gellyt

An obsolete spelling of jelly1. Gel oche lid on (jel"ō-ke-li'don), n. [NL. (Brehm, 1830), also Gelichelidon, Gull-billed Tern ( Gel oche lid on nilotica). inches long, 34 in expanse of wings, with a moderately forked tail, pearly-blue mantle, white under parts, and black cap, bill, and feet. The genus is also called Laropis. gelofert, n. An obsolete form of gillyflower. geloscopy (je-los'kō-pi), n. [ IMG:content-2182.png:[blocks in formation] I wonne her with a gyrdle of gelt . Spenser, Shep. Cal., February. gelust, a. A Middle English form of jealous. gem (jem), n. [ Take hem that gemmes V or VI ascende ffro the elder brannche. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 64. Like the gem of a vine, or the bud of a rose, plain "indices" and significations of life, and principles of juice and sweetne . Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 764. 2. A precious stone of any kind, as the diamond, ruby, topaz, emerald, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornamental purposes; a jewel. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear. IMG:content-2183.jpg:[graphic] Gray, Elegy. 3. Something likened to a gem; a beautiful, splendid, or costly object. Thy brothyr Troylus eke, that gem me of gentle deedes, To thinke howe he abused was, alas my heart it bleedes. Gas coigne, Dan Bartholomew of Bath. The brightest gems in a' your crown Your seven fair sons wad be. Skiæn Anna ; Fair Annie (Child's Ballads, III. 385). Wert thou [Ireland] all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, First flow'r of the earth, and first gem of the sea. Moore , Remember Thee. 4. In entom., the small geometrid moth Campto gramma fluviata: an English collectors' name. - Apostles' gems. See apostle. - Artificial gems. See artificial. Engraved gem. See gem -engraving. gem (jem), v. t.; pret. and pp. gemmed, ppr. gem ming. [ Last Rose, as in dance, the stately trees, and spread Their branches hung with copious fruit, or gemm'd Their blo oms. Milton , P. L., vii. 325 2. To adorn with gems, jewels, or precious stones.-3. To bespangle; embellish or adorn as if with gems: as, foliage gemmed with dewdrops. The fair star That gems the glittering coronet of morn. Shelley, Queen Mab, i. The very insects, as they sipped the dew that gemmed the tender gra of the meadows, joined in the joyous epithalamium. Irving , Knickerbocker, p. 109. England is studded and gemmed with castles and palaces. Irving. A coppice gemm'd with green and red. Tennyson, Geraint.