Definition of Gellant

1. a substance used to produce gelling [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gellant

gelee
gelees
gelid
gelider
gelidest
gelidities
gelidity
gelidly
gelidness
gelidnesses
gelifraction
gelignite
gelignites
gellan gum
gellan lyase
gellant (current term)
gellants
gelled
gellies
gelling
gelling agent
gelly
geloscopy
gelose
gelosies
gelosis
gelosy
gelotologist
gelotologists
gelotology

Literary usage of Gellant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mémoires (1846)
"M. Godard discale l'opinion avancée par plusieurs journaux , qui ont supposé que l'une de ces tombes appartenait à Claude gellant, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"It has already proved its worth as a meat tenderizer ... as an anti-gellant that keeps gelatine drinks ..."

3. The History of the Works of the Learned (1739)
"... There was alfo a Company of Fla- *' gellant Friers, but they did not prefume to come *' in Sight of the King, and therefore they ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London by Society of Antiquaries of London (1856)
"When Nicholas gellant, Bishop of Angers, died in 1290, he was buried in his cathedral in a coffin composed of various pieces of titf;—in ..."

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