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- adjective botany Of or relating to
gemmae .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word 'gemmal' was formerly applied to other objects besides rings.
Chatterbox, 1905. Various
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One edge of each ring is flat, so that when one is slipped over the other, the gemmal looks like a single ring.
Chatterbox, 1905. Various
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A gemmal ring has a double row of hoops, locked within each other like the links of a chain.
Chatterbox, 1905. Various
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Of course, owing to its form, a gemmal ring was valued as a love token; and at one period it was often used as an engagement ring, or even as a marriage ring.
Chatterbox, 1905. Various
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Thus we have in Shakespeare a mention of the 'gemmal bit,' some sort of double bit for a horse.
Chatterbox, 1905. Various
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The gemmal ring, as it is called, is an old kind, probably several centuries old, and rings of this sort are not made now.
Chatterbox, 1905. Various
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