Genevan.

Brit.

/dʒᵻˈniːvə/, U.S.

/dʒəˈnivə/

Forms:

α. 1500s–1700s Geneve.

β. 1500s–1600s Geneua, 1500s– Geneva.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Geneva, Geneve.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Geneva (1551 in Calvin), variant (probably influenced by Middle French Geneve: see below) of classical Latin Genāva , the name of a city in western Switzerland (earliest recorded in Caesar Bellum Gallicum). In α. forms probably directly < Middle French Geneve (apparently early 14th cent.; French Genève), ultimately < classical Latin Genāva.In the various subsenses of sense 1 with reference to the form of Protestant faith introduced by John Calvin in Geneva in the mid 16th cent. In senses 2, 3, 6, 7 with reference to Swiss watches, several famous brands of which are manufactured in Geneva. With Geneva Convention n. at sense 4a compare French convention de Genève (1866 or earlier). Compare also genever n.

I. Compounds.

a. attributive. Designating the religious doctrines and practices which were introduced by John Calvin in Geneva in the mid 16th cent. and subsequently spread through a large part of north-western Europe as one of the principal forms of Protestant faith; spec. designating English Puritans, or their doctrines and practices. See also Geneva print n. Cf. Calvinism n.Common in the 17th cent., passing into adjectival use in the spec. sense.

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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Calvinism > [adjective]

Geneva1559

Genevian1565

Calvinian1566

Calvinistical1606

Calvinish1637

Huguenot1682

Calvinistic1820

Calvinized1824

Genevan1853

Huguenotic1897

1559 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 212 The nuw mornyng prayer at sant Antholyns in Boge-row, after Geneve fassyon.

1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie v. 316 In one pocket our Ladies mattins, and in the other the Geneua Psalmes.

1637 W. Laud Let. 28 Aug. in Earl of Strafford Lett. & Disp. (1739) II. 100 They do not only sing the Psalms after the Geneva Tune, but expound the Text too in the Geneva Sense.

1639 J. Mayne Citye Match v. i Who does he look like in that dresse? New. Hum? why Like a Geneva Weaver, in black.

a1668 W. Davenant News from Plimouth iv, in Wks. (1673) 23/1 And get more Charities by it From your little ruff'd Geneva-Man, or Flemming.

1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 17 Having had our Geneva Jigg, let us advance.

1757 T. Smollett Compl. Hist. Eng. III. ix. 147 A presbytery was formed at the village of Wandsworth, on the model of the Geneva institution.

1841 N. Hawthorne Grandfather's Chair 21 He wore a black cloak, called a Geneva cloak, and had a black velvet cap fitting close to his head, as was the fashion of almost all the Puritan clergymen.

1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxvii. 250 Let us hope divine truths may be shining..which Geneva glasses cannot yet perceive, and are beyond the focus of Roman telescopes.

1916 T. S. Bell et al. tr. C. L. von Bar Hist. Continental Criminal Law i. viii. 222 (note) The esteemed work of the Geneva divine, Theodor Beza.

1986 Amer. Hist. Rev. 91 104/2 Occasionally, she sees Geneva Calvinism where it is not to be found, as ,for example, in Paradise Lost.

b. attributive. Designating the English translation of the Bible originally published in 1560 by Protestant scholars working in Europe, and typically the favoured translation of English Puritans and members of separatist congregations opposed to the episcopal government of the Church of England. Chiefly in Geneva Bible.The New Testament had originally been published separately in 1557.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > edition > [noun] > Geneva

Geneva Bible1566

Breeches Bible1835

1566 Abp. M. Parker Let. 9 Mar. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 261 The reimprinting of the late Geneva Bible.

c1570 in Strype's Parker App. 139 This Error is also in the Geneva Bible.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. vii. §8. 110 The Geneua Translation cals it [sc. Gopher] Pinetree, the Rabbine Cedar, the Seuentie square timber.

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 41 Get thee hence, thou old Geneva Testament: thou art a part of the Ceremonial Law, and hast been abolish'd these twenty years.

1690 T. Brown Late Converts Exposed 17 The only revenge..wou'd be..to order that whosoever cou'd not read a Geneva-Bible at two yards distance and vault over a five-barr'd Gate, should forfeit his Mitre.

1798 F. Eyre Reply to Rev. R. Churton 109 The editors of the Geneva Bible assert that the apostle when he here speaks of scripture only means the old testament.

1885 Cent. Mag. Dec. 219/1 An old Geneva Bible (dating from 1599), now at Gardiner's Island,contains an entry in antique and much faded writing.

1911 G. H. Fitch Comfort found in Good Old Bks. 136 He [sc. the King] said that the Geneva Bible taught sedition and disobedience, and by royal mandate he ordered Bishop Reynolds and his associates to make the best version in their power.

2000 Church Times 24 Mar. 5/1 The Bible, a Geneva Bible of 1597, was stolen from St Luke's, Wolverhampton.

2003 F. Heal Reformation in Brit. & Ireland vii. 275 Institutional difficulties..included the hostility of the conservative bishops in Henry VIII's reign; the distaste for the Geneva translation by sections of the clerical establishment [etc.].

†c. Geneva set n. Obsolete (more fully Geneva set ruff) a small ruff with closely and fastidiously folded pleats such as was typically worn by Puritans. Cf. set n.¹ 27.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > ruff > types of

quellio1631

Geneva set1633

round robin1642

fraise1801

Pierrot collar1881

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 5) 560 You shall..finde her [sc. pride] as soone in a little Geneva-set, as in a great Spanish Ruffe.

1647 J. Mayne Late Serm. False Prophets 22 It had been as unnaturall for me to be borne in a Surplice, or Cope, as for you to come into the world, with a little Geneva set-ruffe about your neck.

d. Geneva bands n. clerical bands (band n.² 4b) resembling those worn by the Swiss Calvinist clergy.

