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philian. 
geiger-tree (gi'ger-tre), . The Lordm 
tena, a small boraginaceous tree of the West 
Indies and of rare occurrence in southern Flor- 
ida, with heavy, hard, dark-brown wood. 
geilfine (gal'fe-ne), n. [Ir., ulsogeillfine, the first 
family or tribe, < geall, pledge, + fine, family, 
tribe.] One of the groups of five, being four 
males besides the head of the family, into which 
the ancient Irish clans or families were organ- 
ized. The next group, second in rank for purposes of in- 
heritance was termed the deirbhjine, or true family; the 
third, the iarflne, or after-family ; the fourth, the indfine, 
or end-family. 
The Oeiltine division consisted of five persons. 
Quoted in Maine, Early Hist, of Institutions, p. 209. 
The most capable member of the geilfine. 
Encyc. Brit., V. 800. 
gein (je'in), . [< Gr. 77, the earth, + -i2.] 
Humus (which see). 
geiret, [Cf. G. geier, a vulture. See under 
gerfalcon and garefovl.] A vulture. 
A vulture or ffeire, [L.] vultur. 
Withal*. Diet. (ed. 1608), p. 20. 
geir-eaglet, A bird of prey, supposed to be 
a vulture, Neophron percnopterus. 
The swan and the pelican, and the yeir eagle. Lev. xl. 18. 
geir-falcont, See gerfalcon. 
Geisenheimer (gi'sen-hi-mer), n. [G.] A white 
Rhine wine produced near the well-known 
Hochheim vineyards, and similar in quality to 
Hochheimer. 
Geissosaura (gi-so-sa'ra), n. pi. [NL., prop. 
"Gissosaura, < Gi.'yelaaov, yelaov, eaves, cornice, 
hem, border. + aavpos, lizard.] A superfamily 
group of ordinary lizards. They have a lacertiform 
or serpent-like body; the feet very small, rudimentary, 
or wanting 1 the ventral scales rounded and imbricate ; and 
the tongue short, bifid, and little extensible. They are 
feeble and harmless animals, such as the common skinks, 
the slow-worms, etc. The group is not well formed, and 
the term is little used now. Also written Geissomuria. 
geissosauran (gi-so-sa'ran), a. and n. I. a. 
Pertaining to the Geissosaura. 
II. n. One of the Geissosaura. 
Greissospermum (gl-so-sper'mum), n. [NL., < 
Gr. yeiaaov, yeiaov, eaves, cornice, hem, border, 
+ antpiia, seed.] A genus of apocynaceous 
trees, of two species, found in tropical South 
America. G. laive, known in Brazil as Paopa- 
reira, has intensely bitter bark, which is used 
as a tonic and febrifuge. 
geitonogamy (gi-to-nog'a-mi), n. [< Gr. T?ei- 
ruv, a neighbor, + 7a,uof, marriage.] In bot., 
the fecundation of a pistil by pollen from an- 
other flower of the same plant. 
geizen, v. i. Same as gizzen. 
Gekko, gekko, n. See Geceo, gecko. 
Gekkonidae, n. pi. See Gecconidce. 
gelable fjera-bl), a. [< L. gelare, freeze (see 
geal 1 ), + -bh.] Capable of being congealed, 
or of being converted into jelly. [Rare.] 
gelada (gel'a-da), . [Native name.] 1. An 
Abyssinian baboon, Cynoceplialus or Cercopitlte- 
cus or Theropithecm gelada, or Gelada rueppelli. 

calling-crabs: 
ishing the odd great claw. The technical charac- 
ters are : lack of posterior pleurobranchiae and of ante- 
rior arthrohranchiie, and the two pairs of pleurobranchise 
Fiddler-crab \Gelasiwusfitfrilator}. 
+ -ion.] The act or process of converting or 
of being turned into gelatin or into a substance 
like jelly. 
gelatine, ". and a. See gelatin. 
gelatiniform (jel-a-tin'i-f6rm), a. [= F. gela- 
tiniforme, < NL. gelatiniformis, < gelatina, gela- 
tin, + L. forma, shape.] Having the form or 
constitution of gelatin. 
Gelatinigera (jeFa-ti-nij'e-ra), n. pi. [NL., 
neut. pi. of gelatinigerus : see gelatinigerous.] 
An order of choanoflagellate infusorians, which 
secrete a gelatinous investment and form colo- 
nies, as those of the genera Phalansterium and 
Proterospongia. 
gelatinigerous (jel"a-ti-nij'e-rus), a. [< NL. 
gelatinigerus, < gelatina, gelatin, + L. gerere, 
certain infusorians; specifically, of or pertain- 
ing to the Gelatinigera. 
gelatinization (jeFa-tm-i-za'shon), n. [= F. 
g^latinisation; as gelatinize + -ation.] The act 
or process of gelatinizing ; gelatination. Also 
spelled gelatinisation. 
Gelatinitation of the membranes of the cells. 
De Bary, Fungi (trans.), p. 30. 
it is found in great troops and honeycombs the ground just 
above high-water mark with innumerable burrows. See 
calling-crab. 
gelastic (je-las'tik), a. and n. [< Gr. ysAaoTiKof, 
inclined to laugh, risible, < ye^.aar6c, laughable, 
ridiculous, < yetov, laugh.] I. a. Same as risi- 
ble. [Rare.] 
II. n. Something capable of exciting smiles 
or laughter. [Rare.] 
Happy man would be his dole who, when he had made up 
his mind in dismal resolution to a dreadful course of dras- 
tics, should find that gelastics had been substituted, not 
of the Sardonian kind. 
Southey, The Doctor, extra chapter. 
gelatigenous (jel-a-tij'e-nus), a. [< gelati(n) 
+ Gr. -/Ecfc, producing : see -genous.] Produ- 
cing or yielding gelatin Gelatlgenous tissue, gelatinize (jel'a-ti-mz), v. ; pret. and pp. gela- 
animal tissue which yields gelatin in boiling water, as the finized, ppr. gelatinizing. [< gelatin + -ize.] 
various forms of connective tissue. Same as gelatinate. Also spelled gelatinise. 
gelatin, gelatine (jel a-tin), n. and a. [== U. _ Gelatinized chloroform, ether, etc. See the nouns. 
G. gelatine = Dan. Sw. gelatin, < F. gelatine = gelatinobromide (jeFa-tin-o-bro'mid or -mid), 
Sp. Pg. It. gelatina, < NL. gelatina, < L. gela- a _ r_< ge i a ti n + bromide.] In photog., noting 
ins, pp. of gelare, freeze : see geaV-, gelid, jelly.] a gi m or an emulsion made sensitive to light by 
I. n. A concrete animal substance, transparent, fa e agency of silver bromide in a vehicle of 
hard, and tasteless, which swells without so- g e i a ti n . Sci. Amer., N. S., LIV. 168. 
lution in cold water, dissolves in warm water gelatinochlorid (jeFa-tin-o-klo'rid), a. [< gela- 
In colloids, water of aelatinization appears to represent 
in some measure the water of crystallization in crystal- 
loids. W. A. Miller, Elem. of Chem., 62. 
It frequently happens that the connective tissue pre- 
sents the consistence of jelly, . . . due in many cases to 
the entanglement of fluid in the meshes of the fibres, and 
not to a aelatinization of the ground substance. 
Encyc. Brit., XII. 6. 
as well as on skin, horn, fish-scales, etc. The coarser form 
of gelatin from hoofs, hides, etc., is called glue ; that from 
skin and finer membranes is called size ; and the purest 
gelatin, from the air-bladders and other membranes of 
water cools. A yellowish-white precipitate is thrown down 
from a solution of gelatin by tannin.which forms an elastic 
adhesive mass. Tannin has the same action also on the 
tissues from which gelatin is made, and this action of tan- 
nin is the foundation of the art of tanning leather. Gel- 
atin is nearly related to the proteids. It is regarded as a 
nutritious food, and much used in preparing soups, jellies, 
etc. ; but animals fed exclusively on it die with the symp- 
toms of starvation. No chemical formula has yet been 
deduced for gelatin. It contains about 18.3 per cent, of 
nitrogen, 0.6 per cent, of sulphur, 50 of carbon, 7 of hy- 
drogen, and 23 of oxygen. (See jelly.) In all the arts 
allied to photography, gelatin forms the basis of a great 
variety of processes. It is at present the usual vehicle for 
holding the sensitive salts of silver in dry plates, and for 
holding the sensitive bichromate of potash in all the 
For contact printing from negatives of a suitable size, 
the gelatino-chloride process will be found especially suit- 
able. Sci. Amer., N. S., LIV. 168. 
gelatinoid (jel'a-ti-noid), a. and n. [< gelatin 
+ -oid.] I. a. "Resembling gelatin ; jelly-like, 
as an animal substance ; gelatinous. 
This indicates a condition of the synovial membrane 
known as gelatinoid degeneration. 
J. H. Packard, Medical News, L. 281. 
II. n. A substance allied to or resembling 
gelatin. 
From a pound of bone about an ounce of nutritive ma- 
terial was obtained, of which three-fourths was fat and 
the rest gelatinoids and the like. 
The Century, XXXVI. 135. 
Gelatinosi (jel"a-ti-no'si), n. pi. [NL., pi. of 
"gelutinosus, gelatinous: see gelatinous.] In 
Cuvier's system of classification, the second or- 
holding the sensitive bichromate of potash in all the Cuvier S system 01 classification, me second or- 
photo-printing and photo-engraving processes. (See em til- ,j er O f jjj g p lypi consisting of Hydra, some hy- 
{&kS"2d %SS$% S3ftSiti% <*oid Hydro*, some ciliated Infusoria some 
t(Ull///t, BWU ^tivny.**^ y., Df.1,, f .sif1 Tl A fll Q Lft ll 1T1 f\f\ OfTM Q T/YTI C F*/UAPfAnJZ- 
ttotuve ana vfwlQOTavmi.} ureiaiiii is aio useu n IUJHU *> 1,1' i i n j- n 
the copying-pad in a variety of copying processes. See Polyzoa, and the echinodermatous Pedicellana. 
hectograph. Chromatized gelatin. See chromatize. it was a heterogeneous group, now broken up. 
