GAVELOCK — GENETHLIACAL NWAD GAVELOCK.1

GAVELOCK, n. An iron crow. NWAD GAVELOCK.1

GAVILAN, n. A species of hawk in the Philippine isles; the back and wings yellow; the belly white. NWAD GAVILAN.1

GAVOT, n. A kind of dance, the air of which has two brisk and lively strains in common time, each of which is played twice over. The first has usually four or eight bars, and the second contains eight, twelve or more. NWAD GAVOT.1

GAWBY, n. A dunce. [Not in use.] NWAD GAWBY.1

GAWK, n. NWAD GAWK.1

1. A cuckoo. NWAD GAWK.2

2. A fool; a simpleton. [In both senses, it is retained in Scotland.] NWAD GAWK.3

GAWKY, a. Foolish; awkward; clumsy; clownish. [In this sense it is retained in vulgar use in America.] NWAD GAWKY.1

GAWKY, n. A stupid, ignorant, awkward fellow. NWAD GAWKY.2

GAY, a. NWAD GAY.1

1. Merry; airy; jovial; sportive; frolicksome. It denotes more life and animation than cheerful. NWAD GAY.2

Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. NWAD GAY.3

2. Fine; showy; as a gay dress. NWAD GAY.4

3. Inflamed or merry with liquor; intoxicated; a vulgar use of the word in America. NWAD GAY.5

GAY, n. An ornament. [Not used.] NWAD GAY.6

GAYETY, n. NWAD GAYETY.1

1. Merriment; mirth; airiness; as a company full of gayety. NWAD GAYETY.2

2. Act of juvenile pleasure; the gayeties of youth. NWAD GAYETY.3

3. Finery; show; as the gayety of dress. NWAD GAYETY.4

GAYLY, adv. Merrily; with mirth and frolick. NWAD GAYLY.1

1. Finely; splendidly; pompously; as ladies gayly dressed; a flower gayly blooming. NWAD GAYLY.2

GAYNESS, n. Gayety; finery. NWAD GAYNESS.1

GAYSOME, a. Full of gayety. [Little used.] NWAD GAYSOME.1

GAZE, v.i. [Gr. to be astonished, and Heb. to see or look, that is, to fix the eye or to reach with the eye.] NWAD GAZE.1

To fix the eyes and look steadily and earnestly; to look with eagerness or curiosity; as in admiration, astonishment, or in study. NWAD GAZE.2

A lover’s eyes will gaze an eagle blind. NWAD GAZE.3

Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? Acts 1:11. NWAD GAZE.4

GAZE, v.t. To view with fixed attention. NWAD GAZE.5

And gazed awhile the ample sky. NWAD GAZE.6

[It is little used as a transitive verb.] NWAD GAZE.7

GAZE, n. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder or admiration; a continued look of attention. NWAD GAZE.8

With secret gaze, NWAD GAZE.9

Or open admiration, him behold-- NWAD GAZE.10

1. The object gazed on; that which causes one to gaze. NWAD GAZE.11

Made of my enemies the scorn and gaze. NWAD GAZE.12

GAZEFUL, a. Looking with a gaze; looking intently. NWAD GAZEFUL.1

GAZEHOUND, n. A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent. NWAD GAZEHOUND.1

GAZEL, n. An animal of Africa and India, of the genus Antilope. It partakes of the nature of the goat and the deer. Like the goat, the gazel has hollow permanent horns, and it feeds on shrubs; but in size and delicacy, and in the nature and color of its hair, it resembles the roe-buck. It has cylindrical horns, most frequently annulated at the base, and bunches of hair on its fore legs. It has a most brilliant, beautiful eye. NWAD GAZEL.1

GAZEMENT, n. View. [Not in use.] NWAD GAZEMENT.1

GAZER, n. One who gazes; one who looks steadily and intently, from delight, admiration or study. NWAD GAZER.1

GAZETTE, n. gazet’. A newspaper; a sheet or half sheet of paper containing an account of transactions and events of public or private concern, which are deemed important and interesting. The first gazette in England was published at Oxford in 1665. On the removal of the court to London, the title was changed to the London Gazette. It is now the official newspaper, and published on Tuesdays and Saturdays. NWAD GAZETTE.1

