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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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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.Grăn'ū-lif'er-ōūs, a. p. 585Full of granulations.Grä-nū'li-fōrm, a. p. 585(Min.) Having an irregular granular structure.Grän'ü-lite, n. p. 585(Geol.) A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed;—it is sometimes called white-stone, leptynite, and eurite.Grăn'ū-lous, a. p. 585Full of grains; abounding with granular substances.Grāpe, n. p. 585The fruit of the vine; but commonly a single berry of the vine. 2. (Man.) A mangy tumor on the legs of a horse. 3. (Mil.) Grape-shot. Grape of a cannon, the cascabel or knob at the butt.Grāpe'-hȳ'a-cĭnth, n. p. 585(Bot.) A plant found on sandy soils in England; the Muscari racemosum.Grāpe'less, a. p. 585Wanting in grapes, or in the strength and flavor of the grape. Jennings.Grā'p'er-y, n. p. 585A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes.Grāpe'-shōt, n. p. 585(Mil.) A certain number of iron balls, usually nine, put together by means of cast iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting pin and nut. Formerly the balls…Grāpe'-stōne, n. p. 585The stone or seed of the grape.Grāpe'-sug'ar, n. p. 585See GLUCOSE.Grāpe'-vīne, n. p. 585(Bot.) A vine or climbing shrub, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing a fruit called grapes, growing in clusters. The common grape-vine is Vitis vitifera, and is a native of…Grāph'ic or Grāph'ic-al, a. p. 586Pertaining to the art of writing or delineating. Bacon. 2. Written; inscribed. The finger of God hath left an inscription on all his works, not graphical, or composed of letters. Browne. 3. Well…Grāph'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 586In a graphic manner.Grāph'ite, n. p. 586(Min.) Carbon in one of its conditions, distinguished by its usually crystallizing in foliated six-sided prisms, though often massive, by its softness, its metallic luster, and by leaving a dark…Grāph'i-toid or Grāph'i-toid'al, a. p. 586Resembling graphite or plumbago.Grāph'o·lite, n. p. 586A species of slate, suitable for writing on.Gra·phōm'e·ter, n. p. 586A mathematical instrument, commonly called a semicircle, for measuring angles in surveying. See SEMICIRCLE.Grāph'o-mĕt'rie-al, a. p. 586Pertaining to, or ascertained by, a graphometer.Grāp'line or Grāp'nel, n. p. 586(Naut.) A small anchor, fitted with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold.Grāp'ple, v. t. p. 586To seize; to lay fast hold on, either with the hands or with hooks; to fix and hold fast in confidence and affection. Grapple him to thy soul with hooks of steel. Shak.Grāp'ple, v. i. p. 586To seize; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; hence, to grapple with, to enter into contest with, resolutely and courageously. The arms of York To…Grāp'ple, n. p. 586A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold. Milton. 2. (Naut.) A hook or iron instrument by which one ship may fasten on another. “The iron hooks and grapples keen.” Spenser.Grăp'ple-ment, n. p. 586A grappling; close fight or embrace. [Obs.] Spenser.Grăp'pling, n. p. 586A laying fast hold of; also, that by which any thing is seized and held.Grăp'pling-ī'rons, n. pl. p. 586Irons used as instruments of grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object.Grăp'sus, n. p. 586(Zoöl.) A genus of decapod crustaceans, allied to the crabs.Gräpʹto-līte or Grap-tōl'i thēs, n. p. 586(Geol.) A plume-shaped or penniform fossil of extreme delicacy, probably related to the modern sertularian zoöphytes, found in Silurian slates.Grāp'to-lit'ic, a. p. 586Containing graptolites; as, a graptolitic slate. Dana.Grāp'y, a. p. 586Composed of, or resembling, grapes. “The grapy clusters.” Addison.Grāsp, v. t. p. 586To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch; to take possession of. Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak.Grāsp, v. i. p. 586To effect a grasp; to gripe; to struggle; to strive. [Obs.] Dryden. To grasp at, to catch at; to try to seize; as, Alexander grasped at universal empire.Grăsp, n. p. 586The gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. 2. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; forcible possession. “The tyrant’s grasp.” Shak. 3.…Grásp'a-ble, a. p. 586Capable of being grasped.Grásp'er, n. p. 586One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.Grăsp'ing, p. a. p. 586Seizing; embracing; catching. 2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; exacting; miserly; as, he is a grasping man.Grass, n. p. 586Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts. 2. (Bot.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, a husky calyx, called glume, and…Gràss, v. t. p. 586To cover with grass or with turf.