Part 4779

<h1>Gern</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Gern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Grin</er>.]</ety> <def>To grin or yawn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "[/He] gaped like a gulf when he did <i>gern</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Gerner</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A garner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gerocomia</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger`o*co"mi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>See <er>Gerocomy</er>.</def>

<h1>Gerocomical</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger`o*com"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to gerocomy.</def>

<i>Dr. John Smith.</i>

<h1>Gerocomy</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ge*roc"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>g\'82rocomie</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ an old man + <?/ to take care of.]</ety> <def>That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people.</def>

<h1>Gerontes</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ge*ron"tes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority.</def>

<h1>Gerontocracy</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger`on*toc"ra*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, an old man + <?/ to rule.]</ety> <def>Government by old men.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Gladstone.</i>

<h1>Geropigia</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger`o*pig"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pg. <ets>geropiga</ets>.]</ety> <def>A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>jerupigia</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>-gerous</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>-ger*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>-ger</ets>, fr. <ets>gerere</ets> to bear, carry. See <er>Jest</er>.]</ety> <def>A suffix signifying <i>bearing</i>, <i>producing</i>; <as>as, calci<ex>gerous</ex>; denti<ex>gerous</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Gerrymander</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger`ry*man"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gerrymandered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gerrymandering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent.</def> <mark>[Political Cant, U. S.]</mark>

<note>&hand; This was done in Massachusetts at a time when Elbridge <i>Gerry</i> was governor, and was attributed to his influence, hence the name; though it is now known that he was opposed to the measure.</note>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<h1>Gerund</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger"und</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gerundium</ets>, fr. <ets>gerere</ets> to bear, carry, perform. See <er>Gest</er> a deed, <er>Jest</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Lat. Gram.)</fld>