GAZETTE, v.t. gazet’. To insert in a gazette; to announce or publish in a gazette. NWAD GAZETTE.2

GAZETTED, pp. Published in a gazette. NWAD GAZETTED.1

GAZETTEER, n. A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority. NWAD GAZETTEER.1

1. The title of a newspaper. NWAD GAZETTEER.2

2. A book containing a brief description of empires, kingdoms, cities, towns and rivers, in a country or in the whole world, alphabetically arranged; a book of topographical descriptions. NWAD GAZETTEER.3

GAZING, ppr. [See Gaze.] Looking with fixed attention. NWAD GAZING.1

GAZINGSTOCK, n. A person gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity or contempt. NWAD GAZINGSTOCK.1

GAZON, n. In fortification, pieces of turf used to line parapets and the traverses of galleries. NWAD GAZON.1

GEAD, [See Yead.] NWAD GEAD.1

GEAL, v.i. [L. gelo.] To congeal. NWAD GEAL.1

GEAR, n. NWAD GEAR.1

1. Apparatus; whatever is prepared; hence, habit; dress; ornaments. NWAD GEAR.2

Array thyself in her most gorgeous gear. NWAD GEAR.3

2. More generally, the harness or furniture of beasts; whatever is used in equipping horses or cattle for draught; tackle. NWAD GEAR.4

3. In Scotland, warlike accouterments; also, goods, riches. NWAD GEAR.5

4. Business; matters. NWAD GEAR.6

5. By seamen pronounced jears, which see. NWAD GEAR.7

GEAR, v.t. To dress; to put on gear; to harness. NWAD GEAR.8

GEARED, pp. Dressed; harnessed. NWAD GEARED.1

GEARING, ppr. Dressing; harnessing. NWAD GEARING.1

GEASON, n. s as z. Rare; uncommon; wonderful. NWAD GEASON.1

GEAT, n. The hole through which metal runs into a mold in castings. NWAD GEAT.1

GECK, n. A dupe. NWAD GECK.1

GECK, v.t. To cheat, trick or gull. NWAD GECK.2

GEE, JEE. A word used by teamsters, directing their teams to pass further to the right, or from the driver, when on the near side; opposed to hoi or haw. NWAD GEE.1

GEESE, n. plu. of goose. NWAD GEESE.1

GEEST, n. Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin. NWAD GEEST.1

GEHENNA, n. [Heb. ge-hinom, the valley of Hinom, in which was Tophet, where the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch. 2 Kings 23:10.] NWAD GEHENNA.1

This word has been used by the Jews as equivalent to hell, place of fire or torment and punishment, and the Greek word is rendered by our translators by hell and hell-fire. Matthew 18:9; Matthew 23:15. NWAD GEHENNA.2

GEHLENITE, n. [from Gehlen, the chimist.] NWAD GEHLENITE.1

A mineral recently discovered, in the description of which authors are not perfectly agreed. According to the description and analysis of Fuchs, it appears to be a variety of idocrase; but according to the observations of Prof. Clarke, it is probably a new species. NWAD GEHLENITE.2

GELABLE, a. [from L. gelu, frost, or gelo, to congeal.] NWAD GELABLE.1

That may or can be congealed; capable of being converted into jelly. NWAD GELABLE.2

GELATIN, n. [L. gelo, to congeal, to freeze.] NWAD GELATIN.1

A concrete animal substance, transparent, and soluble slowly in cold water, but rapidly in warm water. With tannin, a yellowish white precipitate is thrown down from a solution of gelatin, which forms and elastic adhesive mass, not unlike vegetable gluten, and is a compound of tannin and gelatin. NWAD GELATIN.2

GELATIN, GELATINOUS, a. Of the nature and consistence of gelatin; resembling jelly; viscous; moderately stiff and cohesive. NWAD GELATIN.3

GELATINATE, v.i. To be converted into gelatin or into a substance like jelly. NWAD GELATINATE.1

Lapis lazuli, if calcined, does not effervesce, but gelatinates with the mineral acids. NWAD GELATINATE.2

GELATINATE, v.t. To convert into gelatin or into a substance resembling jelly. NWAD GELATINATE.3

GELATINATION, n. The act or process of converting or being turned into gelatin, or into a substance like jelly. NWAD GELATINATION.1

