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Ps. vii. 16 (Book of Common Prayer).

2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the
children of Israel.

Ex. xxviii. 9.

3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.

With gold men may the hearte grave.

Chaucer.

4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

O! may they graven in thy heart remain.

Prior.

5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground.

Shak.

Grave, v. i. To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

Grave, n. [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grˆf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.] An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.

He bad lain in the grave four days.

John xi. 17.

Grave wax, adipocere.

Grave"clothes` (&?;), n. pl. The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.

Grave"dig`ger (?), n. 1. A digger of graves.

2. (Zoˆl.) See Burying beetle, under Bury, v. t.

Grav"el (?), n. [OF. gravele, akin to F. gr?ve a sandy shore, strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. grouan gravel, W. gro coarse gravel, pebbles, and Skr. grvan stone.] 1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

2. (Med.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.

Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.

Grav"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graveled (?) or Gravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]

1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.

2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.

When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they graveled
the ship.

Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version).

Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to be graveled;
and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the
ground.

Camden.

3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]

When you were graveled for lack of matter.

Shak.

The physician was so graveled and amazed withal, that he had not a
word more to say.

Sir T. North.

4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.

Grave"less (?), a. Without a grave; unburied.

Grav"el*ing (?), or Grav"el*ling, n. 1. The act of covering with gravel.

2. A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.).

Grav"el*ing, or Grav"el*ling, n. (Zoˆl.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.

Grav"el*li*ness (?), n. State of being gravelly.

Grav"el*ly (?), a. Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil.

Grav"el-stone" (?), n. A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus.

Grave"ly (?), adv. In a grave manner.

Grav"en (?), p. p. of Grave, v. t. Carved.

Graven image, an idol; an object of worship carved from wood, stone, etc. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image." Ex. xx. 4.

Grave"ness, n. The quality of being grave.

His sables and his weeds, Importing health and graveness.

Shak.

Gra"ven*stein" (?), n. [So called because it came from Gravenstein, a place in Schleswig. Downing.] A kind of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red and orange, and of excellent flavor and quality.

Gra*ve"o*lence (?), n. [L. graveolentia: cf. F. gravÈolence. See Graveolent.] A strong and offensive smell; rancidity. [R.] Bailey.

Gra*ve"o*lent (?), a. [L. graveolens; gravis heavy + olere to smell.] Having a rank smell. [R.] Boyle.

Graver (?), n. 1. One who graves; an engraver or a sculptor; one whose occupation is te cut letters or figures in stone or other hard material.

2. An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin.

Grav"er*y (?), n. The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving.

Either of picture or gravery and embossing.

Holland.

Graves (?), n. pl. The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.

Graves"' dis*ease" (?). [So called after Dr. Graves, of Dublin.] Same as Basedow's disease.

Grave"stone (?), n. A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone.

Grave"yard" (?), n. A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.

Grav"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or causing, gravitation; as, gravic forces; gravic attraction. [R.]

Grav"id (?), a. [L. gravidus, fr. gravis heavy, loaded. See Grave, a.] Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety. " His gravid associate." Sir T. Herbert.

Grav"i*da"ted (?), a. [L. gravidatus, p. p. of gravidare to load, impregnate. See Gravid.] Made pregnant; big. [Obs.] Barrow.

Grav"i*da"tion (?), n. Gravidity. [Obs.]

Gra*vid"i*ty (?), n. [L. graviditas.] The state of being gravidated; pregnancy. [R.]

Grav"i*grade (?), a. [L. gravis heavy + gradus step.] (Zoˆl.) Slow-paced. -- n. One of the pachyderms.

Gra*vim"e*ter (?), n. [L. gravis heavy + -meter: cf. F. gravimËtre.] (Physics) An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies.

Grav"i*met"ric (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight. -- Grav"i*met"ric*al*ly (#), adv.

Gravimetric analysis (Chem.), analysis in which the amounts of the constituents are determined by weight; -- in distinction from volumetric analysis.

Grav"ing (?), n. [From Grave to clean.] The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.

Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.

Grav"ing, n. [From Grave to dig.] 1. The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, esp. by incision or in intaglio.

2. That which is graved or carved. [R.]

Skillful to . . . grave any manner of graving.

2 Chron. ii. 14.

3. Impression, as upon the mind or heart.

New gravings upon their souls.

Eikon Basilike

Grav"i*tate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gravitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gravitating (?).] [Cf. F. graviter. See Gravity.] To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object.

Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all bodies
gravitate toward each other.

Sir W. Hamilton.

Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the stronger party.

Macaulay.

Grav"i*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. gravitation. See Gravity.] 1. The act of gravitating.

2. (Pysics) That species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; called also attraction of gravitation, universal gravitation, and universal gravity. See Attraction, and Weight.

Law of gravitation, that law in accordance with which gravitation acts, namely, that every two bodies or portions of matter in the universe attract each other with a force proportional directly to the quantity of matter they contain, and inversely to the squares of their distances.

Grav`i*tation*al (?), a. (Physics) Of or pertaining to the force of gravity; as, gravitational units.

Gravi*ta*tive (?), a. Causing to gravitate; tending to a center. Coleridge.

Grav"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Gravities (#). [L. gravitas, fr. gravis heavy; cf. F. gravitÈ. See Grave, a., Grief.] 1. The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.

2. Sobriety of character or demeanor. "Men of gravity and learning." Shak.

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3. Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense.

They derive an importance from . . . the gravity of the place where
they were uttered.

Burke.

4. (Physics) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation.

5. (Mus.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.

Center of gravity See under Center. -- Gravity battery, See Battery, n., 4. -- Specific gravity, the ratio of the weight of a body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard or unit. This standard is usually water for solids and liquids, and air for gases. Thus, 19, the specific gravity of gold, expresses the fact that, bulk for bulk, gold is nineteen times as heavy as water.

Gra"vy (?), n.; pl. Gravies (#). [OE. greavie; prob. fr. greaves, graves, the sediment of melted tallow. See Greaves.] 1. The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.

2. Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.

Gray (?), a. [Compar. Grayer (&?;); superl. Grayest.] [OE. gray, grey, AS. grg, grg; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gro, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. grÂ, Icel. grr.] [Written also grey.] 1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.

These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and
blacks.

Sir I. Newton.

2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.

3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.

Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite. -- Gray buck (Zoˆl.), the chickara. -- Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite. -- Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite. -- Gray duck (Zoˆl.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. -- Gray falcon (Zoˆl.) the peregrine falcon. -- Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar. -- Gray hen (Zoˆl.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse. -- Gray mill or millet (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell. -- Gray mullet (Zoˆl.) any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family MugilidÊ, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species (M. capito, and M. auratus), the American striped mullet (M. albula), and the white or silver mullet (M. Braziliensis). See Mullet. -- Gray owl (Zoˆl.), the European tawny or brown owl (Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) inhabits arctic America. -- Gray parrot (Zoˆl.), a parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. -- Gray pike. (Zoˆl.) See Sauger. -- Gray snapper (Zoˆl.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper. -- Gray snipe (Zoˆl.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. -- Gray whale (Zoˆl.), a rather large and swift California whale (Rhachianectes glaucus), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead.

Gray, n. 1. A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint.

2. An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon.

Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day. That coats thy life, my
gallant gray.

Sir W. Scott.

Gray"back` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) The California gray whale. (b) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot. (c) The dowitcher. (d) The body louse.

Gray"beard` (?), n. An old man. Shak.

Gray"fly` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The trumpet fly. Milton.

Gray"hound` (-hound`), n. (Zoˆl.) See Greyhound.

Gray"ish, a. Somewhat gray.

Gray"lag` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose.

Gray"ling (?), n. [From Gray, a.] 1. (Zoˆl.) A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish.

And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling.

Tennyson.

2. (Zoˆl.) An American fish of the genus Thymallus, having similar habits to the above; one species (T. Ontariensis), inhabits several streams in Michigan; another (T. montanus), is found in the Yellowstone region.

Gray"ness, n. The quality of being gray.

Gray"stone` (?), n. (Geol.) A grayish or greenish compact rock, composed of feldspar and augite, and allied to basalt.

Gray"wacke` (?), n. [G. grauwacke; grau gray + wacke wacke. See Gray, and Wacke, and cf. Grauwacke.] (Geol.) A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles and sand firmly united together.

This term, derived from the grauwacke of German miners, was formerly applied in geology to different grits and slates of the Silurian series; but it is now seldom used.

Graze (grz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grazed (grzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.] [OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. grÊs grass. See Grass.] 1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

A field or two to graze his cows.

Swift.

2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.

The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.

Pope.

3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep.

Shak.

4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.

Graze, v. i. 1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.

2. To yield grass for grazing.

The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to
purpose.

Bacon.

