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A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale.

Same as Bendlet. Garter fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the genus Lepidopus, having a long, flat body, like the blade of a sword; the scabbard fish. -- Garter king-at-arms, the chief of the official heralds of England, king-at-arms to the Order of the Garter; -- often abbreviated to Garter. -- Garter snake (Zoöl.), one of se…

iage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon).

An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal.

Capable of being generated or produced. Bentley.

power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. "That generative particle." Bentley.

s motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid; -- called also describent.

Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal.

The state of being bent abruptly at an angle.

The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.

The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain.

To bend the knee, as in worship.

The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship. Bp. Stillingfleet.

the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal.

That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [Obs.] Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. Chapman.

A gift; a benefaction. [R.] Pope.

discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings.

; coruscating. In brazed arms, that cast a gleamy ray, Swift through the town the warrior bends his way. Pope.

The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.

Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by to or toward, also formerly by unto. The men were very good unto us. 1 Sam. xxv. 15.