Geanticlinal
Ge•an•ti•cli´nal, n. [Gr. the earth + E. anticlinal.] (Geol.) An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth’s crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; — opposed to geosynclinal.

Gear, n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing, adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. garawi, garwi ornament, dress. See Yare, and cf. Garb dress.]
1. Clothing; garments; ornaments.
"Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear." Spenser.
2. Goods; property; household stuff. Chaucer.
"Homely gear and common ware." Robynson (More’s Utopia).
3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.
"Clad in a vesture of unknown gear." Spenser.
4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] Jamieson.
6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] Chaucer.
7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.]
"Thus go they both together to their gear." Spenser.
8. (Mech.) (a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also toothed wheels, collectively. (b) An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as the feed gear of a lathe. (c) Engagement of parts with each other; as in gear; out of gear.
9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer (b).
10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright.
"That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man." Latimer. Bever gear. See Bevel gear. — Core gear, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See Mortise wheel, under Mortise. — Expansion gear (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the cut-off. See under Expansion. — Feed gear. See Feed motion, under Feed, n. — Gear cutter, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of gear wheels by cutting. — Gear wheel, any cogwheel. — Running gear. See under Running. — To throwin, or out of, gear (Mach.), to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to put in, or out of, working relation.

Gear v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Geared p. pr. & vb. n. Gearing.]
1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing. Double geared, driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; — said of a machine.

Gear, v. i. (Mach.) To be in, or come into, gear.

Gearing
Gear´ing, n.
1. Harness.
2. (Mach.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery. Frictional gearing. See under Frictional. — Gearing chain, an endless chain transmitted motion from one sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of Chain wheel. — Spur gearing, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged round either the concave or the convex surface (properly the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; — for transmitting motion between parallel shafts, etc.

Geck, n. [D. gek fool, fop; akin to G. geck; cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person.]
1. Scorn, derision, or contempt. [Prov. Eng.]
2. An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull. [Obs.]
"To become the geck and scorn O’the other’s villainy." Shak.

Geck, v. t. [Cf. OD. ghecken, G. gecken. See Geck, n. ]
1. To deride; to scorn; to mock. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To cheat; trick, or gull. [Obs.] Johnson.

Geck, v. i. To jeer; to show contempt. Sir W. Scott.

Gecko
Geck´o (gek"o), n. ; pl. Geckoes (-oz). [Cf. F. & G. gecko; — so called from the sound which the animal utters.] (Zoöl.) Any lizard of the family Geckonidae. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wall gecko, Fanfoot.

Ged, Gedd, n. The European pike.

Gee, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Geed p. pr. & vb. n. Geeing.]
1. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq. or Prov. Eng.] Forby.
2. [Cf. G. jü, interj., used in calling to a horse, It. giò, F. dia, used to turn a horse to the left.] To turn to the off side, or from the driver ( i.e., in the United States, to the right side); — said of cattle, or a team; used most frequently in the imperative, often with off, by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw, or hoi. [Written also jee.] In England, the teamster walks on the right-hand side of the cattle; in the United States, on the left-hand side. In all cases, however, gee means to turn from the driver, and haw to turn toward him. Gee ho, or Gee whoa. Same as Gee.

Gee, v. t. [See Gee to turn.] To cause (a team) to turn to the off side, or from the driver. [Written also jee.]

Geic
Ge´ic, a. [Gr. earth.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold. Geic acid. (Chem.) See Humin.

Geissler tube
Geis"sler tube (Elec.) A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; — so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plücker tube, from the German physicist who devised it.

Geitonogamy
Gei´to•nog´a•my, n. [Gr. neighbor + marriage.] (Bot.) Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.

Gelable
Gel´a•ble, a. [L. gelare to congeal: cf. F. gelable. See Geal.] Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.

Gelastic
Ge•las´tic, a. [Gr. inclined to laugh, from to laugh.] Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing. "Gelastic muscles." Sir T. Browne.

Gelatification
Ge•lat´i•fi•ca´tion, n. [ Gelatin + L. -ficare. (in comp.) to make. See - fy.] (Physiol. Chem.) The formation of gelatin.

Gelatin
Gel´a•tin, Gel´a•tine, n. [F. gelatine, fr. L. gelare to congeal. See Geal.] (Chem.) Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf’s- foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food, but its nutritious qualities are of a low order. Both spellings, gela tin and gela tine, are in good use, but the tendency of writers on physiological chemistry favors the form in - in, as in the United States Dispensatory, the United States Pharmacopœia, Fownes’ Watts’ Chemistry, Brande & Cox’s Dictionary. Blasting gelatin, an explosive, containing about ninety-five parts of nitroglycerin and five of collodion. — Gelatin process, a name applied to a number of processes in the arts, involving the use of gelatin. Especially: (a) (Photog.) A dry-plate process in which gelatin is used as a substitute for collodion as the sensitized material. This is the dry-plate process in general use, and plates of extreme sensitiveness are produced by it. (b) (Print.) A method of producing photographic copies of drawings, engravings, printed pages, etc., and also of photographic pictures, which can be printed from in a press with ink, or (in some applications of the process) which can be used as the molds of stereotype or electrotype plates. (c) (Print. or Copying) A method of producing facsimile copies of an original, written or drawn in aniline ink upon paper, thence transferred to a cake of gelatin softened with glycerin, from which impressions are taken upon ordinary paper. — Vegetable gelatin. See Gliadin.

Gelatination
Ge•lat•i•na´tion, n. The act of process of converting into gelatin, or a substance like jelly.

Gelatine
Gel´a•tine, n. Same as Gelatin.

Gelatiniform
Gel•a•tin´i•form, a. Having the form of gelatin.

Gelatinization
Ge•lat•i•ni•za´tion, n. Same as Gelatination.

Gelation
Ge•la´tion, n. [L. gelatio a freezing, fr. gelare to freeze.] (Astron.) The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying.

Geld, n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.] Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.] This word occurs in old law books in composition, as in dane geld, or dane gelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; were geld, compensation for the life of a man, etc.

Geld, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gelded or Gelt ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. gälla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.]
1. To castrate; to emasculate.
2. To deprive of anything essential.
"Bereft and gelded of his patrimony." Shak.
3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] Dryden.

Gelder-rose
Gel´der-rose, n. Same as Guelder-rose.

Gelidly
Gel´id•ly, adv. In a gelid manner; coldly.

Gelidness
Gel´id•ness, n. The state of being gelid; gelidity.

Gelly
Gel´ly (jel"ly), n. Jelly. [Obs.] Spenser.

Geloscopy
Ge•los´copy, n. [Gr. to laugh + -scopy.] Divination by means of laughter.

Gelose
Ge•lose´, n. [See Gelatin.] (Chem.) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds.

Gelsemine
Gel´se•mine, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine ( Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; — called also gelsemia.

Gelseminic
Gel•se•min´ic, n. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine ( Gelsemium sempervirens); as gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resembling esculin.

Gelsemium
Gel•se´mium, n. [NL., fr. It. gelsomino jasmine.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false) jasmine ( Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States. It has showy and deliciously fragrant flowers.
2. (Med.) The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc.

Gelt, n. [See 1st Geld.] Trubute, tax. [Obs.]
"All these the king granted unto them … free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner." Fuller.

Gelt, n. [See Gelt, v. t.] A gelding. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Gelt, n. Gilding; tinsel. [Obs.] Spenser.

Gem, n. [OE. gemme precious stone, F. gemme, fr. L. gemma a precious stone, bud.]
1. (Bot.) A bud.
"From the joints of thy prolific stem A swelling knot is raised called a gem." Denham.
2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel. Milton.
3. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying. Artificial gem, an imitation of a gem, made of glass colored with metallic oxide. Cf. Paste, and Strass.

