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- noun Plural form of
gemel .
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Arms. Sable, three lions passant, between two gemels, in bend Argent.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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The stock of rings described in the same author’s play, _The Varietie_, as the treasure of an old country lady, is amusingly indicative of past legacies or memorials, as well as of the tastes of the yeomanry: “A toad-stone, two Turkies (Turquoise), six thumb-rings, three alderman’s seals, five gemels, and foure death’s head.”
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