Gnathonic, -al, nä-thon′ik, -al,adj.flattering. [FromGnatho, a character in Terence'sEunuchus—Gr.gnathos, the jaw.]
Gnaw, naw,v.t.to bite so as to make a noise with the teeth: to bite off by degrees: to corrode or wear away: to bite in agony or rage: (fig.) to torment.—v.i.to use the teeth in biting.—n.Gnaw′er, a rodent. [A.S.gnagan; cf. Dut.knagen, Ice.naga, prov. Eng.nag, to tease.]
Gneiss, nīs,n.(geol.) a species of stratified rock composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica.—adjs.Gneiss′oid, having some of the characters of gneiss;Gneiss′ose, having the structure of gneiss. [Ger.gneiss, a miners' word of unknown origin.]
Gnome, nōm,n.a pithy and sententious saying, generally in verse, embodying some moral sentiment or precept.—Gnomic poets, a class of writers of this form in Greek literature. [Gr.gnōmē, an opinion—gnōnai,gignōskein, to know.]
Gnome, nōm,n.a sprite guarding the inner parts of the earth and its treasures: a dwarf or goblin. [Fr.,—a word traced by Littré to Paracelsus, and perh. formed from Gr.gnōmē, intelligence.]
Gnomon, nō′mon,n.the pin of a dial, whose shadow points to the hour: the index of the hour-circle of a globe: (geom.) the name given to the sum of any three of the parts of a rectangle when divided into four parts by cross-lines parallel to its sides: interpreter, as in Bengel'sGnomon Novi Testamenti.—adjs.Gnomon′ic,-al, pertaining to the art of dialling.—adv.Gnomon′ically.—ns.Gnomon′ics, the art of dialling;Gnomonol′ogy, a treatise on dialling. [Gr.gnōmōn, an interpreter—gnōnai, to know.]
Gnostic, nos′tik,n.(theol.) one of a sect in the beginning of the Christian era which maintained that knowledge (gnōsis) and not faith (pistis) was the way of salvation, allegorised away the great facts of Christ's person and work, and represented individual life as the result of a process of emanation from the original essence.—adj.having knowledge: knowing, cunning: pertaining to the Gnostics.—ns.Gnō′sis, knowledge: mystical knowledge;Gnos′ticism, the eclectic doctrines of the Gnostics. [Gr.gnōstikos, good at knowing—gignōskein, to know.]
Gnu, nū,n.a genus of antelopes native to South Africa, of which the best-known species has characters of the ox, buffalo, and horse. [Hottentot.]
Go, gō,v.i.to pass from one place to another: to be in motion: to proceed: to walk: to depart from: to lead in any direction: to extend: to tend: to be about to do: to pass in report: to pass, as in payment: to be accounted in value: to happen in a particular way: to turn out: to fare: to give way:—pr.p.gō′ing;pa.t.went;pa.p.gone (gon).—n.affair, matter, as in 'a pretty go:' fashion, as in 'all the go:' energy, activity.—adj.Go′-ahead′, dashing, energetic.—ns.Go′-between′,Gō′er-between′(Shak.), one who is agent between two parties;Go′-by, escape by artifice: evasion: any intentional disregard: in coursing, the act of passing by or ahead in motion.—adj.Go-to-meet′ing(coll.), used of clothes, good and fit for public use.—Go about(B.), to set one's self about: to seek: to endeavour;Go about one's business, to attend to one's duties: to be off;Go abroad, to go to a foreign country: to leave one's house;Go against, to invade: to be repugnant to;Go aside, to err: to withdraw, retire;Go at, to attack;Go beyond(B.), to overreach;Go down, to sink, decline: to be believed or accepted;Go far, to last long;Go for, to pass for: to attack: to take up a line of policy;Go for nothing, to have no value;Go hard with, to be in real difficulty or danger;Go in and out, to come and go freely;Go in for, to be in favour of: to aim after;Go in unto, to have sexual intercourse with;Go it, to act in a striking or dashing manner—often inimperativeby way of encouragement;Go off, to leave: to die: to explode: to fade;Go on, to proceed;Go one better, to take a bet and add another more to it: to excel another in fitness for some purpose;Go one's way, to depart;Go out, to become extinct or expire;Go over, to study, to examine;Go the whole hog, to go to the fullest extent;Go through, to perform thoroughly, to accomplish;Go through fire and water, to undertake any trouble or risks for one's end (from the usage in ancient ordeals);Go to, come now (a kind of interjection, like the L.agedum, the Gr.ἄγε νυν);Go to pieces, to break up entirely, to be dismembered;Go to the wall, to be pushed aside, passed by;Go under, to be called by some title or character: to be overwhelmed or ruined, to die;Go well, to prosper;Go with, to accompany: to agree, accord;Go without saying, to be plainly self-evident (Fr.Cela va sans dire).—Great go, a degree examination, compared withLittle go, a preliminary examination in the university of Cambridge;Let go, to release, to quit hold of;No go, not possible: of no use. [A.S.gán, contr. forgangan, to go; cf. Ger.gehen, Dut.gaan.]
Goad, gōd,n.a sharp-pointed stick, often shod with iron, for driving oxen: a stimulus.—v.t.to drive with a goad: to urge forward. [A.S.gád, a goad; cf. Ice.gaddr, a goad.]
Goaf, gōf,n.a rick: the coal-waste left in old workings.
Goal, gōl,n.a mark set up to bound a race: the winning-post—also the starting-post: the end aimed at: the two upright posts between which the ball is kicked in the game of football: the act of sending the ball between or over the goal-posts: an end or aim. [Fr.gaule, a pole; prob. of Teut. origin, as Old Fris.walu, a staff, Goth.walus; but acc. to Littré from L.vallus, a stake.]
Goat, gōt,n.the well-known quadruped, allied to the sheep.—ns.Goat′chāfer, the dor or dung-beetle;Goatēē′, a beard left on the chin, while the rest of the face is shaven;Goat′-herd, one who tends goats.—adj.Goat′ish, resembling a goat, esp. in smell: lustful: wanton.—ns.Goat′ishness;Goat′-moth, a large moth common throughout Europe and Asia, having a thick heavy body, and measuring three inches or more across the wings;Goat's′-beard,Goat's′-rue,Goat's′-thorn, names of plants;Goat′skin, the skin of the goat, leather made from it;Goat′sucker, a kind of swallow erroneously thought to suck goats. [A.S.gát; Ger.geiss, Dut.geit.]
Gob, gob,n.the mouth: a mouthful, lump: refuse coal.—v.i.to pack away such as a support to the walls.—ns.Gob′bing,Gob′bin, coal refuse.
Go-bang, gō-bang′,n.a game played on a checker-board of 256 squares, with fifty coloured counters, the object being to get five counters in a row. [Jap.goban.]
Gobbet, gob′et,n.a mouthful: (obs.) a little lump.—Gobe mouche, a silly credulous fellow. [O. Fr.gobet, from Celt.; Gael.gob, the mouth.]