Gem v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gemmed p. pr. & vb. n. Gemming]
1. To put forth in the form of buds. "Gemmed their blossoms." [R.] Milton.
2. To adorn with gems or precious stones.
3. To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as a foliage gemmed with dewdrops.
"England is … gemmed with castles and palaces." W. Irving.

Gemaric
Ge•mar´ic, a. Pertaining to the Gemara.

Gemarist
Ge•ma´rist, n. One versed in the Gemara, or adhering to its teachings.

Gemel
Gem´el, a. [OF. gemel twin, F. jumeau, L. gemellus twin, doubled, dim. of geminus. See Gemini, and cf. Gimmal.] (Her.) Coupled; paired. Bars gemel (Her.), two barrulets placed near and parallel to each other.

Gemel
Gem´el, n.
1. One of the twins. [Obs.] Wyclif.
2. (Heb.) One of the barrulets placed parallel and closed to each other. Cf. Bars gemel, under Gemel, a.
"Two gemels silver between two griffins passant." Strype. Gemel hinge (Locksmithing), a hinge consisting of an eye or loop and a hook. — Gemel ring, a ring with two or more links; a gimbal. See Gimbal. — Gemel window, a window with two bays.

Geminal
Gem´i•nal, a. [L. geminus twin.] A pair. [Obs.] Drayton.

Geminate
Gem´i•nate, a. [L. geminatus, p. p. of genimare to double. See Gemini.] (Bot.) In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as geminate flowers. Gray.

Geminate
Gem´i•nate, v. t. To double. [R.] B. Jonson.

Gemination
Gem•i•na´tion, n. [L. geminatio.] A doubling; duplication; repetition. [R.] Boyle.

Gemini
Gem´i•ni, n. pl. [L., twins, pl. of geminus; cf. Skr. jmi related as brother or sister.] (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 May 20th.

Geminiflorous
Gem•i•ni•flo´rous, a. [L. geminus twin + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.) Having the flowers arranged in pairs.

Geminous
Gem´i•nous, a. [L. geminus.] Double; in pairs. Sir T. Browne.

Geminy
Gemi•ny, n. [See Gemini.] Twins; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] Shak.

Gemma
Gem´ma, n. ; pl. Gemmae (#). [L., a bud.]
1. (Bot.) A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.
2. (Biol.) A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell.

Gemmaceous
Gem•ma´ceous, a. Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmae; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemmae.

Gemmary
Gem´ma•ry, a. [L. gemmarius. See Gem.] Of or pertaining to gems.

Gemmary
Gem´ma•ry, n. A receptacle for jewels or gems; a jewel house; jewels or gems, collectively.

Gemmate
Gem´mate, a. [L. gemmatus, p. p. of gemmare to put forth buds, fr. gemma bud.] (Bot.) Having buds; reproducing by buds.

Gemmated
Gem´ma•ted, a. Having buds; adorned with gems or jewels.

Gemmation
Gem•ma´tion, n. [Cf. F. gemmation.]
1. (Biol.) The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding.
2. (Bot.) The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also of leaves in the bud.

Gemmification
Gem•mi•fi•ca´tion, n. [L. gemma bud + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See - fy.] (Biol.) The production of a bud or gem.

Gemminess
Gem´mi•ness, n. The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness. { Gem•mip´a•raGem•mip´a•res } n. pl. [NL., fr. L. gemma bud + parere to produce.] (Zoöl.) Animals which increase by budding, as hydroids.

Gemmiparity
Gem•mi•par´i•ty, n. (Biol.) Reproduction by budding; gemmation. See Budding.

Gemmy
Gem´my, a. [From Gem, n. ]
1. Full of gems; bright; glittering like a gem.
"The gemmy bridle glittered free." Tennyson.
2. Spruce; smart. [Colloq. Eng.]

Gemsbok
Gems´bok, n. [D.; akin to G. gemsbock the male or buck of the chamois; gemse chamois, goat of the Alps + bock buck.] (Zoöl.) A South African antelope ( Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns.

Gems-horn
Gems´-horn, n. [G., prop., chamois horn.] (Mus.) An organ stop with conical tin pipes.

Gemul
Ge•mul´, n. (Zoöl.) A small South American deer ( Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns. [Written also guemul.]

Gena
Ge´na, [L., the cheek.] (Zoöl.) (a) The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird. (b) The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.

Genappe
Ge•nappe´, n. [From Genappe, in Belgium.] A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc. Simmonds.

Gendarme
Gen•darme´, n. ; pl. Gendarmes (#), or Gens d’armes. [F.]
1. (Mil.) One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France]
2. An armed policeman in France. Thackeray.

Gendarmery
Gen•darm´er•y, n. [F. gendarmerie.] The body of gendarmes.

Gender
Gen´der (jen"der), n. [OF. genre, gendre (with excrescent d.), F. genre, fr. L. genus, generis, birth, descent, race, kind, gender, fr. the root of genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born, akin to E. kin. See Kin, and cf. Generate, Genre, Gentle, Genus.]
1. Kind; sort. [Obs.] "One gender of herbs." Shak.
2. Sex, male or female. [Obs. or Colloq.]
3. (Gram.) A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex.
"Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living objects." R. Morris. Adjectives and pronouns are said to vary in gender when the form is varied according to the gender of the words to which they refer.

Gender
Gen´der, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gendered p. pr. & vb. n. Gendering.] [OF. gendrer, fr. L. generare. See Gender, n. ] To beget; to engender.

Gender
Gen´der, v. i. To copulate; to breed. [R.] Shak.

Genderless
Gen´der•less, a. Having no gender.

Geneagenesis
Gen•e•a•gen´e•sis, n. [Gr. race + E. genesis.] (Biol.) Alternate generation. See under Generation.

Genealogical
Gen•e•a•log´ic•al, a. [Cf. F. genealogique.] Of or pertaining to genealogy; as a genealogical table; genealogical order. — Gen•e•a•log´ic•al•ly, adv. Genealogical tree, a family lineage or genealogy drawn out under the form of a tree and its branches.

Genealogist
Gen•e•al´o•gist, n. [Cf. F. genealogiste.] One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families.

Genealogize
Gen•e•al´o•gize, v. i. To investigate, or relate the history of, descents.

Genealogy
Gen•e•al´o•gy, n. ; pl. Genealogies (#). [OE. genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. genealogie, L. genealogia, fr. Gr. ; birth, race, descent (akin to L. genus) + discourse.]
1. An 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 or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.

Genearch
Gen´e•arch, n. [Gr. ; race + a leader.] The chief of a family or tribe.

Genera
Gen´e•ra, n. pl. See Genus.

Generable
Gen´er•a•ble, a. [L. generabilis.] Capable of being generated or produced. Bentley.

