Geck

[A.S. geac, a cuckoo; Ger. geck, a silly fellow. Cf. GAWK.] Contempt or scorn. (Prov. Eng.) Geck'o, n.; pl. GECK'OES. [The name is an a imilation to the sound which the animal utters.] ( Zool.) A family of Saurian reptiles, of small size and generally of repulsive aspect. The tongue is fleshy, and not extensible; their jaws are furnished with a range of very small teeth; and their toes have a flattened disc, which enables them to move even on walls and ceilings. Many genera and species are known in the warmer parts of both continents. Gee, (jë,) v. n. To agree.To turn from the side where the driver stands; used mostly in driving, and Fig. 1134. - WHITE'S GECKO. having for its opposite and correlative the verb to haw, ( Phyllurus platurus .) Géant, ( zhaťa .) one of the peaks of the Pennine Alps Geelong, ( ji'long ,) the second city of Victoria, in Aus in Savoy, 5 m. from Mont Blanc, having an elevation of 13,100 ft. above the level of the sea. -The Col (pa ) du Géant is upwards of 11,100 ft. Gear, n . [A.S. gearwian , gyri an , to prepare, to procure; whence the noun gearwa , clothing.] Apparatus: preparation; furniture; accoutrements: dre ; ornaments; habit. "Stript from her gear." - Fairfax. (Mach.) The several working parts of a locomotive steam-engine, or of any machinery. See GEARING. -pl. ( Naut . ) Same as JEARS, q . v . -v. a. To put harne on; to dre .