Gobble, gob′l,v.t.to swallow in lumps: to swallow hastily.—v.i.to make a noise in the throat, as a turkey.—n.(golf) a rapid straightputtso strongly played that if the ball had not gone into the hole, it would have gone a long way past.—n.Gobb′ler, a turkey-cock. [O. Fr.gober, to devour; Celt.]
Gobelin, gob′e-lin,n.a rich French tapestry. [From theGobelins, a famous family of French dyers settled in Paris as early as the 15th century.]
Goblet, gob′let,n.a large drinking-cup without a handle. [O. Fr.gobelet, dim. ofgobel—Low L.cupellus, a dim. of L.cupa, a cask. See Cup.]
Goblin, gob′lin,n.a frightful phantom: a fairy: a mischievous sprite. [O. Fr.gobelin—Low L.gobelinus—Gr.kobalos, a mischievous spirit.]
Goby, gō′bi,n.a genus of small carnivorous sea-fishes, with nests of seaweed. [L.gobius—Gr.kōbios.]
Go-cart, gō′-kärt,n.a wheeled apparatus for teaching children to walk.
God, god,n.the Supreme Being: the Creator and Preserver of the world: an object of worship, an idol: (B.) a ruler:—fem.God′dess: (pl.) the occupants of the gallery of a theatre.—v.t.(Shak.) to deify.—interj.God′-a-mer′cy(Shak.), probably a corruption of 'God have mercy!'—ns.God′child;God′daughter;God′dess-ship(Byron), state or quality of a goddess;God′father,God′mother, the persons who, at baptism, guarantee a child's religious education.—adjs.God′-forsak′en, miserable, as if forsaken by God;God′-fear′ing, reverencing God.—n.God′head, state of being a god: deity: divine nature—also rarelyGod′hood.—adj.God′less, living without God: impious: atheistical.—adv.God′lessly.—n.God′lessness.—adj.God′like, like God: divine.—ns.Godli′ness;God′ling(Dryden), a little god.—adj.God′ly, like God in character: pious: according to God's law.—advs.God′ly,God′lily.—ns.God′ly-head(Spens.), goodness;God′send, an unexpected piece of good fortune;God′ship, the rank or character of a god: a divinity;God′-smith(Dryden), a maker of idols;God′son;God′speed, a wish for good speed or success.—adv.God′ward, toward God.—God's acre, a burial-ground (imitated from Ger.Gottesacker);God's truth, an absolute truth—an emphatic asseveration.—Household gods, among the Romans, the special gods presiding over the family: anything bound up with home interests. [A.S.god; Ger.gott, Goth.guth, Dut.god; all from a Teut. rootgutha, God, and quite distinct fromgood.]
God-den, a variant ofgood-den.
Godroon, go-drōōn′,n.(archit.) an inverted fluting or beading. [Fr.godron, a plait.]
Godwit, god′wit,n.a genus of birds of the snipe family, with long bill and long slender legs, with a great part of the tibia bare. [Perh. from A.S.gód, good,wiht, creature.]
Goël, gō′āl,n.the avenger of blood among the Hebrews, the nearest relative whose duty it was to hunt down the murderer. [Heb.]
Goer, gō′ėr,n.one who, or that which, goes: a horse, considered in reference to his gait.
Goety, gō′ē-ti,n.black magic.—adj.Goet′ic. [Gr.,goēs, a sorcerer.]
Goff, a variant ofgolf.
Goffer, gof′ėr,v.t.to plait or crimp.—n.Goff′ering, plaits or ruffles, or the process of making them; indented tooling on the edge of a book. [O. Fr.gauffrer—goffre, a wafer.]
Goggle, gog′l,v.i.to strain or roll the eyes.—adj.rolling: staring: prominent.—n.a stare or affected rolling of the eye: (pl.) spectacles with projecting eye-tubes: blinds for shying horses.—adj.Gogg′le-eyed, having prominent, distorted, or rolling eyes. [Prob. related to Ir. and Gael.gog, to nod.]
Goglet, gog′let,n.a water-cooler.
Going, gō′ing,n.the act of moving: departure: (B.) course of life.—Going forth(B.), an outlet;Goings, orGoings out(B.), utmost extremity: departures or journeys;Goings on, behaviour.
Goitre,Goiter, goi′tėr,n.a tumour on the forepart of the throat, being an enlargement of one of the glands (seeCretinism).—adjs.Goi′tred,Goi′tered, affected with goitre;Goi′trous, pertaining to goitre. [Fr.goître—L.guttur, the throat.]
Gold, gōld,n.one of the precious metals much used for coin: money: riches: anything very precious: yellow, gold colour.—adj.made of or like gold.—ns.Gold′-beat′er, one whose trade is to beat gold into gold-leaf;Gold′-beat′ers′-skin, the outer coat of the cæcum of the ox;Gold′-beat′ing.—adj.Gold′-bound(Shak.), encompassed with gold.—ns.Gold′-cloth, cloth woven with threads of gold;Gold′-crest, a golden-crested bird of genusRegulus;Gold′-dig′ger, one who digs for or mines gold, esp. a placer-miner;Gold′-dust, gold in dust or very fine particles, as it is sometimes found in rivers.—adj.Gold′en, made of gold: of the colour of gold: bright: most valuable: happy: highly favourable.—v.t.to become golden.—ns.Gold′en-age, an early period in history, a time of innocence and happiness;Gold′en-eye, a species of oceanic ducks which breed in the Arctic regions, and are winter visitants of Britain.—adj.Gold′en-hilt′ed(Tenn.), having a hilt made of, or mounted with, gold.—adv.Gold′enly(Tenn.), splendidly, delightfully.—ns.Gold′en-rod, any herb of the genusSolidago, of the aster family;Gold′-fē′ver, a mania for seeking gold;Gold′-field, a region where gold is found;Gold′finch, the most beautiful of English finches, with very handsome plumage, in which black, crimson-red, yellow, and white are, in the adult male, exquisitely mingled;Gold′fish, a Chinese and Japanese fresh-water fish, nearly allied to the carp—in its native waters it is brownish, but when domesticated becomes golden-yellow;Gold′-foil, gold beaten into thin sheets, used by dentists;Gold′ilocks,Gold′ylocks, a common name for Ranunculus (q.v.);Gold′-lace, lace made of gold-thread;Gold′-leaf, gold beaten extremely thin, or into leaves;Gold′-lil′y, the yellow lily;Gold′-mine, a mine from which gold is dug;Gold′-plate, vessels and utensils of gold collectively;Gold′smith, a worker in gold and silver;Gold′spink(Scot.), the goldfinch;Gold′stick, the colonel of a regiment of life-guards who attends the sovereign on state occasions—he receives a gold rod with his commission;Gold′-thread, a ranunculaceous plant found from Denmark to Siberia, with evergreen leaves, resembling those of the strawberry: a thread formed of a strip of gold-leaf laid over a thread of silk;Gold′-wash′er, one who obtains gold by washing it from sand andgravel:a cradle or other implement for washing gold from auriferous dirt;Gold′-wire, wire made of or covered with gold.—Golden beetle, the name popularly given to many members of theChrysomelagenus of coleopterous insects, marked by their metallic splendour of colour;Golden bull(L.bullaaurea), an edict issued by the Emperor Charles IV. in 1356, mainly for the purpose of settling the law of imperial elections;Golden fleece, in Greek mythology, the fleece of the ram Chrysomallus, the recovery of which was the object of the famous expedition of the Argonauts—it gave its name to a celebrated order of knighthood in Austria and Spain, founded in 1429;Golden horde, the Kipchaks, a Turkic people, whose empire was founded in central and southern Russia by Batu in the 13th century;Golden legend(L.aurea legenda), a celebrated medieval collection of lives of the greater saints, the work of Jacobus de Voragine (1230-98);Golden numberfor any year, the number of that year in the Metonic Cycle, and as this cycle embraces nineteen years, the golden numbers range from one to nineteen;Golden rose, a rose formed of wrought gold, and blessed by the Pope in person on the fourth Sunday in Lent, usually presented to some Catholic prince. [A.S.gold; Ice.gull, Ger.gold, Goth.gulth, Russ.zlato, Gr.chrysos.]
Golf, golf,n.a game played with a club and ball, in which he who drives the ball into a series of small holes in the ground with fewest strokes is the winner.—ns.Golf′er;Golf′ing. [Dut.kolf, a club; cf. Ger.kolbe, Ice.kólfr.]
Golgotha, gol′go-tha,n.the scene of our Lord's crucifixion, near Jerusalem: a charnel-house. [Heb.]
Goliard, gol′yard,n.a medieval monk who amused his superiors at table by merry jests.—n.Gol′iardery.—adj.Goliar′dic.—n.Gol′ias, the title assumed by the authors of several medieval satirical poems—Walter Map makes 'Bishop Golias' the type of the ribald priest. [O. Fr.]
Goliath, gō-lī′ath,n.a giant.—v.i.to exaggerate extravagantly.—n.Golī′ath-bee′tle, a genus of tropical beetles of very large size, the male sometimes measuring about four inches. [FromGoliath, the Philistine giant in 1 Sam. xvii.]
Gollar, gol′ar,v.i.(prov.) to scold or speak loudly.
Goloe-shoes. SeeGalosh.
Golomynka, gō-lō-ming′ka,n.a fish found only in Lake Baikal, resembling the gobies.
Golosh, go-losh′,n.Same asGalosh.
Gomarist, gō′mar-ist,n.a follower of FrancisGomarus(1563-1641), a vehement opponent of the Arminians, who mainly through his influence were expelled from the Reformed Church at the Synod of Dort in 1618.
Gombeenism, gom-bēn′izm,n.the practice of depending on money-lenders.—n.Gombeen′man, a grasping and usurious money-lender in Ireland.
Gomeril, gom′ėr-il,n.(Scot.) a stupid fellow.
Gomphiasis, gom-fī′a-sis,n.looseness of the teeth, esp. the molars.—n.Gomphō′sis, a kind of synarthrosis or immovable articulation, as of the teeth in the jaw. [Gr.,gomphios, a tooth.]
Gomuti, gō-mōō′ti,n.the sago-palm: the black fibre it yields.—AlsoGomu′to. [Malay.]
Gonad, gon′ad,n.(biol.) a mass of undifferentiated generative tissue.
Gonagra, gon′a-gra,n.gout in the knee.—ns.Gonal′gia, any painful affection of the knee;Gonarthrī′tis, inflammation of the knee-joint. [Gr.gony, knee,agra, a taking,algos, pain.]
Gondola, gon′do-la,n.a long, narrow boat (averaging 30 feet by 4) used chiefly on the canals of Venice—(Spens.)Gon′delay.—n.Gondolier(gon′dol-ēr),one who rows a gondola. [It., a dim. ofgonda—Gr.kondy—a drinking-vessel, said to be a Pers. word.]
Gone, gon,pa.p.of go, lost, passed beyond help: weak, faint, feeling a sinking sensation: wide of the mark, of an arrow: (slang) entirely given up to (with on).—ns.Gone′ness, a sinking sensation;Gon′er(slang), one ruined beyond recovery.
Gonfalon, gon′fa-lon,n.an ensign or standard with streamers—alsoGon′fanon.—n.Gonfalonier′, one who bears a gonfalon: the chief magistrate in many Italian cities because of his bearing this flag. [O. Fr.gonfanon—Mid. High Ger.gundfano—gund, battle,fano(Ger.fahne), a flag.]
Gong, gong,n.a Chinese instrument of percussion, made of a mixture of metals, and shaped into a basin-like form, flat and large, with a rim a few inches deep. [Malay.]
Gongorism, gong′gor-izm,n.a florid, inverted, and pedantic style of writing, introduced by the Spanish poet Luis deGóngoray Argote (1561-1627), some of whose distinctive features reappeared in Euphuism.
Gongylus, gon′ji-lus,n.a round deciduous body connected with the reproduction of certain seaweeds. [Gr., 'round.']
Goniatites, gō-ni-a-tī′tēz,n.a genus of fossil cephalopodous mollusca, kindred to the Ammonites. [Gr.gonia, an angle,lithos, a stone.]
Gonidia, gō-nid′i-a,n.pl.an old term in lichenology for the green cells (algal constituents) of the thallus:—sing.Gonid′ium, a naked or membranous-coated propagative cell produced asexually. [Formed from Gr.gonē, generation, seed.]
Goniometer, gō-ni-om′e-tėr,n.an instrument for measuring solid angles, indispensable to the crystallographer. [Gōnia, an angle,metron, measure.]
Gonophore, gon′o-fōr,n.the ultimate generative zooid of a hydrozoan, originating directly the generative elements. [Gr.gonos, seed,pherein, to bear.]
Gonorrhea, gon-or-rē′a,n.a specific contagious inflammatory discharge of mucus from the membrane of the urethra or vagina. [Gr.gonorrhoia—gonos, seed,rheein, to flow.]
Good, good,adj.having qualities, whether physical or moral, desirable or suitable to the end proposed: promoting success, welfare, or happiness: virtuous: pious: kind: benevolent: proper: fit: competent: satisfactory: sufficient: valid: sound: serviceable: beneficial: real: serious, as in 'good earnest:' not small, considerable, as in 'good deal:' full, complete, as in 'good measure:' unblemished, honourable, as in 'good name:'—comp.bett′er;superl.best.—n.that which promotes happiness, success, &c.—opp. toEvil: prosperity: welfare: advantage, temporal or spiritual: moral qualities: virtue: (B.) possessions: (pl.) household furniture: movable property: merchandise (in composition, the equivalent of U.S.freight).—interj.well! right!—adv.well.—ns.Good′-breed′ing, polite manners formed by a good breeding or education;Good′-broth′er(Scot.), a brother-in-law.—n.orinterj.Good′-bye, contracted from 'God be with you:' farewell, a form of address at parting.—adj.Good′-condi′tioned, being in a good state.—ns.orinterjs.Good′-day, a common salutation, a contraction of 'I wish you a good day;'Good′-den, a corruption ofgood-e'en;Good′-e'en,Good′-ēv′en,Good′-ēve′ning, a salutation on meeting or parting in the evening.—adj.Good′-faced(Shak.), having a handsome face.—ns.Good′-fell′ow, a jolly or boon companion: a reveller;Good′-fell′owship, merry or pleasant company: conviviality.—n.pl.Good′-folk, a euphemism for the fairies, of whom it is best to speak respectfully.—adj.Good′-for-noth′ing, worthless, useless.—n.an idle person.—ns.Good′-Frī′day, a fast in memory of our Lord's crucifixion, held on the Friday of Passion-week;Good′-hū′mour, a cheerful temper, from the old idea that temper depended on the humours of the body.—adj.Good′-hū′moured.—adv.Good′-hū′mouredly.—n.Good′iness, weak, priggish, or canting goodness.—adj.Good′ish, pretty good, of fair quality or quantity.—interj.Good′-lack, an expression of surprise or pity—a variation of 'Good Lord,' under the influence ofalack.—n.Good′liness.—adv.Good′ly(Spens.), excellently, kindly.—adj.good-like: good-looking: fine: excellent:—comp.Good′lier;superl.Good′liest.—ns.Good′lyhead(Spens.), goodness;Good′lyhood, grace;Goodman′(B.), the man or master of the house—the correlative to it isGoodwife′.—ns.andinterjs.Good′-morn′ing,Good′-morr′ow, a salutation at meeting in the morning.—n.Good′-nā′ture, natural goodness and mildness of disposition.—adj.Good′-nā′tured.—adv.Good′-nā′turedly.—n.Good′ness, virtue: excellence: benevolence: a term of emphasis, as in 'For goodness' sake;' 'Oh, goodness!'—n.andinterj.Good′-night, a common salutation, a contraction of 'I wish you a good night.'—interj.Good′-now, an exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty.—ns.Goods′-en′gine, an engine used for drawing goods-trains;Good′-sense, sound judgment;Good′-speed, a contraction of 'I wish you good speed;'Goods′-train, a train of goods wagons.—adj.Good′-tem′pered, possessing a good temper.—ns.Good′-wife, the mistress of a family;Good′-will, benevolence; well-wishing: the established custom or popularity of any business or trade—often appearing as one of its assets, with a marketable money value;Good′y, good-wife: good-woman: probably formed fromgood-wife.—adj.Good′y, mawkishly good: weakly benevolent or pious—alsoGood′y-good′y.—n.a sweetmeat.—Good for anything, ready for any kind of work;Goodman's croft, a strip of ground, or corner of a field, once left untilled in Scotland, to avert the malice of the devil from the crop.—Good Templar, a member of a temperance society founded in the United States in 1852, and introduced into England in 1868, its organisation modelled on that of the Freemasons, with lodges, passwords and grips, and insignia.—As good as, the same as, no less than;Be as good as one's word, to be depended on;For good,For good and all, finally, in conclusion, to end the whole matter; Make good, to fulfil, perform;Stand good, to be lastingly good: to remain;Think good, to be disposed, to be willing. [A.S.gód; closely akin to Dut.goed, Ger.gut, Ice.góðr, Goth.gods.]
Goorkha, gōōr′kä,n.one of the dominant race in Nepal, descended from Hindu immigrants, and claiming a Rajput origin, short, thick-set men, making excellent soldiers.
Gooroo. SeeGuru.
Goosander, gōōs-an′dėr,n.a web-footed bird in the duck family, in the same genus as the Mergansers, a native of the Arctic regions. [Formed fromgooseandgander.]
Goose, gōōs,n.(pl.Geese) a web-footed animal like a duck, but larger and stronger: a tailor's smoothing-iron, from the likeness of the handle to the neck of a goose: a stupid, silly person: a game of chance once common in England, in which the players moved counters forward from one compartment on a board to another, the right to a double move being secured when the card bearing the picture of a goose was reached.—v.t.(slang) to hiss off the stage.—ns.Goose′-cap, a silly person;Goose′-corn, a coarse rush;Goose′-egg, a zero, denoting a miss or failure to score at an athletic or other contest;Goose′-fish, a common name in America for the angler-fish (seeAngler);Goose′-flesh, a puckered condition of the skin, like that of a plucked goose, through cold, fear, &c.;Goose′-foot, pigweed;Goose′-grass, a species of Bedstraw (q.v.), a common weed in hedges and bushy places in Britain, Europe, and America;Goose′-neck, an iron swivel forming the fastening between a boom and a mast: a bent pipe or tube with a swivel-joint;Goose′-quill, one of the quills or large wing-feathers of a goose, used as pens;Goos′ery, a place for keeping geese: stupidity;Goose′-skin, a kind of thin soft leather;Goose′-step(mil.), the marking of time by raising the feet alternately without making progress;Goose′-wing, one of the clews or lower corners of a ship's mainsail or foresail when the middle part is furled or tied up to the yard.—adj.Goose′-winged, having only one clew set: in fore-and-aft rigged vessels, having the mainsail on one side and the foresail on the other, so as to sail wing-and-wing.—n.Goos′ey, a goose: a blockhead. [A.S.gós; Ice.gás, Ger.gans, L.anser, Gr.chēn, Sans.hamsa.]
Gooseberry, gōōz′ber-i,n.the berry or fruit of a shrub of the same name.—Play gooseberry, to accompany lovers, &c., for propriety. [Prof. Skeat saysgoose-is forgrose-orgroise-, which appears in O. Fr.groisele,grosele, gooseberry, Scot.grossart, from the Mid. High Ger.krus(Ger.kraus), crisp, curled.]
Gooseberry-fool,n.SeeFool(2).
Gopher, gō′fėr,n.a name in America applied to the prairie dog, the pouched rat, and to the land tortoise of the southern states.—v.i.to burrow, to mine in a small way. [Fr.gaufre.]
Gopher, gō′fėr,n.(B.) a kind of wood, generally supposed identical with cypress. [Heb.]
Gopura, gō′pōō-ra,n.in Southern India, a pyramidal tower over the gateway of a temple.
Goral, gō′ral,n.a Himalayan goat-antelope.
Goramy, gō′ra-mi,n.a fish found in the Eastern Archipelago, highly esteemed for the table, and used in Mauritius, the West Indies, &c.—AlsoGou′rami.
Gor-bellied, gor′-bel-id,adj.(Shak.) big-bellied, gluttonous. [Obs.gore—A.S.gor, filth, andbelly.]
Gorcock, gor′kok,n.the moorcock or red grouse:—fem.Gor′hen. [Gor-, fromgorse, furze; or imit.]
Gorcrow, gor′krō,n.the carrion-crow. [A.S.gor, filth, carrion, andcrow.]
Gordian, gord′yan,adj.intricate: difficult.—v.t.(Keats) to tie up, knot.—Cut the Gordian knot, to overcome a difficulty by violent measures—Alexander, unable to untie the fateful knot tied byGordius, king of Phrygia, having cut it through with his sword.
Gordius, gor′di-us,n.a genus typical ofGordiidæ, a family of nematode worms with a hair-like body.