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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > neck and shoulder garb > [noun] > band(s)

tippet1530

scarfa1555

Geneva bands1636

banda1700

church tippet1813

lappet1869

1636 W. Davenant Witts i. sig. B3 Thou shalt find me In a Geneva-band, that was reduc'd From an old Alder-mans Cuffe.

1644 J. Taylor Mercurius Aquaticus sig. A2^v A long crown'd Hat..a Geneva band, Dublet and Hose.

1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl I. vi. 78 We had the Geneva band in fashion for a time.

1882 ‘E. Lyall’ Donovan xv No clergyman in surplice and stole, or gown and Geneva bands, had ever preached to him.

1910 N. Munro in B. D. Osborne & R. Armstrong Erchie & Jimmy Swan (1993) i. xxxi. 144 Everything'll be tip-top—a rale minister wi' Geneva bands on, a brides-cake, a cab, and a poke o' confetti. Whit mair could ye ask for?

1997 New Eng. Q. 70 126 Only men in authority are garbed in black, with steeple-crowned hats and Geneva bands.

e. Geneva hat n. now historical a black hat such as was worn by the Calvinist clergy and Puritans, esp. one with a tall crown.

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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > headgear > [noun] > hat > of reformed clergy

Geneva hata1649

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 186 Church-Men..shall have Liberty to wear the old Fashion of Geneva Hats and Apparel.

1846 I. T. Hewlett Dunster Castle I. 6 ‘To your tents, O Israel! how long, how long?’ cried a little man in a Geneva hat and cloak and with a large brass-clasped bible under his arm.

1854 A. Strickland Lives Queens of Scotl. V. xxviii. 100 He [sc. the Earl of Morton] wears the Geneva hat, with high sloping crown and narrow brims.

1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 148/1 Geneva hat, low-crowned, brimmed hat.

f. Geneva gown n. a black gown such as was worn by the Calvinist clergy when preaching.

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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > gown > Geneva gown

Genevac1650

canting coat1659

Geneva gown1811

1811 T. Hogg St. Michael's Mount ii. 28 Humbly rob'd in a Geneva Gown, You claim respect.

1820 W. Scott Abbot I. vi. 137 It is like that..the mass and the cross will come up, and then down go pulpits, Geneva-gowns, and black silk scull-caps.

1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xvii. 300 A man serves his Maker as weel in buckskin as in a Geneva gown.

2006 Church Times 28 Apr. 16/5 He preaches in a Geneva gown, and, under his leadership, the Cathedral's traditional choir has had its role severely curtailed.

2. Geneva watch n. a watch made in Geneva; a Swiss watch.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch

German watch1611

larum watch1619

clock-watch1625

minute watch1660

pendulum watch1664

watch1666

alarm watch1669

finger watch1679

string-watch1686

scout1688

balance-watch1690

hour-watch1697

warming-pan1699

minute pendulum watch1705

jewel watch1711

suit1718

repeater1725

Tompion1727

pendulum spring1728

second-watch1755

Geneva watch1756

cylinder-watch1765

watch-paper1777

ring watch1788

verge watch1792

watch lamp1823

hack1827

bull's-eye1833

vertical watch1838

quarter-repeater1840

turnip1840

hunting-watch1843

minute repeater1843

hunter1851

job watch1851

Geneva1852

watch-lining1856

touch watch1860

musical watch1864

lever1865

neep1866

verge1871

independent seconds watch1875

stem-winder1875

demi-hunter1884

fob-watch1884

three-quarter plate1884

wrist-watch1897

turnip-watch1898

sedan-chair watch1904

Rolex1922

Tank watch1923

strap watch1926

chatelaine watch1936

sedan clock1950

quartz watch1969

pulsar1970

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. xxi. 172 The Geneva watches are not at all inferior in beauty to the English.

1844 C. M. Yonge Abbeychurch ii. 23 Above it hung a small Geneva watch.

1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 156 Men are like Geneva watches with crystal faces, which expose the whole movement.

1959 Times 2 Oct. 7/3 (caption) M. Louis Cottier, the curator of the Wilsdorf collection of rare Geneva watches, and jewelry.

2007 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 1 Aug. 6 Deputies found the Geneva watch and one of the necklaces at pawn shops.

3. Mechanics. Also with lower-case initial.

a. Geneva stop n. a stop (stop n.² 9d) consisting of a wheel with radial slots or cogs, as in a Geneva movement, but with one of the slots or cogs missing, so that the wheel stops turning before it makes a complete revolution; (also) a Geneva movement.Geneva stops have been used in clockwork to prevent overwinding and underwinding of the spring.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms

stop?1523

clockwork1652

sector1715

rackwork1755

scapement1789

scape1798

safety catch1827

controller1836

dog1840

Geneva stop1841

Maltese cross1852

throw-off1852

gearhead1869

tripper1870

Scotch yoke1880

Geneva movement1881

belt-tightener1882

watch1882

selector1890

Geneva wheel1891

throw-out1894

Geneva motion1897

horse-geara1899

Geneva mechanism1903

safety catch1904

Geneva drive1913

Geneva1919

Possum1961

1841 R. Willis Princ. Mechanism vii. 266 A better intermittent motion is produced by a contrivance..which may be termed the Geneva stop, as it is introduced into the mechanism of the Geneva watches.

1913 F. A. Talbot Pract. Cinematogr. iii. 26 The early types of camera were fitted with what is known as the Geneva stop movement.

1970 R. M. Phelan Fund. Mech. Design (ed. 3) xii. 287 The Geneva stop is a useful variation of the Geneva wheel in which one of the slots in the driven member is left closed, thus permitting only a certain number of revolutions..before the pin hits the closed slot and stops the motion.

