GEMINATE.
98
GEMMIPAROUS.
Duplicated, combined in pairs, twin,
Geminate leaves,
only Nat. Hist.
leaves springing in pairs from the same node, one
1598 SHAKS. Merry II'. n. \\. 8 Else you had look'd
through the grate, like a Geminy of Baboones. 1633 P.
FI.KTCHEB Purple fsl. i. xxxi, Or, shine upon me with her
Geminies? 1635 QUARI.KS A'////'/. IF. iv, He that daily spies
Tracts (1684) 4 Gemmarie Naturalists reade diligently the
pretious Stones in the holy City of the Apocalypse.
see GKMMKRY.
[ad.
(dge'm^t), a. Bot. and Zool.
see next,]
L. gemmat ns t pa. pple. of geinmare
A.
adj.
Now
binate.
Twin bahies
1598 HAKLUYI I'oy. I. 340 We desire of your Maieslie to
..continue the geminate disposition of your beneuolences,
both generally to all our subiects, and also prtuately to this
our be4oued seniant.
1829 Lou DON Kncycl. Plants 1099
Geminate, doubled. 1872 OLIVER Elem.tiot.^i. 2i3pbserve
the frequently geminate leaves and extra-axillary inflorescence of the Order. 1880 OKAY Struct. Bot. 413/1.
Hence Oe'minately adv., in pairs, doubly.
In recent Diets.
B.
1885
in
A
sb.
COOK
doubled consonant.
Sievers O. E. Gram. (1887)
tr.
medial and
15..
99
as a geminate.
'd^e'min^t), v.
[f.
f3. To play
occurs.,
Ijecome of
1694
CROWNK Married
lieau
\\.
Oh
3,
r
1798 MORTON St'(.r.n orf/t
poor bones do ache
my
HardCash
in
that
is
I. iv.
124 O, jiminy
!
Hence G-e'minids
|
\
1876 G.
(
CHAMBKKS Astron.
F.
Having /lowers
GeminOU
doubling, duplication, repetition.
1597 HACON Cottiers Gwd ty Evill viii. (Arb.) 149 If the
cuill bee in the scnce and m the conscience both, there is a
'
?<x)
the meteoric
that has its
The example
lias
been
j
d(j[e:mini|fld*"ras)i
tf.
flower
J?t~r- r Jlos
[f.
Gemm,
obs. Sc.
f.
GAME.
H. gemmae.
A
a.
2. Rot.
state analogous to that of
(18281 III. xxix. 60
the larva in the insect begins in the plant when it. .is evolved
from the gemma, 1872 CAKI-KXTKK Anim. ritys. xv. 552 The
Iwdies of the first class are known as leaf-buds or gemma;
1880 GRAY Strttit, Hot. 413/1.
in the Flowering Plants.
;
Philol. Assoc.
XVI.
ay en [etc.].
Gemini (d^e'minaiX Forms 4
geminy, (5 gemeny, 6 gemyne, 7
at,
161
A
'
this constellation
was
anciently identical.
21 Gemyni. w$Pilgr. Sowlc
c 1391 CIIAUCKR Astrol. i.
(Caxton 1483) v. x. too The signe of gemini that ben cleped
Pol.
Poems (Rolls) II. 139 Furious
or
doubles.
1426
twynnes
Mars, the ferfuHe red sterre ..Was two pocys passed of
HAWKS
Examp. l-'irt. i. (Arb.) 7 And Dyane
gemeny. 1503
of Gemyne.
entred was one
Into the
1633 P.
sygne
degre
FLKTCHKR Purple
fsl. x. xxiv.
Not those
the flowery geminies, Are half so bright,
Lore for L.
She
[twins] in
ifi^s
heaven,
CONCREVK
was born under Gemini.
1797
Encyct. Brit. II. 521/1 From the shifting of the equinoctial points
those stars which were in Aries are now got
into Taurus; those of Taurus into Gemini.
1855 TENNYSON
Maud\\\.\\. i When.. the starry Gemini hang like glorious
crowns Over Orion's grave.
1 2. Used for :
couple, a pair ; esp. in pi. form,
.
n.
iii,
.
A
a pair of eyes. Obs.
..
A'ttigrf.
(ed.
4)
123
The
first
period of their existence.
