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GEAR (connected with " garb," properly elegance, fashion, especially of dress, and with " gar," to cause to do, only found in Scottish and northern dialects; the root of the word is seen in the Old Tent. garwjan, to make ready)

GEAR (connected with " garb," properly elegance, See also:
FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)
fashion, especially of See also:
DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)
dress, and with " gar," to cause to do, only found in Scottish and See also:
NORTHERN
northern dialects; the See also:
ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root of the word is seen in the Old See also:
TENT
Tent. garwjan, to make ready) , an outfit, applied to the wearing See also:

APPAREL (from O. Fr. aparail, aparailler, mod. appareil, from Low Lat. adpariculare, to make fit. or equal)

apparel of a See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, or to the See also:

HARNESS (from O. Fr. harneis or harnois; the ultimate origin is obscure; the Celtic origin which connects it with the Welsh haiarn, iron, has phonetic and other difficulties; the French is the origin of the Span. arnes, and Ger. Harnisch)

harness and trappings of a See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse or any draft See also:

animal, as See also:

RIDING

riding-gear, See also:

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting-gear, &c.; also to See also:

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household goods or stuff. The phrase " out of gear," though now connected with the See also:

MECHANICAL

mechanical application of the word, was originally used to signify " out of harness " or See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition, not ready to See also:

WORK

work, not See also:

fit. The word is also used of apparasus generally, and especially of the parts collectively in a See also:

machine by which See also:

motion is transmitted from one See also:

PART

part to another by a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

cog-wheels, continuous bands, &c. It is used in a See also:

SPECIAL

special sense in reference to a See also:

BICYCLE (from prefix bi = twice, and Gr. KuKXOr, a circle, wheel)

bicycle, meaning the See also:

DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter of an imaginary See also:

wheel, the circumference of which is equal to the distance accomplished by one revolution of the pedals (see BICYCLE).

End of Article: GEAR (connected with " garb," properly elegance, fashion, especially of dress, and with " gar," to cause to do, only found in Scottish and northern dialects; the root of the word is seen in the Old Tent. garwjan, to make ready)

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