gerbua

[JERBOA.] Ger-dạ, s . [A female name.] Astron .: An asteroid, the 122d found; discovered by Peters, July 31, 1872. *ge-ren-da, s. pl . [Lat. neut. pl. of gerendus , fut. pa . par. of gero =to do, to carry out.] Things to be done or carried out. *gër-ent, a . [Latin gerens , pr. par. of gero =to carry, to do.] Carrying, bearing, performing. (Now only in composition, as belligerent , vicegerent .) ger-fâl-cồn ( I silent), *ger-fau-con, *ger-faulcon, *gire-fauc-oun, *gyr-fal-con, *gyr-facoun, s. [A modification of O. Fr. gerfault , from Low Lat. gerofalco, gyrofalco = a gerfalcon, from its circling flight: Lat. gyrus a circle, and falco = a falcon; Ital. gerfalco, girfalco, girifalco; Sp. ger ifalco, gerifalte: Port. gerifalte.] A species of falcon; the gyrfalcon. Ital. giro; Latin gyrus a circle.] Changeable, with potash it yields isovalerianic acid; by the *ger-ful, *geer-ful, *gere-ful, a, [Sp., Port., & action of nitric acid, it is converted into nitro- benzene, oxalic acid, and other substances. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; fickle. gerine e *ger-i-noase, s . [Mid. Eng.gery; -ne .] Changeablene , ficklene . *ger-ysch, *ger-y he, s. [Mid. Eng. gery; -ish.] Wild, unconstrained.