Chapter George a' Green to Gerst-Monat of G by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

(dated B.C. 222) was discovered, recording the victories of the Consul Marcellus over Veridomar, "General of the Gauls and Germans."
   Father of German literature. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. (1729-1781.)

German Comb The four fingers and thumb. "Se pygnoit du pygne d' Almaing" (Rabelais), He combed his hair with his fingers. Oudin, in his Dictionnaire, explains pygne d' Aleman by "los dedos et la dita. " The Germans were the last to adopt periwigs, and while the French were never seen without a comb in one hand, the Germans adjusted their hair by running their fingers through it.

"He apparelled himself according to the season, and afterwards combed his head with an Alman comb." - Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel, book i. 21.

German Silver is not silver at all, but white copper, or copper, zinc, and nickel mixed together. It was first made in Europe at Hildberg-hausen, in Germany, but had been used by the Chinese time out of mind.

Gerrymander (g hard). So to divide a county or nation into representative districts as to give one special political party undue advantage over others. The word is derived from Elbridge Gerry, who adopted the scheme in Massachusetts when he was governor. Gilbert Stuart, the artist, looking at the map of the new distribution, with a little invention converted it into a salamander. "No, no!" said Russell, when shown it, "not a Sala-mander, Stuart; call it a Gerry-mander."
    To gerrymander is so to hocus-pocus figures, etc., as to affect the balance.

Gerst-Monat Barley-month. The Anglo-Saxon name for September; so called because it was the time of barley-beer making.