3. To touch something lightly in passing.

Graze, n. 1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.]

Turning him out for a graze on the common.

T. Hughes.

2. A light touch; a slight scratch.

Graz"er (?), n. One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage.

The cackling goose, Close grazer, finds wherewith to ease her want.

J. Philips.

Gra"zier (?), n. One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market.

The inhabitants be rather . . . graziers than plowmen.

Stow.

Graz"ing (?), n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, grazes.

2. A pasture; growing grass.

||Gra"zi*o"so (?), adv. [It., adj. See Gracious.] (Mus.) Gracefully; ||smoothly; elegantly.

Gre (?), n. See Gree, a step. [Obs.]

Gre, n. See Gree, good will. [Obs.]

Grease (grs), n. [OE. grese, grece, F. graisse; akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. LL. grassus thick, fat, gross, L. crassus. Cf. Crass.] 1. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.

2. (Far.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences.

Grease bush. (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below). -- Grease moth (Zoˆl.), a pyralid moth (Aglossa pinguinalis) whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc. -- Grease wood (Bot.), a scraggy, stunted, and somewhat prickly shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) of the Spinach family, very abundant in alkaline valleys from the upper Missouri to California. The name is also applied to other plants of the same family, as several species of Atriplex and Obione.

Grease (grz or grs; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greased (grzd or grsd); p. pr. & vb. n. Greasing.]

1. To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.

2. To bribe; to corrupt with presents.

The greased advocate that grinds the poor.

Dryden.

3. To cheat or cozen; to overreach. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

4. (Far.) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

To grease in the hand, to corrupt by bribes. Usher.

Greas"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc.

2. A nickname sometimes applied in contempt to a Mexican of the lowest type. [Low, U. S.]

Greas"i*ly (?), adv. 1. In a greasy manner.

2. In a gross or indelicate manner. [Obs.]

You talk greasily; your lips grow foul.

Shak.

Greas"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness.

Greas"y (?), a. [Compar. Greasier (&?;); superl. Greasiest.] 1. Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.

2. Smeared or defiled with grease.

With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers.

Shak.

3. Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.

4. Fat of body; bulky. [R.] Shak.

5. Gross; indelicate; indecent. [Obs.] Marston.

6. (Far.) Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.

Great (?), a. [Compar. Greater (&?;); superl. Greatest.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre·t; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.

2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.

3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.

4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.

5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.

6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.

He doth object I am too great of birth.

Shak.

7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.

8. Pregnant; big (with young).

The ewes great with young.

Ps. lxxviii. 71.

9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.

We have all Great cause to give great thanks.

Shak.

10. (Genealogy) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great- grandson, etc.

Great bear (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major. -- Great cattle (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and yearlings. Wharton. -- Great charter (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta. -- Great circle of a sphere, a circle the plane of which passes through the center of the sphere. -- Great circle sailing, the process or art of conducting a ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc between two places. -- Great go, the final examination for a degree at the University of Oxford, England; -- called also greats. T. Hughes. -- Great guns. (Naut.) See under Gun. -- The Great Lakes the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on the northern borders of the United States. -- Great master. Same as Grand master, under Grand. -- Great organ (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has the middle position. -- The great powers (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy. -- Great primer. See under Type. -- Great scale (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest to highest. -- Great sea, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black and the Mediterranean seas are so called. -- Great seal. (a) The principal seal of a kingdom or state. (b) In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is custodian of this seal); also, his office. -- Great tithes. See under Tithes. -- The great, the eminent, distinguished, or powerful. -- The Great Spirit, among the North American Indians, their chief or principal deity. -- To be great (with one), to be intimate or familiar (with him). Bacon.

Great (?), n. The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.

Great"-bel`lied (?), a. Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming. Shak.

Great"coat" (?), n. An overcoat.

Great"en (?), v. t. To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand. [R.]

A minister's [business] is to greaten and exalt [his king].

Ken.

Great"en, v. i. To become large; to dilate. [R.]

My blue eyes greatening in the looking- glass.

Mrs. Browning.

Great"-grand"child` (?), n. The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.

Great"-grand"daugh`ter (?), n. [See Great, 10.] A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.

Great"-grand"fa`ther (?), n. [See Great, 10.] The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.

Great"-grand"moth`er (?), n. The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.

Great"-grand"son` (?), n. [See Great, 10.] A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.

Great"-heart`ed (?), a. 1. High-spirited; fearless. [Obs.] Clarendon.

