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 ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

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

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

一刀両断

[いっとうりょうだん, ittouryoudan] (n) cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive (drastic) measure; cutting the (Gordian) knot

快刀乱麻を断つ

[かいとうらんまをたつ, kaitouranmawotatsu] (exp, v5t) to cut the Gordian knot

針金虫

[はりがねむし;ハリガネムシ, hariganemushi ; hariganemushi] (n) (1) (uk) (See 線形虫) any horsehair worm of class Gordioidea; gordian worm (of class Gordioidea); hair worm (of class Gordioidea); (2) (See 米搗虫) wireworm (click beetle larva)

線形虫

[せんけいちゅう, senkeichuu] (n) nematomorph; horsehair worm; gordian worm; hair worm (any of the parasitic nematode-like worms of phylum Nematomorpha)

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Gordischer Knoten | den gordischen Knoten durchschlagen

Gordian knot | to cut the Gordian knot

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