Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Grē'cian, a. p. 588(Geog.) Pertaining to Greece.Grē'cian, n. p. 588(Geog.) A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek. 2. A Jew who understood Greek. Acts vi. 1. 3. One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history. Matched against the master…Grecian fire p. 588See GREEK FIRE.Grē'çism, n. p. 588An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism. Addison.Grē'çīze, v. t. p. 588To render Grecian. 2. To translate into Greek. Warton.Grē'çīze or Grē'cian-īze, v. i. p. 588To speak the Greek language.Grecque, n. p. 588A contrivance for holding coffee-grounds, being a metallic vessel minutely perforated at the bottom, through which boiling water is poured;—also, a coffee-pot having this contrivance.Gree, n. p. 588Good will; favor. [Obs.] Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke. Fairfax. 2. [O. Fr. gré, grés, Pr. gra, grat, Pg. grão. N. Fr. grade, Sp. & It. grado. See GRADE, and cf. DEGREE.] Step or stair…Gree, v. i. p. 588To establish, or come to, an agreement; to agree. [Obs.] Fuller.Greece, n. p. 588A flight of steps. See GREES. [Obs.] Bacon.Greed, n. p. 588An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.Greed'i-ly, adv. p. 588In a greedy manner; eagerly; voraciously; ravenously; as, to eat or swallow greedily.Greed'i-ness, n. p. 588The quality of being greedy; ardent desire; ravenousness; voracity. “Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness.” Shak. Syn.—Ravenousness; voracity; eagerness; avidity.Greed'y, a. p. 588Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry;—followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey. 2. Having a keen desire of any thing; eager to obtain; as, greedy of…Greed'y-gŭt, n. p. 588A glutton; a devourer; a belly-god. [Low.] Todd.Greek, a. p. 588(Geog.) Pertaining or belonging to Greece; Grecian. Greek church (Eccl. Hist.), the eastern church; that part of Christendom which separated from the Roman or western church in the ninth century. It…Greek, n. p. 588(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Greece; a Grecian. 2. The language of Greece.Greek'ess, n. p. 588A female Greek. Taylor.Greek'ish, a. p. 588Peculiar to Greece.Greek'ling, n. p. 588A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions. B. Jonson.Greek'-rōse, n. p. 588The flower campion.Green, a. p. 588Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is situated between the yellow and the blue; having a color composed of blue and yellow rays…Green, n. p. 588The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue. 2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage. “O’er the smooth…Green, v. t. p. 588To make green. Great spring before Greened all the year. Thomson.Green'-bri'er, n. p. 588(Bot.) A thorny climbing shrub (Smilax rotundifolia), having a yellowish-green stem and thick leaves, with small bunches of flowers. It is common in the United States, and is also called cat-brier.Green'-brōom, n. p. 589(Bot.) A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's-weed; — called also green-weed.Green'clōth, n. p. 589A board or court of justice held in the counting-house of the British king's or queen's household, composed of the lord steward and the officers under him. This court has the charge and cognizance of…Green'-crōp, n. p. 589A crop of green vegetables, such as grasses, turnips, &c., used on a farm in their unripe state.Green'-drāg'on, n. p. 589(Bot.) A plant (Arisæma dracontium), much resembling the Indian turnip, found in the United States.Green'-ēarth, n. p. 589A species of earth or mineral; the mountain-green of artists. Ure.Green'er-y, n. p. 589Green plants; verdure. [Rare.]Green'finch, n. p. 589(Ornith.) A bird, the Coccothraustes (Loxia) chloris; — called also grossbeak.Green'fish, n. p. 589A fish so called, in the United States; the Temnodos saltator. Storer.Green'gāge, n. p. 589A choice variety of plum, whose pulp, when ripe, is of a greenish hue.Green'-grō'cer, n. p. 589A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.Green'heärt, n. p. 589(Bot.) A variety of the genus Laurus, found in the West Indies and in South America, bearing a resemblance to cocoa-wood, and used for ship-building or turnery purposes, according to the quality. The…Green'ho͝od, n. p. 589A state of greenness. Chaucer.Green'hôrn, n. p. 589A raw youth. [Low.] W. Irving.Green'house, n. p. 589A house in which tender plants are sheltered from the weather, and preserved green during the winter or cold weather.Green'ing, n. p. 589A sort of apple, of a green color when ripe.Green'ish, a. p. 589Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.Green'ish-ness, n. p. 589The quality of being greenish.Green'land-īte, n. p. 589(Min.) A variety of precious garnet obtained from Greenland. Duna.Green'ly, adv. p. 589With a green color; newly; freshly; immaturely.Green'ly, a. p. 589Of a green color.Green'ness, n. p. 589The quality of being green; viridity; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow. 2. Freshness; vigor; newness. 3. Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit, or of youth.Green'room, n. p. 589The retiring-room of play-actors in a theater.Green'sānd, n. p. 589(Geol.) A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of green particles of a mineral called glauconite. Greensand is often called marl, because it is a useful…Green'shănk, n. p. 589(Ornith.) A name given to a species of snipe; Totanus glottis.Green'-sick/ness, n. p. 589(Med.) Chlorosis; a disease of young females in which the complexion is pale and unhealthy, the blood depraved, and the nervous system disordered.Green'-stall, n. p. 589A stall on which greens are exposed to sale.Green'stōne, n. p. 589(Geol.) A rock, sometimes called trap, consisting of hornblende and feldspar in the state of grains or small crystals.Green'sward, n. p. 589Turf green with grass.Green'-weed, n. p. 589See GREEN-BROOM.Green'wood, a. p. 589Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade. Dryden.Grees, n. p. 589A flight of steps, a staircase; also, a step, stair, or degree. [Obs.] [Written also grese, greeze, greece, grice, griece, and grise.]Greet, v. t. p. 589To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another…Greet, v. i. p. 589To give salutations. There greet in silence as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. Shak.Greet, n. p. 589Greeting. Beaumont. 2. [See infra.] Mourning. Spenser.Greet, v. i. p. 589To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs.] [Written also greit.] Spenser.