English Dictionary: graveyard watch | by the DICT Development Group |
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Herb \Herb\ (?; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.] 1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering. Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year. 2. Grass; herbage. And flocks Grazing the tender herb. --Milton. {Herb bennet}. (Bot.) See {Bennet}. {Herb Christopher} (Bot.), an herb ({Act[91]a spicata}), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc. {Herb Gerard} (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr. Prior. {Herb grace}, [or] {Herb of grace}. (Bot.) See {Rue}. {Herb Margaret} (Bot.), the daisy. See {Marguerite}. {Herb Paris} (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium ({Paris quadrifolia}), commonly reputed poisonous. {Herb Robert} (Bot.), a species of {Geranium} ({G. Robertianum}.) | |
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Garboard \Gar"board\, n. (Naut.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake. {Garboard strake} [or] {streak}, the first range or strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. --Totten. | |
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Garboard \Gar"board\, n. (Naut.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake. {Garboard strake} [or] {streak}, the first range or strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. --Totten. | |
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Garvie \Gar"vie\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The sprat; -- called also {garvie herring}, and {garvock}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Graaper \Graap"er\, n. One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds. | |
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Grabber \Grab"ber\, n. One who seizes or grabs. | |
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Graffer \Graf"fer\, n. [See Greffier.] (Law.) a notary or scrivener. --Bouvier. | |
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Grape \Grape\, n. [OF. grape, crape, bunch or cluster of grapes, F. grappe, akin to F. grappin grapnel, hook; fr. OHG. chrapfo hook, G. krapfen, akin to E. cramp. The sense seems to have come from the idea of clutching. Cf. {Agraffe}, {Cramp}, {Grapnel}, {Grapple}.] 1. (Bot.) A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use and for making wine and raisins. 2. (Bot.) The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine. 3. (Man.) A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse. 4. (Mil.) Grapeshot. {Grape borer}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Vine borer}. {Grape curculio} (Zo[94]l.), a minute black weevil ({Craponius in[91]qualis}) which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes. {Grape flower}, [or] {Grape hyacinth} (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Muscari racemosum}) with small blue globular flowers in a dense raceme. {Grape fungus} (Bot.), a fungus ({Oidium Tuckeri}) on grapevines; vine mildew. {Grape hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a small yellow and red hemipterous insect, often very injurious to the leaves of the grapevine. {Grape moth} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Eudemis botrana}), which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes, and often binds them together with silk. {Grape of a cannon}, the cascabel or knob at the breech. {Grape sugar}. See {Glucose}. {Grape worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the grape moth. {Sour grapes}, things which persons affect to despise because they can not possess them; -- in allusion to [AE]sop's fable of the fox and the grapes. | |
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Grapery \Grap"er*y\, n. A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes. | |
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Grave \Grave\, a. [Compar. {Graver} (gr[amac]v"[etil]r); superl. {Gravest.}] [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See {Grief.}] 1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.] His shield grave and great. --Chapman. 2. Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc. Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. --Shak. A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity. --Milton. 3. Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face. 4. (Mus.) (a) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key. The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). (b) Slow and solemn in movement. {Grave accent}. (Pron.) See the Note under {Accent}, n., 2. Syn: Solemn; sober; serious; sage; staid; demure; thoughtful; sedate; weighty; momentous; important. Usage: {Grave}, {Sober}, {Serious}, {Solemn.} Sober supposes the absence of all exhilaration of spirits, and is opposed to gay or flighty; as, sober thought. Serious implies considerateness or reflection, and is opposed to jocose or sportive; as, serious and important concerns. Grave denotes a state of mind, appearance, etc., which results from the pressure of weighty interests, and is opposed to hilarity of feeling or vivacity of manner; as, a qrave remark; qrave attire. Solemn is applied to a case in which gravity is carried to its highest point; as, a solemn admonition; a solemn promise. | |
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Graver \Graver\, n. 1. One who graves; an engraver or a sculptor; one whose occupation is te cut letters or figures in stone or other hard material. 2. An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin. | |
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Gravery \Grav"er*y\, n. The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving. Either of picture or gravery and embossing. --Holland. | |
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Graveyard \Grave"yard"\, n. A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery. | |
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Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel. gr[amac]r.] [Written also {grey}.] 1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. 3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames. {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite. {Gray buck} (Zo[94]l.), the chickara. {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite. {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite. {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon. {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}. {Gray hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See {Heath grouse}. {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell. {Gray mullet} (Zo[94]l.) any one of the numerous species of the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species ({M. capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M. Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}. {Gray owl} (Zo[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea}) inhabits arctic America. {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}. {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See {Snapper}. {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. {Gray whale} (Zo[94]l.), a rather large and swift California whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback}, {devilfish}, and {hardhead}. | |
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Franciscan \Fran*cis"can\, n. (R.C.Ch.) A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. They are called also {Friars Minor}; and in England, {Gray Friars}, because they wear a gray habit. | |
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Jako \Jak"o\ (j[acr]k"[osl]), n. (Zo[94]l.) An African parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also {gray parrot}. | |