GELATINIZE, v.i. The same as gelatinate. NWAD GELATINIZE.1

GELD, n. Money; tribute; compensation. This word is obsolete in English, but it occurs in old laws and law books in composition; as in Danegeld, or Danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; Weregeld, compensation for the life of a man, etc. NWAD GELD.1

GELD, v.t. pret. gelded or gelt; pp. gelded or gelt. NWAD GELD.2

1. To castrate; to emasculate. NWAD GELD.3

2. To deprive of any essential part. NWAD GELD.4

3. To deprive of any thing immodest or exceptionable. NWAD GELD.5

GELDED, GELT, pp. Castrated; emasculated. NWAD GELDED.1

GELDER, n. One who castrates. NWAD GELDER.1

GELDER-ROSE. A plant, a species of Viburnum; also, a species of Spiraea. NWAD GELDER-ROSE.1

GELDING, ppr. Castrating. NWAD GELDING.1

GELDING, n. A castrated animal, but chiefly a horse. NWAD GELDING.2

GELID, a. [L. gelidus, from gelo, to freeze.] Cold; very cold. NWAD GELID.1

GELIDNESS, n. Coldness. NWAD GELIDNESS.1

GELLY, n. [L. gelo, gelatus. It is now more generally written jelly.] NWAD GELLY.1

1. The inspissated juice of fruit boiled with sugar. NWAD GELLY.2

2. A viscous or glutinous substance; a gluey substance, soft, but cohesive. [See Jelly.] NWAD GELLY.3

GELT, pp. Of geld. NWAD GELT.1

GELT, n. For gelding. [Not used.] NWAD GELT.2

GELT, for gilt. Tinsel, or gilt surface. [Not used.] NWAD GELT.3

GEM, n. [L. gemma.] NWAD GEM.1

1. A bud. In botany, the bud or compendium of a plant, covered with scales to protect the rudiments from the cold of winter and other injuries; called the hybernacle or winter quarters of a plant. NWAD GEM.2

2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, topaz, emerald, etc. NWAD GEM.3

GEM, v.t. To adorn with gems, jewels or precious stones. NWAD GEM.4

1. To bespangle; as foliage gemmed with dew drops. NWAD GEM.5

2. To embellish with detached beauties. NWAD GEM.6

England is studded and gemmed with castles and palaces. NWAD GEM.7

GEM, v.i. To bud; to germinate. NWAD GEM.8

GEMARA, n. The second part of the Talmud or commentary on the Jewish laws. NWAD GEMARA.1

GEMARIC, a. Pertaining to the Gemara. NWAD GEMARIC.1

GEMEL, n. [L. gemellus.] A pair; a term inheraldry. NWAD GEMEL.1

GEMELLIPAROUS, a. [L. gemellus and pario.] Producing twins. NWAD GEMELLIPAROUS.1

GEMINATE, v.t. [L. gemino.] To double. [Little used.] NWAD GEMINATE.1

GEMINATION, n. A doubling; duplication; repetition. NWAD GEMINATION.1

GEMINI, n. plu. [L.] Twins. In astronomy, a constellation or sign of the zodiac, representing Castor and Pollux. In the Britannic catalogue, it contains 85 stars. NWAD GEMINI.1

GEMINOUS, a. [L. geminus.] Double; in pairs. NWAD GEMINOUS.1

GEMINY, n. [supra.] Twins; a pair; a couple. NWAD GEMINY.1

GEMMARY, a. [from gem.] Pertaining to gems or jewels. NWAD GEMMARY.1

GEMMATION, n. [L. gemmatio, from gemma.] NWAD GEMMATION.1

In botany, budding; the state, form or construction of the bud of plants, of the leaves, stipules, petioles or scales. NWAD GEMMATION.2

GEMMEOUS, a. [L. gemmeus.] Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems. NWAD GEMMEOUS.1

