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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-tū'i-toŭs, a. p. 587Given without an equivalent or recompense; granted without claim or merit; not required by justice. We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry. L'Estrange. 2.…Gra-tū'i-toŭs-ly, adv. p. 587In a gratuitous manner; without claim or merit; without an equivalent or compensation; without proof.Gra-tū'i-toŭs-ness, n. p. 587The quality of being gratuitous.Gra-tū'i-ty, n. p. 587Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present; a donation.Grăt'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 587To salute with declarations of joy; to congratulate. “To gratulate the gentle princes there.” Shak.Grăt'ū-late, a. p. 587Worthy of joy or gratulation. There's more behind that is more gratulate. Shak.Grăt'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 587The act of congratulating or felicitating; an address or expression of joy to a person on account of some good received by him; congratulation. I shall turn my wishes into gratulations. South.Grăt'ū-la-to-ry, n. p. 587An address or expression of joy to a person on account of some good received by him; congratulation.Grăt'ū-la-to-ry, a. p. 587Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory.Grauwacke, n. p. 587See GRAYWACKE.Gra-vā'men, n. p. 587(Law.) The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the action. Bouvier.Grāve p. 587a final syllable in the names of places, is a grove, A-S. gräf; or, it is a ruler, D. graaf, count, Ger. graf, M. H. Ger. grave, O. H. Ger. grâvo, L. Lat. gravio, grafio, graphio, from Gr. γράφειν…Grāve, v. t. p. 587To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave. Thou shalt take two onyx-stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel. Ex. xxviii. 9. 2. To carve out or…Grāve, v. i. p. 587To write or delineate on hard substances; to practice engraving.Grāve, n. p. 587An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; hence, also, any place of interment; tomb; sepulcher. Graves, yawn and yield your dead. Shak. 2. Death, or destruction; end of existence. Richard…Grāve, a. p. 587Characterized by weight; heavy; ponderous; — said of material. [Obs. and rare.] “His shield grave and great.” Chapman. 2. Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; serious; — said of character…Grāve'-clōthes, n. pl. p. 587The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.Grāve'-dĭg'ger, n. p. 587One whose occupation is to dig graves.Grăv'el, n. p. 587Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles;—often intermixed with particles of sand. 2. (Med.) A disease produced by small, calculous concretions in the kidneys and bladder.Grăv'el, v. t. p. 587To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk. 2. To stick in the sand; hence, to puzzle; to stop; to embarrass. Camden. When you are graveled for lack of matter. Shak. 3. To hurt, as the foot of a…Grāve'less, a. p. 587Without a grave or tomb; unburied. Shak.Grăv'el-li-ness, n. p. 587The state of being gravelly.Grăv'el-ly, a. p. 587Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil or land.Grăv'el-pĭt, n. p. 587A pit from which gravel is dug.Grăv'el-walk, n. p. 587A walk or alley covered with gravel.Grāve'ly, adv. p. 587In a grave, solemn manner; soberly; seriously; plainly.Grä've-mĕn'te, adv. p. 587(Mus.) With a depressed tone; solemnly. See GRAVE.Grāve'ness, n. p. 587The quality of being grave; seriousness; solemnity; sobriety. His sables and his weeds, Importing health and graveness. Shak.Gra-vē'o-lençe, n. p. 587A strong and offensive smell; rancidity. [Rare.] Bailey.Gra-vē'o-lent, a. p. 587Having a strong or offensive odor. Boyle.Grāv'er, n. p. 587One who carves or engraves; one whose occupation is to cut letters or figures in stone, or other hard material; a sculptor. 2. An engraving tool; an instrument for graving on hard substances; a…Grāv'er-y, n. p. 587The process of graving or carving. Neither shall you hear of any piece either of picture or gravery and embossing, that came out of a servile hand. Holland.Grāve'-stōne, n. p. 587A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, to preserve the memory of the dead.Grāve'-yärd, n. p. 587A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.Grăv'ic, a. p. 587Pertaining to, or causing, gravitation; as, gravic forces; gravic attraction. [Rare.]Grăv'id, a. p. 587Being with child; pregnant. Herbert.Grăv'i-dā'ted, a. p. 587Made pregnant; big. [Obs.] Barrow.Grăv'i-dā'tion or Gra-vĭd'i-ty, n. p. 587The state of being gravidated; pregnancy. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.Grăv'i-grāde, n. p. 587(Zoöl.) One of that class of mammalia which includes animals of slow and heavy pace, as the elephant, hippopotamus, &c.; — so called by Blainville.Gra-vĭm'e-ter, n. p. 587An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies, solid or liquid.Grāv'ing, n. p. 587The act of one who graves or cuts figures in hard substances. 2. That which is graved or carved. 3. The act of cleaning a ship’s bottom. 4. Impression, as upon the mind or heart.Grāv'ing-dŏck, n. p. 587A dock into which ships are taken to have their bottoms examined, cleaned, and the like. See DOCK.Grăv'i-tāte, v. i. p. 587To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation. Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all bodies gravitate toward each…Grāv/i-tā/tion, n. p. 587The act of gravitating. 2. (Physics.) That species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; — called also attraction of gravitation…Grāv'i-tā'tive, a. p. 587Causing to gravitate; tending to a center. Coleridge.Grāvi-ty, n. p. 587The state of being grave or weighty; heaviness; as, the gravity of lead. [Obs.] 2. Sobriety of character or demeanor. “Men of gravity and learning.” Shak. 3. Relative importance, significance…Grā'vy, n. p. 587The fat and other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking made into a dressing for the meat when served up.Grā'y, a. p. 587Of the color of hair whitened by age; hoary; hence, also, white mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes; sometimes a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. These…Grāy, n. p. 587A gray color; any mixture of white and black. 2. An animal of gray color, as a horse, a badger, and a kind of salmon. Woe worth the day That cost thy life, my gallant gray. W. Scott.Grāy'-bēard, n. p. 587An old man. Shak.Grāy'-fly, n. p. 587The trumpet-fly. Milton.Grāy'hound, n. p. 587See GREYHOUND.Grā'y'ish, a. p. 587Somewhat gray; gray in a moderate degree.Grāy'lag, n. p. 587(Ornith.) The common wild goose of Europe, and the supposed original of the domestic goose; Anser ferus.Grāy'ling, n. p. 587(Ichth.) A fish (the Thymallus vulgaris), called also umber, allied to the trout, from which it differs chiefly by the smallness of its mouth and increased size of the scales. It is found in clear…Grāy'-mill, n. p. 587(Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell.Grāy'ness, n. p. 587The quality of being gray.Grā'y'stōne, n. p. 587(Geol.) A grayish or greenish compact rock, composed of feldspar and augite, and allied to basalt.Grāy'wācke, n. p. 587(Geol.) A conglomerate or grit-rock, consisting of rounded pebbles and sand firmly united together. ☞ This term, derived from the grauwacke of German miners, was formerly applied in geology to…Grāze, v. t. p. 587To rub or touch lightly in passing; to brush lightly the surface of a thing in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall or the earth. 2. To feed or supply, as cattle, with grass; to furnish pasture…