Gor-belly
(Gor"-bel`ly), n. [Gore filth, dirt + belly.] A prominent belly; a big-bellied person. [Obs.]
Gorce
(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.]
Gorcock
(Gor"cock`) n. [Prob. from gore blood.] (Zoöl.) The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse.
[Prov. Eng.]
Gorcrow
(Gor"crow`) n. [AS. gor dung, dirt. See Gore blood, dirt.] (Zoöl.) The carrion crow; — called
also gercrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Gord
(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.
Gordiacea
(||Gor`di*a"ce*a) n. pl. [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zoöl.) A division of nematoid worms, including
the hairworms or hair eels (Gordius and Mermis). See Gordius, and Illustration in Appendix.
Gordian
(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.
2. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Gordiacea.
Gordian
(Gor"di*an), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Gordiacea.
Gordius
(||Gor"di*us) n. [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zoöl.) 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.
Gore
(Gore) n. [AS. gor dirt, dung; akin to Icel. gor, SW. gorr, OHG. gor, and perh. to E. cord, chord,
and yarn; cf. Icel. görn, garnir, guts.]
1. Dirt; mud. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.
2. Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted. Milton.
Gore
(Gore), n. [OE. gore, gare, AS. gra angular point of land, fr. gr spear; akin to D. geer gore, G.
gehre gore, ger spear, Icel. geiri gore, geir spear, and prob. to E. goad. Cf. Gar, n., Garlic, and
Gore, v.]
1. A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give
greater width at a particular part.
2. A small traingular piece of land. Cowell.
3. (Her.) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse
point.