General
Gen´er•al, a. [F. general, fr. L. generalis. See Genus.]
1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as a general law of animal or vegetable economy.
2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as a general inference or conclusion.
3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as a loose and general expression.
4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as a general opinion; a general custom.
"This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your wisdom and your love to Richard." Shak.
5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as Adam, our general sire. Milton.
6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
"His general behavior vain, ridiculous." Shak.
7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as his general habit or method. The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually denotes chief or superior; as attorney- general; adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster general; vicar- general, etc. General agent (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act in his affairs generally. — General assembly. See the Note under Assembly. — General average, General Court. See under Average, Court. — General court-martial (Mil.), the highest military and naval judicial tribunal. — General dealer (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all articles in common use. — General demurrer (Law), a demurrer which objects to a pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without specifying the defects. Abbott. — General epistle, a canonical epistle. — General guides (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy in marching. Farrow. — General hospitals (Mil.), hospitals established to receive sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. Farrow. General issue (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once, without offering any special matter to evade it. Bouvier. Burrill. — General lien (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc., until payment is made of any balance due on a general account. — General officer (Mil.), any officer having a rank above that of colonel. — General orders (Mil.), orders from headquarters published to the whole command. — General practitioner, in the United States, one who practices medicine in all its branches without confining himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices both as physician and as surgeon. — General ship, a ship not chartered or let to particular parties. — General term (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general conception or notion. — General verdict (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict in civil actions, "for the plaintiff" or "for the defendant". Burrill. — General warrant (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend suspected persons, without naming individuals.
Syn.General, Common, Universal. Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and hence, that which is often met with. General is stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole. Universal, that which pertains to all without exception. To be able to read and write is so common an attainment in the United States, that we may pronounce it general, though by no means universal.

General
Gen´er•al, n. [F. general. See General., a. ]
1. The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; — opposed to particular.
"In particulars our knowledge begins, and so spreads itself by degrees to generals." Locke.
2. (Mil.) One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal. In the United States the office of General of the Army has been created by temporary laws, and has been held only by Generals U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, and P. H. Sheridan. Popularly, the title General is given to various general officers, as General, Lieutenant general, Major general, Brigadier general, Commissary general, etc. See Brigadier general, Lieutenant general, Major general, in the Vocabulary.
3. (Mil.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as to beat the general.
4. (Eccl.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule.
5. The public; the people; the vulgar. [Obs.] Shak. In general, in the main; for the most part.

Generalissimo
Gen•er•al•is´si•mo, n. [It., superl. of generale general. See General, a. ] The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; — a title used in most foreign countries.

Generalization
Gen•er•al•i•za´tion, n. [Cf. F. generalisation.]
1. The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.
"Generalization is only the apprehension of the one in the many." Sir W. Hamilton.
2. A general inference.

Generalize
Gen´er•al•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Generalized p. pr. & vb. n. Generalizing ] [Cf. F. generaliser.]
1. To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera.
"Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon’s motion. Newton generalized them still more by referring this last to the motion of a stone through the air." W. Nicholson.
2. To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more extensive application; to extend so as to include all special cases; to make universal in application, as a formula or rule.
"When a fact is generalized, our discontent is quited, and we consider the generality itself as tantamount to an explanation." Sir W. Hamilton.
3. To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars.
"A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts." Coleridge.

Generalize
Gen´er•al•ize, v. i. To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.

Generalized
Gen´er•al•ized, a. (Zoöl.) Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as a generalized type.

Generalizer
Gen´er•al•i•zer, n. One who takes general or comprehensive views. Tyndall.

Generally
Gen´er•al•ly, adv.
1. In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently.
2. In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively.
"Generally speaking, they live very quietly." Addison.
3. Collectively; as a whole; without omissions. [Obs.]
"I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee." 2 Sam. xvii. ll.

Generalness
Gen´er•al•ness, n. The condition or quality of being general; frequency; commonness. Sir P. Sidney.

Generalship
Gen´er•al•ship, n.
1. The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; — sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general.
"Your generalship puts me in mind of Prince Eugene." Goldsmith.
2. Military skill in a general officer or commander.
3. Fig.: Leadership; management.
"An artful stroke of generalship in Trim to raise a dust." Sterne.

Generalty
Gen´er•al•ty, n. Generality. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

Generant
Gen´er•ant, a. [L. generans, p. pr. of generare.] Generative; producing; esp. (Geom.), acting as a generant.

Generant
Gen´er•ant, n.
1. That which generates. Glanvill.
2. (Geom.) A generatrix.

Generate
Gen´er•ate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Generated p. pr. & vb. n. Generating.] [L. generatus, p. p. of generare to generate, fr. genus. See Genus, Gender.]
1. To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as every animal generates its own species.
2. To cause to be; to bring into life. Milton.
3. To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause.
"Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle must likewise generate milk." Arbuthnot.
4. (Math.) To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.

Generative
Gen´er•a•tive, a. [Cf. F. generatif.] Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. "That generative particle." Bentley.

Generator
Gen´er•a•tor, n. [L.]
1. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
2. An apparatus in which vapor or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort, or vessel for generating carbonic acid gas etc.
3. (Mus.) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord — called also generating tone.

Generator
Gen´er•a•tor, n. (Elec.) Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical energy; a dynamo.

Generatrix
Gen•er•a´trix, n. ; pl. L. Generatrices (#), E. Generatrixes (#). [L.] (Geom.) That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid; — called also describent. { Ge•ner´ic, Ge•ner´ic•al } a. [L. genus, generis, race, kind: cf. F. generique. See Gender.]
1. (Biol.) Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a genus, as distinct from a species, or from another genus; as a generic description; a generic difference; a generic name.
2. Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; — opposed to specific.

Genericalness
Ge•ner´ic•al•ness, n. The quality of being generic.

Generification
Ge•ner•i•fi•ca´tion, n. [L. genus kind, class + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] The act or process of generalizing.
"Out of this the universal is elaborated by generification." Sir W. Hamilton.

Generous
Gen´er•ous, a. [F. genereux, fr. L. generous of noble birth, noble, excellent, magnanimous, fr. genus birth, race: cf. It. generoso. See 2d Gender.]
1. Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. [Obs.]
"The generous and gravest citizens." Shak.
2. Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous. "The generous critic." Pope. "His generous spouse." Pope. "A generous pack [of hounds]." Addison.
3. Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as a generous friend or father.
4. Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as a generous table. Swift.
5. Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as generous wine.
Syn. — Magnanimous; bountiful. See Liberal. — Gen´er•ous•ly, adv. — Gen´er•ous•ness, n.

Genesial
Ge•ne´sial, a. Of or relating to generation.

Genesiolgy
Ge•ne•si•ol´gy, n. [Gr. birth + -logy.] The doctrine or science of generation.

Genesis
Gen´e•sis, n. [L., from Gr. ge•nesis, fr. the root of gi•gnesqai to beget, be born; akin to L. genus birth, race. See Gender.]
1. The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination.
"The origin and genesis of poor Sterling’s club." Carlyle.
2. The first book of the Old Testament; — so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race.
3. (Geom.) Same as Generation.

Genethliacal
Gen•eth•li´a•cal, a. Genethliac.

Genethliacs
Ge•neth´li•acs, n. The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth. Johnson.

Genethlialogy
Ge•neth•li•al´o•gy, n. [Gr. geneqlhalogi•a astrology; gene•qlh birth + lo•gos discourse.] Divination as to the destinies of one newly born; the act or art of casting nativities; astrology.

Genethliatic
Ge•neth•li•at´ic, n. One who calculates nativities. Sir W. Drummond.

Genetic
Ge•net´ic (je•net"ik), a. Same as Genetical.

Geneva
Ge•ne´va, n. The chief city of Switzerland. Geneva Bible, a translation of the Bible into English, made and published by English refugees in Geneva (Geneva, 1560; London, 1576). It was the first English Bible printed in Roman type instead of the ancient black letter, the first which recognized the division into verses, and the first which omitted the Apocrypha. In form it was a small quarto, and soon superseded the large folio of Cranmer’s translation. Called also Genevan Bible. — Geneva convention (Mil.), an agreement made by representatives of the great continental powers at Geneva and signed in 1864, establishing new and more humane regulation regarding the treatment of the sick and wounded and the status of those who minister to them in war. Ambulances and military hospitals are made neutral, and this condition affects physicians, chaplains, nurses, and the ambulance corps. Great Britain signed the convention in 1865. — Geneva cross (Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground; — the flag and badge adopted in the Geneva convention.