GEMMIPAROUS, a. [L. gemma, a bud, and pario, to bear.] NWAD GEMMIPAROUS.1

Producing buds or gems. NWAD GEMMIPAROUS.2

GEMMULE, n. A little gem or bud. NWAD GEMMULE.1

GEMMY, a. Bright; glittering; full of gems. NWAD GEMMY.1

1. Neat; spruce; smart. NWAD GEMMY.2

GEMOTE, n. A meeting. [See Meet.] NWAD GEMOTE.1

GEMSBOK, n. The name given to a variety of the antelope. NWAD GEMSBOK.1

GENDARM, n. In France, gens d`armes is the denomination given to a select body of troops, destined to watch over the interior public safety. In the singular, gendarme, as written by Lunier, is properly anglicized gendarm. NWAD GENDARM.1

GENDARMERY, n. [supra.] The body of gendarms. NWAD GENDARMERY.1

GENDER, n. [L. genus, from geno, gigno; Gr. to beget, or to be born; Eng. kind. Gr. a woman, a wife; Sans. gena, a wife, and genaga, a father. We have begin from the same root. See Begin and Can.] NWAD GENDER.1

1. Properly, kind; sort. NWAD GENDER.2

2. A sex, male or female. Hence, NWAD GENDER.3

3. In grammar, a difference in words to express distinction of sex; usually a difference of termination in nouns, adjectives and participles, to express the distinction of male and female. But although this was the original design of different terminations, yet in the progress of language, other words having no relation to one sex or the other, came to have genders assigned them by custom. Words expressing males are said to be of the masculine gender; those expressing females, of the feminine gender; and in some languages, words expressing things having no sex, are of the neuter or neither gender. NWAD GENDER.4

GENDER, v.t. To beget; but engender is more generally used. NWAD GENDER.5

GENDER, v.i. To copulate; to breed. Leviticus 19:19. NWAD GENDER.6

GENEALOGICAL, a. [from genealogy.] NWAD GENEALOGICAL.1

1. Pertaining to the descent of persons or families; exhibiting the succession of families from a progenitor; as a genealogical table. NWAD GENEALOGICAL.2

2. According to the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; as genealogical order. NWAD GENEALOGICAL.3

GENEALOGIST, n. He who traces descents of persons or families. NWAD GENEALOGIST.1

GENEALOGIZE, v.i. To relate the history of descents. NWAD GENEALOGIZE.1

GENEALOGY, n. [L. genealogia; Gr. race, and discourse; Eng. kind.] NWAD GENEALOGY.1

1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession. NWAD GENEALOGY.2

2. Pedigree; lineage; regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor. NWAD GENEALOGY.3

GENERABLE, a. That may be engendered, begotten or produced. NWAD GENERABLE.1

GENERAL, a. [L. generalis, from genus, a kind.] NWAD GENERAL.1

1. Properly, relating to a whole genus or kind; and hence, relating to a whole class or order. Thus we speak of a general law of the animal or vegetable economy. This word, though from genus, kind, is used to express whatever is common to an order, class, kind, sort or species, or to any company or association of individuals. NWAD GENERAL.2

2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; as, it is not logical to draw a general inference or conclusion from a particular fact. NWAD GENERAL.3

3. Lax in signification; not restrained or limited to a particular import; not specific; as a loose and general expression. NWAD GENERAL.4

4. Public; common; relating to or comprehending the whole community; as the general interest or safety of a nation. NWAD GENERAL.5

5. Common to many or the greatest number; as a general opinion; a general custom. NWAD GENERAL.6

6. Not directed to a single object. NWAD GENERAL.7

If the same thing be peculiarly evil, that general aversion will be turned into a particular hatred against it. NWAD GENERAL.8

7. Having a relation to all; common to the whole. Adam, our general sire. NWAD GENERAL.9

8. Extensive, though not universal; common; usual. NWAD GENERAL.10

This word is prefixed or annexed to words, to express the extent of their application. Thus a general assembly is an assembly of a whole body, in fact or by representation. In Scotland, it is the whole church convened by its representatives. In America, a legislature is sometimes called a general assembly. NWAD GENERAL.11

In logic, a general term is a term which is the sign of a general idea. NWAD GENERAL.12

An attorney general, and a solicitor general, is an officer who conducts suits and prosecutions for the king or for a nation or state, and whose authority is general in the state or kingdom. NWAD GENERAL.13

A vicar general has authority as vicar or substitute over a whole territory or jurisdiction. NWAD GENERAL.14

An adjutant general assists the general of an army, distributes orders, receives returns, etc. NWAD GENERAL.15

