Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GELD, v.t. [pret. gelded or gelt; pp. gelded or gelt. G. geilen, gelten; Sw. gälla; Dan. gilder, to geld, and to cut off the gills of herrings; Ir. caillim, to geld, to lose, to destroy. Qu. W. colli, to lose, or Eth. ገለየ gali, to cut off.]

1. To castrate; to emasculate.
2. To deprive of any essential part. Shak.
3. To deprive of any thing immodest or exceptionable. Dryden.

GELD'ED, or GELT, 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.

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

Cold; very cold. Thomson.

GEL'ID-LY, adv.

Coldly.

GEL'ID-NESS, n.

Coldness.

GEL'LY, n. [Fr. gelée; Port. gelea; Sp. jalea; L. gelo, gelatus; 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, n. [for gilt.]

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

GELT, n. [for gelding. Not used.]

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.]

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.

GEM, v.t.

1. To adorn with gems, jewels or precious stones.
2. To bespangle; as, foliage gemmed with dew drops.
3. 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.