2. (Fort.) That part of a parapet which lies between the gun platform
and the bottom of an embrasure.
-ge*nous. [-gen + -ous.] A suffix signifying producing, yielding; as,
alkaligenous; endogenous.
||Genre (zh‰N"r'), n. [F. See Gender.] (Fine Arts) A style of painting,
||sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life
||and manners.
||Gens (jnz), n.; pl. Gentes (jn"tz). [L. See Gentle, a.] (Rom. Hist.)
||1. A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the
||same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites;
||a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe.
2. (Ethnol.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines.
It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.
Gent (?), a. [OF. gent, fr. L. genitus born, or (less prob.) fr.
gentilis. See Genteel.]