Geneva
Ge•ne´va, n. [F. genièvre juniper, juniper berry, gin, OF. geneivre juniper, fr. L. juniperus the juniper tree: cf. D. jenever, fr. F. genièvre. See Juniper, and cf. Gin a liquor.] A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries; — made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands.

Genevanism
Ge•ne´van•ism, n. [From Geneva, where Calvin resided.] Strict Calvinism. Bp. Montagu.

Genevese
Gen•e•vese´, a. [Cf. L. Genevensis, F. genevois.] Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevan. — n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Geneva; collectively, the inhabitants of Geneva; people of Geneva.

Genial
Ge•ni´al, a. (Anat.) Same as Genian.

Genial
Gen´ial, a. [L. genialis: cf. OF. genial. See Genius.]
1. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. "The genial bed." Milton.
"Creator Venus, genial power of love." Dryden.
2. Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as she was of a cheerful and genial disposition.
"So much I feel my genial spirits droop." Milton.
3. Belonging to one’s genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. [Obs.]
"Natural incapacity and genial indisposition." Sir T. Browne.
4. Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature. [R.]
"Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works." Hare. Genial gods (Pagan Mythol.), the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation.

Genially
Gen´ial•ly, adv.
1. By genius or nature; naturally. [Obs.]
"Some men are genially disposed to some opinions." Glanvill.
2. Gayly; cheerfully. Johnson.

Genialness
Gen´ial•ness, n. The quality of being genial.

Genian
Ge•ni´an, a. [Gr. chin; akin to under jaw. Cf. Chin.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the chin; mental; as the genian prominence.

Genie
Ge•nie, n. [F.] See Genius.

Genip
Gen´ip, n. , orGenip tree.
1. Any tree or shrub of the genus Genipa.
2. The West Indian sapindaceous tree Melicocca bijuga which yields the honeyberry also the related trees Exothea paniculata and E. trifoliata.

Genipap
Gen´i•pap, n. (Bot.) The edible fruit of a West Indian tree ( Genipa Americana) of the order Rubiaceae. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice.

Genista
Ge•nis´ta, n. [L., broom.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe.

Genital
Gen´i•tal, a. [L. genitalis, fr. genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. genital. See Gender.] Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs. Genital cord (Anat.), a cord developed in the fetus by the union of portions of the Wolffian and Müllerian ducts and giving rise to parts of the urogenital passages in both sexes.

Genitive
Gen´i•tive, a. [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf. F. genitif. See Gender.] (Gram.) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.

Genitive
Gen´i•tive, n. (Gram.) The genitive case. Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute.

Genitocrural
Gen•i•to•cru´ral, a. [ Genital + crural.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; — applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves.

Genitor
Gen´i•tor, n. [L.]
1. One who begets; a generator; an originator. Sheldon.
2. pl. The genitals. [Obs.] Holland.

Genitourinary
Gen•i•to•u´ri•na•ry, a. [ Genital + urinary.] (Anat.) See Urogenital.

Genius
Gen´ius, n. ; pl. E. Geniuses (#); in sense 1, L. Genii (#). [L. genius, prop., the superior or divine nature which is innate in everything, the spirit, the tutelar deity or genius of a person or place, taste, talent, genius, from genere, gignere, to beget, bring forth. See Gender, and cf. Engine.]
1. A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man’s destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee.
"The unseen genius of the wood." Milton.
"We talk of genius still, but with thought how changed! The genius of Augustus was a tutelary demon, to be sworn by and to receive offerings on an altar as a deity." Tylor.
2. The peculiar structure of mind with which each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as a genius for history, for poetry, or painting.
3. Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language.
4. Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as a man of genius.
"Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual intensity of the modifying power." Coleridge.
5. A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as Shakespeare was a rare genius.
Syn. — Genius, Talent. Genius implies high and peculiar gifts of nature, impelling the mind to certain favorite kinds of mental effort, and producing new combinations of ideas imagery, etc. Talent supposes general strength of intellect, with a peculiar aptitude for being molded and directed to specific employments and valuable ends and purposes. Genius is connected more or less with the exercise of imagination, and reaches its ends by a kind of intuitive power. Talent depends more on high mental training, and a perfect command of all the faculties, memory, judgment, sagacity, etc. Hence we speak of a genius for poetry, painting. etc., and a talent for business or diplomacy. Among English orators, Lord Chatham was distinguished for his genius; William Pitt for his preëminent talents, and especially his unrivaled talent for debate. Genius loci [L.], the genius or presiding divinity of a place; hence, the pervading spirit of a place or institution, as of a college, etc.

Genoese
Gen•o•ese´, a. Of or pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy. — n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the people of Genoa.

Genouillère
Ge•nouil•lère", n. [F.]
1. (Anc. Armor) A metal plate covering the knee.
2. (Fort.) That part of a parapet which lies between the gun platform and the bottom of an embrasure.

Genre (zhäN"r’), n. [F. See Gender.] (Fine Arts) A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners.

Genre
Gen´re, n. Kind; genus; class; form; style, esp. in literature.
"French drama was lisping or still inarticulate; the great French genre of the fabliau was hardly born." Saintsbury.
"A particular demand … that we shall pay special attention to the matter of genres — that is, to the different forms or categories of literature." W. P. Trent.

Gens (jenz), n. ; pl. Gentes (jen"tez). [L. See Gentle, a. ] (Rom. Hist.)
1. A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe.
2. (Ethnol.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.

Genteelly
Gen•teel´ly, adv. In a genteel manner.

Genteelness
Gen•teel´ness, n. The quality of being genteel.

Genterie
Gen´ter•ie, Gen´trie, n. [OE. See Gentry.] Nobility of birth or of character; gentility. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gentianella
Gen•tian•el´la, n. [See Gentian.] A kind of blue color. Johnson.

Gentianine
Gen´tian•ine, n. (Chem.) A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian.

Gentianose
Gen´tian•ose, n. (Chem.) A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian.

Gentil
Gen´til, a. & n. Gentle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gentile
Gen´tile (jen"til), n. [L. gentilis belonging to the same clan, stock, race, people, or nation; in opposition to Roman, a foreigner; in opposition to Jew or Christian, a heathen: cf. F. gentil. See Gentle, a. ] One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen. The Hebrews included in the term goyim, or nations, all the tribes of men who had not received the true faith, and were not circumcised. The Christians translated goyim by the L. gentes, and imitated the Jews in giving the name gentiles to all nations who were neither Jews nor Christians. In civil affairs, the denomination was given to all nations who were not Romans.
Syn. — Pagan; heathen. See Pagan.

Gentile
Gen´tile, a.
1. Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.
2. (Gram.) Denoting a race or country; as a gentile noun or adjective.

Gentile-falcon
Gen´tile-fal•con, n. (Zoöl.) See Falcon-gentil.

Gentilism
Gen´til•ism, n. [Cf. F. gentilisme.]
1. Hethenism; paganism; the worship of false gods.
2. Tribal feeling; devotion to one’s gens. { Gen•ti•li´tial, Gen•ti•li´tious } a. [L. gentilitius. See Gentile.] [Obs.]
1. Peculiar to a people; national. Sir T. Browne.
2. Hereditary; entailed on a family. Arbuthnot.

Gentilly
Gen´til•ly, adv. [From Gentil, a. ] In a gentle or hoble manner; frankly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gentisin
Gen´ti•sin, n. (Chem.) A tasteless, yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from the gentian; — called also gentianin.