2008 F. Sahin & P. Kachroo Pract. & Exper. Robotics i. 60 Intermittent motion... Another mechanism for this is called the Geneva stop..which accomplishes the same thing without using gears.

b. Geneva movement n. a mechanism for converting a continuous rotatory motion into an intermittent rotatory motion, consisting of a driving wheel having a pin that engages with one of several radial slots in the driven wheel for part of each revolution of the driving wheel.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms

stop?1523

clockwork1652

sector1715

rackwork1755

scapement1789

scape1798

safety catch1827

controller1836

dog1840

Geneva stop1841

Maltese cross1852

throw-off1852

gearhead1869

tripper1870

Scotch yoke1880

Geneva movement1881

belt-tightener1882

watch1882

selector1890

Geneva wheel1891

throw-out1894

Geneva motion1897

horse-geara1899

Geneva mechanism1903

safety catch1904

Geneva drive1913

Geneva1919

Possum1961

1881 J. Tripplin & E. Rigg Saunier's Watchmakers' Hand-bk. v. 344 Many of the remarks made in speaking of the Geneva movement are equally applicable to that of English construction.

1946 J. P. Eckert in Moore School Lect. (1985) 338 The type wheel is moved in jumps, by means of a Geneva movement, so that it is stationery at any time when the hammer might strike it.

2000 D. Mellor Sound Person's Guide to Video xv. 183 The Geneva movement is brilliant in its simplicity and achieves a high degree of reliability.

c. Geneva wheel n. a radially slotted wheel or disc; (also) a Geneva mechanism or movement.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms

stop?1523

clockwork1652

sector1715

rackwork1755

scapement1789

scape1798

safety catch1827

controller1836

dog1840

Geneva stop1841

Maltese cross1852

throw-off1852

gearhead1869

tripper1870

Scotch yoke1880

Geneva movement1881

belt-tightener1882

watch1882

selector1890

Geneva wheel1891

throw-out1894

Geneva motion1897

horse-geara1899

Geneva mechanism1903

safety catch1904

Geneva drive1913

Geneva1919

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > other wheels

well wheel1535

rundle1611

rown-wheel1688

walking wheel1730

side wheel1731

tirl1793

rigger1797

idle wheel1805

vane1842

Gypsy1850

air wheel1860

wind-wheel1867

sprocket1879

friction-wheel1888

Geneva wheel1891

idler1899

1891 U.S. Patent 447,540 1/1 I employ, in connection with a train of gears, their case and dials, the housing and counter-balance.., a radially-slotted disk or ‘Geneva’ wheel.

1918 F. D. Jones Mechanisms & Mech. Movements vi. 154 The general type of intermittent gearing..is commonly known as the ‘Geneva wheel’, because of the similarity to the well-known Geneva stop used to prevent the over-winding of springs.

2002 R. L. Norton Cam Design & Manufacturing Handbk. xiii. 418 Figure 13-14 shows a four-stop example of a Geneva wheel and a linear motion variant.

d. Geneva motion n. = Geneva movement n.; (also) motion characteristic of the Geneva movement.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms

stop?1523

clockwork1652

sector1715

rackwork1755

scapement1789

scape1798

safety catch1827

controller1836

dog1840

Geneva stop1841

Maltese cross1852

throw-off1852

gearhead1869

tripper1870

Scotch yoke1880

Geneva movement1881

belt-tightener1882

watch1882

selector1890

Geneva wheel1891

throw-out1894

Geneva motion1897

horse-geara1899

Geneva mechanism1903

safety catch1904

Geneva drive1913

Geneva1919

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > action or movement of

whip1889

Geneva motion1897

1897 U.S. Patent 584,286 2/1 This is a form of an invention usually attributed to Pascal,..sometimes designated as the ‘Geneva’ motion, whereby the revolution of a driving-wheel produces no effect upon the driven wheel except during a brief portion of each revolution.

1930 F. D. Jones Ingenious Mechanisms I. iii. 73 The Geneva motion..has been applied to many projectors.

2000 S. Rappaport in R. O. Parmley Illustr. Sourcebk. Mech. Components i. 36 These sketches were selected as practical examples of uncommon, but often useful mechanisms. Most of them serve to add a varying velocity component to the conventional Geneva motion.

e. Geneva mechanism n. = Geneva movement n.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms

stop?1523

clockwork1652

sector1715

rackwork1755

scapement1789

scape1798

safety catch1827

controller1836

dog1840

Geneva stop1841

Maltese cross1852

throw-off1852

gearhead1869

tripper1870

Scotch yoke1880

Geneva movement1881

belt-tightener1882

watch1882

selector1890

Geneva wheel1891

throw-out1894

Geneva motion1897

horse-geara1899

Geneva mechanism1903

safety catch1904

Geneva drive1913

Geneva1919

Possum1961

1903 U.S. Patent 733,626 2/1 In each case only one armature is vibrated and the other, with its train of Geneva mechanism, is idle.

1999 R. Campbell in I. B. Cohen & G. W. Welch Makin' Numbers i. 125 Through the use of a geneva mechanism, the tape handling equipment was able to accelerate and decelerate smoothly..three times per second, with pauses in between to allow the pins to sense the holes.

f. Geneva drive n. = Geneva movement n.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms

stop?1523

clockwork1652

sector1715

rackwork1755

scapement1789

scape1798

safety catch1827

controller1836

dog1840

Geneva stop1841

Maltese cross1852

throw-off1852

gearhead1869

tripper1870

Scotch yoke1880

Geneva movement1881

belt-tightener1882

watch1882

selector1890

Geneva wheel1891

throw-out1894

Geneva motion1897

horse-geara1899

Geneva mechanism1903

safety catch1904

Geneva drive1913

Geneva1919

Possum1961

1913 U.S. Patent 1,077,636 2/2 The shaft..also carries, adjacent to the worm-wheel, the stud-member of a Geneva-drive.

1949 Tool Engineers Handbk. (Amer. Soc. Tool Engineers) lxxviii. 1143 A special geneva drive is utilized to impart intermittent motion to the circular electrodes.

