3. To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with
dewdrops.
England is . . . gemmed with castles and palaces.
W. Irving.
Ge*ma"ra (?), n. [Heb.] (Jewish Law) The second part of the Talmud, or
the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text).
Ge*mar"ic (?), a. Pertaining to the Gemara.
Ge*ma"rist (?), n. One versed in the Gemara, or adhering to its
teachings.
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.
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.
Gem`el*lip"a-rous (?), a. [L. gemellipara, fem., gemellus twin + parere
to bear, produce.] Producing twins. [R.] Bailey.
Gem"i*nal (?), a. [L. geminus twin.] A pair. [Obs.] Drayton.
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.
Gem"i*nate (?), v. t. To double. [R.] B. Jonson.
Gem`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. geminatio.] A doubling; duplication;
repetition. [R.] Boyle.
||Gem"i*ni (?), 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.
Gem`i*ni*flo"rous (?), a. [L. geminus twin + flos, floris, flower.]
(Bot.) Having the flowers arranged in pairs.
Gem"i*nous (?), a. [L. geminus.] Double; in pairs. Sir T. Browne.
Gemi*ny (?), n. [See Gemini.] Twins; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] Shak.
||Gem`i*to"res (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. gemere, gemitum, to sign,
||moan.] (Zoˆl.) A division of birds including the true pigeons.
||Gem"ma (?), n.; pl. GemmÊ (#). [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.
Gem*ma"ceous (?), a. Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmÊ; of the
nature of, or resembling, gems or gemmÊ.
Gem"ma*ry (?), a. [L. gemmarius. See Gem.] Of or pertaining to gems.
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Gem"ma*ry (?), n. A receptacle for jewels or gems; a jewel house;
jewels or gems, collectively.
Gem"mate (?), a. [L. gemmatus, p. p. of gemmare to put forth buds, fr.
gemma bud.] (Bot.) Having buds; reproducing by buds.
Gem"ma*ted (?), a. Having buds; adorned with gems or jewels.