Gore, gōr,n.clotted blood: blood.—adv.Gor′ily(Tenn.), in a gory or bloody manner or state.—adj.Gor′y, covered with gore: bloody.—Gory dew, a dark-red slimy film sometimes seen on damp walls and in shady places. [A.S.gor, blood, dung; Sw.gorr, Ice.gor, gore.]
Gore, gōr,n.a triangular piece let into a garment to widen it: a triangular piece of land.—v.t.to shape like or furnish with gores: to pierce with anything pointed, as a spear or horns.—n.Gor′ing, a piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.—adj.cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing—of a sail. [A.S.gára, a pointed triangular piece of land—gár, a spear with triangular blade.]
Gorge, gorj,n.the throat: a narrow pass among hills: (fort.) the entrance to an outwork.—v.t.to swallow greedily: to glut.—v.i.to feed.—adj.Gorged, having a gorge or throat: glutted: (her.) having a crown or coronet about the neck.—n.Gorg′et, a piece of armour for the throat: a military ornament round the neck (seeArmour).—Have one's gorge rise, to be disgusted or irritated;Heave the gorge, to retch. [O. Fr.,—L.gurges, a whirlpool.]
Gorgeous, gor′jus,adj.showy: splendid: magnificent.—adv.Gor′geously.—n.Gor′geousness. [O. Fr.gorgias, gaudy—gorgias, a ruff—gorge, the throat.]
Gorgon, gor′gun,n.one of three fabled female monsters (Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa), of horrible aspect, winged, with hissing serpents for hair—every one who looked on Medusa was turned to stone: anything very ugly.—adjs.Gor′gon,Gorgō′nean,Gorgonesque′,Gorgō′nian, like a gorgon: very ugly or terrific.—n.Gorgonei′on, a mask of the gorgon.—v.t.Gor′gonise(Tenn.), to turn to stone. [L.gorgon—Gr.gorgō—gorgos, grim.]
Gorgonzola, gor-gon-zō′la,n.a highly esteemed cheese.
Gorilla, gor-il′a,n.a great African ape, the largest known anthropoid, generally referred to the same genus with the chimpanzee. [African.]
Gormand, older form ofgourmand.—v.i.Gor′mandīse, to eat hastily or voraciously.—ns.Gor′mandīser;Gor′mandīsing, the act or habit of eating voraciously;Gor′mandism, gluttony.
Gorse, gors,n.a prickly shrub growing on waste places, the furze or whin.—adj.Gors′y. [A.S.gorst.]
Goshawk, gos′hawk,n.a short-winged hawk, once used for hunting wild-geese and other fowl, not having a toothed bill, like the falcons proper. [A.S.góshafoc—gós, goose,hafoc, hawk.]
Gosling, goz′ling,n.a young goose. [A.S.gós, goose, double dim.-l-ing.]
Gospel, gos′pel,n.the Christian revelation: the narrative of the life of Christ, as related by Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John: the stated portion of these read at service: the teaching of Christ: a system of religious truth: absolute truth.—v.t.(Shak.) to instruct in the gospel.—n.Gos′peller, a preacher: an evangelist.—v.t.Gos′pellise, to square with the gospel. [A.S.godspell; commonly derived from A.S.gód, good, andspell, story, and so a translation of Gr.eu-anggelion, good news; but more prob. fromgod, God, andspell, a narrative, God-story; so also the Ice. isguðspjall, God-story, and notgóðspjall, good-story; and the Old High Ger. wasgotspell,got(God)-spel, notguot(good)-spel.]
Goss, gos,n.(Shak.). SeeGorse.
Gossamer, gos′a-mėr,n.very fine spider-threads which float in the air or form webs on bushes in fine weather: any thin material.—adj.light, flimsy.—adj.Goss′amery, like gossamer: flimsy. [M. E.gossomer; Prof Skeat thinks it is a corr. of 'goose-summer' or 'summer-goose,' from the downy appearance of the film. Ger.sommer-fäden, summer-threads, alsomädchen-sommer, maiden-summer.]
Gossan, gos′an,n.(prov.) decomposed rock, usually ferruginous, forming the upper part of a metallic vein.—AlsoGozz′an.
Gossip, gos′ip,n.one who runs about telling and hearing news: idle talk: a familiar acquaintance: a boon-companion.—v.i.to run about telling idle tales: to talk much: to chat: (Shak.) to stand godfather to.—n.Goss′iping, the act or practice of one who gossips or tattles.—p.adj.having the character of one who gossips: tattling.—n.Goss′ipry.—adj.Goss′ipy. [Orig. a sponsor in baptism, or one related in the service ofGod; M. E.gossib(earlier form,godsib)—God, andsib, related; cf. Ger.sippe, Ice.sif, affinity, Scot.sib, related.]
Gossoon, go-sōōn′,n.a boy-servant in Ireland. [From Fr.garçon, a boy.]
Gossypium, go-sip′i-um,n.a malvaceous genus of herbs and shrubs, native to the tropics, yielding the cotton of commerce. [L.gossypion.]
Got,Gotten. See underGet.
Goth, goth,n.one of an ancient Teutonic nation, originally settled on the southern coasts of the Baltic, which migrated to Dacia in the 3d century, and later founded kingdoms in Italy, southern France, and Spain: a rude or uncivilised person, a barbarian.—adj.Goth′ic, belonging to the Goths or their language: barbarous: romantic: denoting a style of architecture with high-pointed arches, clustered columns, &c. (applied in reproach at the time of the Renaissance).—v.t.Goth′icise, to make Gothic: to bring back to barbarism.—n.Goth′icism, a Gothic idiom or style of building: rudeness of manners. [The native namesGutans(sing.Guta) andGutôs(sing.Guts),Gutthiuda, 'people of the Goths;' Latinised asGothi,Gotthi.]
Gothamite, goth′a-mīt,Gothamist,goth′a-mist,n.a simpleton: a wiseacre. [FromGotham, a village of Nottinghamshire, with which name are connected many of the simpleton stories of immemorial antiquity. So of Gordon in Scotland, Kampan in Holland, the Schildburgers in Germany, &c.]
Gouache, gwash,n.a method of water-colour painting with opaque colours, mixed with water, honey, and gum, presenting a dead surface: work painted according to this method. [Fr.]
Gouda, gow′da,n.a kind of cheese fromGouda.
Gouge, gowj, or gōōj,n.a chisel, with a hollow blade, for cutting grooves or holes.—v.t.to scoop out, as with a gouge: to force out, as the eye with the thumb. [O. Fr.,—Low L.guvia, a kind of chisel.]
Goujeers, gōō′jērz,n.(Shak.) venereal disease.—Goujere, oftenGood year, used as a slight imprecation, as pox; cf. 2Henry IV., II. iv. 64. [Perh. Fr.gouge, a prostitute,goujat, a blackguard.]
Goura, gow′ra,n.a genus of beautifully crested, ground-loving pigeons, native to New Guinea.
Gourami. SeeGoramy.
