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Gord
(gcide) | 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.
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gordian
(encz) | Gordian,gordický adj: PetrV |
gordian knot
(encz) | Gordian knot,gordický uzel n: PetrV |
gordon
(encz) | Gordon,Gordon n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, mužské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
gordon setter
(encz) | Gordon setter, |
gordický
(czen) | gordický,Gordianadj: PetrV |
gordický uzel
(czen) | gordický uzel,Gordian knotn: PetrV |
gordon
(czen) | Gordon,Gordonn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, mužské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
banning-order
(gcide) | banning-order \banning-order\ n.
an order that bans something.
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Gordiacea
(gcide) | Gordiacea \Gor`di*a"ce*a\, 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.
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Gordian
(gcide) | Gordian \Gor"di*an\, a.
1. Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied
by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable.
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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.
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2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Gordiacea.
[1913 Webster]Gordian \Gor"di*an\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Gordiacea.
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Gordian knot
(gcide) | Gordian \Gor"di*an\, a.
1. Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied
by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable.
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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.
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2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Gordiacea.
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Gordius
(gcide) | Gordius \Gor"di*us\, 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.
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Gordius aquaticus
(gcide) | Amphisbaena \Am`phis*b[ae]"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? on both
ends + ? to go.]
1. A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either
way. --Milton.
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2. (Zool.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form,
without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they
appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either
way. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Note: The Gordius aquaticus, or hairworm, has been called
an amphisbaena; but it belongs among the worms.
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Gordonia Haematoxylon
(gcide) | Bloodwood \Blood"wood\, n. (Bot.)
A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
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Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree
(Baloghia lucida), from which the sap is collected
for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name,
chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as
Gordonia H[ae]matoxylon of Jamaica, and several
species of Australian Eucalyptus; also the true
logwood ( H[ae]matoxylon campechianum).
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Gordonia Lasianthus
(gcide) | Loblolly \Lob"lol`ly\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.
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Loblolly bay (Bot.), an elegant white-flowered evergreen
shrub or small tree, of the genus Gordonia ({Gordonia
Lasianthus}), growing in the maritime parts of the
Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in
tanning. Also, a similar West Indian tree ({Laplacea
h[ae]matoxylon}).
Loblolly boy, a surgeon's attendant on shipboard.
--Smollett.
Loblolly pine (Bot.), a kind of pitch pine found from
Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine ({Pinus
T[ae]da}). Also, Pinus Bahamensis, of the West Indies.
Loblolly tree (Bot.), a name of several West Indian trees,
having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no
other respect; as Pisonia subcordata, Cordia alba, and
Cupania glabra.
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Perigord pie
(gcide) | Perigord pie \Per"i*gord pie`\ [From P['e]rigord, a former
province of France.]
A pie made of truffles, much esteemed by epicures.
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Polygordius
(gcide) | Polygordius \Pol`y*gor"di*us\, 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.
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To cut the Gordian knot
(gcide) | Cut \Cut\ (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cut; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cutting.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic
origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta
bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten,
curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece,
Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. Coot.]
1. To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp
instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to
divide.
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You must cut this flesh from off his breast. --Shak.
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Before the whistling winds the vessels fly,
With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. --Pope.
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2. To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering;
to hew; to mow or reap.
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Thy servants can skill to cut timer. --2. Chron.
ii. 8
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3. To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as,
to cut the hair; to cut the nails.
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4. To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.
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5. To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing,
etc.; to carve; to hew out.
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Why should a man. whose blood is warm within,
Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? --Shak.
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Loopholes cut through thickest shade. --Milton.
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6. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce;
to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.
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The man was cut to the heart. --Addison.
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7. To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right
angles.
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8. To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in
the street; to cut one's acquaintance. [Colloq.]
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9. To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a
recitation. etc. [Colloq.]
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An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the
shop whenever he can do so with impunity. --Thomas
Hamilton.
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10. (Cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a
chopping movement of the bat.
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11. (Billiards, etc.) To drive (an object ball) to either
side by hitting it fine on the other side with the cue
ball or another object ball.
