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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/.]
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