Greit Greit intransitive verb See Greet , to weep.

Greith Greith transitive verb [ Icelandic greiğa : confer Anglo-Saxon gerǣdan to arrange; prefix ge- + rǣde ready. Confer Ready. ] To make ready; -- often used reflexively. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Greith Greith noun [ Icelandic greiği . See Greith , v. ] Goods; furniture. [ Obsolete] See Graith .

Gremial Gre"mi·al adjective [ Latin gremium lap, bosom.] Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom. [ R.]

Gremial Gre"mi·al noun 1. A bosom friend. [ Obsolete] Fuller.

2. (Ecol.) A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining priests.

Grenade Gre·nade" noun [ French grenade a pomegranate, a grenade, or Spanish granada ; orig., filled with seeds. So called from the resemblance of its shape to a pomegranate. See Carnet , Grain a kernel, and confer Pomegranate .] (Min.) A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies.

Hand grenade . (a) A small grenade of iron or glass, usually about two and a half inches in diameter, to be thrown from the hand into the head of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon besiegers mounting a breach. (b) A portable fire extinguisher consisting of a glass bottle containing water and gas. It is thrown into the flames. Called also fire grenade . -- Rampart grenades , grenades of various sizes, which, when used, are rolled over the pararapet in a trough.

Grenadier Gren`a·dier" noun [ French grenadier. See Grenade .] 1. (Mil.) Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards of the British army, etc.

2. (Zoology) Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus , in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also onion fish , and rat-tail fish .

3. (Zoology) A bright-colored South African grosbeak ( Pyromelana orix ), having the back red and the lower parts black.

Grenadillo Gren`a·dil"lo noun [ Spanish granadillo.] A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; -- called also Grenada cocos , or cocus , and red ebony .

Grenadine Gren`a·dine" noun [ French] 1. A thin gauzelike fabric of silk or wool, for women's wear.

2. A trade name for a dyestuff, consisting essentially of impure fuchsine.

Grenado Gre·na"do noun Same as Grenade .

Grene Grene adjective Green. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Gres Gres noun Grass. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Gressorial, Gressorious Gres·so"ri·al, Gres·so"ri·ous adjective [ Latin gressus , past participle of gradi to step, go.] (Zool.) Adapted for walking; anisodactylous; as the feet of certain birds and insects. See Illust . under Aves .

Gret, Grete Gret, Grete adjective Great. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Gretto Gret"to obsolete imperfect of Greet , to salute.

Greve Greve noun A grove. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Grew Grew (gru), imperfect of Grow .

Grewsome, Gruesome Grew"some, Grue"some adjective [ From a word akin to Danish gru horror, terror + -some ; confer Dutch gruwzaam , German grausam . Confer Grisly .] Ugly; frightful.

Grewsome sights of war.

C. Kingsley.

Grey Grey adjective See Gray (the correct orthography).

Greyhound Grey"hound` noun [ Middle English graihund , greihound , greahund , grihond , Icelandic greyhundr ; grey greyhound + hundr dog; confer Anglo-Saxon grīghund . The origin of the first syllable is unknown.] A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments. [ Written also grayhound .]

Greyhound Grey"hound` noun A swift steamer, esp. an ocean steamer.

Greylag Grey"lag` noun (Zoology) See Graylag.

Gribble Grib"ble noun [ Confer Prov. E. grib to bite.] (Zoology) A small marine isopod crustacean ( Limnoria lignorum or Latin terebrans ), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.

Grice Grice noun [ Middle English gris , grise ; of Scand. origin; confer Icelandic gr?ss , Swedish gris , Danish grus , also Greek ..., Sanskrit ghrshvi , boar. Confer Grise , Griskin .] A little pig. [ Written also grise .] [ Scot.]

Grice Grice noun See Gree , a step. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Grid Grid noun A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.

Grid Grid noun (Electricity) A plate or sheet of lead with perforations, or other irregularities of surface, by which the active material of a secondary battery or accumulator is supported.

Griddle Grid"dle noun [ Middle English gredil , gredl , gridel , of Celtic origin; confer W. greidell , Ir. greideal , greideil , griddle, gridiron, greadaim I burn, scorch. Confer Gridiron .] 1. An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.

2. A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners.

Griddlecake Grid"dle·cake` noun A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, as of buckwheat or common flour.

