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Gem v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gemmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gemming] 1. To put forth in the form of buds. "Gemmed their blossoms." [R.] Milton.

2. To adorn with gems or precious stones.

3. To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops.

England is . . . gemmed with castles and palaces.

W. Irving.

Ge*ma"ra (?), n. [Heb.] (Jewish Law) The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text).

Ge*mar"ic (?), a. Pertaining to the Gemara.

Ge*ma"rist (?), n. One versed in the Gemara, or adhering to its teachings.

Gem"el (?), a. [OF. gemel twin, F. jumeau, L. gemellus twin, doubled, dim. of geminus. See Gemini, and cf. Gimmal.] (Her.) Coupled; paired.

Bars gemel (Her.), two barrulets placed near and parallel to each other.

Gem"el (?), n. 1. One of the twins. [Obs.] Wyclif.

2. (Heb.) One of the barrulets placed parallel and closed to each other. Cf. Bars gemel, under Gemel, a.

Two gemels silver between two griffins passant.

Strype.

Gemel hinge (Locksmithing), a hinge consisting of an eye or loop and a hook. -- Gemel ring, a ring with two or more links; a gimbal. See Gimbal. -- Gemel window, a window with two bays.

Gem`el*lip"a-rous (?), a. [L. gemellipara, fem., gemellus twin + parere to bear, produce.] Producing twins. [R.] Bailey.

Gem"i*nal (?), a. [L. geminus twin.] A pair. [Obs.] Drayton.

Gem"i*nate (?), a. [L. geminatus, p. p. of genimare to double. See Gemini.] (Bot.) In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers. Gray.

Gem"i*nate (?), v. t. To double. [R.] B. Jonson.

Gem`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. geminatio.] A doubling; duplication; repetition. [R.] Boyle.

||Gem"i*ni (?), n. pl. [L., twins, pl. of geminus; cf. Skr. j&?;mi ||related as brother or sister.] (Astron.) A constellation of the ||zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the ||third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about May 20th.

Gem`i*ni*flo"rous (?), a. [L. geminus twin + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.) Having the flowers arranged in pairs.

Gem"i*nous (?), a. [L. geminus.] Double; in pairs. Sir T. Browne.

Gemi*ny (?), n. [See Gemini.] Twins; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] Shak.

||Gem`i*to"res (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. gemere, gemitum, to sign, ||moan.] (Zoˆl.) A division of birds including the true pigeons.

||Gem"ma (?), n.; pl. GemmÊ (#). [L., a bud.] 1. (Bot.) A leaf bud, as ||distinguished from a flower bud.

2. (Biol.) A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell.

Gem*ma"ceous (?), a. Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmÊ; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemmÊ.