GED, ged, _n._ (_prov._) the pike or luce. [Ice. _gedda_.]

GEE, g[=e], _n._ (_prov._) a fit of ill-temper, usually in phrase 'to take

the gee.'

GEE, j[=e], _v.i._ of horses, to move to the offside--the right, the driver

standing on the left.--_v.t._ to cause so to move.--_v.i._ to go, to suit,

get on well.--_n._ GEE-GEE, a horse.--GEE UP, to proceed faster.

GEESE, _pl._ of _goose_.

GEËZ, g[=e]-ez', GIZ, g[=e]z, _n._ the ancient language of Ethiopia, a

Semitic tongue closely related to Arabic.

GEGG, geg, _n._ (_Scot._) a hoax, trick.--_v.t._ to hoax.--_n._ GEG'GERY,

trickery.

GEHENNA, ge-hen'a, _n._ the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, in which the

Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, and to which, at a later

time, the refuse of the city was conveyed to be slowly burned--hence

(_N.T._) hell. [L.,--Heb. _Ge_, valley of, and _Hinnom_.]

GEISHA, g[=a]'sha, _n._ a Japanese dancing-girl.

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