2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.

Great"-heart`ed*ness, n. The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.

Great"ly, adv. 1. In a great degree; much.

I will greatly multiply thy sorrow.

Gen. iii. 16.

2. Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously.

By a high fate thou greatly didst expire.

Dryden.

Great"ness, n. [AS. gre·tnes.] 1. The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

2. Pride; haughtiness. [Obs.]

It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your
ships.

Bacon.

Greave (?), n. A grove. [Obs.] Spenser.

Greave, n. [OF. grees; cf. Sp. grevas.] Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.

Greave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greaved (grvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Greaving.] [From Greaves.] (Naut.) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

Greaves (grvz), n. pl. [Cf. dial. Sw. grevar greaves, LG. greven, G. griebe, also AS. greofa pot. Cf. Gravy.] The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings. [Written also graves.]

Grebe (grb), n. [F. grËbe, fr. Armor. krib comb; akin to kriben crest, W. crib comb, crest. So called in allusion to the crest of one species.] (Zoˆl.) One of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus Colymbus (formerly Podiceps), and allied genera, found in the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

Gre"cian" (?), a. [Cf. Greek.] Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek.

Grecian bend, among women, an affected carriage of the body, the upper part being inclined forward. [Collog.] -- Grecian fire. See Greek fire, under Greek.

Gre"cian, n. 1. A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek.

2. A jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist. Acts vi. 1.

The Greek word rendered Grecian in the Authorized Version of the New Testament is translated Grecian Jew in the Revised Version.

6. One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history. De Quincey.

Gre"cism (?), n. [Cf. F. grÈcisme.] An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism. Addison.

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Gre"cize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grecized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grecizing.] [Cf. F. grÈciser.] 1. To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized. T. Warton.

2. To translate into Greek.

Gre"cize, Gre"cian*ize (&?;), v. i. To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.

Gre"co-Ro"man (?), a. Having characteristics that are partly Greek and partly Roman; as, Greco- Roman architecture.

||Grecque (grk), n. [F.] An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, ||esp. a fret or meander.

Gree (?), n. [F. grÈ. See Grateful, and cf. Agree.] 1. Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; -- used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favorably. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke.

Fairfax.

2. Rank; degree; position. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.

He is a shepherd great in gree.

Spenser.

3. The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.

Gree, v. i. [From Agree.] To agree. [Obs.] Fuller.

Gree, n.; pl. Grees (grz); obs. plurals Greece (grs) Grice (grs or grs), Grise, Grize (grz or grz), etc. [OF. grÈ, F. grade. See Grade.] A step.

Greece (?), n. pl. See Gree a step. [Obs.]

Greed (grd"), n. [Akin to Goth. grdus hunger, Icel. grr. √34. See Greedy.] An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.

Greed"i*ly (?), adv. In a greedy manner.

Greed"i*ness, n. [AS grdignes.] The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.

Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness.

Shak.

Syn. -- Ravenousness; voracity; eagerness; avidity.

Greed"y (-), a. [Compar. Greedier (-*r); superl. Greediest.] [OE. gredi, AS. grdig, grdig; akin to D. gretig, OS. grdag, OHG. grtag, Dan. graadig, OSw. gradig, grÂdig, Icel. grugr, Goth. grdags greedy, grdn to be hungry; cf. Skr. gdh to be greedy. Cf. Greed.] 1. Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.

2. Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.

Greed"y-gut` (?), n. A glutton. [Low] Todd.

Gree"gree`, Gri"gri` (?), n. An African talisman or charm.

A greegree man, an African magician or fetich priest.

Greek (?), a. [AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf. Grecian.] Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

Greek calends. See under Calends. -- Greek Church (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The Greek Church is governed by patriarchs and is called also the Byzantine Church. -- Greek cross. See Illust. (10) Of Cross. -- Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire. -- Greek fire, a combustible composition which burns under water, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. Ure. -- Greek rose, the flower campion.

Greek, n. 1. A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.

2. A swindler; a knave; a cheat. [Slang]

Without a confederate the . . . game of baccarat does not . . .
offer many chances for the Greek.

Sat. Rev.

3. Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me. [Colloq.]

Greek"ess (?), n. A female Greek. [R.]

Greek"ish, a. [Cf. AS. Grcisc.] Peculiar to Greece.

Greek"ling (?), n. A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions. B. Jonson.

Green (?), a. [Compar. Greener (&?;); superl. Greenest.] [OE. grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See Grow.] 1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.