Gourd, gōrd, or gōōrd,n.a large fleshy fruit: rind of a gourd used as a drinking-cup: the gourd plant: (pl.) hollow dice used by cheating gamblers.—ns.Gourd′iness;Gourd′-worm, a fluke or trematode worm, esp. the liver-fluke.—adj.Gourd′y, having the legs swollen—of a horse. [O. Fr.gourde, contr. fromcougourde—L.cucurbita, a gourd.]
Gourmand, gōōr′mand,n.one who eats greedily: a glutton.—adj.voracious: gluttonous—alsoGor′mand.—n.Gourmet(goor-mā′,or-met′),an epicure, originally one with a delicate taste in wines. [Fr.gourmand, a glutton; origin unknown.]
Gousty, gows′ti,adj.dreary.—adj.Gous′trous, stormy: (Scot.) rude. [Same asGusty.]
Gout, gowt,n.an acute inflammation of the smaller joints, and esp. of the great toe, in persons of luxurious habits and past middle life: (obs.) a drop.—adv.Gout′ily.—ns.Gout′iness;Gout′wort,Gout′weed, an umbelliferous European plant, long supposed to be good for gout.—adj.Gout′y, relating to gout: diseased with or subject to gout. [O. Fr.goutte—L.gutta, a drop, the disease supposed to be caused by a defluxion of humours.]
Gout, gōō,n.taste: relish. [Fr.,—L.gustus, taste.]
Govern, guv′ėrn,v.t.to direct: to control: to rule with authority: (gram.) to determine the mood, tense, or case of.—v.i.to exercise authority: to administer the laws.—adj.Gov′ernable.—ns.Gov′ernall(Spens.), government;Gov′ernance, government: control: direction: behaviour;Governante(guv-ėr-nant′,orguv′-),a governess (obs.);Gov′erness, a lady who has charge of the instruction of young ladies: a tutoress (Daily-governess, one who goes every day to her pupils' house;Nursery-,having charge of young children only, tending as well as teaching them;Resident-,living in the family of her pupils).—v.i.to act as governess.—n.Gov′erness-cart, a light two-wheeled vehicle with two face-to-face seats at the sides only.—adj.Gov′erning, having control.—n.Gov′ernment, a ruling or managing: control: system of governing: the body of persons authorised to administer the laws, or to govern a state: the territory over which sovereign power extends: (gram.) the power of one word in determining the form of another: (Shak.) conduct.—adj.of or pursued by government.—adj.Government′al, pertaining to or sanctioned by government.—ns.Gov′ernor, a ruler: one invested with supreme authority: a tutor: (slang) a father or master: (mach.) a regulator, or contrivance for maintaining uniform velocity with a varying resistance: (B.) a pilot;Gov′ernor-gen′eral, the supreme governor in a country: a viceroy;Gov′ernorship.—Governmental theory(seeGrotian). [O. Fr.governer—L.gubernāre—Gr.kybernan.]
Gowan, gow′an,n.(Scot.) the wild daisy. [Ir. and Gael.gugan, bud, daisy.]
Gowd, Scotch forgold.
Gowf, gowf,v.t.(Scot.) to strike, cuff. [A modification ofgolf.]
Gowk,Gouk, gowk,n.a stupid fellow, a fool.
Gowl, gowl,v.i.(Scot.) to cry or howl. [M. E.goulen—Scand., Ice.gaula, to bellow.]
Gown, gown,n.a woman's upper garment: a long loose robe worn officially by clergymen, lawyers, college lecturers, &c.—v.t.to invest with the gown.—adj.Gowned, dressed in a gown.—ns.Gown′man,Gowns′man, one whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and esp. a member of an English university. [M. E.goune—W.gwn, akin togwnio, to stitch; Ir.gunn, Gael.gun.]
Gowpen, gowp′en,n.(Scot.) the hollow of the hand or of the two hands held together: a handful. [Scand.; Ice.gaupn, Sw.göpen, Dan.gövn; Low Ger.göpse,göpsch, Ger. dial.gauf,gaufel.]
Graafian, grä′fi-an,adj.pertaining to the follicle or little sac in the ovary in which an ovum matures—in mammals. [Named from the discoverer of these, Regnier deGraaf, 1641-73.]
Graal. Same asGrail, a dish.
Grab, grab,n.a vessel on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
Grab, grab,v.t.(coll.) to seize or grasp suddenly: to lay hands on:—pr.p.grab′bing;pa.p.grabbed.—n.a sudden grasp or catch, acquisition by violent or unjust means: that which is seized: a simple card game.—ns.Grab′-bag, a bag containing a variety of articles to be obtained by putting in the hand and seizing one, as at charity bazaars, &c.: any dishonest means of seizing such profit or spoil as comes handiest;Grab′ber.[Scand.; Sw.grabba, to grasp; Ger.greifen, to seize.]
Grabble, grab′l,v.i.to grope. [Freq. ofgrab.]
Grace, grās,n.easy elegance in form or manner: what adorns and commends to favour: embellishment: favour: pardon: the undeserved mercy of God: divine influence: eternal life or salvation: a short prayer at meat: an act or decree of the governing body of an English university: a ceremonious title in addressing a duke or an archbishop: (pl.) favour, friendship (withgood): (myth.) the three sister goddesses in whom beauty was deified (the Greek Charites), Euphrosyne, Aglaia, Thalia.—v.t.to mark with favour: to adorn.—n.Grace′-cup, a cup or health drunk at the last of the feast.—adjs.Graced(Shak.), virtuous, chaste;Grace′ful, elegant and easy: marked by propriety or fitness, becoming.—adv.Grace′fully.—n.Grace′fulness.—adjs.Grace′less, wanting grace or excellence: depraved: wicked.—adv.Grace′lessly.—n.Grace′lessness.—ns.Grace′-note(mus.), a note introduced as an embellishment, not being essential to the harmony or melody;Grace′-stroke, a finishing stroke,coup degrâce;Graciō′so, a clown in Spanish comedy, a favourite.—adj.Grā′cious, abounding in grace or kindness: benevolent: proceeding from divine favour: acceptable.—adv.Grā′ciously.—ns.Grā′ciousness, state or quality of being gracious, affability;Grācious′ity, the same, but usually in a bad sense, as implying duplicity.—Days of grace, three days allowed for the payment of a note or bill of exchange, after being due according to its date;Fall from grace, to backslide, to lapse from the state of grace and salvation—an impossibility according to Calvinists.—Good gracious, an exclamation of surprise.—In the good graces of, in the friendship of;Saving grace, divine grace so bestowed as to lead to salvation;Take heart of grace, to take courage from favour shown. [Fr.,—L.gratia, favour—gratus, agreeable; Gr.charis, grace.]
Gracile, gras′il,adj.slender, gracefully slight in form.—n.Gracil′ity. [L.gracilis, slender.]
Grackle, grak′l,n.the common name of many birds of the starling family, all tropical or subtropical.—AlsoGrak′le. [L.graculus, a jackdaw.]
