Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: GELT – GEM'MULE
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GELT, n.2 [for gilt.]
Tinsel, or gilt surface. [Not used.] Spenser.
GELT, pp. [of geld.]
GEM, n. [L. gemma; It. id; Sp. yema; Port. gomo; Ir. geam; G. keim; D. kiem. The sense is probably a shoot. See Class Gm, No. 5, Ar.]
- 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.
- A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, topaz, emerald, &c.
GEM, v.i.
To bud; to germinate. Milton.
GEM, v.t.
- To adorn with gems, jewels or precious stones.
- To bespangle; as, foliage gemmed with dew drops.
- To embellish with detached beauties. England is studded and gemmed with castles and palaces. Irving.
GE-MAR'A, n. [Ch. גמר, to finish.]
The second part of the Talmud or commentary on the Jewish laws.
GE-MAR'IC, a.
Pertaining to the Gemara. Encyc.
GEM'-BOSS-ED, a.
Bossed with gems. Atherstone.
GEM'EL, n. [L. gemellus.]
A pair; a term in heraldry. Drayton.
GEM-EL-LIP'A-ROUS, a. [L. gemellus and pario.]
Producing twins. Dict.
GEM'EL-RING, n.
Rings with two or more links, now gimbal, which see.
GEM'I-NATE, v.t. [L. gemino.]
To double. [Little used.]
GEM-INATION, n.
A doubling; duplication; repetition. Boyle.
GEM'I-NI, n. [plur. L.]
Twins. In astronomy, a constellation or sign of the zodiac, representing Castor and Pollux. In the Britannic catalogue, it contains 85 stars. Encyc.
GEM'I-NOUS, a. [L. geminus.]
Double; in pairs. Brown.
GEM'I-NY, n. [supra.]
Twins; a pair; a couple. Shak.
GEM'MA-RY, a. [from gem.]
Pertaining to gems or jewels.
GEM-MA'TION, n. [L. gemmatio, from gemma.]
In botany, budding; the state, form or construction of the bud of plants, of the leaves, stipules, petioles or scales. Martyn.
GEM'MED, pp.
Adorned with jewels or buds.
GEM'ME-OUS, a. [L. gemmeus.]
Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems.
GEM'MI-NESS, n.
Spruceness; smartness.
GEM'MING, ppr.
Adorning with jewels or buds.
GEM-MIP'A-ROUS, a. [L. gemma, a bud, and pario, to bear.]
Producing buds or gems. Martyn.
GEM-MOS'I-TY, n.
The quality of being a gem or jewel.
GEM'MULE, n.
A little gem or bud. Eaton.