▪ I. † ˈgelatine, a. and n. Obs.
[f. L. type *gelātīnus, f. assumed L. gelāta (= It. gelata jelly).]
A. adj. Of the nature of jelly, gelatinous.
| 1713 Derham Phys.-Theol. viii. vi. (1727) 382 That spermatick, galatine Matter in which they [insects' eggs] are reposited. Ibid. 383 note, In this gelatine, transparent Spawn, the Eggs are neatly laid. |
B. n. Zool. (See quot. 1855.)
| 1835 Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. vi. 195 Lamarck has divided this class [the Radiaries] into two orders, the Gelatines and the Echinoderms. 1855 Ogilvie, Suppl., Gelatines, the name given by Kirby to the Acalephæ of Cuvier, from the gelatinous consistency of their bodies. |
▪ II. gelatine
see gelatin.