Grade, grād,n.a degree or step in rank or dignity: the degree of slope on a road as compared with the horizontal: a class of animals produced by crossing a common breed with one purer—alsoadj.: a group of animals branching off from a common stem.—v.t.Grā′date, to cause to blend gradually from one tint of colour to another.—v.i.to effect gradation.—adv.Gradā′tim, gradually.—n.Gradā′tion, a rising step by step: progress from one degree or state to another: position attained: state of being arranged in ranks: (mus.) a diatonic succession of chords: (paint.) the gradual blending of tints.—adjs.Gradā′tional;Gradā′tioned, formed by gradations or stages;Grad′atory, proceeding step by step, adapted for walking or forward movement;Grā′dient, gradually rising: rising with a regular slope.—n.the degree of slope on a road or railway: the difference in the height of the barometer between one place and another place at some distance: an incline.—ns.Grād′ienter, a surveyor's instrument for determining grades;Grād′in,Gradine′, one of a series of rising seats, as in an amphitheatre: a raised step or ledge behind an altar;Gradin′o, a decoration for the gradin.—adj.Grad′ūal, advancing by grades or degrees: regular and slow.—n.in the Roman Church, the portion of the mass between the epistle and the gospel, formerly always sung from the steps of the altar: the book containing such anthems—alsoGrail.—ns.Grad′ūalism,Gradūal′ity.—adv.Grad′ūally.—v.t.Grad′ūāte, to divide into regular intervals: to mark with degrees: to proportion.—v.i.to pass by grades or degrees: to pass through a university course and receive a degree.—n.one admitted to a degree in a college, university, or society.—p.adj.Grad′ūāted, marked with degrees, as a thermometer.—ns.Grad′uateship;Gradūā′tion;Grad′ūātor, a mathematical instrument for graduating or dividing lines into regular intervals;Graduc′tion(astron.), the division of circular arcs into degrees, minutes, &c.;Grā′dus, a dictionary of Greek or Latin prosody—contraction ofgradus ad Parnassum, a step or stair to Parnassus, the abode of the Muses.—Down, andUp, grade, a descending or ascending part, as of a road. [Fr.,—L.gradus, a step—gradi, to step.]
Gradely, grād′li,adv.(prov.) readily, speedily.—AlsoGraith′ly.
Gradgrind, gräd′grīnd,n.one who regulates all human things by rule and compass and the mechanical application of statistics, allowing nothing for sentiment, emotion, and individuality. [From ThomasGradgrindin Dickens'sHard Times.]
Graf, gräf,n.a German title of dignity equivalent to Count:—fem.Gräfin.
Graff, graf,n.(Scot.) a grave. A variant of grave.
Graff,n.andv.(B.). Same asGraft.
Graffito, graf-fē′to,n.the name given to certain classes of mural inscriptions, such as the scribblings of schoolboys and idlers, found at Pompeii, Rome, and other ancient cities:—pl.Graffiti(-fē′tē).[It.—graffiare, to scratch—Low L.graphium, a style.]
Graft, graft,v.t.to make an incision in a tree or plant, and insert in it a small branch of another, so as to make a union of the two: to insert in something anything not belonging to it: to incorporate one thing with another: to transplant, as a piece of tissue, from one part to another.—v.i.to insert cuttings into a tree.—n.a small branch used in grafting.—ns.Graft′er;Graft′ing. [O. Fr.graffe(Fr.greffe)—L.graphium—a style or pencil (which the inserted slip resembled)—Gr.graphein, to write.]
Grail, grāl,n.(Spens.) small particles of any kind, as sand. [O. Fr.graile(Fr.grêle), hail—L.gracilis, slender.]
Grail, SeeGradual.
Grail, grāl,n.in medieval legend, the Holy Cup used by Christ at the Last Supper. [Orig. theSan Greal, 'Holy Dish' (notSang Real, 'Holy Blood'), in which it is said Joseph of Arimathea collected our Lord's blood; from O. Fr.graalorgreal, a flat dish—Low L.gradale, a flat dish, app. a corr. of Low L.cratella, a dim. ofcrater, a bowl. Diez suggests as the origin a lostcratalis, fromcratus, Low L. form ofcrater.]
Grain, grān,n.a single small hard seed: (coll.) the seeds of certain plants which form the chief food of man: corn, in general: a minute particle: a very small quantity: the smallest British weight, supposed to be the average weight of a seed or well-ripened ear of corn: the arrangement of the particles or fibres of anything, as stone or wood: texture, as of leather: the crimson dye made from cochineal insects, which, in the prepared state, resemble grains of seed—hence todye in grainis to dye deeply, also to dye in the wool: innate quality or character of anything.—v.t.to form into grains, cause to granulate: to paint in imitation of wood, marble, &c.: in tanning, to take the hair off.—n.Grain′age, duties on grain.—adj.Grained, rough: furrowed.—ns.Grain′er, one who paints in imitation of the grain of wood;Grain′ing, painting so as to imitate the grain of wood: a process in tanning in which the grain of the leather is raised.—adj.Grain′y, having grains or kernels.—Grains of Paradise, an aromatic and pungent seed imported from Guinea.—Against the grain, against the fibre of the wood—hence against the natural temper or inclination;With a grain of salt, with reservation, as of a story that cannot be admitted (L.cum grano salis). [Fr.,—L.granum, seed, akin tocorn.]
Grain, grān,n.a prong, fork: a kind of harpoon.
Graining, grān′ing,n.a kind of dace found in the Mersey and in Swiss lakes: a small fish of the same genus, resembling the dace.
Graip, grāp,n.(Scot.) a three or four pronged fork used for lifting dung or digging potatoes. [A form ofgrope. Cf. Sw.grepe, Dan.greb.]
Graith, grāth,n.apparatus for work, travelling, &c., equipment.—v.t.(Scot.) to make ready, to dress.—adjs.Graith,Grāde, ready, free.—Lift one's graith, to collect one's tools and leave the mine. [Ice.greidhr, ready; cf. A.S.gerǽde, ready.]
Grakle.SeeGrackle.
Grallæ, gral′ē,Grallatores,gral-a-tō′rēz,n.pl.an old order of wading and running birds, including rails, snipes and curlews, cranes, herons and bitterns, storks, and numerous other families.—adjs.Grallatō′rial,Grall′atory,Grall′ic,Grall′ine. [L.grallator—grallæ, stilts, contr. ofgradulæ, dim. ofgradus, a step—gradi, to step.]
Gralloch,Grallock, gral′ok,v.t.to disembowel.
Gram, gram,n.(Rossetti) misery.—AlsoGrame. [A.S.grama, anger.]
Gram, gram,n.a word used in commerce for chick peas exported from British India. [Anglo-Ind., perh. from Port,grão—L.granum, a grain.]
Gram,Gramme, gram,n.the unit of mass in the metric system, equal to 15.432 troy grains. [Fr.,—L.,—Gr.gramma, a letter, a small weight.]
Gramary, gram′a-ri,n.magic: enchantment.—AlsoGram′arye. [M. E.gramery, skill in grammar, hence magic—O. Fr.gramaire, grammar.]
Gramercy, gra-mėr′si,interj.great thanks—an obsolete expression of obligation, with surprise. [O. Fr.grammerci,grantmerci, great thanks.]
