Geryoniidæ (jerioniide)

pl. [NL., It characterized by an umbrella with cartilaginous ridges, 8 to 12 marginal peroniæ and as many acoustic vesicles, 4 to 6 tubular marginal tentacles, with as many canals leading into the radial canal, foliaceous gonads, and a long cylindroconic manubrium or gastric pedicle with a proboscis-like oral portion. Also written Geryonidæ. Eschscholtz, 1829. 2502 gest2+ (jest), n. [ geste , a deed, achievement, event, more commonly a story of deeds or adventures, an entertaining tale (now used only in this sense, and spelled jest : see jest ), geste , F. geste = Sp. Pg. It. gest a (usually as pl.), gest a , a deed, deeds, fem. (sc. res, thing) or neut. pl. of L. gest us, done, pp. of gerere , bear, carry, carry on, do, perform: see gerent , and cf. gest3 , etc.] 1. That which is done; an act, deed, or achievement. IMG:content-2255.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy. gesticht (jes'tik), a. [ gestic2 (jes'tik), a. [ And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. Goldsmith, Traveller, 1. 253. a romance. The halle was al ful, ywis, Of hem that writen olde gestes, As ben on trees rokes nestes. gesture, + -ar2.] Full of or characterized by varied action or motion; gesticulatory. [Rare.] Electricity... is pa ing, glancing, gesticular. Emerson, Eng. Traits, xiii. Farten, ne fythelen at festes, ne harpen, Iape ne Iogly ne gentlych pype. gesettes-landt, n. Same as gafol - land . gesith (AS. pron. ge-sēTH'), n. [AS. gesith , a companion, comrade, in particular, as in def. Piers Plowman (B), xiii. 230. (=OS. gisith = OHG. gisindo , MHG. gesinde = This Egea, the gest sais, was a iust lady. Goth. gasinthja , a companion), ge- , implying Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 12772. 'together' (see i-), + sith , a journey: see sithel gest2t, v. i. [ gesten ; from the noun. and send .] In Anglo-Saxon England, one of Now used in a particular sense, and spelled the comitatus or personal following of a noble, jest , q. v.] To tell stories or romances. and especially of the king. The king's gesiths stood in close relation to his person, depended upon his favor, and formed the basis of the order of thanes or lower nobility. The most eminent of the persons who, in the relation of gesith or comes to the king, held portions of folkland or of royal demesne, and were bound to him by the oath of fealty. Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 52. But trusteth wel, I am a South ren mạn, I can nat geste , rom, raf, ruf, by lettre, Ne, God wot, rym holde I but litel bettre. gest3+ (jest), n. [F. geste = Sp. Pg. It. gesto , gest us , carriage, posture, gesture, gere- re , bear, carry, refl. bear oneself, behave: see gest2.] 1. Bearing; carriage of one's person; deportment. Portly his person was, and much increast Through his Heroicke grace and honourable gest . The "comrade," on the other hand-the gesith or thegn as he was called-bound himself to follow and fight for his lord. J. R. Green, Making of Eng., p. 168. geslingt, n. An obsolete variant of gosling . Gesnera (jes'ne-rä), n. [NL., named after Conrad von Gesner: see Gesnerian .] A genus of plants, the type of the order Gesneraceæ , including about 50 species of tropical America, 2. Gesture. mostly Brazilian. They have tuberous roots, herbaceous stems with opposite leaves, and usually red or orange flowers. Most of the species are ornamental, and several are frequent in greenhouses.