The word general thus annexed to a name of office, denotes chief or superior; as a commissary general, quarter-master general. NWAD GENERAL.16

In the line, a general officer is one who commands an army, a division or a brigade. NWAD GENERAL.17

GENERAL, n. The whole; the total; that which comprehends all or the chief part; opposed to particular. NWAD GENERAL.18

In particulars our knowledge begins, and so spreads itself by degrees to generals. NWAD GENERAL.19

A history painter paints man in general. NWAD GENERAL.20

1. In general, in the main; for the most part; not always or universally. NWAD GENERAL.21

I have shown that he excels, in general, under each of these heads. NWAD GENERAL.22

2. The chief commander of an army. But to distinguish this officer from other generals, he is often called general in chief. The officer second in rank is called lieutenant general. NWAD GENERAL.23

3. The commander of a division of an army or militia, usually called a major general. NWAD GENERAL.24

4. The commander of a brigade, called a brigadier general. NWAD GENERAL.25

5. A particular beat of drum or march, being that which, in the morning, gives notice for the infantry to be in readiness to march. NWAD GENERAL.26

6. The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations established under the same rule. NWAD GENERAL.27

7. The public; the interest of the whole; the vulgar. [Not in use.] NWAD GENERAL.28

GENERALISSIMO, n. The chief commander of an army or military force. NWAD GENERALISSIMO.1

1. The supreme commander; sometimes a title of honor; as Alexander generalissimo of Greece. NWAD GENERALISSIMO.2

GENERALITY, n. NWAD GENERALITY.1

1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. NWAD GENERALITY.2

2. The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as the generality of a nation or of mankind. NWAD GENERALITY.3

GENERALIZATION, n. The act of extending from particulars to generals; the act of making general. NWAD GENERALIZATION.1

GENERALIZE, v.t. To extend from particulars or species to genera, or to whole kinds or classes; to make general, or common to a number. NWAD GENERALIZE.1

Copernicus generalized the celestial motions, by merely referring them to the moon’s motion. Newton generalized them still more, by referring this last to the motion of a stone through the air. NWAD GENERALIZE.2

1. To reduce to a genus. NWAD GENERALIZE.3

GENERALLY, adv. In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently, but not without exceptions. A hot summer generally follows a cold winter. Men are generally more disposed to censure than to praise, as they generally suppose it easier to depress excellence in others than to equal or surpass it by elevating themselves. NWAD GENERALLY.1

1. In the main; without detail; in the whole taken together. NWAD GENERALLY.2

Generally speaking, they live very quietly. NWAD GENERALLY.3

GENERALNESS, n. Wide extent, though short of universality; frequency; commonness. NWAD GENERALNESS.1

GENERALSHIP, n. The skill and conduct of a general officer; military skill in a commander, exhibited in the judicious arrangements of troops, or the operations of war. NWAD GENERALSHIP.1

GENERALTY, n. The whole; the totality. [Little used.] NWAD GENERALTY.1

GENERANT, n. [L. generans.] The power that generates; the power or principle that produces. NWAD GENERANT.1

GENERATE, v.t. [L. genero. See Gender.] NWAD GENERATE.1

1. To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce a being similar to the parent. Every animal generates his own species. NWAD GENERATE.2

2. To produce; to cause to be; to bring into life; as great whales which the waters generated. NWAD GENERATE.3

3. To cause; to produce; to form. NWAD GENERATE.4

Sounds are generated where there is no air at all. NWAD GENERATE.5

Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle, must likewise generate milk. NWAD GENERATE.6

In music, any given sound generates with itself its octave and two other sounds extremely sharp, viz, its twelfth above or the octave of its fifth, and the seventeenth above. NWAD GENERATE.7

GENERATED, pp. Begotten; engendered; procreated; produced; formed. NWAD GENERATED.1

GENERATING, ppr. Begetting; procreating; producing; forming. NWAD GENERATING.1

GENERATION, n. The act of begetting; procreation, as of animals. NWAD GENERATION.1

1. Production; formation; as the generation of sounds or of curves or equations. NWAD GENERATION.2

2. A single succession in natural descent, as the children of the same parents; hence, an age. Thus we say, the third, the fourth, or the tenth generation. Genesis 15:16. NWAD GENERATION.3

