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   Garamycin
         n 1: an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from
               an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary
               tract [syn: {gentamicin}, {Garamycin}]

English Dictionary: Grainger by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garnish
n
  1. something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
  2. any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
v
  1. take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"
    Synonym(s): garnishee, garnish
  2. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
    Synonym(s): trim, garnish, dress
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garnishee
n
  1. a wage earner who is served with a garnishment
v
  1. take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"
    Synonym(s): garnishee, garnish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garnishment
n
  1. a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gary Weinstein
n
  1. Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963)
    Synonym(s): Kasparov, Gary Kasparov, Gary Weinstein
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gear mechanism
n
  1. a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
    Synonym(s): gear, gear mechanism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gearing
n
  1. wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"
    Synonym(s): gearing, gear, geartrain, power train, train
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Geraniaceae
n
  1. chiefly herbaceous plants [syn: Geraniaceae, {family Geraniaceae}, geranium family]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gerenuk
n
  1. slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward- curving horns
    Synonym(s): gerenuk, Litocranius walleri
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
germ cell
n
  1. a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation
    Synonym(s): reproductive cell, germ cell, sex cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
germicidal
adj
  1. preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
    Synonym(s): bactericidal, disinfectant, germicidal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
germicide
n
  1. an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
    Synonym(s): disinfectant, germicide, antimicrobic, antimicrobial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
go wrong
v
  1. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
    Synonym(s): fail, go wrong, miscarry
    Antonym(s): bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Goering
n
  1. German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946)
    Synonym(s): Goring, Goering, Hermann Goring, Hermann Goering, Hermann Wilhelm Goring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Goring
n
  1. German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946)
    Synonym(s): Goring, Goering, Hermann Goring, Hermann Goering, Hermann Wilhelm Goring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
graham cracker
n
  1. semisweet whole-wheat cracker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Graham Greene
n
  1. English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991) [syn: Greene, Graham Greene, Henry Graham Greene]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grain sorghum
n
  1. any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Grainger
n
  1. United States composer (born in Australia) who lived in London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961)
    Synonym(s): Grainger, Percy Grainger, Percy Aldridge Grainger, George Percy Aldridge Grainger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grains of paradise
n
  1. West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds [syn: grains of paradise, Guinea grains, Guinea pepper, melagueta pepper, Aframomum melegueta]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grainy club
n
  1. a variety of grainy club mushrooms
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grainy club mushrooms
n
  1. any of various mushrooms of the class Ascomycetes [syn: Clavicipitaceae, grainy club mushrooms]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gram calorie
n
  1. unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
    Synonym(s): calorie, gram calorie, small calorie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gram stain
n
  1. a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
    Synonym(s): Gram's method, Gram method, Gram's procedure, Gram's stain, Gram stain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gram's method
n
  1. a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
    Synonym(s): Gram's method, Gram method, Gram's procedure, Gram's stain, Gram stain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gram's procedure
n
  1. a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
    Synonym(s): Gram's method, Gram method, Gram's procedure, Gram's stain, Gram stain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gram's solution
n
  1. a solution used in staining bacteria by Gram's method; consists of one part iodine and two parts potassium iodide and 300 parts water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gram's stain
n
  1. a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
    Synonym(s): Gram's method, Gram method, Gram's procedure, Gram's stain, Gram stain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gram-negative
adj
  1. (of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grama grass
n
  1. pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
    Synonym(s): grama, grama grass, gramma, gramma grass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gramicidin
n
  1. an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gramma grass
n
  1. pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
    Synonym(s): grama, grama grass, gramma, gramma grass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gran casa
n
  1. a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch
    Synonym(s): bass drum, gran casa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gran Santiago
n
  1. the capital and largest city of Chile; located in central Chile; one of the largest cities in South America
    Synonym(s): Gran Santiago, Santiago, Santiago de Chile, capital of Chile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grange
n
  1. an outlying farm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
granger
n
  1. a person who operates a farm [syn: farmer, husbandman, granger, sodbuster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Granicus
n
  1. the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC)
