Note 1347 — Chapter XVII

And to avoid the tedious repetition of these words, is equal to, I will set, as I do often in work use, a pair of parallels, gemowe lines of one length thus =, because no two things can be more equal. The word gemowe, from the French gemeau, twin (Cotgrave) is very uncommon: it was used for a double ring, a gemel or gemou ring. Todd’s Johnson’s Dictionary.