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One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid; -- called also describent.

A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of pants (Geraniaceæ) which includes the genera Geranium, Pelargonium, and many others.

A valuable astringet obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill.

A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill.

The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc.

Glittering. [Obs.] Spenser.

Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.

g or gathering into a ball or round mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration.

A salt of glyceric acid.

A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.

Capable of being formed or shaped by a hammer. Sherwood.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, ivy.

Of or pertaining to ivy.

A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.

four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillæ), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others.

Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera.

One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter.

A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.