    Synonym(s): Granicus, Battle of Granicus River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
granny knot
n
  1. a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure
    Synonym(s): granny knot, granny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Granny Smith
n
  1. apple with a green skin and hard tart flesh
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
granny's bonnets
n
  1. common European columbine having variously colored (white or blue to purple or red) short-spurred flowers; naturalized in United States
    Synonym(s): granny's bonnets, Aquilegia vulgaris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grayness
n
  1. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
    Synonym(s): gray, grayness, grey, greyness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green ash
n
  1. a variety of red ash having glossy branchlets and lower leaf surfaces
    Synonym(s): green ash, Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green card
n
  1. a card that identifies the bearer as an alien with permanent resident status in the United States; "he was surprised to discover that green cards are no longer green"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green corn
n
  1. a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
    Synonym(s): sweet corn, sugar corn, green corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata
  2. corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft
    Synonym(s): sweet corn, green corn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green gentian
n
  1. tall herb with panicles of white flowers flushed with green; northwestern United States; sometimes placed in genus Swertia
    Synonym(s): green gentian, Frasera speciosa, Swertia speciosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green gland
n
  1. one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green goddess
n
  1. street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, {green goddess}, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green gold
n
  1. a gold alloy (at least 14 karat gold with silver or silver and cadmium) that has a green appearance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green goods
n
  1. fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market [syn: produce, green goods, green groceries, garden truck]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green gram
n
  1. erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
    Synonym(s): mung, mung bean, green gram, golden gram, Vigna radiata, Phaseolus aureus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green groceries
n
  1. fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market [syn: produce, green goods, green groceries, garden truck]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green June beetle
n
  1. large greenish June beetle of southern United States [syn: green June beetle, figeater]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green mushroom pimple
n
  1. a variety of mushroom pimple
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green salad
n
  1. tossed salad composed primarily of salad greens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green smut
n
  1. disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia
    Synonym(s): green smut, false smut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green smut fungus
n
  1. fungus causing green smut in rice [syn: {green smut fungus}, Ustilaginoidea virens]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green snake
n
  1. any of numerous African colubrid snakes
  2. either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color
    Synonym(s): green snake, grass snake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green soap
n
  1. a soft (or liquid) soap made from vegetable oils; used in certain skin diseases
    Synonym(s): soft soap, green soap
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green soybean
n
  1. seeds shelled and cooked as lima beans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
green spleenwort
n
  1. a small fern with slim green fronds; widely distributed in cool parts of northern hemisphere
    Synonym(s): green spleenwort, Asplenium viride
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greengage
n
  1. sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum [syn: greengage, greengage plum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greengage plum
n
  1. sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum [syn: greengage, greengage plum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greengrocer
n
  1. a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greengrocery
n
  1. groceries sold by a greengrocer
  2. a greengrocer's grocery store
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenhouse
adj
  1. of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect; "greenhouse gases"
n
  1. a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
    Synonym(s): greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenhouse effect
n
  1. warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth
    Synonym(s): greenhouse effect, greenhouse warming
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenhouse emission
n
  1. a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation
    Synonym(s): greenhouse gas, greenhouse emission
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenhouse gas
n
  1. a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation
    Synonym(s): greenhouse gas, greenhouse emission
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenhouse warming
n
  1. warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth
    Synonym(s): greenhouse effect, greenhouse warming
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenhouse whitefly
n
  1. whitefly that inhabits greenhouses [syn: {greenhouse whitefly}, Trialeurodes vaporariorum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenish
adj
  1. of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint"
    Synonym(s): green, greenish, light-green, dark-green
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenish blue
n
  1. a shade of blue tinged with green [syn: greenish blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenish yellow
n
  1. a shade of yellow tinged with green
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenish-brown
adj
  1. of brown tinged with green
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenish-gray
adj
  1. of grey tinged with green [syn: greenish-grey, greenish-gray]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenish-grey
adj
  1. of grey tinged with green [syn: greenish-grey, greenish-gray]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenish-white
adj
