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gemel|ˈdʒɛməl|
Forms: 5–7 gemell, 6 gemmell, -ull, gemoll, 6–7 gemmal, 6, 9 gemmel, 4– gemel. Also gemew, gimbal, gimmal, gimmer.
[a. OF. gemel (later gemeau, whence gemew; mod.F. jumeau twin):—L. gemellus, dim. of geminus twin.]
†1. pl. Twins; said also of things associated in pairs. Obs.
1382Wyclif Gen. xxxviii. 27 Gemels apereden in the wombe. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas i. (1554) 31 b, Toward him a great pace gan she goe And her brother Caunus came also And of one wombe as gemelles twayne. 1603Drayton Bar. Wars To Rdr., The often harmonie thereof soft'ned the verse more then the maiestie of the subject would permit, vnlesse they had all been Gemmels [printed Geminels] or couplets.
†b. attrib. or adj. Twin. Obs.
1497in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. (1887) I. 376 Giffin to Walter Ogiluy, in payment for the reparatioun of the tua gemmel touris of Inuernes. 1513Douglas æneis x. vii. 71 And ȝe alsso, stowt gemel brether twa. 1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 243 Then from the snow-white galaxy betwixt those gemel-monts, whose milken paths [etc.]. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 344 Because its roots were frequently gemmell [printed geminell] resembling two Leggs.
2. Her. in pl. Bars, or rather barrulets, placed together as a couple. Also in AF. form bar(re)s gemelles: see bar n.1 6.
1592W. Wyrley Armorie 136 Three gemels finely set in Azurd shield. 1603Drayton Bar. Wars i. To Rdr., The quadrin doth neuer double; or, to vse a word of Heraldry, neuer bringeth foorth Gemells. 1688R. Holme Armoury i. iii. 35 A Gemell ever goeth by Paires, or Couples, and not to be Seperated. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Gemelles [in Heraldry], the bearing of Bars by Pairs or Couples in a Coat of Arms. a1737Strype Life Smith i. note (1820) 2 Two gemells unde, silver, between two griffins passant. 1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. v. 22 When Barrulets are placed together in couples..each couple is entitled a pair of Bars Gemelles.
†3. ? ‘A two-part harmony’ (Jam.). Obs. rare—1. Cf. gymel (gimmal 5) and gemilling.
1501Douglas Pal. Hon. i. xlii, In modulatioun hard I play and sing..Cant organe, figuratioun, and gemmell.
4. A kind of finger-ring (much worn in the 16th c.) so constructed as to admit of being divided horizontally into two rings. Now only Hist. Also gemel-ring. Cf. gimmal.
1572Huloet, Gemoll or a gemmow, stalagnium, it is suche as the Egiptians vse to hange at their eares. Ibid., Gemoll, or a litle rynge to weare on the finger, annellus. 1601Holland Pliny xxxiii. i, The manner was in old time to weare rings but upon one finger onely, but now adayes..every joint by themselves must have some lesser rings and gemmals to fit them. 1877W. Jones Finger-ring 313 The old matrimonial Gemmel, or Gemmow, ring was a kind of double ring, curiously made.
5. A hinge. Now only spec. in Comb. gemel-hinge (see quot. 1874).
1536Inv. in W. Dodsworth Hist. Acc. Salisbury (1814) 229 Three..chests..with gemmels of siluer and gilt. 1556Yatton Churchw. Acc. (Som. Rec. Soc.) 168 For thei locke and the gemmulls..xijd. 1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. iii. 82 The gemels beaten so That little strength could thrust it [doore] to and fro. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Gemel-hinge (Locksmithing), a hinge consisting of an eye or loop and a hook.
Hence ˈgemelled a. [-ed2] (see quot.).
1883J. W. Mollett Dict. Art & Archæol., Gemelled, double; thus a gemelled bay is one divided into two parts; gemelled arches, those which are joined two and two. |