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Gear (gēr) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Geared (gērd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gearing.] 1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
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2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing.
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3. To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers.
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Coloq. Double geared , driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.
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Gear, v. i. (Mach.) To be in, or come into, gear.
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gearbox n. the metal casing in which a train of gears is sealed.
Syn. -- gear case.
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Gearing, n. 1. Harness.
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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 a locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery.
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Coloq. Frictional gearing . See under . -- Coloq. Gearing chain , an endless chain transmitting motion from one sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of . -- Coloq. 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.
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geartrain n. a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
Syn. -- gearing, gears, power train, train.
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gear up n. To prepare (for an event or activity); as, to gear up for the election campaign.
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Geason (?), a. [OE. gesen, geson, rare, scanty, AS. g�sne barren, wanting. Cf. .] Rare; wonderful. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Geastrum prop. n. The type genus of the Geastraceae, consisting of fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments.
Syn. -- genus Geastrum.
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Geat (gēt), n. [See a door.] (Founding) The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting. [Written also git, gate.]
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Geb n. (Mythol.) The god of the earth; father of Osiris and Isis.
Syn. -- Keb.
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Gecarcinian (jēkärsĭnĭ�n), n. [Gr. gh^ earth + karkinos crab.] (Zoöl.) A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus, or of allied genera.
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Geck (?), n. [D. gek fool, fop; akin to G. geck; cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person.] 1. Scorn, derision, or contempt. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull. [Obs.]
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To become the geck and scorn
O'the other's villainy. Shak.
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Geck, v. t. [Cf. OD. ghecken, G. gecken. See , n.]
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1. To deride; to scorn; to mock. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. To cheat; trick, or gull. [Obs.] Johnson.
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Geck, v. i. To jeer; to show contempt. Sir W. Scott.
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Gecko (gĕk�), n.; pl. Geckoes (gĕkōz). [Cf. F. & G. gecko; -- so called from the sound which the animal utters.] (Zoöl.) Any lizard of the family Geckonidæ. 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 , .
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Geckotian (?), n. (Zoöl.) A gecko.

Ged, Gedd (�), n. The European pike.
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Gee (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Geed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Geeing.] 1. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq. or Prov. Eng.] Forby.
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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.]
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☞ 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.
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Coloq. Gee ho , or Coloq. Gee whoa . Same as .
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geek (gēk), n. 1. A performer in a carnival, often presented as a wild man, who performs grotesquely disgusting acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken or snake.
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2. Hence: Any eccentric or strange person; an oddball; an eccentric. [wns=1]
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3. Hence: A student who is socially inept and a misfit in his class, especially one who is an intellectual; a nerd; a dork. [Informal]
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4. Hence: An intellectually inclined person, especially one who is interested in scientific or technical subjects; as, a group of geeks wearing pocket protectors; -- originally a deprecatory and contemptuous term, but in the 1990's, with the increase in popularity of computers and the frequency of accumulation of great wealth by computer entrepreneurs, it has come to be used with noticeable frequency by technically competent people to refer to themselves, ironically and sometimes proudly. [Informal]
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Gee, v. t. [See to turn.] To cause (a team) to turn to the off side, or from the driver. [Written also jee.]

Geer (?), Geering. [Obs.] See , .
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Geese (gēs), n., pl. of .
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Geest (?), n. [Cf. LG. geest, geestland, sandy, dry and, OFries. gēst, gāst, gēstlond, gāstlond, fr. Fries. gāst barren. Cf. .] Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin. R. Jameson.
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Geet (?), n. [See .] Jet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Geez (?), n. The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See .
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geezer (?), n. [Dial. corrupt. of a mummer.] A queer old fellow; an old chap; sometimes, an old woman. [Contemptuous, Slang.]
Syn. -- bloke.
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gegenschein (gāgĭnshīn) n. [German: counterglow.] A faint patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space.
Syn. -- counterglow.
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Gehenna (g�hĕnnȧ), prop. n. [L. Gehenna, Gr. Geenna, Heb. Gē Hinnōm.] (Jewish Hist.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell.
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The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence
And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell. Milton.
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geic (jēĭk), a. [Gr. gh^ earth.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold.
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Coloq. geic acid . (Chem.) See .
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gein (jēĭn), n. [Gr. gh^ earth.] (Chem.) See .
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geisha (gāshȧ), n.; pl. geisha (gāshȧ), Geishas (gāshȧz). [Jap., art person.] A Japanese singing and dancing girl, trained to provide entertainment and company for a man or group of men.
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Geissler 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.
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Geitonogamy (?), n. [Gr. � neighbor + � marriage.] (Bot.) Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.
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Gelable (?), a. [L. gelare to congeal: cf. F. gelable. See .] Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.
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Gelada (?), n. (Zoöl.) A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult male.
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Gelastic (?), a. [Gr. � inclined to laugh, from � to laugh.] Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing. “Gelastic muscles.” Sir T. Browne.
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Gelatification (?), n. [Gelatin + L. -ficare. (in comp.) to make. See .] (Physiol. Chem.) The formation of gelatin.
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Gelatigenous (?), n. [Gelatin + -genous.] (Physiol. Chem.) Producing, or yielding, gelatin; gelatiniferous; as, the gelatigeneous tissues.

