GEAR, g[=e]r, _n._ a state of preparation: dress: harness: tackle:
(_mech._) connection by means of toothed wheels: (_obs._) a matter,
affair.--_v.t._ to put in gear, as machinery.--_p.adj._ GEARED, connected
with the motor by gearing.--_ns._ GEAR'ING, harness: working implements:
(_mech._) a train of toothed wheels and pinions; GEAR'-WHEEL, a wheel with
teeth or cogs which impart or transmit motion by acting on those of another
wheel; DRIV'ING-GEAR, those parts in a machine most nearly concerned in
imparting motion.--MULTIPLYING GEARING, a combination of cog-wheels for
imparting motion from wheels of larger to wheels of smaller diameter, by
which the rate of revolution is increased; OUT OF GEAR, out of running
order, unprepared; STRAIGHT GEARING, the name given when the planes of
motion are parallel--opposed to _Bevelled gearing_, when the direction is
changed (see BEVEL). [M. E. _gere_, prob. Ice. _gervi_; cf. A.S. _gearwe_,
Old High Ger. _garawi_, Eng. _yare_ and _gar_, v.]
GEASON, g[=e]'zn, _adj._ (_Spens._) rare: wonderful. [A.S. _g['æ]sne_,
_gésne_, wanting, barren.]
GEAT, j[=e]t, _n._ the hole in a mould through which the metal is poured in
casting.
GEBBIE, geb'i, _n._ (_Scot._) the stomach.
GEBUR, ge-b[=oo]r', _n._ a tenant-farmer in the early English community.
GECK, gek, _n._ a dupe: scorn, object of scorn.--_v.t._ to mock.--_v.i._ to
scoff at. [Prob. Low Ger. _geck_; Dut. _gek_, Ger. _geck_.]
GECKO, gek'[=o], _n._ one of a family of small dull-coloured lizards called
_Geckotidæ_. [Malay _g[=e]koq_.]