Gride Gride (grīd) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Grided ; present participle & verbal noun Griding .] [ For gird, properly, to strike with a rod. See Yard a measure, and confer Grid to strike, sneer.] To 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.

Gride Gride noun A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.

The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown.
On wigwam log, and tree, and stone.

Whittier.

Gridelin Grid"e·lin (grĭd"e*lĭn) noun [ French gris de lin gray of flax, flax gray.] A color mixed of white, and red, or a gray violet. [ Written also gredaline , grizelin .] Dryden.

Gridiron Grid"i`ron noun [ Middle English gredire , gredirne , from the same source as English griddle , but the ending was confused with English iron . See Griddle .] 1. A grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.

2. (Nautical) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.

Gridiron pendulum . See under Pendulum. -- Gridiron valve (Steam Engine) , a slide valve with several parallel perforations corresponding to openings in the seat on which the valve moves.

Grief Grief (grēf) noun [ Middle English grief , gref , Old French grief , gref , French grief , Latin gravis heavy; akin to Greek bary`s , Sanskrit guru , Goth. kaúrus . Confer Barometer , Grave , adjective , Grieve , Gooroo. ] 1. Pain 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, etc.; sorrow; sadness.

The mother was so afflicted at the loss of a fine boy, . . . that she died for grief of it.

Addison.

2. Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance.

Be factious for redress of all these griefs .

Shak.

3. Physical pain, or a cause of it; malady. [ R.]

This grief (cancerous ulcers) hastened the end of that famous mathematician, Mr. Harriot.

Wood.

To come to grief , to meet with calamity, accident, defeat, ruin, etc., causing grief; to turn out badly. [ Colloq.]

Syn. -- Affiction; sorrow; distress; sadness; trial; grievance. Grief , Sorrow , Sadness . Sorrow is the generic term; grief is sorrow for some definite cause -- one which commenced, at least, in the past; sadness is applied to a permanent mood of the mind. Sorrow is transient in many cases; but the grief of a mother for the loss of a favorite child too often turns into habitual sadness . " Grief is sometimes considered as synonymous with sorrow ; and in this case we speak of the transports of grief . At other times it expresses more silent, deep, and painful affections, such as are inspired by domestic calamities, particularly by the loss of friends and relatives, or by the distress, either of body or mind, experienced by those whom we love and value." Cogan. See Affliction .

Griefful Grief"ful adjective Full of grief or sorrow. Sackville.

Griefless Grief"less adjective Without grief. Huloet.

Griego Grie"go noun See Greggoe .

Grievable Griev"a·ble adjective Lamentable. [ Obsolete]

Grievance Griev"ance noun [ Old French grevance . See Grieve , transitive verb ] 1. A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury.

2. Grieving; grief; affliction.

The . . . grievance of a mind unreasonably yoked.

Milton.

Syn. -- Burden; oppression; hardship; trouble.

Grievancer Griev"an·cer noun One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint. [ Obsolete]

Petition . . . against the bishops as grand grievancers .

Fuller.

Grieve Grieve (grēv), Greeve noun [ Anglo-Saxon gerēfa . Confer Reeve an officer.] A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [ Scot.]

Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve .

Sir W. Scott.

Grieve Grieve (grēv) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Grieved ; present participle & verbal noun Grieving .] [ Middle English greven , Old French grever , from Latin gravare to burden, oppress, from gravis heavy. See Grief. ] 1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.

Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.

Eph. iv. 30.

The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.

Cowper,

2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [ R.]

Grieve Grieve intransitive verb To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at , for , or over .

Do not you grieve at this.

Shak.

Griever Griev"er noun One who, or that which, grieves.

Grieving Griev"ing adjective Sad; sorrowful; causing grief. -- noun The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved. -- Griev"ing*ly , adverb Shak.

Grievous Griev"ous adjective [ Old French grevous , grevos , Late Latin gravosus . See Grief .] 1. Causing 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.

Gen. xxi. 11.

2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin. Gen. xviii. 20.

3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev"ous*ly , adverb -- Griev"ous*ness , noun

Griff Griff noun [ Confer Gripe .] 1. Grasp; reach. [ Obsolete]

A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff .

Holland.

2. [ Confer F. griffe, G. griff, prop., a grasping.] (Weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. Knight.

Griff Griff noun A person of mixed blood.

Griffe Griffe noun [ French] The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto. [ Local, U. S.]

Griffe Griffe noun A person of mixed negro and American Indian blood.

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