2000 B. M. Starr et al. in P. Amico & J. W. Beletic Optical Detectors for Astron. II ii. 172 The filterwheel is based on a Geneva drive mechanism, using Hall effect position sensors and stepper motor drive circuitry.

a. Geneva Convention n. each of a series of an international agreements, the first drawn up at Geneva in 1864, governing the status and treatment of captured and wounded military personnel and civilians in wartime; these agreements collectively.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > convention > specific

Geneva Convention1865

Montreal Protocol1975

1865 Parl. Papers LVII. 473 (title) Accession of the British Government to the Convention signed at Geneva, August 22, 1864, for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field.]

1865 Liverpool Mercury 26 Apr. 6/3 (headline) The Geneva Convention.

1867 Times 10 July 12/1 Prussia has joined the Geneva Convention for the care of the wounded in war.

1900 Daily News 21 Mar. 5/6 ‘Explosive bullets’..were..expressly condemned by the Geneva Convention.

2004 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Jan. 135/1 America has determined that its detainees are not enemy prisoners of war..as defined by the Geneva Conventions.

2005 Independent 1 Mar. (Review section) 21/2 You're asked whether you would obey the niceties of the Geneva Convention if the man in front of you knew how to prevent an imminent atrocity.

b. Geneva cross n. = red cross n. 3a.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > others

cocklestone1591

Rosy Cross1621

toison d'or1704

greyhound1747

foul anchor1754

red cross1866

Geneva cross1870

Tammany tiger1871

fasces1889

waist-plate1902

blue star1917

gold star1917

red ribbon1990

1870 Times 8 Sept. 5/1 Two white flags with the Geneva cross in the centre.

1915 C. Phillipson Internat. Law & Great War xii. 207 The Hague Regulations prohibit the improper use of the enemy's national flag and uniforms, as well as of the Geneva Cross.

2000 K. Jackson They called them Angels vi. 80 Even though their lead jeep was marked with a white flag with the Geneva Cross, their convoy was ambushed.

c. Geneva Protocol n. any of various protocols drawn up in Geneva, esp. that of 1925 limiting chemical and bacteriological warfare.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > treaty > specific treaties

Partition treaty1703

assiento1714

Family Compact1741

extradition treaty1852

Geneva Protocol1922

Antarctic Treaty1948

Dayton1995

1922 Times 7 Nov. 11/3 The debate on the so-called Reconstruction Bill, which embodies the demands of the Geneva protocol, began in the National Assembly this afternoon.

1925 Times 12 Oct. 15/7 The international Red Cross Conference in Geneva has adopted a resolution calling for the early ratification of the Geneva Protocol condemning chemical warfare.

1970 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 6 June 28/3 The Geneva Protocol of 1925..banned the use in war of all ‘asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases’ and of ‘bacteriological methods of warfare’.

2001 N. A. Sims Evol. Biol. Disarmament vi. 153 The negotiators of the BTWC [sc. Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention] held the Geneva Protocol in high regard.

II. Simple uses.

†5. Apparently: = Geneva gown n. at sense 1f. Obsolete. rare.

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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > gown > Geneva gown

Genevac1650

canting coat1659

Geneva gown1811

c1650 in J. W. Hales & F. J. Furnivall Bp. Percy's Folio MS: Loose & Humorous Songs (1867) 112 Come laced shirt Come holy geneua, a think without cuffe.

6. = Geneva watch n. at sense 2.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch

German watch1611

larum watch1619

clock-watch1625

minute watch1660

pendulum watch1664

watch1666

alarm watch1669

finger watch1679

string-watch1686

scout1688

balance-watch1690

hour-watch1697

warming-pan1699

minute pendulum watch1705

jewel watch1711

suit1718

repeater1725

Tompion1727

pendulum spring1728

second-watch1755

Geneva watch1756

cylinder-watch1765

watch-paper1777

ring watch1788

verge watch1792

watch lamp1823

hack1827

bull's-eye1833

vertical watch1838

quarter-repeater1840

turnip1840

hunting-watch1843

minute repeater1843

hunter1851

job watch1851

Geneva1852

watch-lining1856

touch watch1860

musical watch1864

lever1865

neep1866

verge1871

independent seconds watch1875

stem-winder1875

demi-hunter1884

fob-watch1884

three-quarter plate1884

wrist-watch1897

turnip-watch1898

sedan-chair watch1904

Rolex1922

Tank watch1923

strap watch1926

chatelaine watch1936

sedan clock1950

quartz watch1969

pulsar1970

1852 C. Dickens & G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 15 May 191/1 Where is the gold Geneva, the silver lever?

1865 H. Packer Grandfather's Watch ii. i. 51 It was seized and held aloft, side by side with Phil's dainty little gold Geneva.

1875 Reynold's Newspaper 28 Nov. 7/4 (advt.) Scott's one shilling pocket Geneva.

1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger iii. xiv. 422 Edwin..drew out the silver Geneva.

2000 Miami Herald (Nexis) 5 Mar. 10 nw The watch, a gold Geneva with diamonds, is valued at $225.

7. Mechanics. = Geneva movement n.; (also) the driven wheel of a Geneva movement.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms

stop?1523

clockwork1652

sector1715

rackwork1755

scapement1789

scape1798

safety catch1827

controller1836

dog1840

Geneva stop1841

Maltese cross1852

throw-off1852

gearhead1869

tripper1870

Scotch yoke1880

Geneva movement1881

belt-tightener1882

watch1882

selector1890

Geneva wheel1891

throw-out1894

Geneva motion1897

horse-geara1899

Geneva mechanism1903

safety catch1904

Geneva drive1913

Geneva1919

Possum1961

1919 U.S. Patent 1,309,147 2/1 The geneva is mounted to move longitudinally of a shaft secured in one of the frame members.

1967 S. B. Tuttle Mechanisms for Engin. Design iii. 37 The internal Geneva produces intermittent circular motion in which the dwell period is less than 40% of the elapsed time.

