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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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Gēnt, a. p. 565Elegant; pretty; gentle. [Obs.] Spenser.Gen-teel', a. p. 565Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred…Gen-teel'ish, a. p. 565Rather genteel. [Rare.] Johnson.Gen-teel'ly, adv. p. 565In a genteel manner.Gen-teel'ness, n. p. 565The quality of being genteel; gracefulness of manners or person; elegance; politeness.Gēn'tian, n. p. 565(Bot.) A plant of the genus Gentianus. The officinal gentian (G. lutea) is found in the Alpine meadows of Middle Europe, and has a bright yellow flower. Its root has a yellowish-brown color, and a…Gĕn'tian-ĕl'ĭa, n. p. 565A kind of blue color. Johnson. 2. (Bot.) A genus of perennial plants; gentian.Gēn'tian-īne, n. p. 565(Chem.) A bitter substance, capable of crystallization, obtained from gentian.Gēn'til, n. p. 565(Falconry.) The female falcon in her mature plumage. See FALCON-GENTIL.Gen'tile, n. p. 565One of a gentile or non-Jewish nation; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen. The Hebrews included in the term goim, or nations, all the tribes of men who had not received the true faith, and were not…Gĕn′tile, a. p. 565Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; of pagan or heathen people. 2. (Gram.) Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective.Gĕnʹti-lĕsseʹ, n. p. 565Complaisance. [Obs.] Halliwell.Gĕn’til-ish, a. p. 565Heathenish; pagan. [Obs.] Milton.Gĕnʹtil-ism, n. p. 565Heathenism; paganism; the worship of false gods. Stillingfleet.Gen'ti-li'tial or Gen'ti-li'tious, a. p. 565Peculiar to a people; national. Browne. 2. Hereditary; entailed on a family. Arbuthnot.Gen-tĭl'i-ty, n. p. 565Good extraction; dignity of birth. [Obs.] 2. The manners appropriate to those who are well born; politeness of manner; graceful and easy mien or behavior; the state or quality of being genteel; good…Gĕn’ti-līze, v. i. p. 565To live like a heathen. [Obs.] Milton.Gĕn’ti-līze, v. t. p. 565To render gentle or gentlemanly. [Rare.] Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize if unmixed with cant. Coleridge.Gĕn' tle, a. p. 565Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble. The studies wherein our noble and gentle youth ought to bestow their time. Milton. 2. Soft and refined in manners; not rough…Gĕn′tle, n. p. 565One well-born; a gentleman. [Obs.] “Gentles, methinks you frown.” Shak. 2. A maggot or larve; especially applied to the larves of some flies used as bait for fish. 3. A trained hawk; a falcon-gentle.Gĕn' tle, v. t. p. 565To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar. [Obs.] Shak.Gĕn’tle-folk or Gĕn’tle-fōlks, n. pl. p. 565Persons of good breeding and family. The queen’s kindred are made gentlefolks. Shak.Gĕn’tle-heärt’ed, a. p. 565Having a kind or gentle disposition. Shak.Gĕn′tle-man, n. p. 565A man who is well born; one who is of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman. 2. One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man. 3. (Her.) One who bears arms, but has no title. 4. The…Gĕn’tle-man-līke or Gĕn’tle-man-ly, a. p. 565Pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; polite; complaisant; as, a gentlemanly man; gentlemanly manners.Gĕn’tle-man-li-ness, n. p. 565The act of being gentlemanly; well-bred behavior. Sherwood.Gĕn'tle-man-ship, n. p. 565Quality of a gentleman.Gen'tle-ness, n. p. 565The quality or state of being gentle, mild, benevolent, docile, and the like; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, &c.; tenderness; mildness; docility.Gĕn’tle-shĭp, n. p. 565The deportment or conduct of a gentleman. [Obs.] Ascham.Gént'less, n. p. 565Gentleness. [Obs.] Spenser.Gĕn'tle-wŏm'an, n. p. 565A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar. Bacon. 2. A woman who waits about the person of one of high rank. Shak.Gĕn’tly, adv. p. 565In a gentle manner; without violence or asperity; softly; meekly. My mistress gently chides the fault I made. Dryden.Gen-tōo', n. p. 565A native of India or Hindoostan; a Hindoo; one who follows the religion of the Brahmans. [Obs.]Gĕn’try, n. p. 565Birth; condition; rank by birth. [Obs.] “Gentry, title, wisdom.” Shak. 2. People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, the class of people between the nobility and the…Gĕn/u-flĕc'tion or Gĕn/ū-flĕc'tion, n. p. 565The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship. Stillingfleet.Gēn'ū-ine, a. p. 565Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not spurious, false, or adulterated; real; natural; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials. “True, genuine…Gĕn'ū-ine-ly, adv. p. 565In a genuine manner.Gĕn'ū-ine-ness, n. p. 565The state or quality of being genuine; not altered or corrupted; not forged or substituted; purity; reality; sincerity; as, the genuineness of Livy's History; the genuineness of faith or repentance.…Gē'nus, n. p. 565(Logic.) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or…Gē/o-cen'trie or Gē/o-cen'trie-al, a. p. 565(Astron.) (a.) Having reference to the earth as center; in relation to or seen from the earth, in contradistinction to heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric longitude or latitude of…Gē/o-cen’/tric-al-ly, adv. p. 565In a geocentric manner.Ge-oc'ro-nite, n. p. 565(Min.) A lead-gray or grayish-blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arsenic.Gē/o-cy'cle, a. p. 565Circling the earth periodically.Gē'ōde, n. p. 565(Min.) (a.) A rounded nodule of stone, containing a small cavity, usually lined with crystals, though sometimes with other matter. (b.) The cavity in such a nodule.Gē/o-dĕs'ie or Gē/o-dĕs'ie-al, a. p. 566Pertaining to geodesy; geodetic. Sedgwick.Ge-ōd'e-sy, n. p. 566(Math.) That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth’s surface, or the general figure and…Gē/o-dĕt'ic or Gē/o-dĕt'ic-al, a. p. 566Pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. Geodetic line, the shortest line that can be drawn between…Gē'o-dĕt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 566In a geodetic manner.Gē/o-dĕt'ics, n. sing. p. 566Same as GEOD-ESY. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Gē'o-dif'fer-ous, a. p. 566Producing geodes.Gē'o-glōs'sum, n. p. 566(Bot.) A genus of fungi found in meadows and moist grounds, and growing upon the earth; — called also earth-tongue.Gē'og-nōst, n. p. 566One versed in geognosy; a geologist. [R.]Gē/og-nŏs'tĭc or Gē/og-nŏs'tĭc-al, a. p. 566Pertaining to a knowledge of the structure of the earth; geological. [Rare.]Ge-ög'no-sy, n. p. 566That part of geology which states the facts of the structure of the earth, with regard to the position, relative situation, and properties of its constituents; the subject matter of speculative…Gē/o-gōn'ie or Gē/o-gōn'ie-al, a. p. 566Pertaining to geogony, or geology.Gē-ŏg'o-ny, n. p. 566The doctrine of the formation of the earth.Ge-ŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 566One who is versed in geography.Gē'o-grāph'ic or Gē'o-grāph'ic-al, a. p. 566Pertaining to geography. Geographic latitude of a place, the angle included between a line perpendicular or normal to the surface of the earth at the place, and the plane of the equator; differing…Gĕ'o-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 566In a geographical manner; with reference to geographical relations or notions.Ge-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 566The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, including its physical structure and characteristics, natural products, political divisions, and the people by…