Part 4775

<note>&hand; Many plants referred to the genus <spn>Geranium</spn> by the earlier botanists are now separated from it under the name of <spn>Pelargonium</spn>, which includes all the commonly cultivated "geraniums", mostly natives of South Africa.</note>

<h1>Gerant</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ge"rant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>g\'82rant</ets>.]</ety> <def>The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc.</def>

<h1>Gerbe</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Gerbe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., prop. a sheaf.]</ety> <fld>(Pyrotechny)</fld> <def>A kind of ornamental firework.</def>

<i>Farrow.</i>

<h1>Gerbil, Gerbille</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw><hw>Ger"bil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ger`bille"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gerbille</ets>. Cf. <er>Jerboa</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus <spn>Gerbillus</spn>. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe.</def>

<h1>Gerboa</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ger*bo"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The jerboa.</def>

<h1>Gere</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Gere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Gear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gerent</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ge"rent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gerens</ets>, <ets>p. pr.</ets> of <ets>gerere</ets> to bear, manage.]</ety> <def>Bearing; carrying.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Gerfalcon</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ger"fal`con</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Gyrfalcon</er>.</def>

<h1>Gerful</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ger"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>girer</ets> to twirl, E. <ets>gyrate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Changeable; capricious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<mhw><h1>Gerland, Gerlond</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ger"land</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ger"lond</hw></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A garland.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gerlind</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ger"lind</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A salmon returning from the sea the second time.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Germ</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Germ</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>germe</ets>, fr. L. <ets>germen</ets>, <ets>germinis</ets>, sprout, but, germ. Cf. <er>Germen</er>, <er>Germane</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>That which is to develop a new individual; <as>as, the <ex>germ</ex> of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like</as>; the earliest form under which an organism appears.</def>

<blockquote>In the entire process in which a new being originates . . . two distinct classes of action participate; namely, the act of generation by which the <b>germ</b> is produced; and the act of development, by which that <b>germ</b> is evolved into the complete organism. <i>Carpenter.</i></blockquote>