gemmary 2 4 so 
gemmarius, adj.: see I.] I.t a. Pertaining to Gemmipora (je-mip'o-ra), n. [NL. (De Blain- 
gems or jewels. ville), < L. gemma, a bud, + porus, a passage.] 
The principal and most gemmary affection is its train- The typical genus of Gcmmiporida:. 
cency ; as for irradiancy, . . . which is found in many Gemmipondae (jem-1-por 1-de), n. pi, 
gems, it is not discoverable in this. 
Sir T. Browne, Vnlg. Err., H. 1 
H. . If. A gem-engraver. 
In the work of the graver, and in the gravyng of the gemmoid (jem'oid), a. [< L. gemma, a gem 
gemmariie. >'(/, Ex. xxviii. 11 (Oxf.). + Q r '^ f orm .] Having the nature or form 
2f. A depository for gems ; a jewel-house. In of a gemma. 
this sense also written gcmmery. Z. The sci- gemmosityt (je-mos'i-ti), n. [< LL. gemmosus, 
ence of or knowledge concerning gems. [Bare.] se t with gems (see geinmous), + E. -ify.] The 
In painting and gemmary Fortunato, like his country- state of abounding with gems, or of having the 
men, was a quack. Poo, Tales, I. 346. character of a gem. [Curiously defined by 
gemmate (jem'at), a. [< L. gemmatus, provided Bailey, 1727, "abundance of pearls," but prob- 
with buds, set with gems, pp. of gemmare, put ably never used in any sense.] 
forth buds, set with gems, < gamma, a bud, a gemmous (jem'us), a. [< ii. gemmosus, set with 
gem.] In hot., having buds; reproducing by gems, < gemma, gem : see gem.'] Same as gem- 
buds. meous : specifically applied to a fish, the gem- 
Gemmati (je-ma'ti), n.pl, [NL. : see gemmate.'] mous dragonet (so called from its being cov- 
A Linnean group of Lepidoptera (Papilioniaai). ered with spots like gems), 
gemmation (je-ma'shon), n. [= F. gemmation gemmula (jem'u-lft), n.; pi. gemmula: (-le). 
= Pa. gemmacSo = It. "nemmazionc, < L. gemma- [NL., < LL. gemmula, a little bud: see gem- 
-"* mule.] 
The winter gemmula form spring sexual spongillse, 
which produce sexual forms in which arise the winter 
gemnvulce. 
W. Marshall, quoted in Smithsonian Report, 1885, I. 706. 
[= F. gem- 
mulation; as gemmule + -ation.'] Same as 
gemmation. 
gemmule (jem'ul), . [= F. gemmule, < LL. 
gemmula, a little bud, a little gem, dim. of L. 
gemma, a bud, a gem: see gem.'} 1. In bot. : 
(a) A small bud or gemma. (6) The plumule. 
(c) An ovule. 2. In zool., a little bud; a small 
gemma. Specifically (o) A germinal mass of spores 
genal 
polishing-wheel. Also, corruptly, gim-pcg, germ- 
peg. 
The support . . . placed a little to the right and in ad- 
vance of the lap is called a rrim-pea. 
0. Byrne, Artisan's Handbook, p. 202. 
[NL., < 
(icmmipora + -Wte.] 'A family of'madrepora- 
rian corals, typified by the genus Gemmipora. gem-ring (jem'ring), . In her., a ring with a 
J. D. Dana, 1846. jewel set iu it, used as a bearing. 
gemsbok (gemz'bok), H. [= D. gemsbok (= G. 
gemsbock), the buck or male of the chamois (ap- 
plied by the Dutch in South Africa to the Oryx 
capensis), < D. gems = G. gems, gemse, chamois 
, . 
(see chamois), + D. bob = G. bock = E. ftwcfc 1 .] 
The South African oryx, Oryx capensis, a fine 
large antelope of the group Oryginte, especially 
abundant in the Kalahari desert and Damara- 
land. Like the other oryxes, it is of large size, with very 
long, slender, sharp, and nearly straight horns, sometimes 
tus, pp" of gemmare, put forth buds, set with mule.'] In biol., a gemmule, as of a sponge. 
Es : see gemmate.'] 1. In bot., the act of bud- 
; also, the manner in which a young leaf is 
id up in the bud before its unfolding. 2. 
In zool., the process of reproduction by buds; 
the formation of a new individual by the protru- gemmulation (jem-u-la shpn), n. 
sion and complete or partial separation of a part 
of the parent; budding. Gemmation, when com- 
plete, is a kind of fission, but the part budded is common- 
ly small in comparison with the size of the parent. 
Gemmation consists in the production of a bud or buds, 
usually from the outside, but sometimes from the inside, 
of an animal ; which buds become developed into more or 
less completely independent beings. The fresh beings 
thus produced by budding are all known as zooids. 
When the zooids produced by budding remain pennanently 
attached to one another and to the parent organism which 
produced them, the case is said to be one of " continuous " 
yemmation, and the ultimate result of this is to produce a 
colony or composite structure, composed of a number of 
similar and partially independent beings, all produced by 
budding, hut all remaining in organic connection. 
