Gor"-bel`ly, n. [Gore filth, dirt + belly.] A prominent belly; a
big-bellied person. [Obs.]
Gorce (?), n. [OF. gort, nom. gorz, gulf, L. gurges whirlpool, gulf,
stream. See Gorge.] A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear. [Obs.]
Gor"cock` (?), n. [Prob. from gore blood.] (Zoˆl.) The moor cock, or
red grouse. See Grouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Gor"crow` (?), n. [AS. gor dung, dirt. See Gore blood, dirt.] (Zoˆl.)
The carrion crow; -- called also gercrow. [Prov. Eng.]
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.
||Gor`di*a"ce*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zoˆl.) A division of
||nematoid worms, including the hairworms or hair eels (Gordius and
||Mermis). See Gordius, and Illustration in Appendix.
Gor"di*an (?), a. 1. Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a
knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable.
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.