Geck, v. i. To jeer; to show contempt. Sir W. Scott.
Geck"o (gk"), n.; pl. Geckoes (-z). [Cf. F. & G. gecko; -- so called
from the sound which the animal utters.] (Zoˆl.) Any lizard of the
family GeckonidÊ. 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.
Geck*o"tian (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A gecko.
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. j¸, interj., used in calling to a horse, It. giÚ, 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.]
Geer (?), Geer"ing. [Obs.] See Gear, Gearing.
Geese (?), n., pl. of Goose.
Geest (?), n. [Cf. LG. geest, geestland, sandy, dry and, OFries. gst,
gst, gstlond, gstlond, fr. Fries. gst barren. Cf. Geason.] Alluvial
matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin. R. Jameson.
Geet (?), n. [See Jet.] Jet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Geez (?), n. The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language
or people. See Ethiopic.
Ge*hen"na (g*hn"n), n. [L. Gehenna, Gr. Ge`enna, Heb. G Hinnm.] (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.
Ge"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; earth.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from,
earthy or vegetable mold.
Geic acid. (Chem.) See Humin.
Ge"in (?), n. [Gr. &?; earth.] (Chem.) See Humin.
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
Pl¸cker tube, from the German physicist who devised it.
Gei"to*nog"a*my (?), n. [Gr. &?; neighbor + &?; marriage.] (Bot.)
Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same
plant.
Gel"a*ble (?), a. [L. gelare to congeal: cf. F. gelable. See Geal.]
Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.
||Gel"a*da (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia,
||remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of
||the adult male.
Ge*las"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?; inclined to laugh, from &?; to laugh.]
Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing. "Gelastic muscles." Sir T.
Browne.
Ge*lat"i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Gelatin + L. -ficare. (in comp.) to make.
See - fy.] (Physiol. Chem.) The formation of gelatin.
Gel`a*tig"e*nous (?), n. [Gelatin + -genous.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Producing, or yielding, gelatin; gelatiniferous; as, the gelatigeneous
tissues.
Gel"a*tin, Gel"a*tine (&?;), n. [F. gÈlatine, 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, 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 Pharmacopúia, 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.
Ge*lat"i*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gelatinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Gelatinating.] To convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling
jelly.
Ge*lat"i*nate, v. i. 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.
Ge*lat`i*na"tion (?), n. The act of process of converting into gelatin,
or a substance like jelly.
Gel"a*tine (?), n. Same as Gelatin.
Gel`a*tin*if"er*ous (?), a. [Gelatin + -ferous.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
Gel`a*tin"i*form (?), a. Having the form of gelatin.
Ge*lat`i*ni*za"tion (?), n. Same as Gelatination.
Ge*lat"i*nize (?), v. t. 1. To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as
Gelatinate, v. t.