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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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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.Gēn'e-âl'o-gy, n. p. 563An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree. 2. Regular descent of a person…Gĕn'ĕr-ā, n. p. 563pl. of genus. See GENUS.Gĕn'er-a-ble, a. p. 563Capable of being generated or produced. Bentley.Gĕn'er-al, a. p. 563Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; belonging to a whole rather than to a part; as, a general law of the animal or vegetable economy. 2. Comprehending many species or…Gĕn'er-al, n. p. 563The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; opposed to a particular object or relation;—used in the plural, or in the singular with the definite article; as, in…Gĕn'er-al-īs'si-mo, n. p. 563The chief commander of an army or military force; especially, the commander in chief of an army which consists of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders.Gĕn'er-ăl'i-ty, n. p. 563The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. Hooker. 2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague…Gĕn'er-al-iz'a-ble, a. p. 563Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. Extreme cases are, ipso nomine, not generalizable. Coleridge.Gĕn'er-al-i-zā'tion, n. p. 563Act of generalizing, or of bringing individuals or particulars under genera or classes. Generalization is only the apprehension of the one in the many. Sir W. Hamilton.