2001 N. Sclater & N. P. Chironis Mechanisms & Mech. Devices Sourcebk. (ed. 3) 440 The crank..continues its movement..reproducing exactly the moving conditions of an internal geneva.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	geneva
释义	Genevan. Brit. /dʒᵻˈniːvə/, U.S. /dʒəˈnivə/ Forms: α. 1500s–1700s Geneve. β. 1500s–1600s Geneua, 1500s– Geneva. Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Geneva, Geneve. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Geneva (1551 in Calvin), variant (probably influenced by Middle French Geneve: see below) of classical Latin Genāva , the name of a city in western Switzerland (earliest recorded in Caesar Bellum Gallicum). In α. forms probably directly < Middle French Geneve (apparently early 14th cent.; French Genève), ultimately < classical Latin Genāva.In the various subsenses of sense 1 with reference to the form of Protestant faith introduced by John Calvin in Geneva in the mid 16th cent. In senses 2, 3, 6, 7 with reference to Swiss watches, several famous brands of which are manufactured in Geneva. With Geneva Convention n. at sense 4a compare French convention de Genève (1866 or earlier). Compare also genever n. I. Compounds. 1. a. attributive. Designating the religious doctrines and practices which were introduced by John Calvin in Geneva in the mid 16th cent. and subsequently spread through a large part of north-western Europe as one of the principal forms of Protestant faith; spec. designating English Puritans, or their doctrines and practices. See also Geneva print n. Cf. Calvinism n.Common in the 17th cent., passing into adjectival use in the spec. sense. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Calvinism > [adjective] Geneva1559 Genevian1565 Calvinian1566 Calvinistical1606 Calvinish1637 Huguenot1682 Calvinistic1820 Calvinized1824 Genevan1853 Huguenotic1897 1559 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 212 The nuw mornyng prayer at sant Antholyns in Boge-row, after Geneve fassyon. 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie v. 316 In one pocket our Ladies mattins, and in the other the Geneua Psalmes. 1637 W. Laud Let. 28 Aug. in Earl of Strafford Lett. & Disp. (1739) II. 100 They do not only sing the Psalms after the Geneva Tune, but expound the Text too in the Geneva Sense. 1639 J. Mayne Citye Match v. i Who does he look like in that dresse? New. Hum? why Like a Geneva Weaver, in black. a1668 W. Davenant News from Plimouth iv, in Wks. (1673) 23/1 And get more Charities by it From your little ruff'd Geneva-Man, or Flemming. 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 17 Having had our Geneva Jigg, let us advance. 1757 T. Smollett Compl. Hist. Eng. III. ix. 147 A presbytery was formed at the village of Wandsworth, on the model of the Geneva institution. 1841 N. Hawthorne Grandfather's Chair 21 He wore a black cloak, called a Geneva cloak, and had a black velvet cap fitting close to his head, as was the fashion of almost all the Puritan clergymen. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxvii. 250 Let us hope divine truths may be shining..which Geneva glasses cannot yet perceive, and are beyond the focus of Roman telescopes. 1916 T. S. Bell et al. tr. C. L. von Bar Hist. Continental Criminal Law i. viii. 222 (note) The esteemed work of the Geneva divine, Theodor Beza. 1986 Amer. Hist. Rev. 91 104/2 Occasionally, she sees Geneva Calvinism where it is not to be found, as ,for example, in Paradise Lost. b. attributive. Designating the English translation of the Bible originally published in 1560 by Protestant scholars working in Europe, and typically the favoured translation of English Puritans and members of separatist congregations opposed to the episcopal government of the Church of England. Chiefly in Geneva Bible.The New Testament had originally been published separately in 1557. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > edition > [noun] > Geneva Geneva Bible1566 Breeches Bible1835 1566 Abp. M. Parker Let. 9 Mar. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 261 The reimprinting of the late Geneva Bible. c1570 in Strype's Parker App. 139 This Error is also in the Geneva Bible. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. vii. §8. 110 The Geneua Translation cals it [sc. Gopher] Pinetree, the Rabbine Cedar, the Seuentie square timber. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 41 Get thee hence, thou old Geneva Testament: thou art a part of the Ceremonial Law, and hast been abolish'd these twenty years. 1690 T. Brown Late Converts Exposed 17 The only revenge..wou'd be..to order that whosoever cou'd not read a Geneva-Bible at two yards distance and vault over a five-barr'd Gate, should forfeit his Mitre. 1798 F. Eyre Reply to Rev. R. Churton 109 The editors of the Geneva Bible assert that the apostle when he here speaks of scripture only means the old testament. 1885 Cent. Mag. Dec. 219/1 An old Geneva Bible (dating from 1599), now at Gardiner's Island,contains an entry in antique and much faded writing. 1911 G. H. Fitch Comfort found in Good Old Bks. 136 He [sc. the King] said that the Geneva Bible taught sedition and disobedience, and by royal mandate he ordered Bishop Reynolds and his associates to make the best version in their power. 2000 Church Times 24 Mar. 5/1 The Bible, a Geneva Bible of 1597, was stolen from St Luke's, Wolverhampton. 2003 F. Heal Reformation in Brit. & Ireland vii. 275 Institutional difficulties..included the hostility of the conservative bishops in Henry VIII's reign; the distaste for the Geneva translation by sections of the clerical establishment [etc.]. †c. Geneva set n. Obsolete (more fully Geneva set ruff) a small ruff with closely and fastidiously folded pleats such as was typically worn by Puritans. Cf. set n.¹ 27. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > ruff > types of quellio1631 Geneva set1633 round robin1642 fraise1801 Pierrot collar1881 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 5) 560 You shall..finde her [sc. pride] as soone in a little Geneva-set, as in a great Spanish Ruffe. 