Gentle
Gen´tle, a. [ Compar. Gentler superl. Gentlest ] [OE. gentil, F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful, fr. L. gentilis of the same clan or race, fr. gens, gentis, tribe, clan, race, orig. that which belongs together by birth, fr. the root of genere, gignere, to beget; hence gentle, properly, of birth or family, that is, of good or noble birth. See Gender, and cf. Genteel, Gentil, Gentile, Gentoo, Jaunty.]
1. Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
"British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle, or simple." Johnson’s Cyc.
"The studies wherein our noble and gentle youth ought to bestow their time." Milton.
2. Quiet and refined in manners; not rough, harsh, or stern; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender; as a gentle nature, temper, or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice.
3. A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as gentle reader. "Gentle sirs." "Gentle Jew." "Gentle servant." Shak.
4. Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as a gentle horse.
5. Soft; not violent or rough; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as a gentle touch; a gentle gallop . "Gentle music." Sir J. Davies.
"O sleep! it is a gentle thing." Coleridge. The gentle craft, the art or trade of shoemaking.
Syn. — Mild; meek; placid; dovelike; quiet; peaceful; pacific; bland; soft; tame; tractable; docile. — Gentle, Tame, Mild, Meek. Gentle describes the natural disposition; tame, that which is subdued by training; mild implies a temper which is, by nature, not easily provoked; meek, a spirit which has been schooled to mildness by discipline or suffering. The lamb is gentle; the domestic fowl is tame; John, the Apostle, was mild; Moses was meek.

Gentle
Gen´tle, n.
1. One well born; a gentleman. [Obs.]
"Gentles, methinks you frown." Shak.
2. A trained falcon. See Falcon- gentil.
3. (Zoöl.) A dipterous larva used as fish bait.

Gentle
Gent´le, v. t.
1. To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable. [R. or Poet.]
"To gentle life’s descent, We shut our eyes, and think it is a plain." Young.
3. To make kind and docile, as a horse. [Colloq.]

Gentlefolk
Gen´tle•folk•, Gen´tle•folks, n. pl. Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. [Generally in the United States in the plural form.] Shak.

Gentle-hearted
Gen´tle-heart•ed, a. Having a kind or gentle disposition. Shak. — Gen"tle- heart•ed•ness, n.

Gentleman
Gen´tle•man, n. ; pl. Gentlemen (#). [OE. gentilman nobleman; gentil noble + man man; cf. F. gentilhomme.]
1. A man well born; one 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 servant of a man of rank.
"The count’s gentleman, one Cesario." Shak.
5. A man, irrespective of condition; — used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc. In Great Britain, the term gentleman is applied in a limited sense to those having coats of arms, but who are without a title, and, in this sense, gentlemen hold a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a more extended sense, it includes every man above the rank of yeoman, comprehending the nobility. In the United States, the term is applied to men of education and good breeding of every occupation. Gentleman commoner, one of the highest class of commoners at the University of Oxford. — Gentleman usher, one who ushers visitors into the presence of a sovereign, etc. — Gentleman usher of the black rod, an usher belonging to the Order of the Garter, whose chief duty is to serve as official messenger of the House of Lords. — Gentlemen-at-arms, a band of forty gentlemen who attend the sovereign on state occasions; formerly called gentlemen pensioners. [Eng.]

Gentlemanhood
Gen´tle•man•hood, n. The qualities or condition of a gentleman. [R.] Thackeray. { Gen´tle•man•like•, Gen´tle•man•ly } a. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well-behaved; courteous; polite.

Gentlemanliness
Gen´tle•man•li•ness, n. The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners.

Gentlemanship
Gen´tle•man•ship, n. The carriage or quality of a gentleman.

Gentlemen’s agreement
Gen"tle•men’s a•gree"ment An agreement binding only as a matter of honor; often, specif., such an agreement among the heads of industrial or merchantile enterprises, the terms of which could not be included and enforced in a legal contract.

Gentleness
Gen´tle•ness, n. The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.

Gentleship
Gen´tle•ship, n. The deportment or conduct of a gentleman. [Obs.] Ascham.

Gentlesse
Gent´lesse, n. Gentilesse; gentleness. [Obs.]

Gentlewoman
Gen´tle•wom•an, n. ; pl. Gentlewomen .
1. A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar. Bacon.
2. A woman who attends a lady of high rank. Shak.

Gently
Gen´tly, adv. In a gentle manner.
"My mistress gently chides the fault I made." Dryden.

Gentoo
Gen•too´, n. ; pl. Gentoos (#). [Pg. gentio gentile, heathen. See Gentile.] A native of Hindostan; a Hindoo. [Archaic]

Gentoo
Gen•too´ (jen•too"), n. ; pl. Gentoos (-tooz"). A penguin ( Pygosceles taeniata). [Falkland Is.] { Ge•o•cen´tric, Ge•o•cen´tric•al }, a. } Having, considering, or based on, the earth as center; as the geocentric theory of the universe.

Gentry
Gen´try, n. [OE. genterie, gentrie, noble birth, nobility, cf. gentrise, and OF. gentelise, genterise, E. gentilesse, also OE. genteleri high-mindedness. See Gent, a. , Gentle, a. ]
1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. [Obs.] "Pride of gentrie." Chaucer.
"She conquers him by high almighty Jove, By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship’s oath." Shak.
2. People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry. Macaulay.
3. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs.]
"To show us so much gentry and good will." Shak.

Genuflect
Gen•u•flect´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Genuflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Genuflecting.] [See Genuflection.] To bend the knee, as in worship.

Geochemistry
Ge•o•chem´is•try (je•o•kem"is•try), n. [Gr. ge•a, gh^, the earth + chemistry.] The study of the chemical composition of, and of actual or possible chemical changes in, the crust of the earth. — Ge•o•chem´ic•al (#), a. — Ge•o•chem´ist (#), n.

Geocronite
Ge•oc´ro•nite, n. [Gr. ge•a, gh^, the earth + Kro•nos Saturn, the alchemistic name of lead: cf. G. geokronit.] (Min.) A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arsenic.

Geocyclic
Ge•o•cyc´lic, a. [Gr. ge•a, gh^, the earth + ky•klos circle.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or illustrating, the revolutions of the earth; as a geocyclic machine.
2. Circling the earth periodically.

Geode
Ge´ode (je"od), n. [F. geode, L. geodes, fr. Gr. earthlike; ge•a, gh^, the earth + e’i^dos form.] (Min.) (a) A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter. (b) The cavity in such a nodule.

Geodephagous
Ge•o•deph´a•gous (je•o•def"a•gus), a. [Gr. ge•a, gh^, earth + ’adhfa•gos eating one’s fill; gluttonous.] (Zoöl.) Living in the earth; — applied to the ground beetles. { Ge•o•des´ic (je•o•des"ik), Ge•o•des´ic•al (-i•k al), } a. [Cf. F. geodesique.] (Math.) Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.

Geodesic
Ge•o•des´ic, n. A geodetic line or curve.

Geodesist
Ge•od´e•sist, n. One versed in geodesy.

Geodesy
Ge•od´e•sy, n. [Gr. ; ge•a, gh^, the earth + to divide: cf. F. geodesie.] (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 dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast. { Ge•o•det´ic, Ge•o•det´ic•al } a. Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. Geodetic line or curve, the shortest line that can be drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be drawn on any surface between any two points.

Geodetically
Ge•o•det´ic•al•ly, adv. In a geodetic manner; according to geodesy.

Geodetics
Ge•o•det´ics, n. Same as Geodesy.

Geoduck
Ge´o•duck, n. [American Indian name.] (Zoöl.) A gigantic clam ( Glycimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as an article of food.

Geognosis
Ge•og•no´sis, n. [See Geognosy.] Knowledge of the earth. [R.] G. Eliot.

Geognosy
Ge•og´no•sy, n. [Gr. ge•a, gh^, the earth + gnw^sis knowing, knowledge, fr. gignw•skein to know: cf. F. geognosie.] That part of geology which treats of the materials of the earth’s structure, and its general exterior and interior constitution. { Ge•o•gon´ic, Ge•o•gon´ic•al } a. [Cf. F. geogonique.] Of or pertaining to geogony, or to the formation of the earth.

Geogony
Ge•og´o•ny, n. [Gr. ge•a, gh^, the earth + generation, birth, fr. the root of to be born: cf. F. geogonie.] The branch of science which treats of the formation of the earth.

Geographer
Ge•og´ra•pher, n. One versed in geography. { Ge•o•graph´ic, Ge•o•graph´ic•al } a. [L. geographicus, Gr. : cf. F. geographique.] Of or pertaining to geography. Geographical distribution. See under Distribution. — Geographic latitude (of a place), the angle included between a line perpendicular or normal to the level surface of water at rest at the place, and the plane of the equator; differing slightly from the geocentric latitude by reason of the difference between the earth’s figure and a true sphere. — Geographical mile. See under Mile. — Geographical variation, any variation of a species which is dependent on climate or other geographical conditions.

Geography
Ge•og´ra•phy, n. ; pl. Geographies (#). [F. geographie, l. geographia, fr. Gr. ; ge•a, gh^, the earth + description, fr. to write, describe. See Graphic.]
1. The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth, including its structure, features, products, political divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited.
2. A treatise on this science. Astronomical, or Mathematical, geography treats of the earth as a planet, of its shape, its size, its lines of latitude and longitude, its zones, and the phenomena due to to the earth’s diurnal and annual motions. — Physical geography treats of the conformation of the earth’s surface, of the distribution of land and water, of minerals, plants, animals, etc., and applies the principles of physics to the explanation of the diversities of climate, productions, etc. — Political geography treats of the different countries into which earth is divided with regard to political and social and institutions and conditions.

Geologist
Ge•ol´o•gist, n. [Cf. F. Geologiste.] One versed in the science of geology.

Geologize
Ge•ol´o•gize, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Geologized p. pr. & vb. n. Geologizing ] To study geology or make geological investigations in the field; to discourse as a geologist.
"During midsummer geologized a little in Shropshire." Darwin.

Geomancer
Ge´o•man•cer, n. One who practices, or is versed in, geomancy.

Geomancy
Ge´o•man•cy, n. [OE. geomance, geomancie, F. geomance, geomancie, LL. geomantia, fr. Gr. ge•a, gh^, the earth + mantei•a divination.] A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly on paper. { Ge•o•man´tic, Ge•o•man´tic•al } a. [Cf. F. geomantique.] Pertaining or belonging to geomancy.

Geometer
Ge•om´e•ter, n. [F. geomètre, L. geometres, geometra, fr. Gr. gewme•trhs, fr. ge•a, gh^, the earth + me•tron measure. See Meter measure.]
1. One skilled in geometry; a geometrician; a mathematician. I. Watts.
2. (Zoöl.) Any species of geometrid moth; a geometrid.

Geometrician
Ge•om•e•tri´cian, n. One skilled in geometry; a geometer; a mathematician.

Geometrid
Ge•om´e•trid, a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridae.

Geometrid
Ge•om´e•trid, n. (Zoöl.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; — so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms.

Geometrize
Ge•om´e•trize, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Geometrized p. pr. & vb. n. Geometrizing ] To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry.
"Nature geometrizeth, and observeth order in all things." Sir T. Browne.

Geophagous
Ge•oph´a•gous, a. Earth- eating.

Geophila
Ge•oph´i•la, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ge•a, gh^, earth + to love.] (Zoöl.) The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails and slugs. { Ge•o•pon´ic, Ge•o•pon´ic•al } a. [Gr. ; ge•a, gh^, earth + toilsome, fr. labor: cf. F. geoponique.] Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture.

Geoponics
Ge•o•pon´ics, n. [Gr. : cf. F. geoponique.] The art or science of cultivating the earth; agriculture. Evelin.

Georama
Ge•o•ra´ma, n. [Gr. ge•a, gh^, the earth + sight, view, to see, view: cf. F. georama.] A hollow globe on the inner surface of which a map of the world is depicted, to be examined by one standing inside.

Geordie
Geor´die, n. A name given by miners to George Stephenson’s safety lamp. Raymond.

George (jôrj), n. [F. George, or Georges, a proper name, fr. Gr. gewrgo•s husbandman, laborer; ge•a, gh^, the earth + ’e•rgein to work; akin to E. work. See Work.]
1. A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter.
2. A kind of brown loaf. [Obs.] Dryden.

Georgian architecture. British or British colonial architecture of the period of the four Georges, especially that of the period before 1800.

Georgic
Geor´gic (-jik), n. [L. georgicum (sc. carmen), and georgica, pl., Gr. bi•blion gewrgiko•n, and ta~ gewrgika•: cf. F. georgiques, pl. See Georgic, a. ] A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, etc.; as the Georgics of Virgil. { Geor´gic (jôr"jik), Geor´gic•al (-ji•k al), } a. [L. georgicus, Gr. gewrgiko•s, fr. gewrgi•a tillage, agriculture: cf. F. georgique. See George.] Relating to agriculture and rural affairs.

Geoscopy
Ge•os´co•py, n. [Gr. ge•a, gh^, the earth + -scopy: cf. F. geoscopie.] Knowledge of the earth, ground, or soil, obtained by inspection. Chambers.

Geoselenic
Ge•o•se•len´ic, a. [Gr. ge•a, gh^, the earth + moon.] Pertaining to the earth and moon; belonging to the joint action or mutual relations of the earth and moon; as geoselenic phenomena.

Geostatic
Ge•o•stat´ic, a. [Gr. ge•a, gh^, earth + E. static.] (Civil Engin.) Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance. Geostatic arch, an arch having a form adapted to sustain pressure similar to that exerted by earth. Rankine.

Geosynclinal
Ge•o•syn•cli´nal, n. [Gr. ge•a, gh^, the earth + E. synclinal.] (Geol.) the downward bend or subsidence of the earth’s crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; — opposed to geanticlinal.

Geothermometer
Ge•o•ther•mom´e•ter, n. [Gr. ge•a, gh^, the earth + E. thermometer.] (Physics) A thermometer specially constructed for measuring temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground.

Geotic
Ge•ot´ic a. [Gr. ge•a, gh^, the earth.] Belonging to earth; terrestrial. [Obs.] Bailey.

Geotropic
Ge•o•trop´ic, a. [See Geotropism.] (Biol.) Relating to, or showing, geotropism.

Gephyrea
Ge•phyr´e•a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a dam, a bridge.] (Zoöl.) An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without setae.

Gephyrean
Ge•phyr´e•an, a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Gephyrea. — n. One of the Gerphyrea.

Gephyreoid
Ge•phyr´e•oid, a. & n. [ Gephyrea + -oid.] Gephyrean.

Gepound
Ge•pound´, n. See Gipoun. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Geraniaceous
Ge•ra•ni•a´ceous, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of pants ( Geraniaceae) which includes the genera Geranium, Pelargonium, and many others. { Ge•ra´ni•ine, Ger´a•nine } n. [See Geranium.]
1. (Med.) A valuable astringent obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or crane’s- bill.
2. (Chem.) A liquid terpene, obtained from the crane’s-bill ( Geranium maculatum), and having a peculiar mulberry odor. [Written also geraniin.]