H. A. A'icholxon, Advanced Text-Book of Zoology, iv. 
Among creatures of higher grades, by fission or gemma- 
tion, parents bequeath parts of their bodies, more or less 
organized, to form offspring at the cost of their own indi- 
vidualities. //. Spencer, Data of Ethics, 875. 
Also called gemmulation. 
Basal or basilar gemmation, in corals, building from 
a coenosarc which the base of the polyp gives forth, as in 
Rhizongia, Astrangia, etc. CallCUlar gemmation, in 
corals, budding from the calycine disk of tile parent polyp, 
which may or may not continue to grow after the process. 
Continuous gemmation. See first extract under def. 
2. Entogastric gemmation. See entogastrit. Lat- 
eral or parietal gemmation, in corals, budding from 
the side of the parent polyp at some point between the 
base and the circlet of tentacles. 
Lateral or parietal gemmation generally gives rise to 
dendroid or arborescent coralla, as in the genera Madre- 
pore, Dendrophyllia, etc. Kncyc. Brit., VI. 373. 
of some low animals, as sponges, (b) The ciliated embryo 
of some ccelenterates. 
When a part of the parental body is detached in the 
shape of gemmule, or egg, or fo?tus, the material sacrifice 
over a yard In length, forming efficient weapons of de- 
fense. The general color is fawn or yellowish, whiten- 
ing on the under parts, with conspicuous black and white 
markings on the head, legs, and flanks. The neck Is mailed 
and the tail tufted. The name is also given to some other 
oryxes resembling this species. Also called koltama. 
n. Same as 
is conspicuous. //. Spencer, Data of Ethics, | ?;.. gem-SCUlpture (jem'skulp'tur) 
Reproduction takes place mainly asexually by fission ijem-engnmng. [Rare.] 
and the production of germs or gemmulex, but also by the gemshom (gemz horn), n. 
formation of ova and sperm capsules. The gemmule* are 
in the fresh-water Spongilla masses of cells which are sur- 
rounded by a firm shell composed of silicious structures 
(amphidiscs). and . . . pass through a long period . . . of 
inactivity. Claus, Zoology (trans.), I. 218. 
gemmuliferous ( jem-u-lif 'e-rus), a. [< LL. gem 
p ^ [G., < gems, cham- 
ois (see gemsbolc), + horn = E. horn.'] In organ- 
building, a stop having tapering metal pipes 
which yield tones of a pleasant horn-like qual- 
ity, intermediate between those of the open and 
those of the stopped diapason. 
^"alittlYbud (see gemmule), +'ferr e = E. gem-stick (jem'stik), n. Same as dop*. 
Bearing or producing gemmules, as a gem-stone (jem'ston), . [< gem + stone. Cf. 
equiv. AS. gimstdn, ME. gimstan, gimston, ym- 
sponge or coslenterate 
gemmy 1 (jem'i), o. [< gem + -yl.] Bright with 
gems ; full of gems ; glittering. 
Fam'd Oberon, with damask'd robe so gay, 
And gemmy crown, by moonshine sparkling far. 
A. Philips, Pastorals, vi. 
The gemmy bridle glitter'd free, 
Like to some branch of stars we see 
Hung in the golden Galaxy. 
Tennyson, Lady of Shalott, Hi. 
Marginal gemmation, in corals, a form of lateral gem- 
mation in which the parietal buds are given off from the gemmy 2 (jem'i), o. Same as jemmy. 
edge of the calice. gemonies (jem'o-niz), n. pi. [L. gemonice (with 
or without scalce, steps), < gemere, 
, "the Bridge of 
groan: see 
A flight 
sfon.~\ A precious, stone ; a gem. 
The natural forms in which crystallized gem-ttonet oc- 
cur are but rarely adapted for direct employment in ob- 
jects of jewelry. S. A". Handbook, Precious Stones, p. 19. 
gent, An obsolete variant of gin*. 
Gen. An abbreviation of (a) Genesis; (b) Gen- 
eral (as a title). 
gen. An abbreviation of (a) general; (b) geni- 
tive. 
-gen. [Also -gene; partly < L. -genus, -gena, 
'-born,' '-produced,' the form in compound ad- 
jectives or nouns of the verb gignere, genere, 
;emmeous (jem'e-us), a. [< L. gemmeus, per- f, ement . Cf. "the Bridge of Sighs."] A flight jecn res or ru ,'< / " 
taining to gems, < gemma, a gem: see gem.'] o f step's on the Aventine hill in ancient Rome !/ *<7en, bear, produce ; partly < Gr. -jw?;? (ste 
Pertaining to gems ; of the nature of or resem- to whi ^ h the bodies of executed criminals were T^'i /"*-)> i n compound adjectives, of (such 
bling gems ; gem-like. dragged by hooks to be thrown into the Tiber. a > k > nd OT n . at " re ' - b . orn ' < >, VO? j,= t 9 Z ' 
The blue is of an inexpressible splendor, the richest coe- A8 ^.^ stem gcner-), kind, nature, < y^cBai, be born, 
; .L _ A, to uaj, Vv^rt^Trttt ./*/* Hour T^rnflnpAr fipp/l/?u. ftPHprfll. 
rulian glowing with fteituiteous brilliancy. 
