Part 4900

<h1>Gopher wood</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Go"pher wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Heb. <ets>g&omac;pher</ets>.]</ety> <def>A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark.</def>

<i>Gen. vi. 14.</i>

<h1>Goracco</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Go*rac"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A paste prepared from tobacco, and smoked in hookahs in Western India.</def>

<h1>Goral</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Go"ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An Indian goat antelope (<spn>Nemorhedus goral</spn>), resembling the chamois.</def>

<h1>Goramy</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Go"ra*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Gourami</er>.</def>

<h1>Gor-bellied</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gor"-bel`lied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bog-bellied.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gor-belly</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gor"-bel`ly</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gore</ets> filth, dirt + <ets>belly</ets>.]</ety> <def>A prominent belly; a big-bellied person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gorce</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gorce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>gort</ets>, nom. <ets>gorz</ets>, gulf, L. <ets>gurges</ets> whirlpool, gulf, stream. See <er>Gorge</er>.]</ety> <def>A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <-- "wear" here is in the sense of "weir". But why the less-common word? -->

<h1>Gorcock</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gor"cock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from <ets>gore</ets> blood.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The moor cock, or red grouse. See <er>Grouse</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Gorcrow</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gor"crow`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>gor</ets> dung, dirt. See <er>Gore</er> blood, dirt.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The carrion crow; -- called also <altname>gercrow</altname>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Gord</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gord</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Written also <asp>gourd</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Perh. hollow, and so named in allusion to a <ets>gourd</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Gordiacea</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gor`di*a"ce*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Gordian</er>, 1.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of nematoid worms, including the hairworms or hair eels (<spn>Gordius</spn> and <spn>Mermis</spn>). See <er>Gordius</er>, and <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<h1>Gordian</h1> <Xpage=639>

<hw>Gor"di*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to <i>Gordius</i>, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable.</def>

<cs><col>Gordian knot</col>, <cd>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 <i>Gordian knot<i> is an inextricable difficulty; and to <i>cut the Gordian knot<i> is to remove a difficulty by bold and energetic measures.</cd></cs>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the Gordiacea.</def>