Explosive gelatin, a very powerful explosive compound _-i atinosulphurouS (jel"a-tm-6-sul'fer-us), a. 
made by dissolving guncotton in nitroglycerm heated '??*/ 4- 7i)ft?/r +m<"l Consisting of ffela- 
gently in a water-bath. A small amount of gum camphor L> gelatin *- sulpnur t -OttS.J con 
may be added to diminish its sensitiveness. For military tin and sulphur. 
purposes it has been made of 90 per cent, of nitroglycerin gelatinOUS (je-lat'i-nus), a. [< NL. "gelatino- 
and 10 per cent, of soluble nitrocellulose or guncotton. To SMS < nelatina. gelatin: see gelatin.] Of, per- 
Gelada ( Theropithecus selada). 
It is upward of 2 feet long, with a large mane, small 
ischial callosities, and naked face. It is of a dark-brown 
color, blackening on the shoulders and paling on the 
under parts, and has a pair of triangular naked spots on 
the throat. 
2. [cap.] [NL.] A generic name of this ani- 
mal : synonymous with Tneropithecus. 
Gelalaean era. See era. 
Gelasian (je-la'si-an), a. [< Gelasiits (see def .) 
+ -ian.] Of or pertaining to Gelasius, who 
was pope A. D. 492-6, and who composed and 
arranged certain prayers in the Roman liturgy. 
Copies of what is known as the Gelasian Sacramentary 
exist in manuscripts of the eighth, ninth, and tenth cen- 
turies, and contain the oldest extant texts of the Roman 
mass. The earlier part of the mass is not given in it. See 
Gregorian and Leonine. 
Gelasimus (je-las'i-mus), n. [NL., < Gr. y&.&- 
>?, laughable, < yrtav, laugh.] A genus of 
mixture and 4~ per cent, of camphor is used. This prepa- 
ration forms a gelatinous, elastic, translucent, pale-yellow 
mass (specific gravity 1.6), of about the consistency of a 
very stiff jelly, which can be easily cut with a knife. (C. E. 
Munroe.) Also vMeA gum-dynamite. Gelatin culture. 
See culture. Gelatin of Wharton, or Jelly of Whar- 
ton, a kind of mucoid connective tissue which constitutes 
most of the bulk of the umbilical cord. Gelatin pro- 
cess any photographic process in which gelatin enters as 
a basis or an element. Gelatin sugar. Same as glyco- 
coll. Vegetable gelatin, one of the constituents of glu- 
ten, identical or nearly so with animal gelatin. Also 
called gliadin and gllttin. 
Il.t a. Like gelatin; gelatinous. 
You shall always see their [insects'] eggs laid carefully 
and commodiously up, if in the waters, in neat and beau- 
tiful rows, oftentimes in that spermatick gelatine matter 
in which they are reposited. 
Derham, Physieo-Theology, vl. 6. 
gelatinate (jel'a-ti-nat), v. ; pret. and pp. gela- 
tinated, ppr. getatinating. [< gelatin + -ate^.] 
I. trans. To make gelatinous. 
II. intrans. To become gelatinous, inmineral., 
said of a number of silicates, as calamin, which, when 
treated with hydrochlorid acid, are decomposed, and yield 
on partial evaporation a more or less perfect jelly. 
ture or consistence of gelatin ; resembling jelly. 
The blue gelatinous sea-nettles were tossed before us by 
the surge. B. Taylor, Lands of the Saracen, p. 45. 
This is especially the case with the genus Schizonema, 
in which the gelatinous envelope forms a regular tubular 
frond. W. B. Carpenter, Micros., 297. 
Gelatinous disk. See disk. Gelatinous felt, gelati- 
nous tissue, in mycol., a fungal tissue in which the cell- 
walls are jelly-like or mucilaginous from the absorption 
of water. Gelatinous tubes, thin-walled tubes of vary- 
ing length, filled with a gelatinous substance, opening by 
fine pores, and carrying nerve-endings, which are placed 
in an ampulla-like enlargement of varied form. Gegen- 
batir, Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 524. 
gelatinously (je-lat'i-nus-li), adv. In the man- 
ner of gelatin or jelly; so as to be gelatinous. 
The membrane of the parent-cell becoming gelatinously 
softened. H. C. Wood, Fresh-Water Algffi, p. 175. 
gelatinousness (je-lat'i-nus-nes), n. The state 
or quality of being gelatinous. 
geld 1 (geld), v. t. ; pret. and pp. gelded or gelt, 
ppr. gelding. [< ME. gelden, gilden (pp. gelded, 
gelt), < Icel. gelda = Sw. galla (for "gdlda) = 