Gerbe, n. [F., prop. a sheaf.] (Pyrotechny) A kind of ornamental firework. Farrow. { Ger´bil (jer"bil), Ger•bille´ (zhar•bel"), } n. [F. gerbille. Cf. Jerboa.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

Gere, n. Gear. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gerent
Ge´rent, a. [L. gerens, p. pr. of gerere to bear, manage.] Bearing; carrying. [Obs.] Bailey.

Gerfalcon
Ger´fal•con, n. (Zoöl.) See Gyrfalcon.

Gerland
Ger´land, Ger´lond, n. A garland. [Obs.]

Gerlind
Ger´lind, n. (Zoöl.) A salmon returning from the sea the second time. [Prov. Eng.]

Germ, n. [F. germe, fr. L. germen, germinis, sprout, but, germ. Cf. Germen, Germane.]
1. (Biol.) That which is to develop a new individual; as the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears.
"In the entire process in which a new being originates … two distinct classes of action participate; namely, the act of generation by which the germ is produced; and the act of development, by which that germ is evolved into the complete organism." Carpenter.
2. That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as the germ of civil liberty. Disease germ (Biol.), a name applied to certain tiny bacterial organisms or their spores, such as Anthrax bacillus and the Micrococcus of fowl cholera, which have been demonstrated to be the cause of certain diseases. See Germ theory (below). — Germ cell (Biol.), the germ, egg, spore, or cell from which the plant or animal arises. At one time a part of the body of the parent, it finally becomes detached,and by a process of multiplication and growth gives rise to a mass of cells, which ultimately form a new individual like the parent. See Ovum. — Germ gland. (Anat.) See Gonad. — Germ stock (Zoöl.), a special process on which buds are developed in certain animals. See Doliolum. — Germ theory (Biol.), the theory that living organisms can be produced only by the evolution or development of living germs or seeds. See Biogenesis, and Abiogenesis. As applied to the origin of disease, the theory claims that the zymotic diseases are due to the rapid development and multiplication of various bacteria, the germs or spores of which are either contained in the organism itself, or transferred through the air or water. See Fermentation theory.

Germ, v. i. To germinate. [R.] J. Morley.

Germ, n. (Biol.) The germ cells, collectively, as distinguished from the somatic cells, or soma. Germ is often used in place of germinal to form phrases; as germ area, germ disc, germ membrane, germ nucleus, germ sac, etc.

Germ cell. (Biol.) A cell, of either sex, directly concerned in the production of a new organism.

Germ plasm
Germ" plasm, (Biol.) See Plasmogen, and Idioplasm.

Germanium
Ger•ma´ni•um, n. [NL., fr. L. Germania Germany.] (Chem.) A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore ( argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3.

Germanization
Ger•man•i•za´tion, n. The act of Germanizing. M. Arnold.

Germanize
Ger´man•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Germanized p. pr. & vb. n. Germanizing ] To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as to Germanize a province, a language, a society.

Germanize
Ger´man•ize, v. i. To reason or write after the manner of the Germans.

Germarium
Ger•ma´ri•um, n. [NL. See Germ.] (Zoöl.) An organ in which the ova are developed in certain Turbellaria.

Germicide
Ger´mi•cide (jer"mi•sid), a. [ Germ + L. caedere to kill.] (Biol.) Destructive to germs; — applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectious diseases. — n. A germicide agent.

Germinal
Ger´mi•nal, a. [See Germ.] Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as the germinal vesicle. Germinal layers (Biol.), the two layers of cells, the ectoblast and entoblast, which form respectively the outer covering and inner wall of the gastrula. A third layer of cells, the mesoblast, which is formed later and lies between these two, is sometimes included. — Germinal membrane. (Biol.) Same as Blastoderm. — Germinal spot (Biol.), the nucleolus of the ovum. — Germinal vesicle, (Biol.), the nucleus of the ovum of animals.

Germinal
Ger•mi•nal´, n. [F. See Germ .] The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 — 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See Vendemiaire.

Germinal
Ger´mi•nal, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the germ, or germ cells, as distinguished from the somatic cells.

Germinant
Ger´mi•nant, a. [L. germinans, p. pr.] Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds.

Germinate
Ger´mi•nate, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Germinated p. pr. & vb. n. Germinating.] [L. germinatus, p. p. of germinare to sprout, fr. germen. See Germ.] To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. Bacon.

Germinate
Ger´mi•nate, v. t. To cause to sprout. Price (1610).

Germination
Ger•mi•na´tion, n. [L. germinatio: cf. F. germination.] The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable. Germination apparatus, an apparatus for malting grain.

Germinative
Ger´mi•na•tive, a. [Cf. F. germinatif.] Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop. Germinative spot, Germinative vesicle. (Biol.) Same as Germinal spot, Germinal vesicle, under Germinal.

Germless
Germ´less, a. Without germs.

Germogen
Ger´mo•gen, n. [ Germ + - gen.] (Biol.) (a) A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed. Balfour. (b) The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms. Balfour.

Germule
Germ´ule, n. [Dim. fr. germ.] (Biol.) A small germ.

Gern, v. t. [See Grin.] To grin or yawn. [Obs.] "[/He] gaped like a gulf when he did gern." Spenser.

Gerocomia
Ger•o•co´mi•a, n. [NL.] See Gerocomy.

Gerocomy
Ge•roc´o•my, n. [F. gerocomie, fr. Gr. an old man + to take care of.] That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people.

Gerontes
Ge•ron´tes, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr., .] (Gr. Antiq.) Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority.

Gerontocracy
Ger•on•toc´ra•cy, n. [Gr.,, an old man + to rule.] Government by old men. [R.] Gladstone.

Geropigia
Ger•o•pig´i•a, n. [Pg. geropiga.] A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines. [Written also jerupigia.]

Gerrymander
Ger•ry•man´der, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gerrymandered p. pr. & vb. n. Gerrymandering.] To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent. [Political Cant, U. S.] This was done in Massachusetts at a time when Elbridge Gerry was governor, and was attributed to his influence, hence the name; though it is now known that he was opposed to the measure. Bartlett.

Gerundive
Ge•run´dive, a. [L. gerundivus.] Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial. — n. (Lat. Gram.) The future passive participle; as amandus, i. e., to be loved.

Gerundively
Ge•run´dive•ly, adv. In the manner of a gerund; as or in place of, a gerund.

Gery
Ger´y, a. [See Gerful.] Changeable; fickle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gesse, v. t. & i. To guess. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gesso
Ges´so, n. [It., chalk, plaster.]
1. Plaster of Paris, or gypsum, esp. as prepared for use in painting, or in making bas-reliefs and the like; by extension, a plasterlike or pasty material spread upon a surface to fit it for painting or gilding, or a surface so prepared.
2. A work of art done in gesso. [Obs.]

Gesso duro
Ges"so du"ro [It., hard plaster.] A variety of gesso which when dried becomes hard and durable, often used in making bas-relief casts, which are colored and mounted in elaborate frames.

Gest, n. A guest. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gest, n. [OF. geste exploit. See Jest.]
1. Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. [Obs.] Mede.
3. A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
4. Gesture; bearing; deportment. [Archaic]
"Through his heroic grace and honorable gest." Spenser.

Gest, n. [Cf. Gist a resting place.]
1. A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] Kersey.
2. A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald’s office. [Obs.] Hanmer.

Gestation
Ges•ta´tion, n. [L. gestatio a bearing, carrying, fr. gestare to bear, carry, intens. fr. gerere, gestum, to bear: cf. F. gestation. See Gest deed, Jest.]
1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [Obs.]
2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.
3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. Dunglison.

Geste, v. i. To tell stories or gests. [Obs.]

