Geese Geese noun , plural of Goose .

Geest Geest noun [ Confer LG. geest , geest land, sandy, dry and, OFries. gēst , gāst , gēst lond, gāst lond, from Fries. gāst barren. Confer Geason .] Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin. R. Jameson.

Geet Geet noun [ See Jet .] Jet. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Geez Geez noun The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic .

Geezer Gee"zer noun [ Dial. corrupt. of Guiser a mummer.] A queer old fellow; an old chap; an old woman. [ Contemptuous, Slang or Dial.]

Gehenna Ge·hen"na (ge*hĕn"nȧ) noun [ Latin Gehenna , Greek Ge`enna , Hebrew 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 .

The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence
And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell.

Milton.

Geic Ge"ic adjective [ Greek ... earth.] (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold.

Geic acid . (Chemistry) See Humin .

Gein Ge"in noun [ Greek ... earth.] (Chemistry) See Humin .

Geisha Gei"sha (gā"shȧ) noun ; plural Geisha (-shȧ), Geishas (- shȧz). [ Jap.] A Japanese singing and dancing girl.

Geissler tube Geis"sler tube` (Electricity) 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 noun [ Greek ... neighbor + ... marriage.] (Botany) Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.

Gelable Gel"a·ble adjective [ Latin gelare to congeal: confer French gelable . See Geal .] Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.

Gelada Gel"a·da noun (Zoology) A baboon ( Gelada Ruppelli ) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult male.

Gelastic Ge·las"tic adjective [ Greek ... inclined to laugh, from ... to laugh.] Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing. " Gelastic muscles." Sir T. Browne.

Gelatification Ge·lat"i·fi·ca"tion noun [ Gelatin + Latin -ficare . (in comp.) to make. See - fy .] (Physiol. Chem.) The formation of gelatin.

Gelatigenous Gel`a·tig"e·nous noun [ Gelatin + -genous .] (Physiol. Chem.) Producing, or yielding, gelatin; gelatiniferous; as, the gelatigeneous tissues.

Gelatin, Gelatine Gel"a·tin, Gel"a·tine noun [ French gélatine , from Latin gelare to congeal. See Geal .] (Chemistry) 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 .

Gelatinate Ge·lat"i·nate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Gelatinated ; present participle & verbal noun Gelatinating .] To convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling jelly.

Gelatinate Ge·lat"i·nate intransitive verb To be converted into gelatin, or into a substance like jelly.

Lapis lazuli, if calcined, does not effervesce, but gelatinates with the mineral acids.

Kirwan.

Gelatination Ge·lat`i·na"tion noun The act of process of converting into gelatin, or a substance like jelly.

Gelatine Gel"a·tine noun Same as Gelatin .

Gelatiniferous Gel`a·tin·if"er·ous adjective [ Gelatin + -ferous .] (Physiol. Chem.) Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.

Gelatiniform Gel`a·tin"i·form adjective Having the form of gelatin.

Gelatinization Ge·lat`i·ni·za"tion noun Same as Gelatination .

Gelatinize Ge·lat"i·nize transitive verb 1. To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate , transitive verb

2. (Photog.) To coat, or otherwise treat, with gelatin.

Gelatinize Ge·lat"i·nize intransitive verb Same as Gelatinate , intransitive verb

Gelatinous Ge·lat"i·nous adjective [ Confer French gélatineux .] Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.

Gelation Ge·la"tion noun [ Latin gelatio a freezing, from gelare to freeze.] (Astron.) The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying.

Geld Geld noun [ Anglo-Saxon gild , gield , geld , tribute, payment, from gieldan to pay, render. See Yield .] Money; tribute; compensation; ransom. [ Obsolete]

» 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 Geld transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Gelded or Gelt ; present participle & verbal noun Gelding .] [ Icelandic gelda to castrate; akin to Danish gilde , Swedish gälla , and confer Anglo-Saxon gilte a young sow, Old High German galt dry, not giving milk, German 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. [ Obsolete] Dryden.

Geldable Geld"a·ble adjective Capable of being gelded.

Geldable Geld"a·ble adjective [ From Geld money.] Liable to taxation. [ Obsolete] Burrill.

Gelder Geld"er noun One who gelds or castrates.

Gelder-rose Gel"der-rose noun Same as Guelder-rose .

Gelding Geld"ing noun [ Icelandic gelding a gelding, akin to geldingr wether, eunuch, Swedish gälling gelding, Danish gilding eunuch. See Geld , transitive verb ] A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male.

They went down both into the water, Philip and the gelding , and Philip baptized him.

Wyclif (Acts viii. 38).

Gelding Geld"ing present participle, adjective , & verbal noun from Geld , transitive verb

Gelid Gel"id (jĕl"ĭd) adjective [ Latin gelidus , from gelu frost, cold. See Cold , and confer Congeal , Gelatin , Jelly .] Cold; very cold; frozen. " Gelid founts." Thompson.

Gelidity Ge·lid"i·ty noun The state of being gelid.

Gelidly Gel"id·ly adverb In a gelid manner; coldly.

Gelidness Gel"id·ness noun The state of being gelid; gelidity.

Gelly Gel"ly (jĕl"lȳ) noun Jelly. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Geloscopy Ge·los"copy noun [ Greek ... to laugh + -scopy .] Divination by means of laughter.

Gelose Ge·lose" noun [ See Gelatin .] (Chemistry) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium , agar-agar, and other seaweeds.

Gelsemic Gel·se"mic adjective Gelseminic.

Gelsemine Gel"se·mine noun (Chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine ( Gelsemium sempervirens ), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gelsemia .

Gelseminic Gel`se·min"ic noun (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine ( Gelsemium sempervirens ); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resembling esculin.

Gelsemium Gel·se"mium noun [ New Latin , from Italian gelsomino jasmine.] 1. (Botany) 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. (Medicine) The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc.

Gelt Gelt noun [ See 1st Geld .] Trubute, tax. [ Obsolete]

All these the king granted unto them . . . free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner.

Fuller.

Gelt Gelt noun [ See Gelt , transitive verb ] A gelding. [ Obsolete] Mortimer.

Gelt Gelt noun Gilding; tinsel. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

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