ublications. In the Greek islands the word is used for ancient
coins.

G.C.B. The initials for Grand Cross of the most honourable and Military
Order of the Bath.

GEAR [the Anglo-Saxon _geara_, clothing]. A general name for the rigging
of any particular spar or sail; and in or out of gear implies anything
being fit or unfit for use.

GEARING. A complication of wheels and pinions, or of shafts and pulleys,
&c.

GEARS. _See_ JEERS.

GEE, TO. To suit or fit; as, "that will just gee."

GELLYWATTE. An old term for a captain's boat, the original of
_jolly-boat_. (_See_ Captain Downton's voyage to India in 1614, where
"she was sent to take soundings within the sands.")

GENERAL. The commander of an army: the military rank corresponding to
the naval one of admiral. The title includes all officers above
colonels, ascending with qualifying prefixes, as brigadier-general,
major-general, lieutenant-general, to general, above which is nothing
save the exceptional rank of field-marshal and of captain-general or
commander-in-chief of the land forces of the United Kingdom.

GENERAL AVERAGE. A claim made upon the owners of a ship and her cargo,
when the property of one or more has been sacrificed for the good of the
whole.

GENERAL BREEZO. _See_ BREEZO.

GENERALISSIMO. The supreme commander of a combined force, or of several
armies in the field.

GENERAL OFFICERS. All those above the rank of a colonel.

GENERAL ORDERS. The orders issued by the commander-in-chief of the
forces.

GENERAL SHIP. Where persons unconnected with each other load goods on
board, in contradistinction to a _chartered_ ship.

GENEVA PRINT. An allusion to the spirituous liquor so called,--

"And if you meet
An officer preaching of sobriety,
Unless he read it in _Geneva print_,
Lay him by the heels."--_Massinger._

GENOUILLERE [Fr.] That part of a battery which remains above the
platform, and under the gun after the opening of the embrasure. Of
course a knee-step.

GENTLE. A maggot or grub used as a bait by anglers.

GENTLE GALE. In which a ship carries royals and flying-kites; force 4.

GENTLEMEN. The messmates of the gun-room or cockpit--as mates,
midshipmen, clerks, and cadets.

GEOCENTRIC. As viewed from the centre of the earth.

GEO-GRAFFY. A beverage made by seamen of burnt biscuit boiled in water.

GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION. _See_ POSITION, GEOGRAPHICAL.

GEORGIUM SIDUS. The planet discovered by Sir W. Hers