Gestic
Ges´tic, a. [See Gest a deed, Gesture.]
1. Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary.
"And the gay grandsire, skilled in gestic lore." Goldsmith.
2. Relating to bodily motion; consisting of gestures; — said especially with reference to dancing.
"Carried away by the enthusiasm of the gestic art." Sir W. Scott.

Gesticulation
Ges•tic•u•la´tion, n. [L. gesticulatio: cf. F. gesticulation.]
1. The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments.
2. A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments. Macaulay.
3. Antic tricks or motions. B. Jonson.

Gesticulator
Ges•tic´u•la•tor, n. [L.] One who gesticulates.

Gesticulatory
Ges•tic´u•la•to•ry, a. Representing by, or belonging to, gestures. T. Warton.

Gestour
Ges´tour, n. [See Gest a deed.] A reciter of gests or legendary tales; a story- teller. [Obs.]
"Minstrels and gestours for to tell tales." Chaucer.

Gesture
Ges´ture, n. [LL. gestura mode of action, fr. L. gerere, gestum, to bear, behave, perform, act. See Gest a deed.]
1. Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture. [Obs.]
"Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by many nations." Sir T. Browne.
2. A motion of the body or limbs expressive of sentiment or passion; any action or posture intended to express an idea or a passion, or to enforce or emphasize an argument, assertion, or opinion.
"Humble and reverent gestures." Hooker.
"Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love." Milton.

Gesture
Ges´ture, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gestured p. pr. & vb. n. Gesturing.] To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to gesticulate.
"It is not orderly read, nor gestured as beseemeth." Hooker.

Gesture
Ges´ture, v. i. To make gestures; to gesticulate.
"The players … gestured not undecently withal." Holland.

Gestureless
Ges´ture•less, a. Free from gestures.

Gesturement
Ges´ture•ment, n. Act of making gestures; gesturing. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Get, n. Jet, the mineral. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Get, n. [OF. get.]
1. Fashion; manner; custom. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Artifice; contrivance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Get (get), v. t. [ imp. Got (got) (Obs. Gat (gat)); p. p. Got (Obsolescent Gotten (got"t’n)); p. pr. & vb. n. Getting.] [OE. geten, AS. gitan, gietan (in comp.); akin to Icel. geta, Goth. bi gitan to find, L. pre hendere to seize, take, Gr. chanda•nein to hold, contain. Cf. Comprehend, Enterprise, Forget, Impregnable, Prehensile.]
1. To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc.
2. Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have. Johnson.
"Thou hast got the face of man." Herbert.
3. To beget; to procreate; to generate.
"I had rather to adopt a child than get it." Shak.
4. To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as to get out one’s Greek lesson.
"It being harder with him to get one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty." Bp. Fell.
5. To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
"Get him to say his prayers." Shak.
6. To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; — with a following participle.
"Those things I bid you do; get them dispatched." Shak.
7. To betake; to remove; — in a reflexive use.
"Get thee out from this land." Gen. xxxi. 13.
"He … got himself … to the strong town of Mega." Knolles. Get, as a transitive verb, is combined with adverbs implying motion, to express the causing to, or the effecting in, the object of the verb, of the kind of motion indicated by the preposition; thus, to get in, to cause to enter, to bring under shelter; as to get in the hay; to get out, to make come forth, to extract; to get off, to take off, to remove; to get together, to cause to come together, to collect. To get by heart, to commit to memory. - - To get the better of, To get the best of, to obtain an advantage over; to surpass; to subdue. — To get up, to cause to be established or to exit; to prepare; to arrange; to construct; to invent; as to get up a celebration, a machine, a book, an agitation.
Syn. — To obtain; gain; win; acquire. See Obtain.

Get (get), v. i.
1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
"We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get." Shak.
2. To arrive at, or bring one’s self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; — with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected.
"To get rid of fools and scoundrels." Pope.
"His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast." Coleridge. It [ get] gives to the English language a middle voice, or a power of verbal expression which is neither active nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten, confused, dressed. Earle. Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the part of the subject of the act, movement or action of the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one’s way, to advance, to arrive, etc.; as to get away, to leave, to escape; to disengage one’s self from; to get down, to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress; hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to enter; to get out, to extricate one’s self, to escape; to get through, to traverse; also to finish, to be done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to alight, to descend from, to dismount; also to escape, to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to convene. To get ahead, to advance; to prosper. - - To get along, to proceed; to advance; to prosper. — To get a mile (or other distance), to pass over it in traveling. — To get among, to go or come into the company of; to become one of a number. — To get asleep, to fall asleep. — To get astray, to wander out of the right way. — To get at, to reach; to make way to. To get away with, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get the better of; to defeat. — To get back, to arrive at the place from which one departed; to return. — To get before, to arrive in front, or more forward. — To get behind, to fall in the rear; to lag. — To get between, to arrive between. — To get beyond, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to surpass. "Three score and ten is the age of man, a few get beyond it." Thackeray. — To get clear, to disengage one’s self; to be released, as from confinement, obligation, or burden; also to be freed from danger or embarrassment. — To get drunk, to become intoxicated. — To get forward, to proceed; to advance; also to prosper; to advance in wealth. — To get home, to arrive at one’s dwelling, goal, or aim. — To get into. (a) To enter, as "she prepared to get into the coach." Dickens. (b) To pass into, or reach; as " a language has got into the inflated state." Keary. — To getloose or free, to disengage one’s self; to be released from confinement. — To get near, to approach within a small distance. — To get on, to proceed; to advance; to prosper. — To get over. (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or difficulty. (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity. — To get through. (a) To pass through something. (b) To finish what one was doing. — To get up. (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc. (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of stairs, etc.

Get, n. Offspring; progeny; as the get of a stallion.

Geten
Get´en, obs. p. p. of Get. Chaucer.

Gettable
Get´ta•ble, a. That may be obtained. [R.]

Getter
Get´ter, n. One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates.

Getterup
Get´ter•up, n. One who contrives, makes, or arranges for, anything, as a book, a machine, etc. [Colloq.]
"A diligent getter-up of miscellaneous works." W. Irving.

Getting
Get´ting, n.
1. The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.
"With all thy getting, get understanding." Prov. iv. 7.
2. That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.

Get-up
Get´-up, n. General composition or structure; manner in which the parts of a thing are combined; make-up; style of dress, etc. [Colloq.] H. Kingsley.

Geusdism
Geusd´ism (ged"iz’m), n. The Marxian socialism and programme of reform through revolution as advocated by the French political leader Jules Basile Guesde ( pron. ged) (1845- ). — Guesd´ist (#), n. & a. { Ghaz´al, Ghaz´el }, n. [Ar. ghazal.] A kind of Oriental lyric, and usually erotic, poetry, written in recurring rhymes.

Gewgaw
Gew´gaw, n. [OE. gigawe, gugawe, gewgaude, prob. the same word as OE. givegove gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated form fr. AS. gifan to give; cf. also F. joujou plaything, and E. gaud, n. See Give, and cf. Giffgaff.] A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
"A heavy gewgaw called a crown." Dryden.

Gewgaw
Gew´gaw, a. Showy; unreal; pretentious.
"Seeing his gewgaw castle shine." Tennyson.

Geyser
Gey´ser, n. [Icel. geysir, fr. geysa to rush furiously, fr. gjosa to gush. Cf. Gush.] A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam. Geysers were first known in Iceland, and later in New Zealand. In the Yellowstone region in the United States they are numerous, and some of them very powerful, throwing jets of boiling water and steam to a height of 200 feet. They are grouped in several areas called geyser basins. The mineral matter, or geyserite, with which geyser water is charged, forms geyser cones about the orifice, often of great size and beauty.