2. Having a sickly color; wan.

To look so green and pale.

Shak.

3. Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound.

As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against .
. . the greenest usurpation.

Burke.

4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.

5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]

We say the meat is green when half roasted.

L. Watts.

6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment.

I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its
green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs.

Sir W. Scott.

7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. Shak.

Green brier (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub (Emilaz rotundifolia) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also cat brier. -- Green con (Zoˆl.), the pollock. -- Green crab (Zoˆl.), an edible, shore crab (Carcinus menas) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named joe-rocker. -- Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc. -- Green diallage. (Min.) (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene. (b) Smaragdite. -- Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant (ArisÊma Dracontium), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also dragon root. -- Green earth (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green. -- Green ebony. (a) A south American tree (Jacaranda ovalifolia), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing. (b) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony. -- Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due. -- Green fly (Zoˆl.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. -- Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary. -- Green gland (Zoˆl.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antennÊ. -- Green hand, a novice. [Colloq.] -- Green heart (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the Nectandra Rodiúi, that of Martinique is the Colubrina ferruginosa. -- Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite. -- Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed (Ulva latissima); -- called also green sloke. -- Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite. -- Green linnet (Zoˆl.), the greenfinch. -- Green looper (Zoˆl.), the cankerworm. -- Green marble (Min.), serpentine. -- Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See Greengill. -- Green monkey (Zoˆl.) a West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there. -- Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. -- Green sand (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. -- Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. -- Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis. -- Green snake (Zoˆl.), one of two harmless American snakes (Cyclophis vernalis, and C. Êstivus). They are bright green in color. -- Green turtle (Zoˆl.), an edible marine turtle. See Turtle. -- Green vitriol. (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc. (b) (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and sulphate of iron. -- Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked. -- Green woodpecker (Zoˆl.), a common European woodpecker (Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.

Green (gren), n. 1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.

2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green.

O'er the smooth enameled green.

Milton.

3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural.

In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens,
and wake the rising flowers.

Pope.

4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.

5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.

Alkali green (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also Helvetia green. -- Berlin green. (Chem.) See under Berlin. -- Brilliant green (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition. -- Brunswick green, an oxychloride of copper. -- Chrome green. See under Chrome. -- Emerald green. (Chem.) (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green, acid green, malachite green, Victoria green, solid green, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate. (b) See Paris green (below). -- Gaignet's green (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium. -- Methyl green (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also light-green. -- Mineral green. See under Mineral. - - Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a. -- Paris green (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, imperial green, Vienna green, emerald qreen, and mitis green. -- Scheele's green (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments called parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green, nereid green, or emerald green.

Green, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greened (great): p. pr. & vb. n. Greening.] To make green.

Great spring before Greened all the year.

Thomson.

Green, v. i. To become or grow green. Tennyson.

By greening slope and singing flood.

Whittier.

Green"back" (?), n. One of the legal tender notes of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.

Green"back"er (?), n. One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments. [Colloq. U. S.]

Green"bone (?), n. [So named because the bones are green when boiled.] (Zoˆl.) (a) Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus). (b) The European eelpout.

Green"-broom` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed.

Green"cloth` (-klth`; 115), n. A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates.

Green"er*y (?), n. Green plants; verdure.

A pretty little one-storied abode, so rural, so smothered in
greenery.

J. Ingelow.

Green"-eyed (?), a. 1. Having green eyes.

2. Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or distorts. "Green-eyed jealousy." Shak.

Green"finch` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) 1. A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.

2. The Texas sparrow (Embernagra rufivirgata), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head.

Green"fish` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Bluefish, and Pollock.

Green"gage` (?), n. (Bot.) A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.

Green"gill` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.

Green"gro`cer (?), n. A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.

Green"head` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) The mallard. (b) The striped bass. See Bass.

{ Green"head (?), Green"hood (?), } n. A state of greenness; verdancy. Chaucer.

Green"horn` (?), n. A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon. W. Irving.

Green"house` (?), n. A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.

Green"ing, n. A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and its excellent keeping quality.

Green"ish, a. Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow. -- Green"ish*ness, n.

Green"land*er (?), n. A native of Greenland.

Green"-leek` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.

Green"let (?), n. 1. (Zoˆl.) One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue- headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See Vireo.

2. (Zoˆl,) Any species of Cyclorhis, a genus of tropical American birds allied to the tits.

Green"ly, adv. With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely. -- a. Of a green color. [Obs.]

