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geophilous (je-of'i-lus), . [< NL.0epp7ii7.v, < 
Gr. yrj, the earth, + 0<'Aof, loving.] Loving the 
ground: specifically applied to sundry animals. 
especially the Geophila or land-snails. 
George (jiJrj). . [From the propername George, 
< F. George, Georges, = Sp. Jorjc = Pg. Jorge 
= It. Giorgio, < LL. Georgius, < Gr. yeupyos, a 
husbandman, farmer, prop, an adj., tilling the 
Geophilus (je-of'i-lus), n. [NL. : see geophi- ground, < yij, the earth, the ground, + "ipyeiv, 
lous.] 1. The typical genus of centipeds of work, till: see work.] 1. A jewel including 
a figure in colored enamels of St. George on 
horseback encountering the dragon, worn pen- 
dent from the collar of the order by knights of 
the Garter. See garter. 
the family Geophilidce, having the anterior seg- 
ment of the head square. G. cleetrictis, a Euro- 
pean species, is phosphorescent, shining like a 
glow-worm. W. E. Leach, 1812. 2. A genus 
of coleopterous insects. Schimherr, 1826. 3. 
A genus of pigeons : same as Calosnas. P. J, 
Selbu, 1840. 
geophysical (je-6-fiz'i-kal), a. [< Gr. yfi, the 
earth, + QvaiKOf, physical: see physic.] Relat- 
ing to the physics of the earth. 
The geophysical problems which geological history has 
to treat are wisely confined to the concluding chapters. 
Science, XI. 181. 
geophysics (je-6-fiz'iks), n. [< Gr. yij, the earth, 
+ <j>voiKa, physics : see physics.] Physics of the 
earth : same as physiography. 
Geopinus (je-op'i-nus), . [NL., < Gr. yij, the 
earth, + mnof, 
dirt, filth.] A ge- 
nus of caraboid 
beetles, of the 
subfamily Har- 
palince, having 
the left mandi- 
ble longer than 
the other and 
overlapping it. 
G. incrassatus is 
a common New 
England spe- 
Gtopinus incrassatus. 
(Line shows natural size.) 
Look on my George; I am a gentleman. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 1. 
Before his going he did give me some Jewells to keep for 
him : viz. that that the King of Sweden did give him, with 
the King's own picture in it, most excellently done, and a 
brave George, all of diamonds. Pepys, Diary, I. 158. 
2t. [7. c.] A loaf, supposed to have been ori- 
ginally stamped with a figure of St. George. 
Cubb'd in a cabin, on a mattrass laid, 
On a brown george with lowsie swobbers fed. 
Dry/ten, tr. of Persius's Satires, v. 
3. [J. c.] A large curled wig worn in the eigh- 
teenth century. 4. [1. c.] Same as gorge, 10. 
5. A George-noble Lesser George, a badge of 
the Order of the Garter worn, on occasions of comparative- 
ly little ceremony, pendent from a ribbon. It is an oval 
with the representation of St. George killing the dragon 
in gold upon an enameled ground, bordered by a buckled 
garter. 
George-noble (jdrj'no'bl), . An English gold 
coin of the reign of Henry VIII., worth at the 
time 6s. 8d, The name George (derived from the figure 
Geoplana (je- 
6 - pla ' na), n. 
[NL., < 'Gr. yf,, 
the earth, + L. 
planus, level : 
see Planaria.] The typical genus of land-pla- 
narians of the family Geoplanidte. 
Geoplanldae (je-o-plan'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Geoplana + -id<e.] A family of monogonop- 
orous dendrocoelous turbellarians, character- 
ized by an elongated and flattened form, and 
having the body furnished with a foot-like ven- 
tral surface ; the land-planarians. 
geoponic (je-o-pon'ik), a. and . [< Gr. yeunovi- 
nof, of or for agriculture, < ytuiravia, agriculture, 
< yEUTrovof, a tiller of the earth, < yfj, the earth, 
+ irtveaBcu, work, toil, TTOVOJ, n., work, toil.] 
I. a. Pertaining to agriculture or the tillage 
of the earth. 
Two or three notabilities of Rockland, with geoponic 
eyes, and glabrous, bumpless foreheads. 
O. W. Holmes, Elsie Venner, xii. 
Il.t One who tills or cultivates the earth. 
The wholesome blasts of the North wind (much ac- 
counted of among builders and geoponics for immission of 
pure air) . . . [come] in from that part which lies open 
to the sea. Drayton, Polyolbion, x. 82, note. 
geoponicalt (je-o-pon'i-kal), a. [< geoponic + 
-al.] Same as geoponic. 