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12. (Lawn Tennis, etc.) To strike (a ball) with the racket
inclined or struck across the ball so as to put a certain
spin on the ball.
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13. (Croquet) To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with
another ball.
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To cut a caper. See under Caper.
To cut the cards, to divide a pack of cards into portions,
in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change
the cards to be dealt.
To cut both ways, to have effects both advantageous and
disadvantageous.
To cut corners, to deliberately do an incomplete or
imperfect job in order to save time or money.
To cut a dash or To cut a figure, to make a display of
oneself; to give a conspicuous impression. [Colloq.]
To cut down.
(a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate.
"Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of Cilicia."
--Knolles.
(b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] "So great is
his natural eloquence, that he cuts down the finest
orator." --Addison
(c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down
expenses.
(d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a
sloop.
To cut the knot or To cut the Gordian knot, to dispose of
a difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary
action, rather than by skill or patience.
To cut lots, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw
lots.
To cut off.
(a) To sever; to separate.
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I would to God, . . .
The king had cut off my brother's. --Shak.
(b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to
destroy. "Iren[ae]us was likewise cut off by
martyrdom." --Addison.
(c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut
off (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam
engine.
(d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat.
(e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.
To cut out.
(a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a
piece from a board.
(b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a
garment. " A large forest cut out into walks."
--Addison.
(c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out
work for another day. "Every man had cut out a place
for himself." --Addison.
(d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to
cut out a rival. [Colloq.]
(e) To debar. "I am cut out from anything but common
acknowledgments." --Pope.
(f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or
from under the guns of an enemy.
(g) to separate from the midst of a number; as, to cut
out a steer from a herd; to cut out a car from a
train.
(h) to discontinue; as, to cut out smoking.
To cut to pieces.
(a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces.
(b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces.
To cut a play (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out
passages, to adapt it for the stage.
To cut rates (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for
transportation below the rates established between
competing lines.
To cut short, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a
sudden termination. "Achilles cut him short, and thus
replied." --Dryden.
To cut stick, to make off clandestinely or precipitately.
[Slang]
To cut teeth, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce
through the gum and appear.
To have cut one's eyeteeth, to be sharp and knowing.
[Colloq.]
To cut one's wisdom teeth, to come to years of discretion.
To cut under, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor
in trade; more commonly referred to as undercut.
To cut up.
(a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes.
(b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut
up a book or its author by severe criticism. "This
doctrine cuts up all government by the roots."
--Locke.
(c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the
death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.]
--Thackeray.
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fort george gordon meade
(wn) | Fort George Gordon Meade
n 1: a United States Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the
National Security Agency [syn: Fort Meade, {Fort George
Gordon Meade}, Fort George G. Meade] |
george gordon meade
(wn) | George Gordon Meade
n 1: United States general in charge of the Union troops at the
Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872) [syn: Meade, {George
Gordon Meade}] |
gordian
(wn) | Gordian
adj 1: extremely intricate; usually in phrase `Gordian knot' |
gordian knot
(wn) | Gordian knot
n 1: any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms
2: 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 |
gordie howe
(wn) | Gordie Howe
n 1: Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the
most games (born 1928) [syn: Howe, Gordie Howe, {Gordon
Howe}] |
gordimer
(wn) | Gordimer
n 1: South African novelist and short-story writer whose work
describes the effects of apartheid (born in 1923) [syn:
Gordimer, Nadine Gordimer] |
gordius
(wn) | Gordius
n 1: legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be
responsible for the Gordian knot |
gordon howe
(wn) | Gordon Howe
n 1: Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the
most games (born 1928) [syn: Howe, Gordie Howe, {Gordon
Howe}] |
gordon setter
(wn) | Gordon setter
n 1: a Scottish breed with a black-and-tan coat |
lord george gordon byron
(wn) | Lord George Gordon Byron
n 1: English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and
unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824) [syn: Byron, {Lord
George Gordon Byron}, Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale] |
nadine gordimer
(wn) | Nadine Gordimer
n 1: South African novelist and short-story writer whose work
describes the effects of apartheid (born in 1923) [syn:
Gordimer, Nadine Gordimer] |
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