Green"ness, n. [AS. grnnes. See Green.] 1. The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.

2. Freshness; vigor; newness.

3. Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth.

Green"ock*ite (?), n. [Named after Lord Greenock.] (Min.) Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.

Green"room` (grn"room`), n. The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.

Green"sand` (-s&?;nd`), n. (Geol.) A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.

Greensand is often called marl, because it is a useful fertilizer. The greensand beds of the American Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous.

Green"shank` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.

Green"-stall` (?), n. A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.

Green"stone` (grn"stn`), n. [So called from a tinge of green in the color.] (Geol.) A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.

Green"sward` (-swrd') n. Turf green with grass.

Greenth (grnth), n. [Cf. Growth.] The state or quality of being green; verdure. [R.]

The greenth of summer.

G. Eliot.

Green"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) See Greenbroom.

Green"wood` (?), n. A forest as it appears in spring and summer.

Green"wood`, a. Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade. Dryden.

Greet (?), a. Great. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Greet, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. grtan, grtan; akin to Icel. grta, Sw. grÂta, Dan. grÊde, Goth. grctan; cf. Skr. hrd to sound, roar. √50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also greit.] Spenser.

Greet, n. Mourning. [Obs.] Spenser.

Greet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting.] [OE. greten, AS. grtan to address, approach; akin to OS. grtian, LG. grˆten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. gr¸ssen. √50.] 1. To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.

My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.

Shak.

2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.

In vain the spring my senses greets.

Addison.

3. To accost; to address. Pope.

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Greet (?), v. i. To meet and give salutations.

There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.

Shak.

Greet, n. Greeting. [Obs.] F. Beaumont.

Greet"er (?), n. One who greets or salutes another.

Greet"er, n. One who weeps or mourns. [Obs.]

Greet"ing, n. Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.

Write to him . . . gentle adieus and greetings.

Shak.

Syn. -- Salutation; salute; compliment.

Greeve (?), n. See Grieve, an overseer.

Greeze (?), n. A step. See Gree, a step. [Obs.]

The top of the ladder, or first greeze, is this.

Latimer.

Gref"fi*er (?), n. [F., from LL. grafarius, graphiarius, fr. L. graphium, a writing style; cf. F. greffe a record office. See Graft, and cf. Graffer.] A registrar or recorder; a notary. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Gre"gal (?), a. [L. gregalis, fr. grex, gregis, herd.] Pertaining to, or like, a flock.

For this gregal conformity there is an excuse.

W. S. Mayo.

Gre*ga"ri*an (?), a. Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common. [Obs.] "The gregarian soldiers." Howell.

||Greg`a*ri"nÊ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gregarina the typical genus, fr. ||L. gregarius. See Gregarious.] (Zoˆl.) An order of Protozoa, allied ||to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the ||earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body ||inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young ||stages, they are amúbiform; -- called also Gregarinida, and ||Gregarinaria.

Greg"a*rine (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the GregarinÊ. -- n. One of the GregarinÊ.

||Greg`a*rin"i*da (?) GregarinÊ.

Gre*ga"ri*ous (?), a. [L. gregarius, fr. grex, gregis, herd; cf. Gr. &?; to assemble, Skr. jar to approach. Cf. Congregate, Egregious.] Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone. Burke.

No birds of prey are gregarious.

Ray.

-- Gre*ga"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Gre*ga"ri*ous*ness, n.

Grege (?), Greg"ge (&?;), v. t. [OE. gregier to burden.] To make heavy; to increase. [Obs.] Wyclif.

{ Greg"goe (?), Gre"go (?), } n. [Prob. fr, It. Greco Greek, or Sp. Griego, or Pg. Grego.] A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant. [Written also griego.]

Gre*go"ri*an (?), a. [NL. Gregorianus, fr. Gregorius Gregory, Gr. &?;: cf. F. grÈgorien.] Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named Gregory, especially one of the popes of that name.

