twins

Mar. 27th, 2005 03:31 pm
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gemel			(obs.) a hinge; adj. gemeled: (of architectural 
			members) coupled. [< OF. /gemel/, < L. /gemellus/, 
			dim. of /geminus/ twin.]
gemel bottle		a bottle of two adjacent flasks whose necks
			curve oppositely.
disomus			a two-monstered head.
gemel ring		a ring or earring divisible into two separate rings.
gimmal			a gemel ring; (in pl.) joints, links, mechanism for
			communicating motion, as in clockwork.
gimbal			a gemel ring; (pl.) gimmals; a hard ring-shaped pastry;
			a device to hold a lantern, a chronometer, etc., 
			horizontal even as the ship sways, consisting commonly
			of a nested pair of rings pivoting on perpendicular axes.
gemellion		one of a pair of basins, water-source and water-catcher,
			used to wash the hands before meals or at Mass.
			[< L. /gemellus/.]

Date: 2005-03-27 11:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marzipan-pig.livejournal.com
disomus			a two-monstered head.
I don't totally understand how you placed/found/co-located this one with the other ones.

Date: 2005-03-28 12:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eub.livejournal.com
I was fiddling with a later version of this, which has "derodidymus" and "disomus" in the list, and I just left that one in.

Date: 2005-03-28 01:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marzipan-pig.livejournal.com
"sucket fork" hee hee

Date: 2005-05-07 01:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marzipan-pig.livejournal.com
psst a word post you might have some kind of response to?

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