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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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Gre-nāde', n. p. 589(Mil.) A hollow ball or shell of iron to be filled with powder, which is to be fired by means of a fuse, and thrown among enemies. This, bursting into many pieces, does great injury, and is…Grēn'a-diēr', n. p. 589(Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who threw grenades; in modern use, one of a company of tall, stout soldiers, selected for the place, which takes post on the right of a battalion, and leads it in every…Grēn'a-dīl'lo, n. p. 589A cabinet wood from the West Indies, called also Grenada cocos, being a lighter species of the common cocoa.Grēn'a-dīne, n. p. 589A thin silk used for ladies' dresses, shawls, &c.Gre-nā'do, n. p. 589The same as GRENADE, q. v.Grēse, n. p. 589See GREES. [Obs.]Grēs-sō'ri-al, a. p. 589(Ornith.) Having three toes of the feet forward, two of them connected, and one behind.Grew, imp. p. 589of grow.Grew'sōme or Grue'sōme, a. p. 589Ugly; frightful. [Scot.] “Grewsome sights of war.” C. Kingsley.Grey, a. p. 589See GRAY, the correct orthography.Grey'hound, n. p. 589A slender, graceful variety of dog, remarkable for its keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments. [Written also grayhound.]Grey'lāg, n. p. 589See GRAYLAG.Grīce, n. p. 589A little pig. W. Scott. 2. A flight of steps. See GREES. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Grīd'dle, n. p. 589A pan, broad and shallow, for baking cakes. 2. A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners.Grīde, v. i. p. 589To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword. Milton. That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride. Spenser.Grīde, n. p. 589A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating. The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown On wigwam log, and tree, and stone. Whittier.Grīd'e-lin, n. p. 589A color mixed of white and red, or a gray violet. Dryden.Grĭd'i'ron, n. p. 589A grated utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals. 2. A frame used for drawing vessels out of water to be docked and repaired. Simmonds. Gridiron pendulum. See PENDULUM.Griēçe, n. p. 589See GREES. [Obs.]Grief, n. p. 589Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, or the like; sorrow; sadness. The mother…Grīef'ful, a. p. 589Full of grief or sorrow. Sackville.Grīef'less, a. p. 589Without grief. Huloet.Grīē'go, n. p. 589See GREGGOE.Grīḗs'ing, n. p. 589A staircase; stair. [Obs.] Latimer.Griëv'a-ble, a. p. 590Lamentable. [Obs.] Gower.Griëv'ançe, n. p. 590A cause of uneasiness and complaint; wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, or the like; injury. 2. Grieving; grief…Griēv'an-cer, n. p. 590One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint. [Obs.] Some petition . . . against the bishops as grand grievances. Fuller.Grīeve, v. t. p. 590To occasion grief to; to inflict mental pain upon; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try. He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve, the…Grïeve, v. i. p. 590To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; — often followed by at or for. Do not you grieve at this. Shak.Griēve or Greeve, n. p. 590A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [Scot.] Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve when found trespassing. W. Scott.Griēv'er, n. p. 590One who, or that which, grieves.Griëv'ing-ly, adv. p. 590In sorrow; sorrowfully. Shak.Grĭēv'ous, a. p. 590Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful. The famine was grievous in the land. Gen. xii. 10. The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son.…Griēv'ous-ly, adv. p. 590In a grievous manner; painfully; calamitously; heinously.Griev'ous-ness, n. p. 590The quality or condition of being grievous; oppressiveness; distrustfulness; atrocity; enormity.Griff, n. p. 590Grasp; reach. [Obs.] A vein of gold within our spade's griff. Holland.Griff'in or Griff'on, n. p. 590(Myth.) An imaginary animal, said to be generated between the lion and the eagle. It is represented with wings, a beak, and four legs, the upper part resembling an eagle, and the lower part a lion.…Grig, n. p. 590The sand-eel; a small eel of lively and incessant motion. Walton. 2. Heath. Some great mosses in Lancashire . . . that for the present yield little or no profit, save some grig or heath for sheep.…Grĭll, v. t. p. 590To broil on a grate or gridiron. Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on gridirons. Marvell. 2. To torment, as if by broiling. Dickens.Grill, a. p. 590Characterized by fierceness or harshness; severe. [Obs.] Chaucer.Gril-lāde', n. p. 590The act of grilling, or that which is grilled.Gril'lage, n. p. 590A construction of sleepers and cross-beams on which some erections are carried up, as piers on marshy soils.Grille, n. p. 590A lattice-work or grating. “The grille which formed part of the gate.” Oliphant.Gril'ly, v. t. p. 590To broil; to grill; hence, to harass. [Obs.] Hudibras.Grilse, n. p. 590A young salmon on its first return to fresh water, usually in its second year of life. Prof. Wilson.Grīm, a. p. 590Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; surly; frightful; horrible. “The grim face of law.” Denham. Syn.—Fierce; ferocious; furious; horrid; horrible; frightful; ghastly; grisly; hideous…Grī-māçe', n. p. 590A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, or the like; a smirk; a made-up…Grī-māçed', a. p. 590Distorted; having a crabbed look.Grī-mā'l'kin, n. p. 590An old cat. Philips.Grīme, n. p. 590Foul matter; dirt; sullying blackness, deeply insinuated.Grīme, v. t. p. 590To sully or soil deeply; to dirt. Shak.Grĭm'ly, a. p. 590Having a hideous or stern look. In glided Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. David Mallet.Grĭm'ly, adv. p. 590In a grim manner; fiercely; ferociously; sullenly. Shak.Grim'ness, n. p. 590Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness.Grim'sir, n. p. 590A proud or haughty official. [Obs.] Burton.Grim'y, a. p. 590Full of grime; dirty; foul.Grīn, v. i. p. 590To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain. The pangs of death do make him grin. Shak.Grīn, n. p. 590The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth. Watts. He showed twenty teeth at a grin. Addison.Grīn, v. t. p. 590To express by grinning. “Grinned horribly a ghastly smile.” Milton.Grīn, n. p. 590A snare or trap. [Obs.] Chaucer.