  1. of white flowers tinged with green [syn: green-white, greenish-white]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenishness
n
  1. the property of being somewhat green
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenness
n
  1. the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation [syn: greenness, verdancy, verdure]
  2. the state of not being ripe
    Antonym(s): ripeness
  3. green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
    Synonym(s): green, greenness, viridity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenockite
n
  1. ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form
    Synonym(s): greenockite, cadmium sulphide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greens
n
  1. any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
    Synonym(s): greens, green, leafy vegetable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greensand
n
  1. an olive-green sandstone containing glauconite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Greensboro
n
  1. a city of north central North Carolina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenshank
n
  1. large European sandpiper with greenish legs [syn: greenshank, Tringa nebularia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greensick
adj
  1. of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis [syn: chlorotic, greensick]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greensickness
n
  1. iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin
    Synonym(s): chlorosis, greensickness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenside
adj
  1. adjacent to a putting green; "greenside bunker"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenskeeper
n
  1. someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenstick fracture
n
  1. a partial fracture of a bone (usually in children); the bone is bent but broken on only one side
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greensward
n
  1. surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
    Synonym(s): turf, sod, sward, greensward
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Greenwich
n
  1. a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Greenwich Mean Time
n
  1. the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere
    Synonym(s): Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, GMT, universal time, UT, UT1
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Greenwich Meridian
n
  1. the meridian passing through Greenwich; was internationally adopted as the earth's zero of longitude in 1884
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Greenwich Time
n
  1. the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere
    Synonym(s): Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, GMT, universal time, UT, UT1
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Greenwich Village
n
  1. a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century
    Synonym(s): Greenwich Village, Village
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greyness
n
  1. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
    Synonym(s): gray, grayness, grey, greyness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grimace
n
  1. a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect"
    Synonym(s): grimace, face
v
  1. contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"
    Synonym(s): grimace, make a face, pull a face
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Grimes' golden
n
  1. yellow apple that ripens in late autumn; eaten raw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Grimm's law
n
  1. a sound law relating German consonants and consonants in other Indo-European languages
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grimness
n
  1. the quality of being ghastly [syn: ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness]
  2. something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
    Synonym(s): asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gringo
n
  1. a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gromyko
n
  1. Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989)
    Synonym(s): Gromyko, Andrei Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
groomsman
n
  1. a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
growing
adj
  1. relating to or suitable for growth; "the growing season for corn"; "good growing weather"
n
  1. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
    Synonym(s): growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
    Antonym(s): nondevelopment
  2. (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
growing pains
n
  1. pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth
  2. emotional distress arising during adolescence
  3. problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
growing season
n
  1. the season during which a crop grows best
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grumose
adj
  1. transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"
    Synonym(s): coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grumous
adj
  1. transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"
    Synonym(s): coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grunge
n
  1. the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grungily
adv
  1. in a dingy manner [syn: dingily, grubbily, grungily]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grungy
adj
  1. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
    Synonym(s): begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guernsey
n
  1. a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey [syn: Guernsey, island of Guernsey]
  2. breed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guernsey elm
n
  1. a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves
    Synonym(s): Jersey elm, guernsey elm, wheately elm, Ulmus sarniensis, Ulmus campestris sarniensis, Ulmus campestris wheatleyi
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garancin \Gar"an*cin\ (?; 104), n. [F. garance madder, LL.
      garantia.] (Chem.)
      An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists
      essentially of alizarin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garnish \Gar"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garnished}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Garnishing}.] [OE. garnischen, garnissen, OF. garnir
      to provide, strengthen, prepare, garnish, warn, F. garnir to
      provide, furnish, garnish, -- of German origin; cf. OHG.
      warn[d3]n to provide, equip; akin to G. wahren to watch, E.
      aware, ware, wary, and cf. also E. warn. See {Wary}, {-ish},
      and cf. {Garment}, {Garrison}.]
      1. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to
            adorn; to embellish.
  
