English Dictionary: gunpoint | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gainpain \Gain"pain`\, n.[F. gagner to gain + pain bread.] Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier. | |
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Genevan \Ge*ne"van\, a. Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevese. | |
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Genevan \Ge*ne"van\, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Geneva. 2. A supported of Genevanism. | |
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Geneva \Ge*ne"va\, n. The chief city of Switzerland. {Geneva Bible}, a translation of the Bible into English, made and published by English refugees in Geneva (Geneva, 1560; London, 1576). It was the first English Bible printed in Roman type instead of the ancient black letter, the first which recognized the division into verses, and the first which omitted the Apocrypha. In form it was a small quarto, and soon superseded the large folio of Cranmer's translation. Called also {Genevan Bible}. {Geneva convention} (Mil.), an agreement made by representatives of the great continental powers at Geneva and signed in 1864, establishing new and more humane regulation regarding the treatment of the sick and wounded and the status of those who minister to them in war. Ambulances and military hospitals are made neutral, and this condition affects physicians, chaplains, nurses, and the ambulance corps. Great Britain signed the convention in 1865. {Geneva cross} (Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground; -- the flag and badge adopted in the Geneva convention. | |
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Genevanism \Ge*ne"van*ism\, n. [From Geneva, where Calvin resided.] Strict Calvinism. --Bp. Montagu. | |
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Genipap \Gen"i*pap\, n. (Bot.) The edible fruit of a West Indian tree ({Genipa Americana}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice. | |
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Gonfalon \Gon"fa*lon\, Gonfanon \Gon"fa*non\, n. [OE. gonfanoun, OF. gonfanon, F. gonfalon, the same word as F. confalon, name of a religious brotherhood, fr. OHG. gundfano war flag; gund war (used in comp., and akin to AS. g[d4][eb]) + fano cloth, flag; akin to E. vane; cf. AS. g[d4][eb]fana. See {Vane}, and cf. {Confalon}.] 1. The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the medi[91]val republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope. 2. A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself. Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear, Stream in the air. --Milton. | |
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d8Ophiomorpha \[d8]O`phi*o*mor"pha\, n. pl. [NL. See {Ophiomorphous}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes the c[91]cilians. Called also {Gymnophiona} and {Ophidobatrachia}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH (village, FIPS 29652) Location: 41.85658 N, 80.94595 W Population (1990): 1626 (1163 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |