gem

gem
    n 1: art highly prized for its beauty or perfection [syn: {gem},
         {treasure}]
    2: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;
       "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels
       made of all the rarest stones" [syn: {gem}, {gemstone},
       {stone}]
    3: a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of
       jewelry [syn: {jewel}, {gem}]
    4: a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan [syn: {muffin},
       {gem}]
    5: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of
       jewelry [syn: {jewel}, {gem}, {precious stone}]
    

Gem \Gem\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Gemming}]
   1. To put forth in the form of buds. "Gemmed their blossoms."
      [R.] --Milton.
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   2. To adorn with gems or precious stones.
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   3. To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed
      with dewdrops.
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            England is . . . gemmed with castles and palaces.
                                                  --W. Irving.
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Gem \Gem\, n. [OE. gemme precious stone, F. gemme, fr. L. gemma
   a precious stone, bud.]
   1. (Bot.) A bud.
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            From the joints of thy prolific stem
            A swelling knot is raised called a gem. --Denham.
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   2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz,
      sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and
      polished for ornament; a jewel. --Milton.
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   3. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits,
      which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or
      value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or
      wise saying.
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   {Artificial gem}, an imitation of a gem, made of glass
      colored with metallic oxide. Cf. {Paste}, and {Strass}.
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GEM

   <operating system> One of the first commercially available
   {GUIs}.  Borrowing heavily from the {Macintosh} {WIMP}-style
   interface it was available for both the {IBM} compatible
   market (being packaged with {Amstrad}'s original {PC} series)
   and more successfully for the {Atari} ST range.  The PC
   version was produced by {Digital Research} (more famous for
   {DR-DOS}, their {MS-DOS} clone), and was not developed very
   far.  The Atari version, however, continued to be developed
   until the early 1990s and the later versions supported 24-bit
   colour modes, full colour {icons} and a nice looking sculpted
   3D interface.

   (1997-01-10)
    

GEM
       Generalized Executive for realtime Multiprocessor applications
(OS)
       
    

GEM
       Graphics Environment Manager (DR, PC)
       
    

Gem, KS (city, FIPS 26050)
  Location: 39.42577 N, 100.89681 W
  Population (1990): 104 (47 housing units)
  Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 67734
Gem, WV
  Zip code(s): 26335
    

Gem, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
   Population (2000):    96
   Housing Units (2000): 47
   Land area (2000):     0.325551 sq. miles (0.843174 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.325551 sq. miles (0.843174 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            26050
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             39.425730 N, 100.896294 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     67734
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Gem, KS
    Gem
    

Gem -- U.S. County in Idaho
   Population (2000):    15181
   Housing Units (2000): 5888
   Land area (2000):     562.576688 sq. miles (1457.066871 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    3.169897 sq. miles (8.209994 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    565.746585 sq. miles (1465.276865 sq. km)
   Located within:       Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
   Location:             43.969570 N, 116.451291 W
   Headwords:
    Gem
    Gem, ID
    Gem County
    Gem County, ID
    

125 Moby Thesaurus words for "gem":
      Danish, Danish pastry, English muffin, Parker House roll,
      Yorkshire pudding, acceptable person, anklet, armlet, bagel,
      bangle, bead, beads, bejewel, beribbon, beset, bespangle, bialy,
      bialystoker, bijou, boast, bracelet, breastpin, brooch, bun,
      capital fellow, catch, chain, chaplet, charm, chatelaine, circle,
      clover-leaf roll, coffee cake, coronet, cream, crescent roll,
      croissant, cross bun, crown, crumpet, crystal, diadem, diamond,
      earring, elite, engrave, feather, figure, filigree, find, flag,
      flounce, flower, fob, garland, gem stone, gentleman, godsend,
      good fellow, good lot, good man, good person, good sort,
      good thing, good woman, hard roll, honest man, hot cross bun,
      ideal, illuminate, jewel, kaiser roll, lady, locket, marvel,
      masterpiece, mensch, muffin, necklace, nonpareil, nose ring,
      onion roll, paint, pearl, perfect gentleman, perfect lady,
      persona grata, pick, pin, pinwheel roll, plum, plume, popover,
      precious stone, pride, pride and joy, prince, prize, quintessence,
      real man, rhinestone, ribbon, right sort, ring, roll,
      rough diamond, scone, semiprecious stone, soft roll, spangle,
      stickpin, stone, tiara, tinsel, torque, treasure, trophy,
      trouvaille, wampum, windfall, winner, worthy, wreathe, wristband,
      wristlet