English Dictionary: genial | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gainly \Gain"ly\, adv. [See {Gain}, a.] Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gamely \Game"ly\, adv. In a plucky manner; spiritedly. | |
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Ganil \Gan"il\, n. [F.] A kind of brittle limestone. [Prov. Eng.] --Kirwan. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gemel \Gem"el\, n. 1. One of the twins. [Obs.] --Wyclif. 2. (Heb.) One of the barrulets placed parallel and closed to each other. Cf. {Bars gemel}, under {Gemel}, a. Two gemels silver between two griffins passant. --Strype. {Gemel hinge} (Locksmithing), a hinge consisting of an eye or loop and a hook. {Gemel ring}, a ring with two or more links; a gimbal. See {Gimbal}. {Gemel window}, a window with two bays. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gemel \Gem"el\, a. [OF. gemel twin, F. jumeau, L. gemellus twin, doubled, dim. of geminus. See {Gemini}, and cf. {Gimmal}.] (Her.) Coupled; paired. {Bars gemel} (Her.), two barrulets placed near and parallel to each other. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gemmule \Gem"mule\, n. [L. gemmula, dim. of gemma: cf. F. gemmule. See {Gem}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons. (b) One of the buds of mosses. (c) One of the reproductive spores of alg[91]. (d) An ovule. 2. (Biol.) (a) A bud produced in generation by gemmation. (b) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are then developed. See {Pangenesis}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gemul \Ge*mul"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small South American deer ({Furcifer Chilensis}), with simple forked horns. [Written also {guemul}.] | |
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Genial \Ge*ni"al\, a. (Anat.) Same as {Genian}. | |
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Genial \Gen"ial\, a. [L. genialis: cf. OF. genial. See {Genius}.] 1. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. [bd]The genial bed.[b8] --Milton. Creator Venus, genial power of love. --Dryden. 2. Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition. So much I feel my genial spirits droop. --Milton. 3. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. [Obs.] Natural incapacity and genial indisposition. --Sir T. Browne. 4. Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature. [R.] Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works. --Hare. {Genial gods} (Pagan Mythol.), the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Genially \Gen"ial*ly\, adv. 1. By genius or nature; naturally. [Obs.] Some men are genially disposed to some opinions. --Glanvill. 2. Gayly; cheerfully. --Johnson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gimmal \Gim"mal\, n. [Prob. the same word as gemel. See {Gemel}, and cf. {Gimbal}.] 1. Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings. 2. A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gin \Gin\, n. [A contraction of engine.] 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer. Spenser. 2. (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc. (b) (Mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim. 3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin. Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary sails. {Gin block}, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel, over which a rope runs; -- called also {whip gin}, {rubbish pulley}, and {monkey wheel}. {Gin power}, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin. {Gin race}, [or] {Gin ring}, the path of the horse when putting a gin in motion. --Halliwell. {Gin saw}, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper. {Gin wheel}. (a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint. (b) (Mining) the drum of a whim. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gommal \Gom"mal\, a. Made or consisting of interlocked ring[?] or links; as, gimmal mail. In their pale dull mouths the gimmal bit Lies foul with chewed grass. --Shak. {Gimmal joint}. See {Gimbal joint}, under {Gimbal}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gemul \Ge*mul"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small South American deer ({Furcifer Chilensis}), with simple forked horns. [Written also {guemul}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gunnel \Gun"nel\, n. [See {Gunwale}.] 1. A gunwale. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Mur[91]noides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel. | |
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Gunwale \Gun"wale\, n. [Gun + wale. So named because the upper guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull. [Written also {gunnel}.] | |
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Gunnel \Gun"nel\, n. [See {Gunwale}.] 1. A gunwale. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Mur[91]noides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel. | |
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Gunwale \Gun"wale\, n. [Gun + wale. So named because the upper guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull. [Written also {gunnel}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gunwale \Gun"wale\, n. [Gun + wale. So named because the upper guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull. [Written also {gunnel}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gymnal \Gym"nal\, a. & n. Same as {Gimmal}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gamewell, NC (town, FIPS 25380) Location: 35.86711 N, 81.60079 W Population (1990): 3357 (1359 housing units) Area: 18.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Genola, MN (city, FIPS 23444) Location: 45.96875 N, 94.11104 W Population (1990): 85 (28 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Genola, UT (town, FIPS 28810) Location: 40.01736 N, 111.85297 W Population (1990): 803 (190 housing units) Area: 32.8 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84655 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Gamul weaned the leader of one of the priestly courses (1 Chr. 24:17). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Gamul, a recompense | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Gemalli, wares; a camel |