Geat
noun/ɡiːt/
Etymology From Old English Ġēat, from Proto-West Germanic *Gaut, from Proto-Germanic *gautaz (“Geat”).
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History, Human sciences, Sciences A member of a North Germanic tribe formerly occupying what is now Götaland in Sweden.
geat
nounalso spelled Geat/ˈɡiːt/
Etymology See gate.
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Obsolete The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting.
- the Geat of the Ladle1677–1683, Joseph Moxon, “(please specify the page)”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine of Handy-Works, […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Joseph Moxon, published 1678–1683, →OCLC: