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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Gee  \Gee\,  v.  t.  [See  {Gee}  to  turn.] 
  To  cause  (a  team)  to  turn  to  the  off  side  or  from  the 
  driver.  [Written  also  {jee}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Gee  \Gee\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Geed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Geeing}.] 
  1.  To  agree;  to  harmonize.  [Colloq.  or  Prov.  Eng.]  --Forby. 
 
  2.  [Cf.  G.  j["u],  interj.,  used  in  calling  to  a  horse,  It 
  gi[`o],  F.  dia,  used  to  turn  a  horse  to  the  left.]  To  turn 
  to  the  off  side  or  from  the  driver  (i.e.,  in  the  United 
  States,  to  the  right  side);  --  said  of  cattle,  or  a  team; 
  used  most  frequently  in  the  imperative,  often  with  off  by 
  drivers  of  oxen,  in  directing  their  teams,  and  opposed  to 
  haw,  or  hoi.  [Written  also  {jee}.] 
 
  Note:  In  England,  the  teamster  walks  on  the  right-hand  side 
  of  the  cattle;  in  the  United  States,  on  the  left-hand 
  side  In  all  cases,  however,  gee  means  to  turn  from  the 
  driver,  and  haw  to  turn  toward  him 
 
  {Gee  ho},  or  {Gee  whoa}.  Same  as  {Gee}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  gee 
  n  :  a  unit  of  force  equal  to  the  force  exerted  by  gravity;  used 
  to  indicate  the  force  to  which  a  body  is  subjected  when 
  it  is  accelerated  [syn:  {g}] 
  v  1:  turn  to  the  right  side  as  of  horses  or  draft  animals 
  2:  as  to  a  horse 




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