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.
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.
Gea"son (?), a. [OE. gesen, geson, rare, scanty, AS. g&?;sne barren,
wanting. Cf. Geest.] Rare; wonderful. [Obs.] Spenser.
Geat (gt), n. [See Gate a door.] (Founding) The channel or spout
through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting. [Written also
git, gate.]
Ge`car*cin"i*an (j`k‰r*sn"*an), n. [Gr. gh^ earth + karki`nos crab.]
(Zoˆl.) A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus, or of allied genera.
Geck (?), n. [D. gek fool, fop; akin to G. geck; cf. Icel. gikkr a
pert, rude person.] 1. Scorn, derision, or contempt. [Prov. Eng.]