| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera |
Atlantides
,
Hesperides
|
| table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over |
bagatelle
,
bar billiards
|
| (Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd |
Fafnir
|
| in Greek mythology, a fleece of gold owned by the king of Colchis and guarded in a sacred grove by a dragon; recovered by Jason and the Argonauts |
Golden Fleece
|
| (Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young |
Idun
,
Ithunn
|
| inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries) |
Spanish Inquisition
|
| basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other |
switch
|