Those geoponical rules and precepts of agriculture 
which are delivered by divers authors, are not to be gen- 
erally received. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vi. 3. 
geoponicst (je-o-pon'iks), n. [PI. of geoponic, 
q. v. , after Gr. rd yeu-xovma, the name of a trea- 
tise on agriculture compiled by Cassianus Bas- 
sus.] The art or science of cultivating the 
earth. 
Herbs and wholesome sallets, and other plain and use- 
ful parts of geoponics. Evelyn. 
georama (je-o-ra'ma), n. [< Gr. yij, the earth, 
+ 6pa.ua, a view, < Spav, see.] A large hollow 
globe or spherical chamber lined with cloth on 
which is depicted a general view of the geogra- 
phy of the earth's surface so as to be seen by 
a spectator from the interior. Brande. 
geordie (jdr'di), n. [A familiar dim. of George.] 
1. A guinea: so called from the figure of St. 
George on the obverse. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
He draws a bonnie silken purse 
ing's in] 
The yellow-lettered Geordie keeks. 
Aslaug'smy tail, wlm 
ken purs' 
re, throi; 
igh the steeks, 
Burns, The Twa Dogs. 
2. The name given by the coal-miners of Eng- 
land to the form of safety-lamp invented by 
George Stephenson. 3. An English sailing 
collier hailing from one of the ports on the 
northeast coast of England. 
You thought of the Thames as you looked at her, of the 
Tyne, of the channel aswarm with just such vessels as she 
geordies deep with coal. 
W. C. Russell, Jack's Courtship, xliv. 
Obverse. Reverse. 
George-noble of Henry VIII., British Museum. (Size of the original.) 
of St. George on the obverse of the coin) was given it to 
distinguish it from the earlier English gold coins named 
nobles. 
Nor full nor fasting can the carle take rest, 
Whiles his George-noble* rusten in his chest ; 
He sleeps but once, and dreames of burglaries. 
Bp. Hall, Satires, IV. vi. 31. 
George's cod. See coop. 
Georgesman (J6r'jez-man), n. ; pi. Georgesmen 
(-men). [< George's (see def.) + man.] A 
codfish-schooner fishing on George's Banks. 
[Gloucester, Massachusetts, U. 8.] 
Some half-dozen Geortjesmen arrived last night. 
Boston (Mass.) Journal, Jan. 12, 1880. 
Georgia (jdr'jia), n. [NL. (Baird and Girard, 
1853), named from the State of Georgia.] 1. 
In herpet., a genus of ordinary colubrifonn ser- 
pents, the type of which is G. couperi of the 
southern United States. 2. In entom., a ge- 
nus of longicorn beetles, of the family Ceramby- 
cidce, having but one species, G. xanthomelcena 
of South America. Thomson, 1857. 
Georgia bark, hamster, etc. See the nouns. 
Georgian 1 (jor'jian), a. and . [In defs. 1 and 
2, < LL. Georgius, George. In def. 3, < Georgia, 
prop. fern. adj. (sc. terra), < Georgius, a personal 
name (see George), the colony being named af- 
ter George II. in 1732.] I. a. 1. Belonging or 
relating to the four kings of England named 
George, or to any one of them, or to the period 
of their successive reigns (1714-1830). 
One Georgian star adorns the skies. 
Cowper, Queen's Visit to London. 
Putting aside ... his claim to literary greatness, Hook 
will be remembered as one of the most brilliant, genial, 
and original figures of Georgian times. 
Kncyc. Brit., XII. 149. 
2. Specifically, of the style of art or of deco- 
ration prevailing during the reigns of the four 
Georges, especially of George I. and George II. 
3. Belonging or relating to the State of Geor- 
gia in the United States. 
U. n. A native or an inhabitant of the State 
of Georgia in the United States. 
Federal General Shields . . . drove from Front Royal 
n regiment of Georgians left there by Jackson. 
N. A. Kev., CXXVI. 248. 
Georgian 2 (jor'jian), a. and n. [< Georgia, a 
Latinized form (accom. to Georgius, Georgia, 
of Gr. origin) of Pers. Gurj, a native or an in- 
habitant of Georgia (Pers. Gurjistdn) in the 
Caucasus; the Russ. form is Grusia. The na- 
tive name of the country is Karthveli or Karthli, 
the Karthalinfans being the principal branch 
Geositta 
of the race.] I. a. Belonging or relating to 
Georgia in Asia. 