                     All within with flowers was garnished. --Spenser.
  
      2. (Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid
            about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
  
      3. To furnish; to supply.
  
      4. To fit with fetters. [Cant] --Johnson.
  
      5. (Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to
            garnishee. See {Garnishee}, v. t. --Cowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garnish \Gar"nish\, n.
      1. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament;
            also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or
            decorated.
  
                     So are you, sweet, Even in the lovely garnish of a
                     boy.                                                   --Shak.
  
                     Matter and figure they produce; For garnish this,
                     and that for use.                              --Prior.
  
      2. (Cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an
            embellishment. See {Garnish}, v. t., 2. --Smart.
  
      3. Fetters. [Cant]
  
      4. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an
            unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a
            newcomer. [Cant] --Fielding.
  
      {Garnish bolt} (Carp.), a bolt with a chamfered or faceted
            head. --Knight.

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   Garnish \Gar"nish\, n.
      1. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament;
            also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or
            decorated.
  
                     So are you, sweet, Even in the lovely garnish of a
                     boy.                                                   --Shak.
  
                     Matter and figure they produce; For garnish this,
                     and that for use.                              --Prior.
  
      2. (Cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an
            embellishment. See {Garnish}, v. t., 2. --Smart.
  
      3. Fetters. [Cant]
  
      4. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an
            unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a
            newcomer. [Cant] --Fielding.
  
      {Garnish bolt} (Carp.), a bolt with a chamfered or faceted
            head. --Knight.

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   Garnish \Gar"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garnished}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Garnishing}.] [OE. garnischen, garnissen, OF. garnir
      to provide, strengthen, prepare, garnish, warn, F. garnir to
      provide, furnish, garnish, -- of German origin; cf. OHG.
      warn[d3]n to provide, equip; akin to G. wahren to watch, E.
      aware, ware, wary, and cf. also E. warn. See {Wary}, {-ish},
      and cf. {Garment}, {Garrison}.]
      1. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to
            adorn; to embellish.
  
                     All within with flowers was garnished. --Spenser.
  
      2. (Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid
            about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
  
      3. To furnish; to supply.
  
      4. To fit with fetters. [Cant] --Johnson.
  
      5. (Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to
            garnishee. See {Garnishee}, v. t. --Cowell.

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   Garnishee \Gar`nish*ee"\, n. (Law)
      One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been
      served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person
      holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money.
  
      Note: The order by which warning is made is called a
               garnishee order.

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   Garnishee \Gar`nish*ee"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garnisheed}
      (-[emac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Garnisheeing}.] (Law)
      (a) To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment;
            to garnish.
      (b) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by
            garnishment); to trustee.

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   Garnishee \Gar`nish*ee"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garnisheed}
      (-[emac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Garnisheeing}.] (Law)
      (a) To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment;
            to garnish.
      (b) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by
            garnishment); to trustee.

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   Garnishee \Gar`nish*ee"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garnisheed}
      (-[emac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Garnisheeing}.] (Law)
      (a) To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment;
            to garnish.
      (b) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by
            garnishment); to trustee.

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   Garnisher \Gar"nish*er\, n.
      One who, or that which, garnishes.

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   Garnish \Gar"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garnished}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Garnishing}.] [OE. garnischen, garnissen, OF. garnir
      to provide, strengthen, prepare, garnish, warn, F. garnir to
      provide, furnish, garnish, -- of German origin; cf. OHG.
      warn[d3]n to provide, equip; akin to G. wahren to watch, E.
      aware, ware, wary, and cf. also E. warn. See {Wary}, {-ish},
      and cf. {Garment}, {Garrison}.]
      1. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to
            adorn; to embellish.
  
                     All within with flowers was garnished. --Spenser.
  
      2. (Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid
            about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
  
      3. To furnish; to supply.
  
      4. To fit with fetters. [Cant] --Johnson.
  
      5. (Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to
            garnishee. See {Garnishee}, v. t. --Cowell.

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   Trustee \Trus*tee"\, n. (Law)
      A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to
      be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals,
      or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for
      the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the
      effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
  
      {Trustee process} (Law), a process by which a creditor may
            attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits, in the
            hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, the
            {process of foreign attachment}, {garnishment}, or
            {factorizing process}. [U. S.]

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   Garnishment \Gar"nish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. garnissement
      protection, guarantee, warning.]
      1. Ornament; embellishment; decoration. --Sir H. Wotton.
  
      2. (Law)
            (a) Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give
                  information to the court on any matter.
            (b) Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of
                  another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver
                  the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and
                  give information as garnishee.
  
      3. A fee. See {Garnish}, n., 4.

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   Trustee \Trus*tee"\, n. (Law)
      A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to
      be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals,
      or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for
      the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the
      effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
  
      {Trustee process} (Law), a process by which a creditor may
            attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits, in the
            hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, the
            {process of foreign attachment}, {garnishment}, or
            {factorizing process}. [U. S.]

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   Garnishment \Gar"nish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. garnissement
      protection, guarantee, warning.]
      1. Ornament; embellishment; decoration. --Sir H. Wotton.
  
      2. (Law)
            (a) Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give
                  information to the court on any matter.
            (b) Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of
                  another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver
                  the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and
                  give information as garnishee.
  
      3. A fee. See {Garnish}, n., 4.

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   Gearing \Gear"ing\, n.
      1. Harness.
  
      2. (Mach.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion
            of an engine or machine is transmitted to another,
            considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of
            locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels
            for transmitting and varying motion in machinery.
  
      {Frictional gearing}. See under {Frictional}.
  
      {Gearing chain}, an endless chain transmitted motion from one
            sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of {Chain wheel}.
           
