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单词 gemel
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gemeln.

/ˈdʒɛməl/
Forms: Middle English–1600s gemell, 1500s gemmell, gemmull, gemoll, 1500s–1600s gemmal, 1500s, 1800s gemmel, (1600s jemmel), Middle English– gemel. Also gemew n., gimbal n., gimmal n., gimmer n.1
Etymology: < Old French gemel (later gemeau , whence gemew n.; modern French jumeau twin) < Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus twin.
1.
a. plural. Twins; said also of things associated in pairs. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > [noun]
pairc1300
couple1365
paira1382
gemels1382
pair1391
yokea1425
brace1430
binarya1464
match1542
twin1569
binity?1578
twoa1585
couplement1596
Gemini1602
couplet1604
twain1607
duad1660
dyad1675
duet1749
tway?a1800
doublet1816
two-group1901
two-grouping1901
coupling1961
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxxviii. 27 Gemels apereden in the wombe.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) i. 31 b Toward him a great pace gan she goe And her brother Caunus came also And of one wombe as gemelles twayne.
1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars To Rdr. sig. A 3 The often harmonie thereof softned the verse more then the maiestie of the subiect would permit, vnlesse they had all been Gemmels [printed Geminels], or couplets.
b. attributive or adj. Twin. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > [adjective]
double1393
coupledc1440
conjugate1471
duplicate?a1475
jumellec1475
gemel1497
geminate1589
paired1595
fellowed1654
duplicatory1659
gemellous1697
dyadic1728
duplex1817
Siamese twins1829
parial1849
dyad1869
duadic1879
pairwise1913
duplicitous1985
1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 376 Giffin to Walter Ogiluy, in payment for the reparatioun of the tua gemmel touris of Inuernes.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. vii. 71 And ȝe alsso, stowt gemel brether twa.
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 143 Then from the snow-white galaxy betwixt those gemel-monts, whose milken paths [etc.].
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Yy3v Because its roots were frequently gemmell [printed geminell], resembling two Leggs.
2. Heraldry in plural. Bars, or rather barrulets, placed together as a couple. Also in Anglo-Norman form bar(re)s gemelles: see bar n.1 6.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > bar of two horizontal lines > smaller bars
gemew1486
barrulet1562
closet1562
humet1572
barret1587
bar-gemel1592
gemel1592
gemew1657
wiure1688
bandlet1850
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1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 136 Three gemels finely set in Azurd shield.
1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars To Rdr. sig. A 3 The Quadrin doth neuer double, or to vse a word of Heraldrie, neuer bringeth foorth Gemells.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. iii. 35 A Gemell ever goeth by Paires, or Couples, and not to be Seperated.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Gemelles [in Heraldry], the bearing of Bars by Pairs or Couples in a Coat of Arms.
1820 in Strype's Life Sir T. Smith (rev. ed.) i. (note) 2 Two gemells unde, silver, between two griffins passant.
1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry vi. 28 When Barrulets are placed together in couples..each couple is entitled a pair of Bars Gemelles.
3. ? ‘A two-part harmony’ (Jamieson). Obsolete. rare. Cf. gymel (gimmal n. 5) and gemilling n.
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?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 501 in Shorter Poems (1967) 38 In Modulatioun hard I play and syng..Cant organe, figuration, and gemmell.
4. A kind of finger-ring (much worn in the 16th cent.) so constructed as to admit of being divided horizontally into two rings. Now historical. Also gemel-ring. Cf. gimmal n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > double or triple ring
gemew1497
gimmer1570
gemel1572
gimbal1605
ring of gimmals1607
joint-ringa1616
1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Gemoll or a gemmow, stalagnium, it is suche as the Egiptians vse to hange at their eares.
1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Gemoll, or a litle rynge to weare on the finger, annellus.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiii. i. 458 The manner was in old time to weare rings but upon one finger onely, but now adaies..every joint by themselves, must have some lesser rings and gemmals to fit them.
1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 313 The old matrimonial Gemmel, or Gemmow, ring was a kind of double ring, curiously made.
5. A hinge. Now only spec. in combination gemel-hinge (see quot. 1875).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > hinge
hinglec1325
gemew1396
charnel1488
hirst1513
gimmerc1520
vardle1525
gemel1536
hinge1562
gimmal1605
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door fittings > hinge
harrec725
door-band1379
hingec1380
gemew1396
banda1400
gemel1536
gimbal1588
1536 Inv. in W. Dodsworth Hist. Acc. Salisbury (1814) 229 Three..chests..with gemmels of siluer and gilt.
1556 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 168 For thei locke and the gemmulls..xijd.
?16.. in Blunt Dursley 60 (Glouc. Gloss) For a payre of Jemmels for the Raile Door that goeth before the Communion Table £1. 0. 8.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iii. 82 The gemels beaten so That little strength could thrust it [sc. the door] to and fro.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Gemel-hinge (Locksmithing), a hinge consisting of an eye or loop and a hook.

Derivatives

ˈgemelled adj. [-ed suffix2] (see quot. 1883).
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1883 J. W. Mollett Illustr. Dict. Art & Archæol. Gemelled, double; thus a gemelled bay is one divided into two parts; gemelled arches, those which are joined two and two.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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