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To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.

ore, or cell from which the plant or animal arises. At one time a part of the body of the parent, it finally becomes detached,and by a process of multiplication and growth gives rise to a mass of cells, which ultimately form a new individual like the parent. See Ovum. -- Germ gland. (Anat.) See Gonad. -- Germ stock (…

tated; fixed; as, in a given time. Given name, the Christian name, or name given by one's parents or guardians, as distinguished from the surname, which is inherited. [Colloq.]

Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg.

Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy. Wiseman.

A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.

A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of orname…

A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.

To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect.

Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect.

A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea. Hoblyn.

To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice. The river glideth at his own sweet will. Wordsworth.

The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.

did; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds. These are thy glorious works, Parent of good ! Milton.

Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it is desired. Book of Common Prayer (Prot. Episc. Ch., U. S. ).

Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc. What cause Mov'd our grand parents, in that happy state, Favor'd of Heaven so highly, to fall off From their Creator. Milton. Grand action, a pianoforte action, used i…

s entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child. Blockstone. Guardian ad litem (…

A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setae only in the cephalic appendages.

sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.

Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.