1647 J. Mayne Late Serm. False Prophets 22 It had been as unnaturall for me to be borne in a Surplice, or Cope, as for you to come into the world, with a little Geneva set-ruffe about your neck. d. Geneva bands n. clerical bands (band n.² 4b) resembling those worn by the Swiss Calvinist clergy. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > neck and shoulder garb > [noun] > band(s) tippet1530 scarfa1555 Geneva bands1636 banda1700 church tippet1813 lappet1869 1636 W. Davenant Witts i. sig. B3 Thou shalt find me In a Geneva-band, that was reduc'd From an old Alder-mans Cuffe. 1644 J. Taylor Mercurius Aquaticus sig. A2^v A long crown'd Hat..a Geneva band, Dublet and Hose. 1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl I. vi. 78 We had the Geneva band in fashion for a time. 1882 ‘E. Lyall’ Donovan xv No clergyman in surplice and stole, or gown and Geneva bands, had ever preached to him. 1910 N. Munro in B. D. Osborne & R. Armstrong Erchie & Jimmy Swan (1993) i. xxxi. 144 Everything'll be tip-top—a rale minister wi' Geneva bands on, a brides-cake, a cab, and a poke o' confetti. Whit mair could ye ask for? 1997 New Eng. Q. 70 126 Only men in authority are garbed in black, with steeple-crowned hats and Geneva bands. e. Geneva hat n. now historical a black hat such as was worn by the Calvinist clergy and Puritans, esp. one with a tall crown. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > headgear > [noun] > hat > of reformed clergy Geneva hata1649 a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 186 Church-Men..shall have Liberty to wear the old Fashion of Geneva Hats and Apparel. 1846 I. T. Hewlett Dunster Castle I. 6 ‘To your tents, O Israel! how long, how long?’ cried a little man in a Geneva hat and cloak and with a large brass-clasped bible under his arm. 1854 A. Strickland Lives Queens of Scotl. V. xxviii. 100 He [sc. the Earl of Morton] wears the Geneva hat, with high sloping crown and narrow brims. 1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 148/1 Geneva hat, low-crowned, brimmed hat. f. Geneva gown n. a black gown such as was worn by the Calvinist clergy when preaching. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > gown > Geneva gown Genevac1650 canting coat1659 Geneva gown1811 1811 T. Hogg St. Michael's Mount ii. 28 Humbly rob'd in a Geneva Gown, You claim respect. 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. vi. 137 It is like that..the mass and the cross will come up, and then down go pulpits, Geneva-gowns, and black silk scull-caps. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xvii. 300 A man serves his Maker as weel in buckskin as in a Geneva gown. 2006 Church Times 28 Apr. 16/5 He preaches in a Geneva gown, and, under his leadership, the Cathedral's traditional choir has had its role severely curtailed. 2. Geneva watch n. a watch made in Geneva; a Swiss watch. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch German watch1611 larum watch1619 clock-watch1625 minute watch1660 pendulum watch1664 watch1666 alarm watch1669 finger watch1679 string-watch1686 scout1688 balance-watch1690 hour-watch1697 warming-pan1699 minute pendulum watch1705 jewel watch1711 suit1718 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pendulum spring1728 second-watch1755 Geneva watch1756 cylinder-watch1765 watch-paper1777 ring watch1788 verge watch1792 watch lamp1823 hack1827 bull's-eye1833 vertical watch1838 quarter-repeater1840 turnip1840 hunting-watch1843 minute repeater1843 hunter1851 job watch1851 Geneva1852 watch-lining1856 touch watch1860 musical watch1864 lever1865 neep1866 verge1871 independent seconds watch1875 stem-winder1875 demi-hunter1884 fob-watch1884 three-quarter plate1884 wrist-watch1897 turnip-watch1898 sedan-chair watch1904 Rolex1922 Tank watch1923 strap watch1926 chatelaine watch1936 sedan clock1950 quartz watch1969 pulsar1970 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. xxi. 172 The Geneva watches are not at all inferior in beauty to the English. 1844 C. M. Yonge Abbeychurch ii. 23 Above it hung a small Geneva watch. 1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 156 Men are like Geneva watches with crystal faces, which expose the whole movement. 1959 Times 2 Oct. 7/3 (caption) M. Louis Cottier, the curator of the Wilsdorf collection of rare Geneva watches, and jewelry. 2007 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 1 Aug. 6 Deputies found the Geneva watch and one of the necklaces at pawn shops. 3. Mechanics. Also with lower-case initial. a. Geneva stop n. a stop (stop n.² 9d) consisting of a wheel with radial slots or cogs, as in a Geneva movement, but with one of the slots or cogs missing, so that the wheel stops turning before it makes a complete revolution; (also) a Geneva movement.Geneva stops have been used in clockwork to prevent overwinding and underwinding of the spring. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms stop?1523 clockwork1652 sector1715 rackwork1755 scapement1789 scape1798 safety catch1827 controller1836 dog1840 Geneva stop1841 Maltese cross1852 throw-off1852 gearhead1869 tripper1870 Scotch yoke1880 Geneva movement1881 belt-tightener1882 watch1882 selector1890 Geneva wheel1891 throw-out1894 Geneva motion1897 horse-geara1899 Geneva mechanism1903 safety catch1904 Geneva drive1913 Geneva1919 Possum1961 1841 R. Willis Princ. Mechanism vii. 266 A better intermittent motion is produced by a contrivance..which may be termed the Geneva stop, as it is introduced into the mechanism of the Geneva watches. 1913 F. A. Talbot Pract. Cinematogr. iii. 26 The early types of camera were fitted with what is known as the Geneva stop movement. 1970 R. M. Phelan Fund. Mech. Design (ed. 3) xii. 287 The Geneva stop is a useful variation of the Geneva wheel in which one of the slots in the driven member is left closed, thus permitting only a certain number of revolutions..before the pin hits the closed slot and stops the motion. 