Part 4748

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Gemmulation</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gem`mu*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>gemmula</ets>, dim. of <ets>gemma</ets> bud.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Gemmation</er>.</def>

<h1>Gemmule</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gem"mule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gemmula</ets>, dim. of <ets>gemma</ets>: cf. F. <ets>gemmule</ets>. See <er>Gem</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the buds of mosses</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>One of the reproductive spores of alg\'91</def>. <sd>(d)</sd> <def>An ovule.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A bud produced in generation by gemmation.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are then developed. See <er>Pangenesis</er>.</def>

<h1>Gemmuliferous</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gem`mu*lif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gemmule</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing or producing gemmules or buds.</def>

<h1>Gemmy</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gem"my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Gem</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of gems; bright; glittering like a gem.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>gemmy</b> bridle glittered free. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Spruce; smart.</def> <mark>[Colloq. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Gemote</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Ge*mote"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[As. <ets>gem<?/t</ets> an assembly. See <er>Meet</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(AS. Hist.)</fld> <def>A meeting; -- used in combination, <as>as, Witena<ex>gemote</ex>, an assembly of the wise men</as>.</def>

<h1>Gems</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gems</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The chamois.</def>

<h1>Gemsbok</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gems"bok</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D.; akin to G. <ets>gemsbock</ets> the male or buck of the chamois; <ets>gemse</ets> chamois, goat of the Alps + <ets>bock</ets> buck.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South African antelope (<spn>Oryx Capensis</spn>), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns.</def>

<h1>Gems-horn</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Gems"-horn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G., prop., chamois horn.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>An organ stop with conical tin pipes.</def>

<h1>Gemul</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Ge*mul"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small South American deer (<spn>Furcifer Chilensis</spn>), with simple forked horns.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>guemul</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>-gen</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>-gen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[(1) From Gr. <grk>-gen-</grk>, from the same root as <grk>ge`nos</grk> race, stock (see <er>Genus</er>). (2) From Gr. suffix <grk>-genh`s</grk> born. Cf. F. <ets>-g\'8ane</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of <i>producing</i>, <i>generating</i>: as, amphi<i>gen</i>, amido<i>gen</i>, halo<i>gen</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A suffix meaning <i>produced</i>, <i>generated</i>; <as>as, exo<ex>gen</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Gena</h1> <Xpage=618>

<hw>Ge"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[L., the cheek.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.</def>