geck (gek)

[ Kept in a dark house, visited by the priest, And made the most notorious geck and gull That e'er invention play'd on. Shak ., T. N., v. 1. 2. Scorn; contempt; also, an object of scorn. To become the geck and scorn O' the other's villainy. Shak ., Cymbeline, v. 4. 3. A to of the head in derision or from vanity or folly; hence, a taunt; a gibe. [Scotch.] The carle that hecht sa weill to treit you, I think sall get ane geck . Philotus , 1603. IMG:content-2172.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small] cry.] 1. A lizard of the genus Gecco or family Gecconida; wall-lizard. Also gecco, gekko. See Gecconida. -2. [cap.] [NL.] Same as Gecco. Croaking gecko. Same as croaking lizard (which see, under lizard ). - Flying gecko. See flying gecko. - St. Lucas gecko, Diplodacty lus unctus: so called after Cape St. Gecko ( Gecco verticil lat us). Lucas, Lower Cali- fornia, in the vi- cinity of which it is found. Xantus gecko, Phyllodac- tylus xanti , of Low- er California: named from Louis John Xantus de Vesey, who first collected specimens of it. (See also wall - gecko .) Geckoides, geckonid, etc. See Geccoides , etc. taining to the Gecconoidea. II. n. One of the Gecconoidea . IMG:content-2173.png:[blocks in formation] gjede, a pike (fish): so named from its sharp thin head; gedd. [Scotch.]