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Webster 1913 Edition
Gemel
Gem′el
,Noun.
1.
One of the twins.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.
2.
(Heb.)
Two
gemels
silver between two griffins passant. Strype.
Gemel hinge
(Locksmithing)
, a hinge consisting of an eye or loop and a hook.
– Gemel ring
, a ring with two or more links; a gimbal. See
– Gimbal
. Gemel window
, a window with two bays.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gemel
GEM'EL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
gemel
gemel
See also: ġemel
English
Noun
gemel (plural gemels)
- (now rare) A twin (also attributively).
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 197:
- half a million which Demon considered henceforth as a loan his cousin should certainly refund him if sanity counted for something on this gemel planet.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 197:
- (heraldry) One of a pair of small bars placed together.
- Strype
- two gemels silver between two griffins passant
- Strype
- (historical) A finger ring which splits into two horizontally.
Adjective
gemel (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Coupled; paired.
- Bars gemel, or two barrulets placed near and parallel to each other.