Greencloth Green"cloth` (-klŏth`; 115)
noun A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates.
Greenery Green"er·y noun Green plants; verdure. A pretty little one-storied abode, so rural, so smothered in greenery .
J. Ingelow.
Greenfinch Green"finch` noun (Zoology) 1. A European finch ( Ligurinus chloris ); -- called also green bird , green linnet , green grosbeak , green olf , greeny , and peasweep . 2. The Texas sparrow ( Embernagra rufivirgata ), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head.
Greenfish Green"fish` noun (Zoology) See Bluefish , and Pollock .
Greengage Green"gage` noun (Botany) A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude , after the queen of Francis I. See Gage .
Greengill Green"gill` noun (Zoology) An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.
Greengrocer Green"gro`cer noun A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.
Greenhead Green"head` noun (Zoology) (a) The mallard. (b) The striped bass. See Bass .
Greenhead, Greenhood Green"head, Green"hood noun A state of greenness; verdancy. Chaucer.
Greenhorn Green"horn` noun A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon. W. Irving.
Greenhouse Green"house` noun A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
Greening Green"ing noun A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and its excellent keeping quality.
Greenish Green"ish adjective Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow. --
Green"ish*ness ,
noun
Greenlander Green"land·er noun A native of Greenland.
Greenlet Green"let noun 1. (Zoology) One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo , as the solitary, or blue- headed ( Vireo solitarius ); the brotherly-love ( V. Philadelphicus ); the warbling greenlet ( V. gilvus ); the yellow-throated greenlet ( V. flavifrons ) and others. See Vireo . 2. (Zoöl,) Any species of Cyclorhis , a genus of tropical American birds allied to the tits.
Greenly Green"ly adverb With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely. --
adjective Of a green color. [ Obsolete]
Greenness Green"ness noun [ Anglo-Saxon
grēnnes . See
Green. ]
1. The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow. 2. Freshness; vigor; newness. 3. Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth.
Greenockite Green"ock·ite noun [ Named after Lord
Greenock .]
(Min.) Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.
Greenroom Green"room` (grēn"room`)
noun The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.
Greensand Green"sand` (-s...nd`)
noun (Geol.) A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime. »
Greensand is often called
marl , because it is a useful fertilizer. The greensand beds of the American Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous.
Greenshank Green"shank` noun (Zoology) A European sandpiper or snipe ( Totanus canescens ); -- called also greater plover .
Greenstone Green"stone` (grēn"stōn`)
noun [ So called from a tinge of green in the color.]
(Geol.) A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.
Greensward Green"sward` (-sward')
noun Turf green with grass.
Greenth Greenth (grēnth)
noun [ Confer Growth.]
The state or quality of being green; verdure. [ R.]
The greenth of summer.
G. Eliot.
Greenweed Green"weed` noun (Botany) See Greenbroom .
Greenwood Green"wood` noun A forest as it appears in spring and summer.
Greenwood Green"wood` adjective Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade. Dryden.
Greet Greet adjective Great. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Greet Greet intransitive verb [ Middle English
greten , Anglo-Saxon
grǣtan ,
grētan ; akin to Icelandic
grāta , Swedish
gråta , Danish
grĉde , Goth.
grēctan ; confer Sanskrit
hrād to sound, roar. √50.]
To weep; to cry; to lament. [ Obsolete or Scot.] [ Written also
greit .]
Spenser.
Greet Greet noun Mourning. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Greet Greet transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Greeted ;
present participle & verbal noun Greeting .] [ Middle English
greten , Anglo-Saxon
grētan to address, approach; akin to Old Saxon
grōtian , LG.
gröten , Dutch
groeten , Old High German
gruozzen , German
grüssen . √50.]
1. To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token. My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
Shak. 2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad. In vain the spring my senses greets .
Addison. 3. To accost; to address. Pope.
Greet Greet intransitive verb To meet and give salutations. There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.
Shak.
Greet Greet noun Greeting. [ Obsolete]
F. Beaumont.
Greeter Greet"er noun One who greets or salutes another.
Greeter Greet"er noun One who weeps or mourns. [ Obsolete]
Greeting Greet"ing noun Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent. Write to him . . . gentle adieus and greetings.
Shak. Syn. -- Salutation; salute; compliment.
Greeve Greeve noun See Grieve , an overseer.
Greeze Greeze noun A step. See Gree , a step. [ Obsolete]
The top of the ladder, or first greeze , is this.
Latimer.
Greffier Gref"fi·er noun [ French, from Late Latin
grafarius ,
graphiarius , from Latin
graphium , a writing style; confer F.
greffe a record office. See
Graft , and confer
Graffer. ]
A registrar or recorder; a notary. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Gregal Gre"gal adjective [ Latin
gregalis, from
grex ,
gregis , herd.]
Pertaining to, or like, a flock. For this gregal conformity there is an excuse.
W. S. Mayo.
Gregarian Gre·ga"ri·an adjective Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common. [ Obsolete] "The gregarian soldiers."
Howell.
Gregarine Greg"a·rine adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Gregarinĉ. --
noun One of the Gregarinĉ.
Gregarinida Greg`a·rin"i·da Gregarinĉ.
Gregarinĉ Greg`a·ri"nĉ noun plural [ New Latin , from
Gregarina the typical genus, from Latin
gregarius . See
Gregarious .]
(Zoology) An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amœbiform; -- called also Gregarinida , and Gregarinaria .
Gregarious Gre·ga"ri·ous adjective [ Latin
gregarius , from
grex ,
gregis , herd; confer Greek ... to assemble, Sanskrit
jar to approach. Confer
Congregate ,
Egregious .]
Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone. Burke. No birds of prey are gregarious .
Ray. --
Gre*ga"ri*ous*ly ,
adverb --
Gre*ga"ri*ous*ness ,
noun
Grege, Gregge Grege, Greg"ge transitive verb [ Middle English
gregier to burden.]
To make heavy; to increase. [ Obsolete]
Wyclif.
Greggoe, Grego Greg"goe, Gre"go noun [ Prob. fr, Italian
Greco Greek, or Spanish
Griego , or Portuguese
Grego .]
A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant. [ Written also
griego .]
Gregorian Gre·go"ri·an adjective [ New Latin Gregorianus, from Gregorius Gregory, Greek ...: confer French
grégorien .]
Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named Gregory, especially one of the popes of that name. Gregorian calendar ,
the calendar as reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582, including the method of adjusting the leap years so as to harmonize the civil year with the solar, and also the regulation of the time of Easter and the movable feasts by means of epochs. See Gregorian year (below). --
Gregorian chant (Mus.) ,
plain song, or canto fermo , a kind of unisonous music, according to the eight celebrated church modes, as arranged and prescribed by Pope Gregory I. (called "the Great") in the 6th century. --
Gregorian modes ,
the musical scales ordained by Pope Gregory the Great, and named after the ancient Greek scales, as Dorian, Lydian, etc. --
Gregorian telescope (Opt.) ,
a form of reflecting telescope, named from Prof. James Gregory , of Edinburgh, who perfected it in 1663. A small concave mirror in the axis of this telescope, having its focus coincident with that of the large reflector, transmits the light received from the latter back through a hole in its center to the eyepiece placed behind it. --
Gregorian year ,
the year as now reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar. Thus, every year, of the current reckoning, which is divisible by 4, except those divisible by 100 and not by 400, has 366 days; all other years have 365 days. See Bissextile , and Note under Style , noun , 7.
Greillade Greil"lade noun (Metal.) Iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process.
Greisen Grei"sen noun (Min.) A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony.
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