Gazette

[Fr.; It. gazzetta.] ( Lit. ) The name given to certain newspapers in Europe, and in the U. S. It is said to be taken from gazzetta, the name of a Venetian coin worth somewhat le than a farthing, and which was the price of the earliest newspaper published in Venice (1563). According to others, it is derived from gaza, a treasure, or gazza, a magpie. The first Gazette published in France (under that name) appeared in 1631, the first in England in 1665. -v. a. To announce or publish in a paper; to announce officially. one wheel, or slackened so that motion could not be communicated by means of it, then the machine would be out of gear. G., which can be put in and out of gear is called movable gearing ; that which cannot, as, for instance, the wheelwork of a watch, is called fixed gear- ing . G.which consists of wheelwork or endle screws Berks co. (q. v.), is put out of gear either by means of one of the Gek'ko. Same as GECKO, q. v . A soluble brown matter extracted from the organic matter of soils. As it does not crystallize, its existence as a definite acid is doubtful.