Gemmae e ous
leaf-buds,
'
R. JONI:S Aniiir.
isms during the
gemony, and
twins; also the name of the constellation.]
constellation, otherwise Castor and
1. Astron.
Pollux ; also the third sign of the zodiac, with
individual.
T.
1841-71
]
L,fff?#M(pL
A
new
gemyni, 6-7
Also
^wilh plural ending) geminies, 5- gemiui.
(sense 3 only) 7 gemony, 9 gemminy, jeminy,
oi
geminus}
jimminy, jiminy. [a.
small cellular
Alcyons. .are reproduced, .by gemma:, which are developed
around the preexistent polyps. 1851 RICHARDSON </iW. viii.
are free organ213 Small gemma;, covered with cilia, which
t
:
which
into a
'
The germn-
A
bud-like growth upon animals of low
and develops
organization, which becomes detached
3. Zool.
.
Amer.
:
1830 LiNm.KY Xat. Syst. Bot. 325 In Jungermannia there
is a third kind of reproductive matter, consisting of heaped
clusters of little amorphous bodies, growing from the surface
of the leaves, and called gemmee. 1857 HKNKKKY Rat.
324
The Hepaticae produce cellular bulbels or gemnuu-. 1867
are produced by
J. HOG<; A fie rose. n. i. 308 These plants
spores and minute cellular nodules called gemmae or buds.
Gemmative
Trans.
1826
body which becomes detached from the motherplant and originates a new one.
1875 RKNOUK Egyf>t, Grant. 8 The gemination of the letters
not expressed in writing.
1877 MARCH Comf>. Grant.
is the doubling of a consonant
. . A real
not
occur
at the beginning or at the
can
gemination
end of a word . nor is it easy after a long vowel.
(d^e'min^tiv), a. and sb.
[f. L.
in
which had
KIHBY & Sr.
to the bud,
A
b. In mosses, liverworts, etc.
.
Anglo-Saxon 16 Gemination
and diphthongs
Gemma
Entomol.
is
1885
t
formerly been denominated mermen.
the orthography of a word.
atives
Gcnnna Mr. Ray was the
nu + -ACEOUS.]
l
Gemma!,
var.
1
(djen? */*!), a. [f. L. gemma
Pertaining to, or of the nature of
1854 in MAYNI; Expos. Lex.
d^eTmvn). (Also written gem'man.)
Vulgar pronunc. of GENTLKMAN cf. GKNTMAN.
;
1550 Dr. Doubble Ale 197 Did it become a cobblers boy
a gemman such a toy?
1762 Gcntl. Mag. 86
You're welcome Gem'men, kindly welcome Ladies. 1770
COI.MAN O.von. in Town l. i, I hope you left all the gemmin
well at Oxford?
1795 WOI.COT iP. Pindar) Lonsiad iv.
Wks. 1812 I. 286 Which is the better gemman, 1 or you?
1823 UYKON Jjitin xi. xix. note. If there be any gemman
so ignorant as to require a traduction. 1833 MAKKYAT P.
Simple (1863) 3 Bill, you must take tins here young
gem'man to this here direction. 1850 KlNGfiLEY^//. Locke
v, Now I'll just tell you how that'll work, gemmen.
a. and sb. Obs. [ad. late L. gcmt
<
To shew
.
.
Ge'mmary,
Of
^OTWJWa GKJI.] A. adj.
or pertaining to gems; concerned with or skilled in
gems. B. sb. An engraver of gems, a jeweller.
138* WYCLIF Exod. xxxix. 29 Thei graueden in it [the
Mdri-ns (see -AHY 1 ),
gemmary werk. Ibid, xxvih. n In the grauyng
of the gemmarye {L. c&latura gemtnarii} thow shall graue
hem. 1646 SIR T. BROWNS Pseud. Ef. \\. 55 The principle
and most gemmary affection is its I'ralucency. n 1682
plate] with
i.
sb.
a.
GEM
[f.
sb.
and
v.
O/'.f."
1
Adorned with or as with gems.
2.
//
1240
tt
self to bi
'ohttitgc in Coif. /loin.
^iminede bur.
1813
273
pu
UYKON
,
leddes
.
ham wi5
n.
Ci't'sttir
xii,
\>c
And
auburn waves of gftmm'd and braided hair. 1820 SCOTT
Abbot xiii, The gemmed ring and jewelled mitre had bwXHM
secular spoils. 1849 CLOL'GH Dipsychns \\. v, O beautiful,
o'ervaulted with gemmed blue, This spacious court. 1875
PKOCTOK Expatisc JJcw. 124 A cloud of light around the
feet of Andromeda in the
gemmed
Gemmel
1,
var.
GemmeOUS
northern skies.
GKMEL.
(d^e'm/'as), a.
Also
7
gemmeus.
(JEM) +-oi:s.] Of or
pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling a gem.
Gemmeous Dragonct the fish Callionynnts Lyra.
in mans bodie
1605 TIMMK Qucrsit. in. 160 There are
of salu-s .. vilriolated, alluminous, niterou.s, and gemmeus.
1695 \Voon\\ AK D Xat, Hist. Earth iv. (1723) 191 The
geinmeous Matter it self. 1765 C. SMAKT Pkmttrtti in. xvii.
L.
[f.
gemwe-ns
(f.
gemma
:
.
. .
.
in! ii' 508 And what a blaze of gemmeous dies Shines from
plumage of your uil. 1766 PKNNANT Zool. (17761 III.
145 hcaditt) ( iemmeous Dragoi>et. 1778 Nat. 11 ist. \\\
\nn. AYi.'. 103/2 The fistular bones, .are lined within with a
i88a J. HAKDY in froc. tier. A'at.
crust of gemmeous spar.
Club IX. No. 3. 493 A specimen of the Gemmeous Dragonet.
1
1
i
tlie
.
Gemmery
Also gemmary.
[i".
(dge'meri).
in sense i perh. f. Lat. type *gcmiHiln'ntn: see -AUV.]
fl.
jewel-house. Obs.
1656 P.I.OUM (r/ossflgr,) Geiiiuicry, a Jewel house, or place
to keep Geinms in, a Cabinet.
1721 BAILKY, dennittiry.
2. Gems as an object of eonnoisseurship. rare.
Wks.
Aiih'ntillaiin
I'OK
Cask
1864 I. 346 In painting
of
1840
and gemmary Fortunate, like his countrymen, was a quack.
GEM
st>.
+ -KKY
;
A
Gemmiferous
GKMKL.
Gemmau
GEM
Covered with buds.
1.
f
I
s. v.
form of
(dgemd;, ///.
c 1420 1 Ballad, on //HA/', iv. i o With graflfes sadde ygemniud
thicke and rounde. 1513 Doutii.As J --'f/j xn. Prol. 101 The
lowkyt buttonis on the gemmyt treis.
leaf-bud as distinguished from n
1770 C. MII.NI: not. Diet.
first who gave the name of
obs.
-f-EIt.]
1
1650 FULLKR Pisgali ni. xii. 345 First putting forth bis
God yea both his hands, My God, my God,
band,
claiming by tliat gemination a double interest in Gods
1661 HOYLK Style of Script. (1675) 90
fatherly affection.
In all languages there are some customary geminations and
are
oftentimes emphatical. 1666 J.
which
expressions,
SMITH Old Age (1676) 14 Here are two expressions that intimate unto us the unavoidable approach of these decrepit
yeares, i.e. iome and draw ntgh\ of which gemination,
signifying the same thing, I may well say [etc.].
ij.
Gram, a. The doubling oi an originally single
consonant sound, b. The doubling of a letter in
In recent Diets.
Gemm{e,
Gemmed
1. (See qtiot.) Obs.1691 RAY Creation n. (1701) 305 The Gemma or cicatricula
of the egg contained in the Female ovary.
f
flower -bud.
letter.
GBMHAV& 9*.) +-JVK.] Concerned with the production of offspring by gemmation.
1877 Hi \LI:V Anat. fir,'. Anim. iii. 151 The mcdusoid-,
which result from the gemmative process closely resemble
the stock from which they are produced.
(aee
sceGKM.]
[L.;
.
f 2. Rhct. The immediate repetition of a word
or phrase, or the using of a pair of synonymous
expressions, for the purpose of rhetorical effect. Obs.
doubled
Gemmative
-ou.s.J
1866 in Trcas. Hot,
in pairs.
Gemma^e-ma
II
fusion of their pulps.
adj. Chargeminated or
Jntl. 142 The natural process of reproduction in
the sponge is effected by gemmation or budding off.
(dgrmitiv), a. [f. L. gcminatChtiiul'.
T,.
-f
Gi-nihwiis Arteries', so some call the two small Arteries
which descend to the Joint of the Knee, between the Pro1860 FOWI.KK Diet. Mctt.,
cesses of the Thigh-bones.
In Nat. Hist. Twin; in pairs.
Gt-minafc, GcniinoHS.
.
A.
.
(d^e'minas). tare* [f. \,.geinin~ns^
]>ouble
occurring in pairs,
1646 SIT; T. (InouNi; Pscnd. Ep. ill, xv. 141 Chri^tiaiK ..
have baptized these geminous births, and double connastx-ncies with severall names.
1704 HARRIS />.r. '/><//;/.,
1
A
;
;
. .
gctnindt- (see GEMINATE v.} 4 -IVE.]
B. $h.
acteri/ed by gemination.
;
2. Zool. The process of reproduction b}' gemmrc
or buds the formation of a new individual by the
protrusion and complete or partial separation of
a part of the parent; budding.
1836-9 Tom) Cycl. Anat. II. 142/1 The male lias the
appearance uf a branch .sent oft" by gemmation. 1868 E. I*.
\VKH,H] Ocean ll'orlii iv. 84 In the next group the gemmation takes a spiral bias, producing the nautilus shape.
1883
of Alfred.
r
W/Hini-, geminits twin +
A
.
stalk.
1760 LiiE Intiod. J>ot, in. xv. 200 Gemmation is the Construction of the gem or Hud.
1794 MARTYS fionssffin's
/>V>/. xxxi. 485 The
gemmation, or various construction of the
buds. 1880 GRAY Sftttif. /Int. 41 V 1 damnation, buddinggrowth or the disposition of buds,
f .Unwed in designating other meteor showers by the constellations in which their radiant-points are situated! s
that \\e have. .the GeminuU of .December 12.
Gemininorous
Gemination
-ID],
[see
//.
bodies forming the ' star-shower
radiant point in Gemini.
see prec.]
:
arrangement of buds on the
This polite ejaculation was
drawn out by the speaker's sudden recognition
.
. .
C.
!
!,
gemma re
The action of budding, b. The manner
which the young leaf is enfolded in the bud.
The time when leaf-buds nre put forth, d. The
in
Oh gemini gig how
Knowing
1833 M. SCOTT Tom Cringle i,
now ? quoth Tip again. i863Ki,Ai>K
i.
L.
i.
a.
J*o(.
1.
!
Gemini! what
.
Gemmation
n of action
!
!
,
.
My
.
!
pairs,
1802 in Spirit Pnbl. Drills. (iSoj) V I. too I hey would run
hooting about, bawling and dancing with geminated
..
clamours.
1819 G. SAMOUKU.K Entoniol. Cvif>en<f.
typtts
Eyes on each side geminated.
1859 J- JOMKS
Mr.
house
-sent
me
two
lirook
ex;unples uf
/^L-uffi/SHf^. 4 ;
:
1697 KVKLYN Xfiinisiii. ii. 29 These Ke^al Heads., are
Others \ve find Gemcommonly dress'd with a Diadem
mated and Studded. 1846 DANA Zoofh. iv. (1848; 72 The
gemmating powers of the apical polyp.
|
[a. K. gemination,
^tlgein *jao).
regards as a corruptiun of
!
'.
gemination of it. 16^6 SIR T. UKOWNIC Pseud, /i/, HI. xv. 140
Men., admit a gemination of principall part^, which is not
1655 FTLLKK C/t.
naturally discovered in any animall.
Hist. ix.
61 This wa:; conceived. .a necessary gemination
of a duty in that seditious age. 1700 Hi'. PATRICK Coinm.
of a syllable in
Dent, xxxii. 5 There being a gemination
the latter of these two words.
1895 Century J\Iag. July
the
canals
of
The
[on
Mars] has been
457/1
'gemination
observed at Mount Hamilton.
See quot. iS;S
b. Of teeth
1859 J. TOMKS Dcntiil Surg, 241 A union or gemination of
contiguous teeth. 1878 T. UHYANT Pract. Surg. I. 562
Gemination, or the union of contiguous teeth, due to the
)
(It-mini
what a rare Complement Has she bestowed upon
that ugly Fellow.
I
1704 HOWE Biter in. i, Oh jjemini
wouldn't marry such a strange sort of an Old Fellow for all
the world.