II. . An inhabitant of Georgia, a district 
in Transcaucasia, Russia, an independent king- 
dom from very ancient times (known to the 
ancient Greeks as Iberia), but annexed to Rus- 
sia in 1801. The Georgians are a very handsome 
race, of the purest Caucasian type. 
georgic (jor'jik), . and n. [I. a. = F. geor- 
giquc, <. L. georgictis, < Gr. yeupyutdf, agricul- 
tural, < ycupyof, a tiller of the ground, a hus- 
bandman, farmer: see George. LI. . < Li.geor- 
gica (sc. carmina) or sing, georgicum (sc. car- 
men), the title of an agricultural poem by Vir- 
gil, after Gr. ra ycupyma, a treatise on agricul- 
ture : see L] I. a. Relating to agriculture and 
rural affairs ; agricultural. 
Here I peruse the Mantuan's Georgic strains, 
And learn the labours of Italian swains. 
Gay, Rural Sports, i. 
II. n. A poem on agriculture or rural af- 
fairs : as, the Georgics of Virgil. 
A.Georffic . . . is some partof the science of husbandry 
put into a pleasing dress, and set otf with all the beauties 
and embellishments of poetry. 
Addwon, On Virgil's Georgics. 
Georgian! Sidus (j6r'ji-um Bi'dus). [NL., 
George's star: see George and sidereal.] A 
name for the planet now called Uranus, given 
by its discoverer, Sir William Herschel, in 
honor of George III., but not accepted by as- 
tronomers. 
Georhychidae, Georhychus. Incorrect forms 
of Gnirychidte, Georychus. 
Georissi (je-o-ris'i), n. pi. See Georyssidce. 
GeoriSSUS (je-p-ris'ns), n. See Georyssus. 
Georychidae (j'e-o-rik'i-de), . pi [NL., < Ge- 
orychus + -idee.] A family of rodents, taking 
name from the genus Georychus; the mole-rats : 
now called Spalacidas, 
Georychina (je-or-i-M'na), n. pi. [NL., < Ge- 
orychus + -ina.] Same as Georychidce. 
Georychus (je-or'i-kus), . [NL., < Gr. ycupii- 
Xoc, throwing up the earth, v yiji, the earth, + 
op'uoaeiv, dig up (> bpvxq, a digging).] A genus 
of mole-rats, or fossorial myomorphic rodents 
Cape Sand-mole {Georychus caftntis), 
of the family Spalacidai and subfamily Bathyer- 
ginfE. They have ungrooved incisors, and 1 premolar 
in each upper and lower half-jaw ; the best-known spe- 
cies is the South African G. eapensit, called the Cape sand- 
mole. The genus is an old one (Illiger, 1811), and has 
often been improperly extended to include various ani- 
mals notgenerically related to the above, as the American 
pocket-gophers or Geomyidm. 
Georyssidae (je-o-ris'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Ge- 
oryssttg + -idw.] A family of clavicorn beetles, 
having the dorsal segments of the abdomen 
partly membranous, the ventral segments free, 
the tarsi 4-jointed, the wings not fringed with 
hairs, the anterior cox oval and contiguous, 
and the prosternum semi-membranous. Also 
Georissi. 
Georyssus (je-o-ris'us), . [NL. (Latreille, 
1807); prop. Georychus: see Georychus.] The 
typical genus of the family Georyssidce. G. 
pygmceus is a British species. Also spelled 
Georissus. 
GeosaurUS (je-o-sa'rus), n. [< Gr. yn, the earth, 
+ aavpof, a lizard.] A Cuvierian (1829) genus 
of fossil saurians, discovered by Soemmenng in 
the Lias of Franconia, supposed to be nearest 
related to the monitors or varanians. The only 
species known is S. gigantea. 
geoscopic (je-o-skop'ik), a. [< geoscopy + -tc.] 
Pertaining to geoscopy. 
geoscopy (je-os'ko-pi), n. [< Gr. yn, the earth, 
+ OKoire'tv, ' view.] Knowledge of the earth, 
ground, or soil obtained by inspection. 
geoselenic (je'o-se-len'ik), a. [< Gr. yij, the 
earth, + o&itvri, the moon.] Relating to the 
earth and the moon, or to their joint action or 
mutual relations : as, geoselenic phenomena. 
Geositta (je-o-sit'ii), . [NL., < Gr. yii, the 
ground, + aimi, the nuthatch: see Sitta.] A 
genus of furnarian birds of South America, of 
terrestrial habits, and somewhat resembling 