3. The people of the same period, or living at the same time. NWAD GENERATION.4

O faithless and perverse generation. Luke 9:41. NWAD GENERATION.5

4. Genealogy; a series of children or descendants from the same stock. NWAD GENERATION.6

This is the book of the generations of Adam. Genesis 5:1. NWAD GENERATION.7

5. A family; a race. NWAD GENERATION.8

6. Progeny; offspring. NWAD GENERATION.9

GENERATIVE, a. Having the power of generating or propagating its own species. NWAD GENERATIVE.1

1. Having the power of producing. NWAD GENERATIVE.2

2. Prolific. NWAD GENERATIVE.3

GENERATOR, n. He or that which begets, causes or produces. NWAD GENERATOR.1

1. In music, the principal sound or sounds by which others are produced. Thus the lowest C for the treble of the harpsichord, besides its octave, will strike an attentive ear with its twelfth above, or G in alt., and with its seventeenth above, or E in alt. Hence C is called their generator, the G and E its products or harmonics. NWAD GENERATOR.2

2. A vessel in which steam is generated. NWAD GENERATOR.3

GENERIC, GENERICAL, a. [L. genus.] Pertaining to a genus or kind; comprehending the genus, as distinct from species, or from another genus. A generic description is a description of a genus; a generic difference is a difference in genus; a generic name is the denomination which comprehends all the species, as of animals, plants or fossils, which have certain essential and peculiar characters in common. Thus Canis is the generic name of animals of the dog kind; Felis, of the cat kind; Cervus, of the deer kind. NWAD GENERIC.1

GENERICALLY, adv. With regard to genus; as an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals generically allied. NWAD GENERICALLY.1

GENEROSITY, n. [L. generositas, from genus, race, kind, with reference to birth, blood, family.] NWAD GENEROSITY.1

1. The quality of being generous; liberality in principle; a disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors; a quality of the heart or mind opposed to meanness or parsimony. NWAD GENEROSITY.2

2. Liberality in act; bounty. NWAD GENEROSITY.3

3. Nobleness of soul; magnanimity. [This is the primary sense, but is now little used.] NWAD GENEROSITY.4

GENEROUS, a. [L. generosus. See Gender.] NWAD GENEROUS.1

1. Primarily, being of honorable birth or origin; hence, noble; honorable; magnanimous; applied to persons; as a generous foe; a generous critic. NWAD GENEROUS.2

2. Noble; honorable; applied to things; as a generous virtue; generous boldness. It is used also to denote like qualities in irrational animals; as a generous pack of hounds. NWAD GENEROUS.3

3. Liberal; bountiful; munificent; free to give; as a generous friend; a generous father. NWAD GENEROUS.4

4. Strong; full of spirit; as generous wine. NWAD GENEROUS.5

5. Full; overflowing; abundant; as a generous cup; a generous table. NWAD GENEROUS.6

6. Sprightly; courageous; as a generous steed. NWAD GENEROUS.7

GENEROUSLY, adv. Honorable; not meanly. NWAD GENEROUSLY.1

1. Nobly; magnanimously. NWAD GENEROUSLY.2

2. Liberally; munificently. NWAD GENEROUSLY.3

GENEROUSNESS, n. The quality of being generous; magnanimity; nobleness of mind. NWAD GENEROUSNESS.1

1. Liberality; munificence; generosity. NWAD GENEROUSNESS.2

GENESIS, n. [See Gender.] NWAD GENESIS.1

1. The first book of the sacred scriptures of the Old Testament, containing the history of the creation, of the apostasy of man, of the deluge, and of the first patriarchs, to the death of Joseph. In the original Hebrew, this book has no title; the present title was prefixed to it by those who translated it into Greek. NWAD GENESIS.2

2. In geometry, the formation of a line, plane or solid, by the motion or flux of a point, line or surface. NWAD GENESIS.3

GENET, n. A small-sized, well-proportioned Spanish horse. NWAD GENET.1

1. An animal of the weasel kind, less than the martin. NWAD GENET.2

GENETHLIACAL, GENETHLIAC, a. [Gr. to be born.] NWAD GENETHLIACAL.1

Pertaining to nativities as calculated by astrologers; showing the positions of the stars at the birth of any person. [Little used.] NWAD GENETHLIACAL.2