Gramineæ, grā-min′ē-ē,n.pl.the order of grasses.—adjs.Graminā′ceous,Gramin′eal,Graminē′ous, like or pertaining to grass: grassy;Graminifō′lious, bearing leaves;Graminiv′orous, feeding or subsisting on grass and herbs. [L.gramen,graminis, grass,folium, a leaf,vorāre, to eat greedily.]
Grammar, gram′ar,n.the science of the right use of language: a book which teaches grammar: any elementary work.—ns.Grammā′rian, one versed in, or who teaches, grammar;Gramm′ar-school, a school in which grammar, esp. Latin grammar, is taught: a higher school, in which Latin and Greek are taught.—adjs.Grammat′ic,-al, belonging to, or according to, the rules of grammar.—adv.Grammat′ically.—n.Grammat′icaster, a piddling grammarian.—v.t.Grammat′icīse, to make grammatical.—v.i.to act the grammarian.—ns.Grammat′icism, a point of grammar;Gramm′atist, a grammarian. [O. Fr.gramaire; from Low L.gramma, a letter, with the termination-arius—Gr.gramma, a letter—graphein, to write.]
Gramme. SeeGram.
Gramophone, gram′o-fōn,n.an instrument of the phonograph type for recording and reproducing articulate speech—invented by E. Berliner. [Gr.gramma, a letter,phōnē, sound.]
Grampus, gram′pus,n.a large voracious fish of the dolphin family, common in almost all seas. [A sailor's corr. of It.gran pesce, or Sp.gran pez, great fish—L.grandis piscis, great fish.]
Granadilla, gran-a-dil′a,n.the edible fruit of a species of passion-flower. [Sp.]
Granary, gran′ar-i,n.a storehouse for grain or threshed corn. [L.granaria—granum.]
Grand, grand,adj.of great size, extent, power, or dignity: splendid: illustrious: noble: sublime: chief: covering the whole field, or including all details: (mus.) containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition: of the second degree of parentage or descent, asGrand′father, a father or mother's father;Grand′child, a son or daughter's child; soGrand′mother,Grand′son,Grand′daughter, &c.—ns.Gran′dam, an old dame or woman: a grandmother;Grand′-duke, a title of sovereignty over a grand-duchy, first created by the Pope in 1569 for the rulers of Florence and Tuscany, assumed by certain German reigning princes and by the princes of the imperial family of Russia;Grandee′, since the 13th century the most highly privileged class of nobility in the kingdom of Castile, in which the members of the royal family were included: a man of high rank or station;Grandee′ship;Grandeur(grand′ūr),vastness: splendour of appearance: loftiness of thought or deportment;Grandil′oquence.—adj.Grandil′oquent, speaking grandly or bombastically: pompous—(rare)Grandil′oquous.—adv.Grandil′oquently.—adj.Gran′diose, grand or imposing: bombastic.—adv.Gran′diosely.—ns.Grandios′ity;Grand′-ju′ror, member of aGrand′-ju′ry, a special jury which decides whether there is sufficient evidence to put an accused person on trial.—adv.Grand′ly.—ns.Grand′mamma,Grand′ma, a grandmother;Grand′-mas′ter, title of the head of the religious orders of knighthood (Hospitallers, Templars, and Teutonic Knights): the head, for the time being, of the Freemasons, &c.—adj.Grand′motherly, like a grandmother, over-anxious to direct the whole life of another.—ns.Grand′-neph′ew, the grandson of a brother or sister;Grand′ness;Grand′-niece, the granddaughter of a brother or sister;Grand′papa,Grand′pa, a grandfather;Grand′-par′ent, a grandfather or grandmother;Grand′-piä′no, a large kind of piano, of great compass and power;Grand′sire, a grandfather: any ancestor;Grand′stand, an elevated erection on a race-course, &c., affording a good view;Grand′-un′cle, the brother of a grandfather or grandmother—alsoGreat′-un′cle.—Grand Seignior(seeSeignior);Grand vizir(seeVizir). [Fr.grand—L.grandis, great.]
Grandisonian, gran-di-sō′ni-an,adj.like the novelist Richardson's hero, Sir CharlesGrandison, polite and chivalrous to an extreme and tedious degree.
Grange, grānj,n.a farm-house with its stables and other buildings: (Milt.) a granary: (U.S.) a lodge of the order of 'Patrons of Husbandry.'—n.Gran′ger, a member of a farmer's grange.—adj.pertaining to such. [O. Fr.grange, barn—Low L.granea—L.granum, grain.]
Grangerism, grān′jer-izm,n.the practice of cutting plates and title-pages out of many books to illustrate one book.—v.t.Gran′gerise, to practise grangerism. [From JamesGranger(1716-76), whoseBiographical History of England(1769) gave an impetus to this.]
Graniferous, gran-if′ėr-us,adj.bearing seeds like grain.—adjs.Gran′iform, formed or shaped like a grain or seed;Graniv′orous, eating grain: feeding on seeds. [L.granum, grain,ferre, to carry,forma, form,vorāre, to devour.]
Granite, gran′it,n.an igneous crystalline rock, composed of grains of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and of a whitish, grayish, or reddish colour.—adj.Granit′ic, pertaining to, consisting of, or like granite.—n.Granitificā′tion.—adjs.Granit′iform,Gran′itoid, of the form of or resembling granite;Granolith′ic, composed of cement formed of pounded granite. [It.granito, granite, lit. grained—L.granum, grain.]
Granny, gran′i,n.a grandmother: an old woman—alsoGrand′am.—n.Grann′y-knot, a knot like a reef-knot, but having the second tie across, difficult to untie when jammed.
Grant, grant,v.t.to bestow or give over: to give possession of: to admit as true what is not yet proved: to concede.—v.i.(Shak.) to consent.—n.a bestowing: something bestowed, an allowance: a gift: (Eng. law) conveyance of property by deed.—adj.Grant′able.—ns.Grantēē′(law), the person to whom a grant, gift, or conveyance is made;Grant′er,Grant′or(law), the person by whom a grant or conveyance is made.—Take for granted, to presuppose as certainly true. [O. Fr.graanter,craanter,creanter, to promise, as if from a Low L.credentāre—L.credĕre, to believe.]
Granule, gran′ūl,n.a little grain: a fine particle.—adjs.Gran′ūlar,Gran′ūlary,Gran′ūlose,Gran′ūlous, consisting of or like grains or granules.—adv.Gran′ūlarly.—v.t.Gran′ūlāte, to form or break into grains or small masses: to make rough on the surface.—v.i.to be formed into grains.—adj.granular: having the surface covered with small elevations.—n.Granūlā′tion, act of forming into grains, esp. of metals by pouring them through a sieve into water while hot: (pl.) the materials of new texture as first formed in a wound or on an ulcerated surface.—adjs.Granūlif′erous;Gran′ūliform.—n.Gran′ūlīte, a schistose but sometimes massive aggregate of quartz and orthoclase with garnets. [L.granulum, dim. ofgranum, grain.]