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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Gra-nāde' or Gra-nā'do, n. p. 584See GRENADE.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…Grān'a-ry, n. p. 584A storehouse or repository of grain after it is thrashed; a corn-house.Grān'ate, n. p. 584See GARNET.Grān'a-tīte, n. p. 584See GRENATITE.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…Grăn'dăm, n. p. 585An old woman; specifically, a grandmother. Shak.Grānd'child, n. p. 585A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.Grānd'daugh'ter, n. p. 585The daughter of a son or daughter.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.Gran-dee'ship, n. p. 585The rank or estate of a grandee. Swinburne.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.…Gran-dēv'i-ty, n. p. 585Great age; long life. [Obs.] Glanville.Gran-dē'vous, a. p. 585Of great age; long-lived. [Obs.] Bailey.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.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.Gran-dif'ic, a. p. 585Making great. [R.] Bailey.Gran-dil’o-quençe, n. p. 585The use of lofty words or phrases;—usually in a bad sense; bombast.Gran-dil’o-quent, a. p. 585Pompous; bombastic; grandiloquous.Gran-dil'o-quoûs, a. p. 585Speaking in a lofty style; bombastic.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.…Grăn'dĭ-ŏs'ĭ-ty, n. p. 585Swell of style or manner; also, one who is grand, pompous, or bombastic.Grān'di-nōus, a. p. 585Consisting of hail; abounding in hail. [Obs.] Bailey.Grăn'di-ty, n. p. 585Greatness; magnificence. [Obs.] Camden.Grănd'ly, adv. p. 585In a grand or lofty manner; splendidly; sublimely.Grand'môth'er, n. p. 585The mother of one's father or mother.Grānd'-nĕph'ew, n. p. 585The grandson of a brother or sister.Grănd'ness, n. p. 585Grandeur; greatness with beauty; magnificence. Wollaston.Grănd'nièce, n. p. 585The granddaughter of a brother or sister.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.Grānd'sire, n. p. 585A grandfather; more generally, any ancestor.Grānd'sŏn, n. p. 585The son of a son or daughter.Grāne, v. & n. p. 585The same as GROAN. [Obs.]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…Grān'ger, n. p. 585A farm-steward or baillif. Holland.Gra-nif'-er-ōus, a. p. 585Bearing seeds like grain. Humble.Grān'i-fōrm, a. p. 585Formed like grains of corn. London.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…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.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.Gra-nit'i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 585The art or process of being formed into granite. Humble.Gra-nit'i-fōrm, a. p. 585(Geol.) Resembling granite in structure or shape. Humble.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.Grān'i-toid, a. p. 585Resembling granite in granular appearance, even though not igneous; as, granitoid gneiss.Gra-niv'o-roūs, a. p. 585Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorous birds. Brown.Grān'nam or Grān'ny, n. p. 585A grandmother; a grandam. [Low.] B. Jonson.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…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…Gränt'a-ble, a. p. 585Capable of being granted or conveyed.Gränt-ee', n. p. 585(Law.) The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made. His grace will not survive the poor grantee he despises. Burke.Grănt'er, n. p. 585One who grants.Gränt'or, n. p. 585(Law.) The person by whom a grant or conveyance is made.Grän'ü-lar, a. p. 585[Fr. granulaire. See GRAN-Grăn'ū-la-ry p. 585Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular substance; a stone of granular appearance.Grăn'ū-lar-ly, adv. p. 585In a granular form.Grăn'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 585To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder or sugar. 2. To raise in small asperities; to make rough on the surface. Ray.Grän'ü-lāte, v. i. p. 585To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.Grän'ü-late or Grän'ü-lä'ted, a. p. 585Consisting of, or resembling, grains. 2. Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen. Brande.Grăn'ū·lā'tion, n. p. 585The act of forming into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar. Ure. Suppurative granulation. (Physiol.) (a.) The development of cells from the effusion of a raw surface which forms small…Grăn'ule, n. p. 585A little grain; a small particle.