2008 F. Sahin & P. Kachroo Pract. & Exper. Robotics i. 60 Intermittent motion... Another mechanism for this is called the Geneva stop..which accomplishes the same thing without using gears. b. Geneva movement n. a mechanism for converting a continuous rotatory motion into an intermittent rotatory motion, consisting of a driving wheel having a pin that engages with one of several radial slots in the driven wheel for part of each revolution of the driving wheel. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms stop?1523 clockwork1652 sector1715 rackwork1755 scapement1789 scape1798 safety catch1827 controller1836 dog1840 Geneva stop1841 Maltese cross1852 throw-off1852 gearhead1869 tripper1870 Scotch yoke1880 Geneva movement1881 belt-tightener1882 watch1882 selector1890 Geneva wheel1891 throw-out1894 Geneva motion1897 horse-geara1899 Geneva mechanism1903 safety catch1904 Geneva drive1913 Geneva1919 Possum1961 1881 J. Tripplin & E. Rigg Saunier's Watchmakers' Hand-bk. v. 344 Many of the remarks made in speaking of the Geneva movement are equally applicable to that of English construction. 1946 J. P. Eckert in Moore School Lect. (1985) 338 The type wheel is moved in jumps, by means of a Geneva movement, so that it is stationery at any time when the hammer might strike it. 2000 D. Mellor Sound Person's Guide to Video xv. 183 The Geneva movement is brilliant in its simplicity and achieves a high degree of reliability. c. Geneva wheel n. a radially slotted wheel or disc; (also) a Geneva mechanism or movement. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms stop?1523 clockwork1652 sector1715 rackwork1755 scapement1789 scape1798 safety catch1827 controller1836 dog1840 Geneva stop1841 Maltese cross1852 throw-off1852 gearhead1869 tripper1870 Scotch yoke1880 Geneva movement1881 belt-tightener1882 watch1882 selector1890 Geneva wheel1891 throw-out1894 Geneva motion1897 horse-geara1899 Geneva mechanism1903 safety catch1904 Geneva drive1913 Geneva1919 Possum1961 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > other wheels well wheel1535 rundle1611 rown-wheel1688 walking wheel1730 side wheel1731 tirl1793 rigger1797 idle wheel1805 vane1842 Gypsy1850 air wheel1860 wind-wheel1867 sprocket1879 friction-wheel1888 Geneva wheel1891 idler1899 1891 U.S. Patent 447,540 1/1 I employ, in connection with a train of gears, their case and dials, the housing and counter-balance.., a radially-slotted disk or ‘Geneva’ wheel. 1918 F. D. Jones Mechanisms & Mech. Movements vi. 154 The general type of intermittent gearing..is commonly known as the ‘Geneva wheel’, because of the similarity to the well-known Geneva stop used to prevent the over-winding of springs. 2002 R. L. Norton Cam Design & Manufacturing Handbk. xiii. 418 Figure 13-14 shows a four-stop example of a Geneva wheel and a linear motion variant. d. Geneva motion n. = Geneva movement n.; (also) motion characteristic of the Geneva movement. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms stop?1523 clockwork1652 sector1715 rackwork1755 scapement1789 scape1798 safety catch1827 controller1836 dog1840 Geneva stop1841 Maltese cross1852 throw-off1852 gearhead1869 tripper1870 Scotch yoke1880 Geneva movement1881 belt-tightener1882 watch1882 selector1890 Geneva wheel1891 throw-out1894 Geneva motion1897 horse-geara1899 Geneva mechanism1903 safety catch1904 Geneva drive1913 Geneva1919 Possum1961 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > action or movement of whip1889 Geneva motion1897 1897 U.S. Patent 584,286 2/1 This is a form of an invention usually attributed to Pascal,..sometimes designated as the ‘Geneva’ motion, whereby the revolution of a driving-wheel produces no effect upon the driven wheel except during a brief portion of each revolution. 1930 F. D. Jones Ingenious Mechanisms I. iii. 73 The Geneva motion..has been applied to many projectors. 2000 S. Rappaport in R. O. Parmley Illustr. Sourcebk. Mech. Components i. 36 These sketches were selected as practical examples of uncommon, but often useful mechanisms. Most of them serve to add a varying velocity component to the conventional Geneva motion. e. Geneva mechanism n. = Geneva movement n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms stop?1523 clockwork1652 sector1715 rackwork1755 scapement1789 scape1798 safety catch1827 controller1836 dog1840 Geneva stop1841 Maltese cross1852 throw-off1852 gearhead1869 tripper1870 Scotch yoke1880 Geneva movement1881 belt-tightener1882 watch1882 selector1890 Geneva wheel1891 throw-out1894 Geneva motion1897 horse-geara1899 Geneva mechanism1903 safety catch1904 Geneva drive1913 Geneva1919 Possum1961 1903 U.S. Patent 733,626 2/1 In each case only one armature is vibrated and the other, with its train of Geneva mechanism, is idle. 1999 R. Campbell in I. B. Cohen & G. W. Welch Makin' Numbers i. 125 Through the use of a geneva mechanism, the tape handling equipment was able to accelerate and decelerate smoothly..three times per second, with pauses in between to allow the pins to sense the holes. f. Geneva drive n. = Geneva movement n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms stop?1523 clockwork1652 sector1715 rackwork1755 scapement1789 scape1798 safety catch1827 controller1836 dog1840 Geneva stop1841 Maltese cross1852 throw-off1852 gearhead1869 tripper1870 Scotch yoke1880 Geneva movement1881 belt-tightener1882 watch1882 selector1890 Geneva wheel1891 throw-out1894 Geneva motion1897 horse-geara1899 Geneva mechanism1903 safety catch1904 Geneva drive1913 Geneva1919 Possum1961 1913 U.S. Patent 1,077,636 2/2 The shaft..also carries, adjacent to the worm-wheel, the stud-member of a Geneva-drive. 1949 Tool Engineers Handbk. (Amer. Soc. Tool Engineers) lxxviii. 1143 A special geneva drive is utilized to impart intermittent motion to the circular electrodes. 2000 B. M. Starr et al. in P. Amico & J. W. Beletic Optical Detectors for Astron. II ii. 172 The filterwheel is based on a Geneva drive mechanism, using Hall effect position sensors and stepper motor drive circuitry. 