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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Gĕl'a-tĭn'i-fôrm, a. p. 562Having the form of gelatine.Ge-lăt'i-nīze, v. t. or i. p. 562The same as GELATINATE.Ge-lăt'i-noŭs, a. p. 562Of the nature and consistence of gelatine; resembling jelly; viscous.Gĕld, n. p. 562Money; tribute; compensation. ☞ This word is obsolete in English, but it occurs in old laws and law books in composition, as in danegeld, or danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; weregeld…Gēld, v. t. p. 562To castrate; to emasculate. 2. To deprive of any thing essential. “Bereft and gelded of his patrimony.” Shak. 3. To deprive of any thing exceptionable, as a book, a story, and the like; to expurgate.…Gēld’er, n. p. 562One who gelds or castrates.Gēld'er-rōse, n. p. 562The same as GUELDER-ROSE.Gēld'ing, n. p. 562The act of castrating. 2. A castrated animal, chiefly a horse, but formerly used also of the human male. Among the MSS. . . . an old English Bible, wherein the eunuch mentioned to be baptized by…Gĕl'id, a. p. 563Cold; very cold. Sea-born gales their gelid wings expand. Goldsmith.Gĕ-lid'i-ty, n. p. 563The state of being gelid or cold; extreme cold; gelidness.Gĕl'id-ly, adv. p. 563In a gelid or cold manner; coldly.Gĕl'id-ness, n. p. 563The state of being gelid; gelidity; extreme coldness.Gĕl'ly, n. p. 563A viscous or glutinous substance. See JELLY.Ge-lŏs'co-py, n. p. 563(Antiq.) Divination by means of laughter.Gĕl-sē'mi-nŭm, n. p. 563(Bot.) A genus of plants, the yellow (false) jessamine, a beautiful climbing evergreen, which produces large, showy, and very fragrant, yellow flowers. Gray.Gĕlt, n. p. 563A payment of money; tribute; tax. [Obs.] All these the king granted unto them . . . free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner. Fuller.Gĕlt, n. p. 563A castrated animal; a gelding. [Obs.] Mortimer.Gĕlt, n. p. 563Tinsel, or gilt surface. [Obs. and very rare.] Spenser.Gēm, n. p. 563(Bot.) A bud. From the joints of thy prolific stem A swelling knot is raised called a gem. Dryden. 2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, topaz, emerald, &c., especially when cut and polished…Gĕm, v. t. p. 563To adorn with gems or precious stones. 2. To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops. England is . . . gemmed with castles and palaces. W. Irving. 3. To put forth in…Gē-mä'rä, n. p. 563(Jewish Lit.) The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna.Gē-mār'ic, a. p. 563Pertaining to the Gemara.Gēm'el, n. p. 563(Her.) A pair. Two gemels, silver, between two griffins passant. Strype.Gĕm'el-lip'a-roŭs, a. p. 563Producing twins. [Obs.] Bailey.Gĕm'el-ring, n. p. 563A ring with two or more links; a gimbal. See GIMBAL.Gĕm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 563To double. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Gĕm'i-nate, a. p. 563(Bot.) In pairs or twains; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers. Gray.Gĕm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 563A doubling; duplication; repetition. [Obs.] Boyle.Gēm'i-nī, n. pl. p. 563(Astron.) A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 25th of May.Gĕm'i-noŭs, a. p. 563Double; in pairs. Browne.Gĕm'i-ny, n. p. 563Twins; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] Shak.Gĕm'ma, n. p. 563(Bot.) A leaf-bud, as distinguished from a flower-bud.Gem-mā'ceous, a. p. 563Pertaining to gems or leaf-buds; of the nature of gems; resembling gems.Gĕm'ma-ry, a. p. 563Pertaining to, or resembling, gems or jewels. [Obs.] The principal and gemmary affection is its tralucency. Browne.Gĕm'ma-ry, n. p. 563A receptacle for jewels. [Obs.]Gĕm'mate, a. p. 563Having buds; reproducing by buds.Gĕm'ma-ted, a. p. 563Adorned with gems or jewels.Gem-mā'tion, n. p. 563(Nat. Hist.) The formation of a new individual by the protrusion of any part of an animal or plant, which may then become free or remain connected with the parent stalk; budding; gemmiparity. 2.…Gĕm'me-ōŭs, a. p. 563Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems. Pennant.Gem-mif'er-ōŭs, a. p. 563Producing gems or buds; multiplying by buds.Gĕm'mi-ness, n. p. 563The state of being gemmy.Gĕm'mi-pār'i-ty, n. p. 563(Zoöl.) The faculty of reproducing by buds, as in polyps and some other animals. The buds may either remain attached to the parent animal, or may separate into distinct animals. Dana.Gem-mip'a-rous, a. p. 563Producing buds; reproducing by buds.Gem-mŏs'i-ty, n. p. 563The quality or characteristics of a gem or jewel. [Obs.] Bailey.Gĕm'mūle, n. p. 563(Bot.) (a.) A little leaf-bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons. (b.) One of the buds of mosses. (c.) One of the reproductive spores of Algae.Gĕm'mu-lif'er-ous, a. p. 563Bearing gemmules.Gĕm'my, a. p. 563Full of gems; bright; glittering. “The gemmy bridle glittered free.” Tennyson. 2. Sparkling like a gem. Thomson.Ge-mōte', n. p. 563A meeting. [Obs.]Gĕms'bŏk, n. p. 563(Zoöl.) A species of the antelope found in South Africa, having somewhat the appearance of a horse, with long, straight horns.Gendarme, n. p. 563D’ARMES or GEN-DARMES p. 563(Mil.) One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France.] 2. An armed policeman. [France.]Gen-därm'er-y, n. p. 563The body of gens d'armes. Hume.Gĕn'der, n. p. 563Kind; sort. [Obs.] “One gender of herbs.” Shak. 2. Sex, male or female. 3. (Gram.) A difference in words to express distinction of sex; a difference of termination in nouns, adjectives, and…Gĕn'der, v. t. p. 563To beget; to engender.Gĕn'der, v. i. p. 563To copulate; to breed. [Rare.] Shak.Gĕn'e-a-gĕn'e-sis, n. p. 563See PARTHENO-GENESIS.Gĕn'e-a-lŏg'ĭ-cal, a. p. 563Pertaining to genealogy or the descent of persons or families; exhibiting the succession of families from a progenitor; as, a genealogical table. 2. According to the descent of a person or family…Gĕn'e-a-lŏg'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 563In a genealogical manner; by genealogy.Gĕn'e-ăl'o-gĭst, n. p. 563One who traces the descent of persons or families.Gen'e-ăl'o-gize, v. i. p. 563To relate the history of descents.