GEN 
Romans, was much the fame as a gallows, or gibbet, in 
Englan 
Some 
fa ay, they were thus denominated from the eon 
who raifed them ;. others, from 
the firft criminals that fuf- 
fered on them; and others, from the verb gemo, I figh or - 
gradus Sigg accordi ing to Publius Victor, or 
groan. 
The 
u a place feveral fteps 
DES, a name by which fome of the ancients 
have called the oneal ; probably the fame wit 
ftalactites, a ftone — s with them for its fuppofed virtue 
in promoting delive 
GEMOTE, or Eee. Conventus a, Saxon word, denot- 
ing a meeting or affembly. 
‘¢ Omnis homo pacem habeat eundo ad gemotum & re- 
diens de gemoto, nifi probatus fur fuerit.’? LI. Ed. Conf, 
See WITTENA. 
OZAC, in Geography, a town of France, in the 
department of the 
canton, in the diftri€& of Saintes; 10 mile es. 
The place contains 2 396, an the — I 5: q 59 inhabitants, 
on a territo 474 kiliometres, 
HORN, a “ftop in German ee “which anfwers 
to our principal and flute: It is 16, 8, 4, or 2 feet, in pro- 
portion to the fize of the inftrument. Walther 
GEMUND, in Coen: a town of Puce. in the de- 
partment of the Roer, and chief place of a aes in the 
diftri@t of cere a He, ie on the Ruhr; 41 miles 
of Cobl 1 ‘ : 
W.N.W N. lat. 50° 37’. E. long. 6° 28’ 
Gemunn, or and, a town of Wurtembere, on 
the Rembs. In 1802, this town, which ia imperial, was 
granted among the indemnities to the d ead re of 
Nees, ; 24 miles E. of oo 'N. lat 
E. long. 9° 50°. 
Gemunp, or Gemunden, a town of Germany, in the 
bifhopric of Wurtzburg, onthe right bank of the Maine, 
where it is joined by the united itreams of the Saal and the 
Sinn; 37 miles E. of Frankfort. WN. lat. 50° 9'. . lon 
9° 52'—Alfo, a town of renee SS on ‘te Traun- 
fec, celebrated for its falt-works ; oe s $.S.W. 
Lintz. N. lat 47° - ong. 13° 4 
UND, 2.town of the pee of Carinthia ; ep ea 
. lat. 46° lon 
lee i N. W. of Verna N. 
“Tat. 48°44. E. ice. 7 2% 
MUN 
Mont Tonnerre, famous for its fairs ; 3 miles E. of Wefter- 
burg.—Alfo, a town of Germany, in the aia ee) of 
Hefle-Caffel ; 28 miles S.W. of Caffel. 
E. long. 9’.—Alfo, a ate of ri yertlae in fe wrinsipabey 
of Calenberg ; 13 m 
een in es at eae between the. 
ae ENA. See CHEE 
GENAB 3UM, in oa Geogr aphy, called a ‘ Civitas 
aul 
Aureli ianorum,”’ 
Z the arnuti,?? 
and fays that it was fituated upon, the Loire, towards the 
middie of itscourfe. ‘The communication was fo eftablifhed, 
2 
= mufic of eve 
DEN, a town of France, in the department of | 
GEN 
and: fo ernie between this town and Chartres, that they 
had a public way, ftill in fome sy ae of prefervation, which 
was called the « way or road of C 
GENABUS, an epifcopal town of Gis in Phrygia. 
G ENADEL, i in Geography, a mountain of Nubia, over 
hich - Sven ual and forms a cataract; 120 miles 
GENADGE, a town of Egypt; 12 miles.§. of 
aoué. 
ZE Quapratus.- See QUADRAT 
EN. 
GENAPI LLA, a persia a ts .; Hindooftan, 
in the eee 36 miles W. of Nellor 
PPE, a ‘i “of France, i in a: department of the 
Vyle, and chief ‘place of acanton, in the diftri& of Niv 7 
Gtuated on the Dyle; § nmles E. of Nivelles. The pla 
contains 1186, and the canton pau aera on a rs 
ritory of 1324 kiliometres, in 71 
GE O Manni, in ae ae a ere Neapo- 
litan compofer, in a folt yet sa ae yle, between that 
ef the church and the thea He was compofer of t 
archiepifcopal church at Napleei in 1770, and uae ee 
by profeffors and real judges of mufic in that c 
name will be embalmed with that of Jomelli, fe ous 
and active zeal at the ee funeral of that admirable mafter 
in 1774, which ‘he projected and c 
u 
ned c 
he Pfalms into Italian ae arranged in ftanzas, and ae 
{pecies in ae ecclefiattical ftyle, 
recorded this event in an interefting pamphlet, which will live, 
are add longevity to the fame of thefe eminent pro- 
el 
ENBAR ABA, in | Goegr abe: a town - Perfia, in the 
At ae of Irak ; 100 s E. 
GE ae ITA, a town ae ee in Nice. : 63 miles N.E. 
of Deki 
GENC “AY, a town of France, in the department of the 
Mees and chief place ofa canton, in the diftci@ of Civray 5 
12 miles N. . of Civray. The place contains. 628, and 
the een 8169 inhabitants, on a territory of 270 kiliomee 
tres, in 11 comm 
GE DARMES S, or - Gens p’ ARMES, qe d.m of ar 
a term ufed among the French for a felect bode a be 
guards ; becaufe they fucceeded the ancient men of arms, 
who were armed at all points, and thence were called gen- 
Under the old government of France, the troops 
of the kiag’s guard de corps, the spe acai and light- 
horfe, were reputed to belon merie. 
he gr 
0, who funded the king’s se 
.. The king himfelf was their captain, and one of the 
e peers the captain-lieutenant, under whom were two 
prim 
been 
{ub-lieutenants, three enfigns, and three guidons. 
the king marched with all his houfhold troops, the gen 
d’armes clofed the march, They were eftablithed ae 
the year 1665. 
Their device was a thunder-bolt oe from sesh > witla 
the motto, “ Quo jubet iratus Jupi Ther oad 
befides thefe, gens d’armes of the om ne ee fee 
Tt gendarmery was a body of horfe,. confifting of fie 
teeii companies, forming eight fquadron, viz. the Scotch 
geridarmes, ths nghi gendarmes the Burgundy gen- 
emir ey and the Flemi armes, which four a 
compofed the king’s eis ae , or life-g uar he 
ree ee took their names from the prin nees who comma aia 
them, as ¢aptains, viz. the queen’s aan: » the queen’s 
li ight- 
a és P 
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