GENTRY Gen"try, n. Etym: [OE. genterie, gentrie, noble birth, nobility, cf. gentrise, and OF. gentelise, genterise, E. gentilesse, also OE. genteleri high-mindedness. See Gent, a., Gentle, a.]
1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. [Obs.] "Pride of gentrie." Chaucer. She conquers him by high almighty Jove, By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath. Shak.
2. People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry. Macaulay.
3. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs.] To show us so much gentry and good will. Shak.
GENTY
Gen"ty, a. Etym: [From F. gentil. Cf. Jaunty.]
Defn: Neat; trim. [Scot.] Burns.
GENU Ge"nu, n.; pl. Genua. Etym: [L., the knee.] (Anat.) (a) The knee. (b) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain.
GENUFLECT
Gen`u*flect", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Genuflected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Genuflecting.] Etym: [See Genuflection.]
Defn: To bend the knee, as in worship.
GENUFLECTION
Gen`u*flec"tion, n. Etym: [F. génuflexion, fr. LL. genuflexio, fr. L.
genu knee + flexio a bending, fr. flectere, flexum, to bend. See
Knee, Flexible.]