1780 MRS. COVVI.KY Belles Strat. iv. ii, Oh
* njmini
btg the Petticoat's pardon. Just saw a corner of it.
;
1.
me?
\NA Zooph. (18481 352.
L. gemwat-. ppl.
(dge-m^t), v.
[f.
stem of gem mare f. gemma GEM.] f a. trans. To
deck or set with gems \obs^). b. intr. To put forth
buds; to propagate itself by buds. Hence Gemma'ted///. a.. Gemma ting "vbl. sb. or///, a.
i623CocKKKAM, Gemmated, bcdeckt with prec'otis stones.
!
'
geminated teeth. 1885 COOK tr. Siwrs* (\ .<7nt/.(i887)
123 The geminated consonants were often written long after
the second had ceased to be pronounced.
(djcmin^'fon).
[ad. L. gcitriiitit ion-cm, n. of action f. gcminarc to double.]
(in Gritttttfs I). \Wl>.}
I)
1846
Gemmate
?
\
(
flfa0n..l&a Hebrew participle that signifies firm, conand he geminat-s it, my heart is
stant, and established
1881
firm, constant, and established
1721 in BAILEY.
COLKMAN in /runs. Odotit. Soc. XIII. 9 It appeared to
consist of the two central incisors geminated.
1885 COOK tr.
Su-7't'rs" O. E. Gram. (1887) 100 K. .is. .a surd spirant, .when
geminated in the medial position.
.
gemini
domtne\ also L)u. ./</;/<///<*, jcmie.\
1664 Sci HAMORt Homer i la Mode 09 O Gemony! neigh1666 7 DKNHAM
bour, what a bllsse is This, that |etc.].
Direct, Paint, i. xx, Henceforth, O Gemini two Dukes Command. 1681 OTWAV Soldier's Fort. ll. i, lemini what wou'd
^26
A
the
Jesit
L. gcmiiiiit-,
doubled, occurring
:
Furnished with buds; reproducing by buds.
I
Hildebrand
:
a.,
1
alluding to the twin
gods (Castor and 1'olliix) who could never be both
in heaven or both in Hades at the same time.
1622 COCKS Diary (1883^ II. 295 God grant Tozayemon
Dono do not play the jemeny with us.
4. A mild form of oath or exclamation, vulgar.
Perhaps a distinct word. Cf. Ger. gcnrine, jt'tniiif, which
trans. To
ppl. stem of geminare (see prec.).]
Also pass, of two contiguous teeth To
double.
be united.
a 1637 H. JOXSON Rug. Gram. Hi. (1640)40 W, Is but the I'.
geminated in the full sound. 1670 KKOOKS ll'ks, (1867) VI.
Hence G-e'minated///.
hi* mist rest,
in
A
final positions
Geminate
Gemmary:
Gemmate
Geininis.
1658 FOHM Lfldjf*
'j rial \. ii.
1700
(1639) C i b, Heres now the Gemini of wit.
CONGRHVK Il'try iff World iv. ix,
gemini of Asses split,
would make just four of you.
leaf beside the other.
fcr
I
1
',
gemma GEM
(f.
(d^emi'feros), a.
sb.
+
[f.
-fer bearing)
+
L.
gemmi-
-OUB.
Cf.
gem mifere.}
1.
Producing gems.
BLOUNT Glosso^r,
1656 in
1721 in BAH.EV.
1854
MAYM
bearing gems, applied to
the gravel among which diamonds are found.
2, Producing a gemma or bud
producing off-
Exfos.
/-c.i".,
C.ettnJti/fri'its, J\lin.,
;
spring by gemmation.
1804 CAKLISLE in /'////. Trans. XCV. 5 A regular confirmation of which would improve the knowledge of animal
1856-8 W.
generation by shewing that it is gemmiferous.
CLAKK I'au dtr H0wcn*s Zool. I. 89 Adhering by filiform
gemmiferous stolons of the base.
Hence t G-emmrferousness.
1727 DAI LBV vol. II, Gemmiferonsncss, the Quality of proGems or Jewels.
mod.L.
a.
[f.
ducing
GemmiparouS
(d^emi-paras),
gemma bud + L, parZrc
(f. geMttii~
a. Of organisms: Proto bring forth) + -ous.]
or
ducing new individuals by gemmation, b. Of
gemmipar-u$
t
of gemination.
pertaining to the process