Gelatin, Gelatine (�), n. [F. gélatine, fr. L. gelare to congeal. See .] (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.
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☞ Both spellings, gelatin and gelatine, 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.
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Coloq. Blasting gelatin , an explosive, containing about ninety-five parts of nitroglycerin and five of collodion. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Vegetable gelatin . See .
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Gelatinate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gelatinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gelatinating.] To convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling jelly.
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Gelatinate, v. i. To be converted into gelatin, or into a substance like jelly.
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Lapis lazuli, if calcined, does not effervesce, but gelatinates with the mineral acids. Kirwan.
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Gelatination (?), n. The act of process of converting into gelatin, or a substance like jelly.
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Gelatine (?), n. Same as .
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Gelatiniferous (?), a. [Gelatin + -ferous.] (Physiol. Chem.) Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
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Gelatiniform (?), a. Having the form of gelatin.
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Gelatinization (?), n. Same as .
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Gelatinize (?), v. t. 1. To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as , v. t.
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2. (Photog.) To coat, or otherwise treat, with gelatin.
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Gelatinize (?), v. i. Same as , v. i.
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Gelatinous (?), a. [Cf. F. gélatineux.] Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.
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Gelation (?), n. [L. gelatio a freezing, fr. gelare to freeze.] (Astron.) The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying.
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Geld (?), n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See .] Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.]
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☞ This word occurs in old law books in composition, as in danegeld, or danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; weregeld, compensation for the life of a man, etc.
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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.
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2. To deprive of anything essential.
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Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. Shak.
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3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] Dryden.
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Geldable (?), a. Capable of being gelded.
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Geldable, a. [From money.] Liable to taxation. [Obs.] Burrill.
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Gelder (?), n. One who gelds or castrates.
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Gelder-rose (?), n. Same as .
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Gelding (?), n. [Icel. gelding a gelding, akin to geldingr wether, eunuch, Sw. gälling gelding, Dan. gilding eunuch. See , v. t.] A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male.
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They went down both into the water, Philip and the gelding, and Philip baptized him. Wyclif (Acts viii. 38).
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Gelding, p. pr., a., & vb. n. from , v. t.
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Gelechia n. The type genus of the Gelechiidae, including pink bollworms.
Syn. -- genus Gelechia.
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gelechiid n. a small slender-winged moth whose larvae are agricultural pests.
Syn. -- gelechiid moth.
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Gelechiidae n. A family of moths which include important economic pests, feeding on the seeds of the cotton boll.
Syn. -- family Gelechiidae.
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Gelid (jĕlĭd), a. [L. gelidus, fr. gelu frost, cold. See , and cf. , , .] Cold; very cold; frozen. “Gelid founts.” Thompson.
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Gelidity (?), n. The state of being gelid.
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Gelidly (?), adv. In a gelid manner; coldly.
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Gelidness, n. The state of being gelid; gelidity.
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Gelly (jĕll�), n. Jelly. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Geloscopy (?), n. [Gr. � to laugh + -scopy.] Divination by means of laughter.
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Gelose (?), n. [See .] (Chem.) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds.
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Gelsemic (?), a. Gelseminic.
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Gelsemine (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gelsemia.
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Gelseminic (?), n. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resembling esculin.
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Gelsemium (?), 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.
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2. (Med.) The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc.
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Gelt (?), n. [See 1st .] Trubute, tax. [Obs.]
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All these the king granted unto them . . . free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner. Fuller.
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Gelt, n. [See , v. t.] A gelding. [Obs.] Mortimer.
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Gelt, n. Gilding; tinsel. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Gem (?), n. [OE. gemme precious stone, F. gemme, fr. L. gemma a precious stone, bud.] 1. (Bot.) A bud.
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From the joints of thy prolific stem
A swelling knot is raised called a gem. Denham.
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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.
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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.
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Coloq. Artificial gem , an imitation of a gem, made of glass colored with metallic oxide. Cf. , and .
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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.
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2. To adorn with gems or precious stones.
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3. To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops.
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England is . . . gemmed with castles and palaces. W. Irving.
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Gemara (?), n. [Heb.] (Jewish Law) The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text).
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Gemaric (?), a. Pertaining to the Gemara.
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Gemarist (?), n. One versed in the Gemara, or adhering to its teachings.
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Gemel (?), a. [OF. gemel twin, F. jumeau, L. gemellus twin, doubled, dim. of geminus. See , and cf. .] (Her.) Coupled; paired.
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Coloq. Bars gemel (Her.), two barrulets placed near and parallel to each other.
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Gemel (?), n. 1. One of the twins. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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2. (Heb.) One of the barrulets placed parallel and closed to each other. Cf. Bars gemel, under , a.
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Two gemels silver between two griffins passant. Strype.
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Coloq. Gemel hinge (Locksmithing), a hinge consisting of an eye or loop and a hook. -- Coloq. Gemel ring , a ring with two or more links; a gimbal. See . -- Coloq. Gemel window , a window with two bays.
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Gemellipa-rous (?), a. [L. gemellipara, fem., gemellus twin + parere to bear, produce.] Producing twins. [R.] Bailey.
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Geminal (?), a. [L. geminus twin.] A pair. [Obs.] Drayton.
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Geminate (?), a. [L. geminatus, p. p. of genimare to double. See .] (Bot.) In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers. Gray.
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Geminate (?), v. t. To double. [R.] B. Jonson.
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Gemination (?), n. [L. geminatio.] A doubling; duplication; repetition. [R.] Boyle.
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Gemini (?), n. pl. [L., twins, pl. of geminus; cf. Skr. j�mi 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.
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Geminiflorous (?), a. [L. geminus twin + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.) Having the flowers arranged in pairs.
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Geminous (?), a. [L. geminus.] Double; in pairs. Sir T. Browne.
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Geminy (?), n. [See .] Twins; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] Shak.
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Gemitores (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. gemere, gemitum, to sign, moan.] (Zoöl.) A division of birds including the true pigeons.
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Gemma (?), n.; pl. Gemmæ (#). [L., a bud.] 1. (Bot.) A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.
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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.
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Gemmaceous (?), a. Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmæ; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemmæ.
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Gemmary (?), a. [L. gemmarius. See .] Of or pertaining to gems.
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