单词 | gemel |
释义 | gemeln. a. plural. Twins; said also of things associated in pairs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 bracelet- 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. ΚΠ ?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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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). ΚΠ 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). < n.1382 |
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