Gregorian calendar, the calendar as reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582, including the method of adjusting the leap years so as to harmonize the civil year with the solar, and also the regulation of the time of Easter and the movable feasts by means of epochs. See Gregorian year (below). -- Gregorian chant (Mus.), plain song, or canto fermo, a kind of unisonous music, according to the eight celebrated church modes, as arranged and prescribed by Pope Gregory I. (called "the Great") in the 6th century. -- Gregorian modes, the musical scales ordained by Pope Gregory the Great, and named after the ancient Greek scales, as Dorian, Lydian, etc. -- Gregorian telescope (Opt.), a form of reflecting telescope, named from Prof. James Gregory, of Edinburgh, who perfected it in 1663. A small concave mirror in the axis of this telescope, having its focus coincident with that of the large reflector, transmits the light received from the latter back through a hole in its center to the eyepiece placed behind it. -- Gregorian year, the year as now reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar. Thus, every year, of the current reckoning, which is divisible by 4, except those divisible by 100 and not by 400, has 366 days; all other years have 365 days. See Bissextile, and Note under Style, n., 7.

Greil"lade (?), n. (Metal.) Iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process.

Grei"sen (?), n. (Min.) A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony.

Greit (?), v. i. See Greet, to weep.

Greith (?), v. t. [Icel. greia: cf. AS. gerdan to arrange; pref. ge- + rde ready. Cf. Ready.] To make ready; -- often used reflexively. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Greith, n. [Icel. greii. See Greith, v.] Goods; furniture. [Obs.] See Graith.

Gre"mi*al (?), a. [L. gremium lap, bosom.] Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom. [R.]

Gre"mi*al, n. 1. A bosom friend. [Obs.] Fuller.

2. (Ecol.) A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining priests.

Gre*nade" (?), n. [F. grenade a pomegranate, a grenade, or Sp. granada; orig., filled with seeds. So called from the resemblance of its shape to a pomegranate. See Carnet, Grain a kernel, and cf. Pomegranate.] (Min.) A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies.

Hand grenade. (a) A small grenade of iron or glass, usually about two and a half inches in diameter, to be thrown from the hand into the head of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon besiegers mounting a breach. (b) A portable fire extinguisher consisting of a glass bottle containing water and gas. It is thrown into the flames. Called also fire grenade. -- Rampart grenades, grenades of various sizes, which, when used, are rolled over the pararapet in a trough.

Gren`a*dier" (?), n. [F. grenadier. See Grenade.] 1. (Mil.) Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards of the British army, etc.

2. (Zoˆl.) Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also onion fish, and rat-tail fish.

3. (Zoˆl.) A bright-colored South African grosbeak (Pyromelana orix), having the back red and the lower parts black.

Gren`a*dil"lo (?), n. [Sp. granadillo.] A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; -- called also Grenada cocos, or cocus, and red ebony.

Gren`a*dine" (?), n. [F.] 1. A thin gauzelike fabric of silk or wool, for women's wear.

2. A trade name for a dyestuff, consisting essentially of impure fuchsine.

Gre*na"do (?), n. Same as Grenade.

Grene (?), a. Green. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gres (?), n. Grass. [Obs.] Chaucer.

{ Gres*so"ri*al (?), Gres*so"ri*ous (?), } a. [L. gressus, p. p. of gradi to step, go.] (Zool.) Adapted for walking; anisodactylous; as the feet of certain birds and insects. See Illust. under Aves.

Gret (?), Grete (&?;), a. Great. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gret"to (?), obs. imp. of Greet, to salute.

Greve (?), n. A grove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Grew (gr), imp. of Grow.

Grew"some (?), Grue"some, a. [From a word akin to Dan. gru horror, terror + -some; cf. D. gruwzaam, G. grausam. Cf. Grisly.] Ugly; frightful.

Grewsome sights of war.

C. Kingsley.

Grey (?), a. See Gray (the correct orthography).

Grey"hound` (?), n. [OE. graihund, greihound, greahund, grihond, Icel. greyhundr; grey greyhound + hundr dog; cf. AS. grghund. The origin of the first syllable is unknown.] A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments. [Written also grayhound.]

Grey"lag` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Graylag.

Grib"ble (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E. grib to bite.] (Zoˆl.) A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.

Grice (?), n. [OE. gris, grise; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. gr?ss, Sw. gris, Dan. grus, also Gr. &?;, Skr. ghrshvi, boar. Cf. Grise, Griskin.] A little pig. [Written also grise.] [Scot.]

Grice (?), n. See Gree, a step. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Grid (?), n. A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.

Grid"dle (?), n. [OE. gredil, gredl, gridel, of Celtic origin; cf. W. greidell, Ir. greideal, greideil, griddle, gridiron, greadaim I burn, scorch. Cf. Gridiron.] 1. An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.

2. A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners.

Grid"dle*cake` (?), n. A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, as of buckwheat or common flour.

