| gean | <botany> A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in colour. Origin: F. Guigne the fruit of the gean; cf. OHG. Wihsila, G. Weichsel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| geanticlinal | <geology> An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; opposed to geosynclinal. Origin: Gr. The earth + E. Anticlinal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gear | 1. Clothing; garments; ornaments. "Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear." (Spenser) 2. Goods; property; household stuff. "Homely gear and common ware." (Robynson (More's Utopia)) 3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material. "Clad in a vesture of unknown gear." (Spenser) 4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping. 5. Warlike accouterments. 6. Manner; custom; behavior. 7. Business matters; affairs; concern. "Thus go they both together to their gear." (Spenser) 8. <mechanics> A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively. An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe. Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear. 9. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. "That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man." (Latimer) Bever gear. See Bevel gear. Core gear, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See Mortise wheel, under Mortise. Expansion gear, to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc); to put in, or out of, working relation. Origin: OE. Gere, ger, AS. Gearwe clothing, adornment, armor, fr. Gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. Garawi, garwi ornament, dress. See Yare, and cf. Garb dress. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gearing | 1. Harness. 2. <machinery> The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; especially, a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery. Frictional gearing. See Frictional. Gearing chain, an endless chain transmitted motion from one sprocket wheel to another. Spur gearing, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged round either the concave or the convex surface (properly the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; for transmitting motion between parallel shafts, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |