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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Grāin'-mōth, n.p. 584(Entom.) A minute moth, of which two species are known, Tinea granella and Butalis cerealella, whose larvæ or grubs devour grain in storehouses. The moths have narrow, fringed wings, of a satiny…
  2. Grāins, n. pl.p. 584A kind of harpoon, with several barbed points. Simmonds.
  3. Grāin'-stăff, n.p. 584A quarter-staff.
  4. Grāin'y, a.p. 584Full of grains or corn; full of kernels. We watched the emmet to her grainy nest. Rogers.
  5. Grāip, n.p. 584A dung-fork. [Scot.] Burns. 2. A fork for lifting potatoes or other tubers from the ground. Simmonds.
  6. Grāith, v. t.p. 584To prepare; to make ready. [Obs.] See GREITH. Chaucer.
  7. Grāl'la-tō'ri-al or Grāl'la-tō-ry, a.p. 584Pertaining to the grallatores, or waders.
  8. Grā'tile, a.p. 584Gral-latory. [Rare.]
  9. Grām, a.p. 584Angry. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  10. Grām, n.p. 584GRAMME.
  11. Grām, n.p. 584A species of grain on which horses are fed. [East Indies.]
  12. Grām'a-rȳe, n.p. 584The art of necromancy. W. Scott.
  13. Gra-mër'cy, interj.p. 584A word formerly used to express thankfulness, with surprise. The gain, the lucre, the revenues that we get must not be imputed to our labor; we may not say, “Gramercy, labor.” Latimer. Gramercy…
  14. Grām'i-nā'ceous, a.p. 584Pertaining to the grasses; gramineous.
  15. Gra-mīn'e-al or Gra-mīn'e-ous, a.p. 584(Bot.) Like, or pertaining to, grass, or to the tribes of grasses characterized by having a jointed stem, a husky calyx, termed glume, and a single seed; grassy.
  16. Grām'i-ni-fō'li-ōūs, a.p. 584Bearing leaves resembling those of grass.
  17. Grām/i-nīvō-roụs, a.p. 584Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; — said of horses, cattle, and other animals.
  18. Grām'ma-lōgue, n.p. 584(Phonography.) A letter-word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t. Pitman.
  19. Grām'mar, n.p. 584The science of language; the theory of human speech; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another. 2. The art of speaking or writing with propriety or correctness, according to…
  20. Grām'mar, v. i.p. 584To discourse according to the rules of grammar. [Obs.]
  21. Gram-ma'ri-an, n.p. 584One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist. ☞ “The term was used by the classic ancients as a term of honorable distinction for all who were considered learned in any art…
  22. Gram-mā'rī-an-ism, n.p. 584The principles or pedantry of grammarians. [Rare.]
  23. Grăm'mar-less, a.p. 584Destitute of grammar.
  24. Grăm'mar Schōōlp. 584A school in which grammar, or the science of language, is taught; especially, a school in which Latin and Greek are taught.
  25. Grăm'mates, n. pl.p. 584Rudiments, as of grammar. [Obs.] These apish boys, when they but taste the grammates And principles of theory, imagine They can oppose their teachers. Ford.
  26. Gram-măt'ic or Gram-măt'ic-al, a.p. 584Belonging to grammar; as, a grammatical rule. 2. According to the rules of grammar; as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical.
  27. Gram-măt'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 584In a grammatical manner, or according to the principles and rules of grammar; as, to write or speak grammatically.
  28. Gram-măt'ic-al-ness, n.p. 584The quality of being grammatical, or according to the rules of grammar.
  29. Gram-măt'ic-ăs'ter, n.p. 584A low grammarian; a pretender to a knowledge of grammar; a pedant. He tells thee true, my noble neophyte, my little grammaticaster. B. Jonson.
  30. Gram-măt/i-cā'tion, n.p. 584A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule. [Obs.] Dalgarno.
  31. Gram-măt'i-ċiṣm, n.p. 584A point of grammar. [Obs.] Leighton.
  32. Gram-măt'i-cize, v. t.p. 584To render grammatical. Johnson.
  33. Gram-māt'i-co-his-tōr'ie-al, a.p. 584Having reference at once to grammatical usage and historical modes of interpretation; as, the grammatico-historical sense of a passage.
  34. Grăm'ma-tīst, n.p. 584A pretender to a knowledge of grammar; a grammaticaster. [Rare.] H. Tooke.
  35. Grăm'ma-tīte, n.p. 584(Min.) Same as TREMOLITE, q. v.
  36. Grāmme, n.p. 584The French unit of weight, equivalent to the weight of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density, that is, at a temperature of 39.2° Fahrenheit, in a vacuum, in Paris. It is equal to…
  37. Grăm'mite, n.p. 584(Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of silicate of lime; wollastonite; tabular spar.
  38. Grăm'ple, n.p. 584A crab-fish. [Obs.] Colgrave.
  39. Grăm’pus, n.p. 584(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Delphinus, having socketed, conical teeth, and breathing by a spout-hole on the top of the head, as whales do. There are several species, of which the largest (D. orca…
  40. Gra-nāde' or Gra-nā'do, n.p. 584See GRENADE.
  41. Grā'na-dil'liă, n.p. 584(Bot.) The fruit of a climbing vine (Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as a child's head, and is much esteemed as a pleasant dessert fruit. The P. edulis…
  42. Grān'a-ry, n.p. 584A storehouse or repository of grain after it is thrashed; a corn-house.
  43. Grān'ate, n.p. 584See GARNET.
  44. Grān'a-tīte, n.p. 584See GRENATITE.
  45. Grānd, a.p. 584Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake. “To unfold their grand commission.” Shak. “Satan…
  46. Grăn'dăm, n.p. 585An old woman; specifically, a grandmother. Shak.
  47. Grānd'child, n.p. 585A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.
  48. Grānd'daugh'ter, n.p. 585The daughter of a son or daughter.
  49. Gran-dee', n.p. 585A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who has the king's leave to be covered in his presence.
  50. Gran-dee'ship, n.p. 585The rank or estate of a grandee. Swinburne.
  51. Gränd'eur, n.p. 585The quality of being grand; vastness of size; splendor of appearance; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury allure mine eye. Shak.…
  52. Gran-dēv'i-ty, n.p. 585Great age; long life. [Obs.] Glanville.
  53. Gran-dē'vous, a.p. 585Of great age; long-lived. [Obs.] Bailey.
  54. Grand'fâ'ther, n.p. 585A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
  55. Grand'fâ'ther-ly, a.p. 585Having the age or manner of a grandfather; kind; benignant; complacent. He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. N. Hawthorne.
  56. Gran-dif'ic, a.p. 585Making great. [R.] Bailey.
  57. Gran-dil’o-quençe, n.p. 585The use of lofty words or phrases;—usually in a bad sense; bombast.
  58. Gran-dil’o-quent, a.p. 585Pompous; bombastic; grandiloquous.
  59. Gran-dil'o-quoûs, a.p. 585Speaking in a lofty style; bombastic.
  60. Grănd'i-ōse', a.p. 585Impressing or elevating in effect; imposing; striking;—used in a good sense. The tone of the parts was to be perpetually kept down, in order not to impair the grandiose effect of the whole. M.…