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Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel. gr[amac]r.] [Written also {grey}.] 1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. 3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames. {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite. {Gray buck} (Zo[94]l.), the chickara. {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite. {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite. {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon. {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}. {Gray hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See {Heath grouse}. {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell. {Gray mullet} (Zo[94]l.) any one of the numerous species of the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species ({M. capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M. Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}. {Gray owl} (Zo[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea}) inhabits arctic America. {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}. {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See {Snapper}. {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. {Gray whale} (Zo[94]l.), a rather large and swift California whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback}, {devilfish}, and {hardhead}. | |
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Jako \Jak"o\ (j[acr]k"[osl]), n. (Zo[94]l.) An African parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also {gray parrot}. | |
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Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel. gr[amac]r.] [Written also {grey}.] 1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. 3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames. {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite. {Gray buck} (Zo[94]l.), the chickara. {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite. {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite. {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon. {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}. {Gray hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See {Heath grouse}. {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell. {Gray mullet} (Zo[94]l.) any one of the numerous species of the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species ({M. capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M. Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}. {Gray owl} (Zo[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea}) inhabits arctic America. {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}. {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See {Snapper}. {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. {Gray whale} (Zo[94]l.), a rather large and swift California whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback}, {devilfish}, and {hardhead}. | |
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Perch \Perch\ (p[etil]rch), n. [Written also {pearch}.] [OE. perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s dark-colored, Skr. p[rsdot][cced]ni spotted, speckled, and E. freckle.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family {Percid[91]}, as the common American or yellow perch ({Perca flavescens, [or] Americana}), and the European perch ({P. fluviatilis}). 2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the {Percid[91]}, {Serranid[91]}, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches. {Black perch}. (a) The black bass. (b) The flasher. (c) The sea bass. {Blue perch}, the cunner. {Gray perch}, the fresh-water drum. {Red perch}, the rosefish. {Red-bellied perch}, the long-eared pondfish. {Perch pest}, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of the perch. {Silver perch}, the yellowtail. {Stone}, [or] {Striped}, {perch}, the pope. {White perch}, the {Roccus, [or] Morone, Americanus}, a small silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast. | |
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Bellarmine \Bel"lar*mine\, n. A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- called also {graybeard}, {longbeard}. | |
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Graybeard \Gray"beard`\, n. An old man. --Shak. | |
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Bellarmine \Bel"lar*mine\, n. A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- called also {graybeard}, {longbeard}. | |
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Graybeard \Gray"beard`\, n. An old man. --Shak. | |
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Greffier \Gref"fi*er\, n. [F., from LL. grafarius, graphiarius, fr. L. graphium, a writing style; cf. F. greffe a record office. See {Graft}, and cf. {Graffer.}] A registrar or recorder; a notary. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Griever \Griev"er\, n. One who, or that which, grieves. | |
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Griper \Grip"er\, a. One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner. --Burton. | |
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Gripper \Grip"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, grips or seizes. 2. pl. In printing presses, the fingers or nippers. | |
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Grooper \Groop"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Grouper}. | |
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Groover \Groov"er\, n. 1. One who or that which grooves. 2. A miner. [Prov. Eng.] --Holloway. | |
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Groper \Grop"er\, n. One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling. | |
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Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. {Garbupa}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus {Epinephelus}, of the family {Serranid[91]}, as the red grouper, or brown snapper ({E. morio}), and the black grouper, or warsaw ({E. nigritus}), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. (b) The tripletail ({Lobotes}). (c) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also {groper}, {gruper}, and {trooper}.] | |
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Groper \Grop"er\, n. One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling. | |
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Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. {Garbupa}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus {Epinephelus}, of the family {Serranid[91]}, as the red grouper, or brown snapper ({E. morio}), and the black grouper, or warsaw ({E. nigritus}), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. (b) The tripletail ({Lobotes}). (c) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also {groper}, {gruper}, and {trooper}.] | |
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Triple-tail \Tri"ple-tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An edible fish ({Lobotes Surinamensis}) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, {black perch}, {grouper}, and {flasher}. | |
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Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. {Garbupa}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus {Epinephelus}, of the family {Serranid[91]}, as the red grouper, or brown snapper ({E. morio}), and the black grouper, or warsaw ({E. nigritus}), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. (b) The tripletail ({Lobotes}). (c) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also {groper}, {gruper}, and {trooper}.] | |
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Triple-tail \Tri"ple-tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An edible fish ({Lobotes Surinamensis}) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, {black perch}, {grouper}, and {flasher}. | |
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Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. {Garbupa}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus {Epinephelus}, of the family {Serranid[91]}, as the red grouper, or brown snapper ({E. morio}), and the black grouper, or warsaw ({E. nigritus}), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. (b) The tripletail ({Lobotes}). (c) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also {groper}, {gruper}, and {trooper}.] | |
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Grub \Grub\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of {Goldsmith beetle}, under {Goldsmith}. Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak. 2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew. 3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell. {Grub ax} [or] {axe}, a kind of mattock used in grubbing up roots, etc. {Grub breaker}. Same as {Grub hook} (below). {Grub hoe}, a heavy hoe for grubbing. {Grub hook}, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps, breaking roots, etc. {Grub saw}, a handsaw used for sawing marble. {Grub Street}, a street in London (now called {Milton Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as [bd]much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet.[b8] As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production of, Grub Street. I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays. --Gap. | |
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Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish ({Albula vulpes}), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also {bonefish}, {grubber}, {French mullet}, and {macab[82]}. (b) A labroid fish ({Harpe rufa}) of Florida and the West Indies. | |
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Grubber \Grub"ber\, n. One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc. | |
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Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish ({Albula vulpes}), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also {bonefish}, {grubber}, {French mullet}, and {macab[82]}. (b) A labroid fish ({Harpe rufa}) of Florida and the West Indies. | |
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Grubber \Grub"ber\, n. One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc. | |
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Grubworm \Grub"worm\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Grub}, n., 1. And gnats and grubworms crowded on his view. --C. Smart. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gruff \Gruff\, a. [Compar. {Gruffer}; superl. {Gruffest}.] [D. grof; akin to G. grob, OHG. gerob, grob, Dan. grov, Sw. grof, perh. akin to AS. rc[a2]fan to break, Z. reavc, rupture, g- standing for the AS. prefix ge-, Goth. ga-.] Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh. --Addison. Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks. --Thackeray. -- {Gruff"ly}, adv. -- {Gruff"ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Grouper \Group"er\, n. [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. {Garbupa}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus {Epinephelus}, of the family {Serranid[91]}, as the red grouper, or brown snapper ({E. morio}), and the black grouper, or warsaw ({E. nigritus}), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. (b) The tripletail ({Lobotes}). (c) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also {groper}, {gruper}, and {trooper}.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Garber, IA (city, FIPS 29685) Location: 42.74390 N, 91.26287 W Population (1990): 118 (55 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52048 Garber, OK (city, FIPS 28500) Location: 36.43654 N, 97.58040 W Population (1990): 959 (474 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73738 | |
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Gerber, CA Zip code(s): 96035 | |
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Gerber-Las Flores, CA (CDP, FIPS 29399) Location: 40.06148 N, 122.14935 W Population (1990): 1143 (462 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Graford, TX (city, FIPS 30380) Location: 32.93668 N, 98.24755 W Population (1990): 561 (260 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76449 | |
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Grayburg, TX (city, FIPS 30716) Location: 30.11441 N, 94.41178 W Population (1990): 257 (110 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Grey Forest, TX (city, FIPS 31100) Location: 29.61415 N, 98.68241 W Population (1990): 425 (190 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78023 | |
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Grover, CO (town, FIPS 33310) Location: 40.86918 N, 104.22560 W Population (1990): 135 (75 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80729 Grover, MO Zip code(s): 63040 Grover, NC (town, FIPS 28400) Location: 35.17091 N, 81.45173 W Population (1990): 516 (233 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28073 Grover, WY Zip code(s): 83122 | |
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Grover Beach, CA Zip code(s): 93433 | |
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Grover City, CA (city, FIPS 31400) Location: 35.12096 N, 120.61853 W Population (1990): 11656 (4941 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Grover Hill, OH (village, FIPS 32620) Location: 41.01867 N, 84.47709 W Population (1990): 518 (196 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45849 | |
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Grovertown, IN Zip code(s): 46531 | |
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Gruver, IA (city, FIPS 33240) Location: 43.39318 N, 94.70307 W Population (1990): 102 (46 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Gruver, TX (city, FIPS 31412) Location: 36.25654 N, 101.41114 W Population (1990): 1172 (514 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79040 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
graph reduction A technique invented by Chris Wadsworth where an expression is represented as a {directed graph} (usually drawn as an inverted tree). Each node represents a function call and its subtrees represent the arguments to that function. Subtrees are replaced by the expansion or value of the expression they represent. This is repeated until the tree has been reduced to a value with no more function calls (a {normal form}). In contrast to {string reduction}, graph reduction has the advantage that common subexpressions are represented as pointers to a single instance of the expression which is only reduced once. It is the most commonly used technique for implementing {lazy evaluation}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
graph rewriting system An extension of a {term rewriting system} which uses {graph reduction} on terms represented by {directed graph}s to avoid duplication of work by sharing expressions. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Graph-Oriented Object Database use as a {database query language}. ["A Graph-Oriented Object Database Model", M. Gyssens et al, Proc ACM Symp Princs of Database Sys, Mar 1990]. (1995-03-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
graybar land that's processing something very slowly (while you watch the grey bar creep across the screen). "I was in graybar land for hours, waiting for that CAD rendering". (1997-04-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Groupware See {CSCW}. |