Ghiordesn.
/ɡiːˈɔːdəz/ Used attributively or as adj. to designate a fine type of Turkish rug, or a kind of knot used in weaving Anatolian and Persian carpets (see quots.).
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Kurdistan1865
Anatolian1882
Ghiordes1900
Yomud1900
polonaise1911
Afshar1931
Mudjur1931
Qum1953
1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs x. 147 In some Ghiordes rugs the main border is made up of a pattern which..suggests a comb.
1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs x. 159 The Ghiordes knot is used [in new Meles rugs]; the warp is of two- or three-strand wool.
1957 Encycl. Brit. IV. 918/1 There are two different kinds of knot employed, the Ghiordes or Turkish, and the Senne or Persian; the tufts of yarn in the former coming in pairs between the two warp threads.
1967 R. Jeffries Deadly Marriage ii. 28 Cabbot.., correctly identified it as a Ghiordes prayer mat.
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n.1900- to have it in him
- to have it in one to do something
- to have it in one's commission
- to have it in to have got it in one to do something
- to have it large
- to have it made
- to have it off
- to have it on good authority
- to have it on one's toes
- to have it one's own way
- to have it one's way
- to have it over
- to have it over a person
- to have it rough
- to have it wired
- to have itchy feet
- to have its days
- to have its end upon
- to have its ends upon
- to have its moment
- to have iwald
- to have jam on it
- to have joy of
- to have kittens
- to have known better days