Gride (grd), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grided; p. pr. & vb. n. Griding.] [For gird, properly, to strike with a rod. See Yard a measure, and cf. Grid to strike, sneer.] To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword. Milton.

That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride.

Spenser.

Gride, n. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.

The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown. On wigwam log, and tree, and
stone.

Whittier.

Grid"e*lin (grd"*ln), n. [F. gris de lin gray of flax, flax gray.] A color mixed of white, and red, or a gray violet. [Written also gredaline, grizelin.] Dryden.

Grid"i`ron (?), n. [OE. gredire, gredirne, from the same source as E. griddle, but the ending was confused with E. iron. See Griddle.] 1. A grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.

2. (Naut.) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.

Gridiron pendulum. See under Pendulum. -- Gridiron valve (Steam Engine), a slide valve with several parallel perforations corresponding to openings in the seat on which the valve moves.

Grief (grf), n. [OE. grief, gref, OF. grief, gref, F. grief, L. gravis heavy; akin to Gr. bary`s, Skr. guru, Goth. ka˙rus. Cf. Barometer, Grave, a., Grieve, Gooroo.] 1. Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.

The mother was so afflicted at the loss of a fine boy, . . . that
she died for grief of it.

Addison.

2. Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance.

Be factious for redress of all these griefs.

Shak.

3. Physical pain, or a cause of it; malady. [R.]

This grief (cancerous ulcers) hastened the end of that famous
mathematician, Mr. Harriot.

Wood.

To come to grief, to meet with calamity, accident, defeat, ruin, etc., causing grief; to turn out badly. [Colloq.]

Syn. -- Affiction; sorrow; distress; sadness; trial; grievance. Grief, Sorrow, Sadness. Sorrow is the generic term; grief is sorrow for some definite cause -- one which commenced, at least, in the past; sadness is applied to a permanent mood of the mind. Sorrow is transient in many cases; but the grief of a mother for the loss of a favorite child too often turns into habitual sadness. "Grief is sometimes considered as synonymous with sorrow; and in this case we speak of the transports of grief. At other times it expresses more silent, deep, and painful affections, such as are inspired by domestic calamities, particularly by the loss of friends and relatives, or by the distress, either of body or mind, experienced by those whom we love and value." Cogan. See Affliction.

Grief"ful (?), a. Full of grief or sorrow. Sackville.

Grief"less, a. Without grief. Huloet.

Grie"go (?), n. See Greggoe.

Griev"a*ble (?), a. Lamentable. [Obs.]

Griev"ance (?), n. [OF. grevance. See Grieve, v. t.] 1. A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury.

2. Grieving; grief; affliction.

The . . . grievance of a mind unreasonably yoked.

Milton.

Syn. -- Burden; oppression; hardship; trouble.

Griev"an*cer (?), n. One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint. [Obs.]

Petition . . . against the bishops as grand grievancers.

Fuller.

Grieve (grv), Greeve, n. [AS. gerfa. Cf. Reeve an officer.] A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [Scot.]

Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve.

Sir W. Scott.

Grieve (grv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grieved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grieving.] [OE. greven, OF. grever, fr. L. gravare to burden, oppress, fr. gravis heavy. See Grief.] 1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.

Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.

Eph. iv. 30.

The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.

Cowper,

2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.]

Grieve, v. i. To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over.

Do not you grieve at this.

Shak.

Griev"er (?), n. One who, or that which, grieves.

Griev"ing, a. Sad; sorrowful; causing grief. -- n. The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved. -- Griev"ing*ly, adv. Shak.

Griev"ous (?), a. [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief.] 1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.

The famine was grievous in the land.

Gen. xii. 10.

The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight.

Gen. xxi. 11.

2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin. Gen. xviii. 20.

3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev"ous*ly, adv. -- Griev"ous*ness, n.

Griff (?), n. [Cf. Gripe.] 1. Grasp; reach. [Obs.]

A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff.

Holland.

2. [Cf. F. griffe, G. griff, prop., a grasping.] (Weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. Knight.

Griffe (?), n. [F.] The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto. [Local, U. S.]

Grif"fin (?), n. An Anglo-Indian name for a person just arrived from Europe. H. Kingsley.

{ Grif"fin (?), Grif"fon (?), } n. [OE. griffin, griffon, griffoun, F. griffon, fr. L. gryphus, equiv to gryps, Gr. &?;; -- so called because of the hooked beak, and akin to grypo`s curved, hook-nosed.]