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GEWI'CULATE. Knee -jointed ; bent 

 abruptly in the middle, as the 

 stems of many grasses. 



GENI'CULUM. Lat. A little knee or 

 joint. The node, or point of the 

 stem from which the leaves are 

 developed. 



GE'NUS. Lat. A kindred, breed, 

 race, stock, lineage, or family. 



GEO'CORIS*. fr. gr. ge, earth ; koris, 

 bug. A division of insects. 



GE'ODES. fr. gr. geodes, earthy. No- 

 dules of iron-stone, hollow in the 

 centre. Rounded pebbles having 

 an internal cavity, lined with crys- 

 tals, are also so called. 



GE'OGENT. fr. gr. ge, the earth, geino- 



' mai, I beget. A science embrac- 

 ing the theories of the formation 

 of the entire universe. 



GEOG'NOSY. fr. gr. ge, the earth ; 

 gnosis, knowledge. Knowledge 

 of the mineral substances which 

 constitute the mountains, and strata 

 of the earth. 



GEOGNO'STIC. Relating to geognosy. 



GEOLO'GICAL. Relating to geology. 



GE'OLOOIST. One skilled in geology. 



GE'OLOGT. fr. gr. ge, the earth ; lo- 

 gos, discourse. That branch of 

 natural history, which treats of 

 the structure of the terrestrial 

 globe. It is divided into descrip- 

 tive geology ; dynamic geology, 

 which treats of the forces by 

 which the surface of the earth 

 has been modified; practical and 

 economic geology, embracing the 

 application of geological science 

 to mining, road-making, architec- 

 ture, and agriculture. 



GEOPO'NIC. Relating to agriculture. 



GEOHT'CHUS. fr. gr. ge, the earth ; 

 orusso, I dig. The lemming. 



GEOTHE'RMAL. fr. gr. ge, the earth ; 

 thermos, beat, temperature. Re- 

 lating to the temperature of the 

 earth. 



GKH'FALCON. fr. lat. gyrus, a circuit ; 

 falco, a falcon. The falcon that 

 flies in a circle. A kind of falcon. 



GEB'MEIC. The ovaty of plants ; the 



germ Germen inferior, the fruit 

 below the flower. 



GEH'MIXATK. fr. lat. germen, a bud. 

 To grow after the manner of a 

 plant. 



GERMINA'TION. The process of the 

 development of the seed, and the 

 embryo which it contains. 



GERMIJTA'TIVE. Relating to germi- 

 nation. 



GET'SEHS. From an Icelandic word 

 signifying raging or roaring. Ce- 

 lebrated spouting fountains of 

 boiling water in Iceland, (p. 136, 

 Book viii) 



GIANTS' CAUSEWAT. A columnar 

 basaltic formation on the northern 

 coast of Antrim, in Ireland. 



GIBBO'SITT. fr. lat. gibba, a bunch. 

 A protuberance. 



GIB'BOUS. fr. lat. gibbus, a bunch or 

 swelling. Bulging or bunching 

 out. 



GIGA'XTECM. 



G^A'NTECS. 



GIZ'ZARD. The strong muscular sto- 

 mach of a bird. 



GLABEI/LOUS. Bald, without cover- 

 ing. 



GLA'BER. Lat. Glabrous. 



GLAB'ROUS. Smooth, bald, bare. 



GLA'CIAL. fr. lat. glades, ice. Be- 

 longing or relating to ice. 



GLACIA'LIS. Lat. Glacial. 



GLA'CIERS. Fr. Masses or beds of 

 ice formed in high mountains, de- 

 rived from the snows or lakes 

 frozen by the continued cold of 

 those regions, (p. 150, Book viii). 



GLA'CIS. An insensible slope or 

 declivity 



GLA'DIATE. Shaped like a short, 

 straight sword. 



GLADIA'TOR. Lat. A sword-player, 

 a fencer, a swords-man. 



GLA'DIUS. Lat. A sword. Syste- 

 matic name of a sword-fish. 



GLAITCK. fr. ger. glanz, splendour. 

 Applied to certain minerals which 

 have a metallic lustre. 



GLAWD. A word applied to desig- 

 nate those softish, granular, loba- 