Pennant, Brit. Zool., Gemmeous Dragonet. 
[= P. gemmi- 
gemmiferous (je-mife-ms), o 
fere = Pg. It. gemmifero, < L. gemmifef, bear- 
ing or containing gems (or buds), < gemma, a 
bud, a gem, + ferre = E. bear 1 ."] Bearing a 
gemma; reproducing by buds; gemmiparous. 
genimiform (jem'i-fdrm) a. [<L.flreim,bud, ot (AS ge-mot'), n. [Al 
+ forma, form.] Bud-like. Demote, repr. AS. gemot, a meeting, 
gemmmess (jem'i-nes), . The state or quality 
of being gemmy. 
gemmipara, gemmiparse (je-mip'a-ra, -re), . 
pi. [NL., neut. pi. and fern. pi. respectively 
of gemmiparus, producing buds, or propagating 
by buds: see gemmiparotis.] Gemmiparous ani- 
mals ; animais'which propagate by buds, as the 
hydra or fresh-water polyp, etc. 
gemmiparity (jem-i-par'i-ti), n. [< gemmipa- 
rous + -ity.~\ The state or quality of being gem- 
miparous; the faculty of reproducing by gem- 
mation, as in polyps. The buds may separate gem-peg (J em/ P e g)i ," 
from the parent and become distinct animals, 
or remain attached to it. See gemmation. 
gemmiparous (je-mip'a-rus), a. [< NL. gem- 
miparus, < L. gemma, a bud, a gem, + parere, 
produce.] 1. Producing buds or gems. 2. 
1-. Ml"l.l_,. 
The fate of some of your servants ! who declining 
Their way, not able, for the throng, to follow, 
Slipt downe the Gemoniei, and brake their necks ! 
B. Jonson, Sejanus, v. 1. 
Xo day passes 
In which some are not fasten 'd to the hook. 
Or thrown down from the Gemonies. 
Maszinger, Roman Actor, i. 1. 
.so written 
_ an assem- 
ily, > ME*, mote, mod. E. moot: see moot, n., 
and meet 1 .] A meeting; an assembly: occur- 
in modern English only as a historical 
(particularly in Witenagemot, which see) 
reference to the Anglo-Saxon period. 
Eadward was crowned on Easter Day at Winchester, the 
usual place for an Easter Gemot. 
E. A. Freeman. Norman Conquest, II. 8. 
It would appear, these judicial matters were transacted 
in the ordinary gemots of the hundred and the shire. 
Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 299. 
In gem-cutting, an up- 
right double-elbowed rod of iron fixed on a lapi- 
daries' bench near the polishing-wheel, bearing 
on its upper part an inverted cone of wood 
pierced with numerous small holes or nicks, in 
one of which, according to the angle desired, 
become,-/ *yev, bear, produce : see genus, general, 
generate?] A terminal element in words from 
or made after the Latin or Greek, meaning pri- 
marily 'produce,' and taken either passively, 
'born,' 'produced,' as in acrogen, endogen, exo- 
gen, etc., that which is produced or grows at 
the top, from within, from without, etc., or 
actively, 'producing,' 'serving to produce,' as 
in hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, etc., that which 
produces or serves to produce water, acid, ni- 
tric acid, etc. The corresponding adjective is 
in -genie or -genous, and the abstract noun, if 
any, is in -geny. 
gena (je'na), .; pi. gena: (je'ne). [L., the 
cheek, = Gr. ; f wf, the chin , jaw, = E. chin, q. y.] 
1. In zool. and anat., the cheek: an indefinite 
region on the side of the head or face between 
the ear, eye, and nose, (o) The side of the hu- 
man face. ((>) In trilobites, one of the two parts into 
which the limb or lateral area of the cephalic shield is 
divided, the anterior being the fixed gena, the other the 
movable or separable tjena. See cut under Tn'lobita. (c) 
In insects, a region of the side of the head, beneath the 
eye, with which the mandible may articulate, bounded 
by the epicranium and under side of the eye, the face, cly- 
nlabrum, labium, and base of mandibles. 
cap.} [NL.] In eoncn., a genus of gastro- 
pod mollusks. J. E. Gray, 1840._ 
Producing young by a process of internal gem- the lapidary rests one end of the gem-stick, thus ge na j (jg'nal), a. ' [< gena '+ -al.~] Pertaining 
mation, without sexual intercourse, as the 
wingless forms of aphids ; geneagenetic. See 
gemmation, geneagenesis. 
steadying it and giving it the proper inclina- 
tion while the stone glued to the other end of 
the gem-stick is being polished on the lap- or 
to the gena or cheek oenal angle, in trilobites, 
the posterior angle of the movable gena, terminating the 
cephalic shield behind. See cut under Trilobita. Genal 