  
      {Spur gearing}, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged
            round either the concave or the convex surface (properly
            the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting
            motion between parallel shafts, etc.

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   Gear \Gear\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Geared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Gearing}.]
      1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
  
      2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing.
  
      {Double geared}, driven through twofold compound gearing, to
            increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.

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   Gearing \Gear"ing\, n.
      1. Harness.
  
      2. (Mach.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion
            of an engine or machine is transmitted to another,
            considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of
            locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels
            for transmitting and varying motion in machinery.
  
      {Frictional gearing}. See under {Frictional}.
  
      {Gearing chain}, an endless chain transmitted motion from one
            sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of {Chain wheel}.
           
  
      {Spur gearing}, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged
            round either the concave or the convex surface (properly
            the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting
            motion between parallel shafts, etc.

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   Geer \Geer\, Geering \Geer"ing\ [Obs.]
      See {Gear}, {Gearing}.

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   Geraniaceous \Ge*ra`ni*a"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
      Of or pertaining to a natural order of pants
      ({Geraniace[91]}) which includes the genera Geranium,
      Pelargonium, and many others.

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   Germ cell \Germ cell\ (Biol.)
      A cell, of either sex, directly concerned in the production
      of a new organism.

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   Germ \Germ\, n. [F. germe, fr. L. germen, germinis, sprout, but,
      germ. Cf. {Germen}, {Germane}.]
      1. (Biol.) That which is to develop a new individual; as, the
            germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the
            earliest form under which an organism appears.
  
                     In the entire process in which a new being
                     originates . . . two distinct classes of action
                     participate; namely, the act of generation by which
                     the germ is produced; and the act of development, by
                     which that germ is evolved into the complete
                     organism.                                          --Carpenter.
  
      2. That from which anything springs; origin; first principle;
            as, the germ of civil liberty.
  
      {Disease germ} (Biol.), a name applied to certain tiny
            bacterial organisms or their spores, such as Anthrax
            bacillus and the {Micrococcus} of fowl cholera, which have
            been demonstrated to be the cause of certain diseases. See
            {Germ theory} (below).
  
      {Germ cell} (Biol.), the germ, egg, spore, or cell from which
            the plant or animal arises. At one time a part of the body
            of the parent, it finally becomes detached,and by a
            process of multiplication and growth gives rise to a mass
            of cells, which ultimately form a new individual like the
            parent. See {Ovum}.
  
      {Germ gland}. (Anat.) See {Gonad}.
  
      {Germ stock} (Zo[94]l.), a special process on which buds are
            developed in certain animals. See {Doliolum}.
  
      {Germ theory} (Biol.), the theory that living organisms can
            be produced only by the evolution or development of living
            germs or seeds. See {Biogenesis}, and {Abiogenesis}. As
            applied to the origin of disease, the theory claims that
            the zymotic diseases are due to the rapid development and
            multiplication of various bacteria, the germs or spores of
            which are either contained in the organism itself, or
            transferred through the air or water. See {Fermentation
            theory}.

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   Germ \Germ\, n. [F. germe, fr. L. germen, germinis, sprout, but,
      germ. Cf. {Germen}, {Germane}.]
      1. (Biol.) That which is to develop a new individual; as, the
            germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the
            earliest form under which an organism appears.
  
                     In the entire process in which a new being
                     originates . . . two distinct classes of action
                     participate; namely, the act of generation by which
                     the germ is produced; and the act of development, by
                     which that germ is evolved into the complete
                     organism.                                          --Carpenter.
  
      2. That from which anything springs; origin; first principle;
            as, the germ of civil liberty.
  
      {Disease germ} (Biol.), a name applied to certain tiny
            bacterial organisms or their spores, such as Anthrax
            bacillus and the {Micrococcus} of fowl cholera, which have
            been demonstrated to be the cause of certain diseases. See
            {Germ theory} (below).
  
      {Germ cell} (Biol.), the germ, egg, spore, or cell from which
            the plant or animal arises. At one time a part of the body
            of the parent, it finally becomes detached,and by a
            process of multiplication and growth gives rise to a mass
            of cells, which ultimately form a new individual like the
            parent. See {Ovum}.
  
      {Germ gland}. (Anat.) See {Gonad}.
  
      {Germ stock} (Zo[94]l.), a special process on which buds are
            developed in certain animals. See {Doliolum}.
  
      {Germ theory} (Biol.), the theory that living organisms can
            be produced only by the evolution or development of living
            germs or seeds. See {Biogenesis}, and {Abiogenesis}. As
            applied to the origin of disease, the theory claims that
            the zymotic diseases are due to the rapid development and
            multiplication of various bacteria, the germs or spores of
            which are either contained in the organism itself, or
            transferred through the air or water. See {Fermentation
            theory}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Germ \Germ\, n. [F. germe, fr. L. germen, germinis, sprout, but,
      germ. Cf. {Germen}, {Germane}.]
      1. (Biol.) That which is to develop a new individual; as, the
            germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the
            earliest form under which an organism appears.
  
                     In the entire process in which a new being
                     originates . . . two distinct classes of action
                     participate; namely, the act of generation by which
                     the germ is produced; and the act of development, by
                     which that germ is evolved into the complete
                     organism.                                          --Carpenter.
  
      2. That from which anything springs; origin; first principle;
            as, the germ of civil liberty.
  
      {Disease germ} (Biol.), a name applied to certain tiny
            bacterial organisms or their spores, such as Anthrax
            bacillus and the {Micrococcus} of fowl cholera, which have
            been demonstrated to be the cause of certain diseases. See
            {Germ theory} (below).
  
      {Germ cell} (Biol.), the germ, egg, spore, or cell from which
            the plant or animal arises. At one time a part of the body
            of the parent, it finally becomes detached,and by a
            process of multiplication and growth gives rise to a mass
            of cells, which ultimately form a new individual like the
            parent. See {Ovum}.
  
      {Germ gland}. (Anat.) See {Gonad}.
  
      {Germ stock} (Zo[94]l.), a special process on which buds are
            developed in certain animals. See {Doliolum}.
  
      {Germ theory} (Biol.), the theory that living organisms can
            be produced only by the evolution or development of living
            germs or seeds. See {Biogenesis}, and {Abiogenesis}. As
            applied to the origin of disease, the theory claims that
            the zymotic diseases are due to the rapid development and
            multiplication of various bacteria, the germs or spores of
            which are either contained in the organism itself, or
            transferred through the air or water. See {Fermentation
            theory}.

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   Germicidal \Ger"mi*ci`dal\ (j[etil]r"m[icr]*s[imac]`d[ait]l), a.
      Germicide.

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   Germicide \Ger"mi*cide\ (j[etil]r"m[icr]*s[imac]d), a. [Germ +
      L. caedere to kill.] (Biol.)
      Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a
      destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria,
      or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many
      infectious diseases. -- n. A germicide agent.

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   Germogen \Ger"mo*gen\, n. [Germ + -gen.] (Biol.)
      (a) A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into
            separate cells, from which certain ova are developed.
            --Balfour.
      (b) The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms. --Balfour.

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   Gore \Gore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Goring}.] [OE. gar spear, AS. g[?]r. See 2d {Gore}.]
      To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a
      pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab.
  
               The low stumps shall gore His daintly feet.
                                                                              --Coleridge.

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   Goring \Gor"ing\, or Goring cloth \Gor"ing cloth`\, n., (Naut.)
      A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.

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   Goring \Gor"ing\, or Goring cloth \Gor"ing cloth`\, n., (Naut.)
      A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.

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   Goroon shell \Go*roon" shell`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell ({Triton
      femorale}).

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   Grain \Grain\, n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small
      kernel, small particle. See {Corn}, and cf. {Garner}, n.,
      {Garnet}, {Gram} the chick-pea, {Granule}, {Kernel.}]
      1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
            plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
  
      2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
            of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
            themselves; -- used collectively.
  
                     Storehouses crammed with grain.         --Shak.
  
      3. Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.;
            hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of
            gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.
  
                     I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      4. The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called
            because considered equal to the average of grains taken
            from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains
            constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the
            pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See {Gram.}
  
      5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
            hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
            scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
            to {Tyrian purple}.
  
                     All in a robe of darkest grain.         --Milton.
  
                     Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
                     their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
                     the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
                                                                              Coleridge,
                                                                              preface to
                                                                              Aids to
                                                                              Reflection.
  
      6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
            of the particles of any body which determines its
            comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
            sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
  
                     Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
  
      7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
            wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
  
                     Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the
                     sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant
                     from his course of growth.                  --Shak.
  
      8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
            fibrous material.
  
      9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
            that side. --Knight.
  
