10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GELIDLY»
Discover the use of
gelidly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gelidly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
Der. gelidly, gelidness. GEM,aprecious stone. (F.—L.) ME. gemme; Chaucer, C.T.
8130 (E 254).—OF. gemme, 'a gem;' Cot.—L. gemma, a swelling bud; alsoa gem,
jewel; whence also AS. gim.β. Of uncertain origin; prob. connected with Skt.
2
Supplement to Craig's universal dictionary
In Law, liable to pay taxes, especially as regards land. Gelidly, jel'id-le, ad. (
gelidus, cold, Lat.) Coldly, freezingly. Gem, jem, s. [added.] — In Botany, Gems
are the leaf-buds, or frondous germination of a plant, to distinguish it from flower-
buds.
P Austin Nuttall, John Craig (F.G.S.),
1864
3
Billy Budd and the Encantadas
Those lights of human intelligence losing human expression, gelidly protruding
like the alien eyes of certain uncatalogued creatures of the deep. The first
mesmeric glance was one of surprised fascination; the last was the the hungry
lurch of ...
Marks' hand and gazed into the lieutenant's eyes gelidly “The only thing you
should be sorry for LT. is, the precious moments that you've given those
assassins to escape.” Askew pointed toward the Kentric Corporate Building
across the ...
... perish by fire and sword than be suspected of vulgarity; a critical, fastidious,
and reluctant Boston, dissatisfied with the rest of the hemisphere, and gelidly self-
satisfied in so far as it was not in the least the Boston of her fond preconceptions.
6
The Cabinet dictionary of the English language
Act of castrating ;— a castrated animal ; especially, a horse. Gelid, (jol'id) a. *[L.
gtlulus, from gela, frost, cold.] Cold as ice ; vory cold Gelidity, (jol-id'e-te) ».
Extreme cold ; the state of being frigid; freezing :— also Gelidneas. Gelidly. (jel'id-
le)«rfr ...
7
The Sense of Society: A History of the American Novel of Manners
A Boston that would rather perish by fire and sword than be suspected of
vulgarity; a critical, fastidious and reluctant Boston, dissatisfied with the rest of the
hemisphere, and gelidly self-satisfied in so far as it was not in the least the
Boston of ...
8
The Scrabble Word-Building Book: Updated Edition
... geeks, geeky -; geekdoms ogees; geese, geest -; geests -; geezers -; geishas -;
geld, gels, gelt -; gelada -; gelants -; gelated, gelates -; gelatin -; gelatine, gelatins
-; gelatos -; gelcaps -; gelds GELDER GELDING GELEE GELID -; - GELIDLY - ...
9
Rhetorical Secrets: Mapping Gay Identity and Queer ...
change”: “Those lights of human intelligence, losing human expression, were
gelidly protruding like the alien eyes of certain uncatalogued crea— tures of the
deep. The first mesmeristic glance was one of serpent fascination; the last was
the ...
Davin Allen Grindstaff,
2014
10
Bartleby Scrivener, Billy budd & I & My Chimney
Those lights ofhuman intelligence losing human expression,gelidly protrudinglike
thealien eyes ofcertain uncatalogued creaturesofthedeep. Thefirst
mesmericglance wasoneof serpent fascination; the last was as the hungry lurch
of the ...