Part 4740

<h1>Geckotian</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Geck*o"tian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A gecko.</def>

<mhw><h1>Ged, Gedd</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Ged</hw>, <hw>Gedd</hw></mhw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The European pike.</def>

<h1>Gee</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Gee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Geed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Geeing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To agree; to harmonize.</def> <mark>[Colloq. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Forby.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>j\'81</ets>, interj., used in calling to a horse, It. gi\'95, F. <ets>dia</ets>, used to turn a horse to the left.]</ety> <def>To turn to the off side, or from the driver (<it>i.e.</it>, in the United States, to the right side); -- said of cattle, or a team; used most frequently in the imperative, often with <i>off</i>, by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to <i>haw</i>, or <i>hoi</i>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>jee</asp>.]</altsp>

<note>&hand; 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, <i>gee</i> means to turn <i>from</i> the driver, and <i>haw</i> to turn <i>toward</i> him.</note>

<cs><mcol><col>Gee ho</col>, &or; <col>Gee whoa</col></mcol>. <cd>Same as <er>Gee</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gee</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Gee</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gee</er> to turn.]</ety> <def>To cause (a team) to turn to the off side, or from the driver.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>jee</asp>.]</altsp>

<mhw><h1>Geer, Geering</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Geer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Geer"ing</hw></mhw>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Gear</er>, <er>Gearing</er>.</def>

<h1>Geese</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Geese</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <def><tt>pl.</tt> of <er>Goose</er>.</def>

<h1>Geest</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Geest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LG. <ets>geest</ets>, <ets>geest</ets>land, sandy, dry and, OFries. <ets>g&emac;st</ets>, <ets>g&amac;st</ets>, <ets>g&emac;st</ets>lond, <ets>g&amac;st</ets>lond, fr. Fries. <ets>g&amac;st</ets> barren. Cf. <er>Geason</er>.]</ety> <def>Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin.</def>

<i>R. Jameson.</i>

<h1>Geet</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Geet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Jet</er>.]</ety> <def>Jet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Geez</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Geez</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See <er>Ethiopic</er>.</def>

<h1>Gehenna</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Ge*hen"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Gehenna</ets>, Gr. <?/, Heb. <ets>G<?/ Hinn<?/m</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Jewish Hist.)</fld> <def>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 <i>Hell</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence And black <b>Gehenna</b> called, the type of Hell. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Geic</h1> <Xpage=617>