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work in Latin, for the ufe of thofe who cannot procure 
the original, and who are unacquainted with the French 
or the German. It is entitled Car. L. B. dc Geer Genera 
& Species InfcElorum, e generojijfmis AuEloris Scriptis extraxit, 
digejjit, Latine qiwad partim reddidit., & terminologiam Injedo- 
rum Linneanam addidit, A.J. Retzius, Lipf. 1783, 8vo. De 
Geer wrote alfo, in the Swedifli language. An Oration 
on the Procreation of Infedts, Stock. 1754; together 
with various papers in the Tranfa6tions of the academies 
of Stockholm and Upfal. 
GEER'VLIET, a town of Holland, in the ifland of 
Putten: five miles from the Brill. 
GEESCH, a village of Africa, in Abyflinia, near the 
fource of the Nile. Lat. 10. 59. N. Ion. 86, 56. E. 
Greenwich. 
GEESE, the plural of^0^. 
GEETE, a river of Brabant, which runs into the 
D emer at Dalen. 
GEE'VACFI, mountains of Ireland, between the coun¬ 
ties of Leitrim and Rofeommon: nine miles north-ealt 
of Boyle. 
GEFFERY, a man’s name. 
GEF'LE, a river of Sweden, which palTes by the town 
fo called, and runs into the Gulf of Bothnia about ten 
miles below. 
GEF'LE or Giawle, a towm of Sweden, in the 
province of Geftricia, on an arm of the Gulf of Bothnia, 
which divides the town and furrounds it, forming two 
iflands. The town is ancient, populous, and commer¬ 
cial, with many rich merchants, but neither regular nor 
handfome. The harbour is good : the principal exports 
are iron, pitch, tar, and planks. Tw'o thirds of the in¬ 
habitants are filhermen; fixty miles north of Upfal. 
Lat. 60. 50. N. Ion. 17. i. E. Greenwich. 
GEFREE'S, a town of Germany, in the circle of Fran¬ 
conia, and principality of Bayreuth : tw'elve miles north- 
north-eafl; of Bayreuth. 
GEGA'NII, a family of Alba, part of which migrated 
to Rome under Romulus. One of the daughters called 
Gegania was the firll of the veltals created by Numa. 
Plutarch. 
GE'GE, a river of PriilTian Lithuania, which runs into 
the Wilde two miles fouth-eaft of Plafchken. 
GEGEN'DE, a town of European Turkey, in the 
province of Bulgaria, on the Danube: twenty miles 
weft of Nicopoli. 
GE'GENY, a town of Hungary j twenty-three miles 
call of Gros Wardein. 
GEHA'ZI, [Heb. the valley of vifion. 1 A man’s name. 
GEFIEN'NA, [Fleb. tjte valley of Hinnom.] A 
valley near Jerufalem where the idolatrous Ifraelites fa- 
crificed their children to Moloch. 
GEH'MEN, a town of Germany, and capital of a 
lordfiiip, in the circle of Weftphalia, fituated on the 
Aa, within the bifliopric of Munfter. The inhabitants 
are lutherans and calviiiifts, and have each a church: 
fixteen miles north-eaft of Wefel. Lat. 51. 55. N. Ion, 
24. 29. E. Ferro. 
GEHO'FEN, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Upper Saxony, and county of Mansfeld : three miles 
fouth of Artern. 
GEHR'DEN, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Lower Saxony, and principality of Calenberg : fix miles 
weft-fouth-welt of Hanover. 
GEH'REN, a town of Germany in the circle of Up¬ 
per Saxony, and county of Schwartz: ten miles fouth 
of Arnftadt. 
GEGUIOM'ENUS, [Gr. from yt, 10a;, todifmem- 
ber.] In pathology, enervated ; weak ; deficient in the 
life of the limbs, or functions of the body. 
GF)ISO'MA,y. [Gr. from yeio-oi', the eaves ofa houfe.] 
In phyliology, the prominent parts of the eye-brows, 
which hangover the eyes like tlie eaves of a houfe. 
GE'JER (Martin), a learned German lutheran di- 
VoL. VIII. No. 303. 
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vine, born at Leipfic in 1614, and received his educa¬ 
tion at tlie univerfity in his native city. He was created 
a doctor of divinity, profeftbr of Hebrew, minifter of St. 
