Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GEL'A-BLE, a. [from L. gelu, frost, or gelo, to congeal.]

That may or can be congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.

GEL'A-TIN, or GE-LAT'I-NOUS, a.

Of the nature and consistence of gelatin; resembling jelly; viscous; moderately stiff and cohesive.

GEL'A-TIN, n. [It. and Sp. gelatina, from L. gelo, to congeal, to freeze.]

A concrete animal substance, transparent, and soluble slowly in cold water, but rapidly in warm water. With tannin, a yellowish white precipitate is thrown down from a solution of gelatin, which forms an elastic adhesive mass, not unlike vegetable gluten, and is a compound of tannin and gelatin. Parr.

GE-LATI-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-NATE, v.t.

To convert into gelatin or into a substance resembling jelly.

GE-LAT-I-NA'TION, n.

The act or process of converting or being turned into gelatin, or into a substance like jelly. Kirwan.

GE-LAT'I-NI-FORM, a.

Having the form of gelatin. Med. and Surg. Journal.

GEL'A-TIN-IZE, v.i.

The same as gelatinate. Fleming.

GE-LAT-I-NO'SA, n.

An order of gelatinous animals. Cuvier.

GELD, n. [Sax. gild Sw. guld Dan. gield; G. and D. geld.]

Money; tribute; compensation. This surd is obsolete in English, but it occurs in old laws and law books in composition as in Danegeld, or Danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; Weregeld, compensation for the life of a man, &c.

GELD, v.t. pret.

1. gelded or gelt g pp, gelded or gelt. [G. geilen, gelten; Sw. gula; Dan. gulder, lo geld, and to cut off the gills of herrings; Ir. minim, to geld, to lose, to destroy. Qu. W. colli, to lose, or Eth. {foreign} gali, to cut off.]
2. To castrate; to emasculate.
3. To deprive of any essential part. Shak.
4. To deprive of any thing immodest or exceptionable. Dryden.

GELDED, or GEIT, pp.

Castrated; emasculated.

GELD'ER, n.

One who castrates.

GELD'ER-ROSE, n. [Qu. from Guelderland.]

A plant, a species of Viburnum; also, a species of Spiraea.

GELD'ING, n.

A castrated animal, but chiefly a horse.

GELD'ING, ppr.

Castrating.

GELID, a. [L. gelidus, from gelo, to freeze, Fr. geler. See Cool, Cold.]

Cold; very cold. Thomson.

GELID-LY, adv.

Coldly.

GELID-NESS, n.

Coldness.

GEL'LY, n. [Fr. gelee; Port; gelea; Sp. jalea; L. gelo, getatus; It is now more generally written jelly.]

1. The inspissated juice of fruit boiled with sugar.
2. A viscous or glutinous substance; a gluey substance, soft, but cohesive. [See Jelly.]

GELT,

for gilt. Tinsel, or gilt surface. [Not used.] Spenser.

GELT, n.

for gelding. [Not used.]

GELT, pp.

of geld.

GEM, n. [L. gemma; h. id; Sp. yema; Port. gomo; Ir; geam; G; keim; D. kiem. The sense is probably a shoot. See Class Gm, No. 5, Ar.]

1. A bud. In botany, the bud or compendium of a plant, covered with scales to protect the rudiments from the cold of winter and other injuries; called the hybernacle or winter quarters of a plant. Encyc.
2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, topaz, emerald, &c.

GEM, v.i.

To bud; to germinate. Milton.