gemel window (jemelwin"do)

A window with two bays. gem-engraving (jem' (jem'en-grāving), n. The art of engraving engraving designs designs upon precious or (more commonly) semi-precious stones, either in raised work or by figures cut into or below the surface; litho glyptics. Engraved gems were produced in high perfection at an early period of antiquity. Stones cut in raised work are called cameos, and those cut into or below the surface intaglios. The cutting is now done by means of small revolving wheels which are charged with diamond-dust, emery, etc., according to the hardne of the stone to be cut. Intaglio-engraving as practised by the ancients was used chiefly for the production of seals. gement (jē'ment), a. [L. gemen (t-)s, ppr. of gemere, sigh, groan, Gr. γέμειν, be full.] = geminately (jem'i-nat-li), adv. In pairs; doubly: as, in entomology, geminately spotted gemination (jem-i-nā'shon), (jem-i-na's hon), n. [= F. gémina tion Sp. gem in a cion = It. gem in azione, = repetition. gem in a cion there is a gemination of it. If the will be in the sense and in the conscience both, Bacon , Colours of Good and Evil, § 8. Specifically-2. In rhet . , immediate repetition of a word, generally with added emphasis: as, O Swallow , Swallow , flying , flying South. Tennyson , Prince , iv. [Repetition after one or two intervening words is also accounted gemination: as, again and again. Charge, Chester, charge! On, Stanley, on! Scott , Marmion, vi. 32.] Also called diplasiasmus and epizeuxis.-3. In philol.: (a) The doubling loubling of an originally single consonant through the influence of a following consonant or vowel, as in Anglo-Saxon sittan (originally * sitian ), sitian ), fenn (originally * feni, Gothic fan i ), etc.; le properly used of mere orthographic doubling, as in hammer, matter, etc. The historic orthography has been retained in words which are under conditions of gemination . Amer. Jour. Philol., IX. 328. (b) A pair of letters so doubled. Trans. Amer. Philol . A ., XVI. 163. gem i native lative (jem'i-na-tiv), (jem'i-na-tiv), a. and n. [ gem i nate + -ive.] I. a . Characterized by gemination. II. n. A A geminated or doubled letter. Trans. Amer. Philol . A . , XVI. 161. Gemini (jem'i-ni), n. pl. [L., twins, in particular the Twins, a constellation; pl. of geminus, born at the same time, twin; doubtfully identified with the equiv equiv. Gr. δίδυμνος, usually δίδυ μος (see didymous), and referred to a variant ✓ gem, gam of the gen of gignere, OL. genere, beget: get: see genus.] 1. A zodiacal constellation, giving its name to a sign of the zodiac, IMG:content-2185.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2186.png:[blocks in formation] to the east, a full yellow star of first magni. tude. The sun is in Gemini from about May 20th till about June 21st (the longest day). The Charioteer And starry Gemini hang like glorious crowns Over Orion's grave low down in the west. Tennyson, Maud, xxviii. 1. 2 (jem'i-ni, according to the older E. pronunciation of Latin; also, corruptly, jim'i-ni). [Also written geminy, gemony, jiminy; in the phrase O Gemini, or simply Gemini, i. e., by the Twins, i. e., Castor and Pollux; in E. orig. as an imitation of cla ical use, to swear by Castor and Pollux being a favorite oath of the Romans.] A word used as a form of mild oath or interjection. O gemony ! neighbour, what a bli e is This, that we have 'mongst us Uli es? Homer à la Mode (1665). IMG:content-2187.png:[blocks in formation] And that fond fool. that daily spies Twin babies in his mistre ' Gemini's . Quarles, Emblems, ii. 4. Or else you had looked through the grate, like a geminy of baboons. Shak ., M. W. of W., ii. 2. gem in if i or ous (jem i-ni-flor us), a. [L. gem i nus, twin, + flos ( flor- ), flower.) Having flowers in pairs. gemini form is (jem"i-ni-form is), n.; pl. gem i niformes (-mēz). [NL., geminous (jem'i-nus), a. [L. geminus, a., born at the same time, twin: see Gemini.] Double; occurring or conjoined in pairs: as, geminous spots, tubercles, spines, etc., in insects. [Rare except in technical use.] And this the practice of Christians hath acknowledged, who have baptized those geminous births and double con nascencies several names. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 15.