4. a. Geneva Convention n. each of a series of an international agreements, the first drawn up at Geneva in 1864, governing the status and treatment of captured and wounded military personnel and civilians in wartime; these agreements collectively. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > convention > specific Geneva Convention1865 Montreal Protocol1975 1865 Parl. Papers LVII. 473 (title) Accession of the British Government to the Convention signed at Geneva, August 22, 1864, for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field.] 1865 Liverpool Mercury 26 Apr. 6/3 (headline) The Geneva Convention. 1867 Times 10 July 12/1 Prussia has joined the Geneva Convention for the care of the wounded in war. 1900 Daily News 21 Mar. 5/6 ‘Explosive bullets’..were..expressly condemned by the Geneva Convention. 2004 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Jan. 135/1 America has determined that its detainees are not enemy prisoners of war..as defined by the Geneva Conventions. 2005 Independent 1 Mar. (Review section) 21/2 You're asked whether you would obey the niceties of the Geneva Convention if the man in front of you knew how to prevent an imminent atrocity. b. Geneva cross n. = red cross n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > others cocklestone1591 Rosy Cross1621 toison d'or1704 greyhound1747 foul anchor1754 red cross1866 Geneva cross1870 Tammany tiger1871 fasces1889 waist-plate1902 blue star1917 gold star1917 red ribbon1990 1870 Times 8 Sept. 5/1 Two white flags with the Geneva cross in the centre. 1915 C. Phillipson Internat. Law & Great War xii. 207 The Hague Regulations prohibit the improper use of the enemy's national flag and uniforms, as well as of the Geneva Cross. 2000 K. Jackson They called them Angels vi. 80 Even though their lead jeep was marked with a white flag with the Geneva Cross, their convoy was ambushed. c. Geneva Protocol n. any of various protocols drawn up in Geneva, esp. that of 1925 limiting chemical and bacteriological warfare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > treaty > specific treaties Partition treaty1703 assiento1714 Family Compact1741 extradition treaty1852 Geneva Protocol1922 Antarctic Treaty1948 Dayton1995 1922 Times 7 Nov. 11/3 The debate on the so-called Reconstruction Bill, which embodies the demands of the Geneva protocol, began in the National Assembly this afternoon. 1925 Times 12 Oct. 15/7 The international Red Cross Conference in Geneva has adopted a resolution calling for the early ratification of the Geneva Protocol condemning chemical warfare. 1970 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 6 June 28/3 The Geneva Protocol of 1925..banned the use in war of all ‘asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases’ and of ‘bacteriological methods of warfare’. 2001 N. A. Sims Evol. Biol. Disarmament vi. 153 The negotiators of the BTWC [sc. Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention] held the Geneva Protocol in high regard. II. Simple uses. †5. Apparently: = Geneva gown n. at sense 1f. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > gown > Geneva gown Genevac1650 canting coat1659 Geneva gown1811 c1650 in J. W. Hales & F. J. Furnivall Bp. Percy's Folio MS: Loose & Humorous Songs (1867) 112 Come laced shirt Come holy geneua, a think without cuffe. 6. = Geneva watch n. at sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch German watch1611 larum watch1619 clock-watch1625 minute watch1660 pendulum watch1664 watch1666 alarm watch1669 finger watch1679 string-watch1686 scout1688 balance-watch1690 hour-watch1697 warming-pan1699 minute pendulum watch1705 jewel watch1711 suit1718 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pendulum spring1728 second-watch1755 Geneva watch1756 cylinder-watch1765 watch-paper1777 ring watch1788 verge watch1792 watch lamp1823 hack1827 bull's-eye1833 vertical watch1838 quarter-repeater1840 turnip1840 hunting-watch1843 minute repeater1843 hunter1851 job watch1851 Geneva1852 watch-lining1856 touch watch1860 musical watch1864 lever1865 neep1866 verge1871 independent seconds watch1875 stem-winder1875 demi-hunter1884 fob-watch1884 three-quarter plate1884 wrist-watch1897 turnip-watch1898 sedan-chair watch1904 Rolex1922 Tank watch1923 strap watch1926 chatelaine watch1936 sedan clock1950 quartz watch1969 pulsar1970 1852 C. Dickens & G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 15 May 191/1 Where is the gold Geneva, the silver lever? 1865 H. Packer Grandfather's Watch ii. i. 51 It was seized and held aloft, side by side with Phil's dainty little gold Geneva. 1875 Reynold's Newspaper 28 Nov. 7/4 (advt.) Scott's one shilling pocket Geneva. 1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger iii. xiv. 422 Edwin..drew out the silver Geneva. 2000 Miami Herald (Nexis) 5 Mar. 10 nw The watch, a gold Geneva with diamonds, is valued at $225. 7. Mechanics. = Geneva movement n.; (also) the driven wheel of a Geneva movement. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms stop?1523 clockwork1652 sector1715 rackwork1755 scapement1789 scape1798 safety catch1827 controller1836 dog1840 Geneva stop1841 Maltese cross1852 throw-off1852 gearhead1869 tripper1870 Scotch yoke1880 Geneva movement1881 belt-tightener1882 watch1882 selector1890 Geneva wheel1891 throw-out1894 Geneva motion1897 horse-geara1899 Geneva mechanism1903 safety catch1904 Geneva drive1913 Geneva1919 Possum1961 1919 U.S. Patent 1,309,147 2/1 The geneva is mounted to move longitudinally of a shaft secured in one of the frame members. 1967 S. B. Tuttle Mechanisms for Engin. Design iii. 37 The internal Geneva produces intermittent circular motion in which the dwell period is less than 40% of the elapsed time. 2001 N. Sclater & N. P. Chironis Mechanisms & Mech. Devices Sourcebk. (ed. 3) 440 The crank..continues its movement..reproducing exactly the moving conditions of an internal geneva. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1559
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