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1. To deride; to scorn; to mock. [Prov. Eng.]

2. To cheat; trick, or gull. [Obs.] Johnson.

Geck, v. i. To jeer; to show contempt. Sir W. Scott.

Geck"o (gk"), n.; pl. Geckoes (-z). [Cf. F. & G. gecko; -- so called from the sound which the animal utters.] (Zoˆl.) Any lizard of the family GeckonidÊ. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wall gecko, Fanfoot.

Geck*o"tian (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A gecko.

Ged, Gedd (&?;), n. The European pike.

Gee (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Geed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Geeing.] 1. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq. or Prov. Eng.] Forby.

2. [Cf. G. j¸, interj., used in calling to a horse, It. giÚ, F. dia, used to turn a horse to the left.] To turn to the off side, or from the driver (i.e., in the United States, to the right side); -- said of cattle, or a team; used most frequently in the imperative, often with off, by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw, or hoi. [Written also jee.]

In England, the teamster walks on the right-hand side of the cattle; in the United States, on the left-hand side. In all cases, however, gee means to turn from the driver, and haw to turn toward him.

Gee ho, or Gee whoa. Same as Gee.

Gee, v. t. [See Gee to turn.] To cause (a team) to turn to the off side, or from the driver. [Written also jee.]

Geer (?), Geer"ing. [Obs.] See Gear, Gearing.

Geese (?), n., pl. of Goose.

Geest (?), n. [Cf. LG. geest, geestland, sandy, dry and, OFries. gst, gst, gstlond, gstlond, fr. Fries. gst barren. Cf. Geason.] Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin. R. Jameson.

Geet (?), n. [See Jet.] Jet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Geez (?), n. The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic.

Ge*hen"na (g*hn"n), n. [L. Gehenna, Gr. Ge`enna, Heb. G Hinnm.] (Jewish Hist.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell.

The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell.

Milton.

Ge"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; earth.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold.

Geic acid. (Chem.) See Humin.

Ge"in (?), n. [Gr. &?; earth.] (Chem.) See Humin.

Geis"sler tube` (?). (Elec.) A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Pl¸cker tube, from the German physicist who devised it.

Gei"to*nog"a*my (?), n. [Gr. &?; neighbor + &?; marriage.] (Bot.) Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.

Gel"a*ble (?), a. [L. gelare to congeal: cf. F. gelable. See Geal.] Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.

||Gel"a*da (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, ||remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of ||the adult male.

Ge*las"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?; inclined to laugh, from &?; to laugh.] Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing. "Gelastic muscles." Sir T. Browne.

Ge*lat"i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Gelatin + L. -ficare. (in comp.) to make. See - fy.] (Physiol. Chem.) The formation of gelatin.