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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. Gram-măt'ic-al-ness, n.p. 584The quality of being grammatical, or according to the rules of grammar.
  2. 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.
  3. Gram-măt/i-cā'tion, n.p. 584A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule. [Obs.] Dalgarno.
  4. Gram-măt'i-ċiṣm, n.p. 584A point of grammar. [Obs.] Leighton.
  5. Gram-măt'i-cize, v. t.p. 584To render grammatical. Johnson.
  6. 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.
  7. Grăm'ma-tīst, n.p. 584A pretender to a knowledge of grammar; a grammaticaster. [Rare.] H. Tooke.
  8. Grăm'ma-tīte, n.p. 584(Min.) Same as TREMOLITE, q. v.
  9. 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…
  10. Grăm'mite, n.p. 584(Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of silicate of lime; wollastonite; tabular spar.
  11. Grăm'ple, n.p. 584A crab-fish. [Obs.] Colgrave.
  12. 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…
  13. Gra-nāde' or Gra-nā'do, n.p. 584See GRENADE.
  14. 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…
  15. Grān'a-ry, n.p. 584A storehouse or repository of grain after it is thrashed; a corn-house.
  16. Grān'ate, n.p. 584See GARNET.
  17. Grān'a-tīte, n.p. 584See GRENATITE.
  18. 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…
  19. Grăn'dăm, n.p. 585An old woman; specifically, a grandmother. Shak.
  20. Grānd'child, n.p. 585A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.
  21. Grānd'daugh'ter, n.p. 585The daughter of a son or daughter.
  22. 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.
  23. Gran-dee'ship, n.p. 585The rank or estate of a grandee. Swinburne.
  24. 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.…
  25. Gran-dēv'i-ty, n.p. 585Great age; long life. [Obs.] Glanville.
  26. Gran-dē'vous, a.p. 585Of great age; long-lived. [Obs.] Bailey.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. Gran-dif'ic, a.p. 585Making great. [R.] Bailey.
  30. Gran-dil’o-quençe, n.p. 585The use of lofty words or phrases;—usually in a bad sense; bombast.
  31. Gran-dil’o-quent, a.p. 585Pompous; bombastic; grandiloquous.
  32. Gran-dil'o-quoûs, a.p. 585Speaking in a lofty style; bombastic.
  33. 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.…
  34. Grăn'dĭ-ŏs'ĭ-ty, n.p. 585Swell of style or manner; also, one who is grand, pompous, or bombastic.
  35. Grān'di-nōus, a.p. 585Consisting of hail; abounding in hail. [Obs.] Bailey.
  36. Grăn'di-ty, n.p. 585Greatness; magnificence. [Obs.] Camden.
  37. Grănd'ly, adv.p. 585In a grand or lofty manner; splendidly; sublimely.
  38. Grand'môth'er, n.p. 585The mother of one's father or mother.
  39. Grānd'-nĕph'ew, n.p. 585The grandson of a brother or sister.
  40. Grănd'ness, n.p. 585Grandeur; greatness with beauty; magnificence. Wollaston.
  41. Grănd'nièce, n.p. 585The granddaughter of a brother or sister.
  42. Grānd'-paunch, n.p. 585A greedy fellow; a gourmand. [Obs.] Our grand-paunches and riotous persons have devised for themselves a delicate kind of meat out of corn and grain. Holland.
  43. Grānd'sire, n.p. 585A grandfather; more generally, any ancestor.
  44. Grānd'sŏn, n.p. 585The son of a son or daughter.
  45. Grāne, v. & n.p. 585The same as GROAN. [Obs.]
  46. Grānge, n.p. 585A house for storing grain; a granary; a barn; hence, also, a farm, with its stables and other buildings. Ne have the watry fowls a certain grange Wherein to rest. Spenser. Nor burnt the grange, nor…
  47. Grān'ger, n.p. 585A farm-steward or baillif. Holland.
  48. Gra-nif'-er-ōus, a.p. 585Bearing seeds like grain. Humble.
  49. Grān'i-fōrm, a.p. 585Formed like grains of corn. London.
  50. Grăn'ite, n.p. 585(Geol.) A crystalline, unstratified rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and presenting usually a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in…
  51. Grān'i-tel, n.p. 585(Geol.) A binary, granitic compound, containing two constituent parts, as quartz and feldspar, or quartz and shorl or hornblende. [Obs.] Kirwan.
  52. Gra-nit'ic or Gra-nit'ic-al, a.p. 585Like granite in composition, color, &c.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture. 2. Consisting of granite; as, granitic mountains.
  53. Gra-nit'i-fi-cā'tion, n.p. 585The art or process of being formed into granite. Humble.
  54. Gra-nit'i-fōrm, a.p. 585(Geol.) Resembling granite in structure or shape. Humble.
  55. Grăn'i-tīne, n.p. 585(Geol.) A rock containing three species of minerals, some of which differ from those which compose granite, as quartz, feldspar, and shorl. Kirwan.
  56. Grān'i-toid, a.p. 585Resembling granite in granular appearance, even though not igneous; as, granitoid gneiss.
  57. Gra-niv'o-roūs, a.p. 585Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorous birds. Brown.
  58. Grān'nam or Grān'ny, n.p. 585A grandmother; a grandam. [Low.] B. Jonson.
  59. Grant, v. t.p. 585To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; — usually in answer to petition; to convey. Grant me the place of this threshing-floor. 1 Chron. xxi. 22. 2. To bestow or…
  60. Grant, n.p. 585The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; admission of something as true. 2. The thing granted or bestowed; a gift; a boon. 3. (Law.) A transfer of property by deed or writing…