syn. Fort George G. Meade, Fort George Gordon Meade |
| howe | (n) Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928), Syn. Gordon Howe, Gordie Howe |
| meade | (n) United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872), Syn. George Gordon Meade |
| Gord | n. [ Written also gourd. ] [ Perh. hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd. ] An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Gordiacea | ‖n. pl. [ NL. See Gordian, 1. ] (Zool.) A division of nematoid worms, including the hairworms or hair eels (Gordius and Mermis). See Gordius, and Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Gordian | a. 1. Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable. [ 1913 Webster ]
Gordian knot, an intricate knot tied by Gordius in the thong which connected the pole of the chariot with the yoke. An oracle having declared that he who should untie it should be master of Asia, Alexander the Great averted the ill omen of his inability to loosen it by cutting it with his sword. Hence, a Gordian knot is an inextricable difficulty; and to cut the Gordian knot is to remove a difficulty by bold and energetic measures. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Gordiacea. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Gordian | n. (Zool.) One of the Gordiacea. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Gordius | ‖n. [ NL. See Gordian, 1. ] (Zool.) A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also hair eel, hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Perigord pie | [ From Périgord, a former province of France. ] A pie made of truffles, much esteemed by epicures. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Polygordius | ‖n. [ NL. See Poly-, and Gordius. ] (Zool.) A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See Loeven's larva. [ 1913 Webster ] |