'I'homas’s, and afterwards preacher, confeflbr, and mem¬ 
ber ot the ecclefiaftical council of the elector of Saxony, 
He died in i68i, in the fixty-feventh year of his age. 
He was the author of learned and ufeful Commentaries, 
in the Latin language, on the Pfalms, Proverbs, Eccle- 
fiaftes, and the Book of Daniel; a treatife On the 
Mourning of the Hebrews, in the fame language ; and 
many other works abounding in erudition. They were 
collected together and printed in tw'o volumes folio, at 
Amfterdam, in 1695 and 1696. 
GEl'ERSBERG, a mountain of Silefia, in the prin¬ 
cipality of Neilfe : feven miles fouth of Ziegenhals. 
GEI'KIN, a river of Perfia, which feparates the pro¬ 
vince of Kerman from Mecran, and runs into the Indian 
fea, twenty leagues fouth-weft of Cape Jafques. 
GEIL, a river of Germany, which rifes in the county 
of Tyrol, pafles through the country of Upper Carin- 
tliia, and joins the Drave, near Willach. 
GEIL'BERG, a mountain of Germany, in the duchy 
of Carinthia; fix miles north-weft of Mauten. 
GEIL'DORF. SeeGAiLDORF. 
GEIL'EKIRCHEN, a town of Germany, in the circle 
of Weftphalia, and duchy of Juliers : eight miles north- 
weft of Juliers. Lat. 51. 2. N. long. 23.42. E. Ferro. 
GEILS^DORF, a towm of Germany, in the circle pi 
Upper Saxony, and country of the Vogtland: five miles 
louch-fouth-weft of Plauen. 
GEl'SENFELD, a town of Germany, in Upper Ba¬ 
varia : ten miles north of Pfaft'enhofen, and nine fouth- 
eaft of Ingolftadt. 
GEI'SENHEIM, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
the Lower Rhine, and elebforate of Mentz : feventeea 
miles weft of Mentz. 
GEI'SING, a town of Germany, in the circle of Up¬ 
per Saxony, and margraviate of Meilfein : one mile 
fouth of Lauenftein. 
GEI'SINGEN, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Swabia, in the principality of Furftenberg : fourteen 
miles north of SchafFIiaufen, and twenty-nine north-weft 
of Conftance. 
GEIS'LEDE, a river of Germany, in the circle of 
the Lower Rhine, W'hich runs into the Leine, near Heili- 
genftadt, in the territory of Eichsfeld. 
GEISLIN'GEN, an imperial town of Germany, in 
the circle of Swabia, on the Kocher; containing two 
churches, and four gates: twelve miles weft of Ulm. 
Lat. 48. 34. N. Ion. 27. 31. E. Ferro. 
GEIS'MAR, a village of Germany, in the circle of 
the Upper-Rhine, and principality of Hefle-Caifel, with 
a mineral fpring : three miles weft-north-weft; of Fritzlar, 
and thirteen fouth-fouth-weft of Calfel. 
GEIS'MAR, a town of Germany, in the circle of the 
Upper Rhine, and principality of Hefl'e-: fourteen miles 
north-north-weft of Calfel, and twenty-two weft of Got¬ 
tingen. Lat. 51.19. N. Ion. 26. 43. E. Ferro. 
GAIS'SELBORING, a town of Germany, in Lower 
Bavaria : nine miles fouth-weft of Straubing. 
GEIS'SERN, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Bavaria, and arclibilliopric of Saltzburg: thirty-two 
miles fouth of Saltzburg. 
GEIS'SING SEE, a lake of Germany, in the duchy 
of Carinthia : twelve miles north of Feltkirchen. 
GEIS'TAL, a river of Germany, in the duchy of 
Stiria, which runs into the Kainach, near Molkirchen. 
GEIST UNS FRAU, a town of Germany, in the 
duchy of Stiria : fix miles from Windilch Weiftritz. 
GEIS'POLTZHEIM or Geispotzheim, a town of 
France, in the department of the Lower Rhine, and 
chief place of a canton, in the diftridt of Stralburg : 
two leagues fouth-foiith-weft of Stralburg, and two eaft 
of Molllieiia. 
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