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[Eng. genial; -ne .] The quality or state of being genial; geniality. gě-ni-an, a. [Gr.geneion=the chin.] Anat.: Of or pertaining to the chin. gě-nic-u-lāte, ge-nic-u-lā-těd, a. [Latin geniculatus, from geniculum = a knee or joint; dim in. of genu =a knee.] 1. Ord . Lang .: Kneed; knee-jointed. 2. Bot .: Knee-jointed; bent abruptly like a knee, as the stems of many gra es. "A piece of some geniculated plant seeming to be part of a sugar-cane." - Woodward: On Fo ils. IMG:content-0405.png:[blocks in formation] [GENEVA CONVENTION.] Geneva-gown, s. Eccles. & Ch . Hist .: The ordinary preaching gown worn by Presbyterian ministers and by Low Church clergymen in England. It is of black silk, and in shape resembles the gown of a Cambridge [England] D. D. It was adopted by the followers of Calvin, and by the reformers who took refuge in Geneva, as a protest against the use of the alb, which is e entially a sacrificial vestment. [ALB, SURPLICE.] Geneva-watch, s. Bot.: The name given by Jungius and others to the node of a stem. ģē-nië ( pl. gē-ni-i) (1), 8. [JINNEE, JENII.] *gēniě (2), *geny, s . [Fr. genie , from Lat. genius genius (q. v.).] Genius, disposition, inclination; turn of mind.