      10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
            distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called {draff.}
  
      11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
            the common dock. See {Grained}, a., 4.
  
      12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
  
                     Brothers . . . not united in grain.   --Hayward.
  
      13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
  
                     He cheweth grain and licorice, To smellen sweet.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      {Against the grain}, against or across the direction of the
            fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
            unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
            --Swift.--Saintsbury.
  
      {A grain of allowance}, a slight indulgence or latitude a
            small allowance.
  
      {Grain binder}, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
            grain into sheaves.
  
      {Grain colors}, dyes made from the coccus or kermes in sect.
           
  
      {Grain leather}.
            (a) Dressed horse hides.
            (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
                  for women's shoes, etc.
  
      {Grain moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small moths, of the
            family {Tineid[91]} (as {Tinea granella} and {Butalis
            cerealella}), whose larv[91] devour grain in storehouses.
           
  
      {Grain side} (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
            the hair has been removed; -- opposed to {flesh side.}
  
      {Grains of paradise}, the seeds of a species of amomum.
  
      {grain tin}, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
            charcoal.
  
      {Grain weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small red weevil (Sitophilus
            granarius), which destroys stored wheat and othar grain,
            by eating out the interior.
  
      {Grain worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the grain moth. See
            {grain moth}, above.
  
      {In grain}, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
            genuine. [bd]Anguish in grain.[b8] --Herbert.
  
      {To dye in grain}, to dye of a fast color by means of the
            coccus or kermes grain [see {Grain}, n., 5]; hence, to dye
            firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
            See under {Dye.}
  
                     The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce
                     crimson dyed in grain.                        --Spenser.
  
      {To go against the grain of} (a person), to be repugnant to;
            to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.

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   Grain \Grain\, n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small
      kernel, small particle. See {Corn}, and cf. {Garner}, n.,
      {Garnet}, {Gram} the chick-pea, {Granule}, {Kernel.}]
      1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
            plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
  
      2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
            of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
            themselves; -- used collectively.
  
                     Storehouses crammed with grain.         --Shak.
  
      3. Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.;
            hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of
            gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.
  
                     I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      4. The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called
            because considered equal to the average of grains taken
            from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains
            constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the
            pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See {Gram.}
  
      5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
            hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
            scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
            to {Tyrian purple}.
  
                     All in a robe of darkest grain.         --Milton.
  
                     Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
                     their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
                     the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
                                                                              Coleridge,
                                                                              preface to
                                                                              Aids to
                                                                              Reflection.
  
      6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
            of the particles of any body which determines its
            comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
            sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
  
                     Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
  
      7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
            wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
  
                     Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the
                     sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant
                     from his course of growth.                  --Shak.
  
      8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
            fibrous material.
  
      9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
            that side. --Knight.
  
      10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
            distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called {draff.}
  
      11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
            the common dock. See {Grained}, a., 4.
  
      12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
  
                     Brothers . . . not united in grain.   --Hayward.
  
      13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
  
                     He cheweth grain and licorice, To smellen sweet.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      {Against the grain}, against or across the direction of the
            fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
            unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
            --Swift.--Saintsbury.
  
      {A grain of allowance}, a slight indulgence or latitude a
            small allowance.
  
      {Grain binder}, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
            grain into sheaves.
  
      {Grain colors}, dyes made from the coccus or kermes in sect.
           
  
      {Grain leather}.
            (a) Dressed horse hides.
            (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
                  for women's shoes, etc.
  
      {Grain moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small moths, of the
            family {Tineid[91]} (as {Tinea granella} and {Butalis
            cerealella}), whose larv[91] devour grain in storehouses.
           
  
      {Grain side} (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
            the hair has been removed; -- opposed to {flesh side.}
  
      {Grains of paradise}, the seeds of a species of amomum.
  
      {grain tin}, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
            charcoal.
  
      {Grain weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small red weevil (Sitophilus
            granarius), which destroys stored wheat and othar grain,
            by eating out the interior.
  
      {Grain worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the grain moth. See
            {grain moth}, above.
  
      {In grain}, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
            genuine. [bd]Anguish in grain.[b8] --Herbert.
  
      {To dye in grain}, to dye of a fast color by means of the
            coccus or kermes grain [see {Grain}, n., 5]; hence, to dye
            firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
            See under {Dye.}
  
                     The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce
                     crimson dyed in grain.                        --Spenser.
  
      {To go against the grain of} (a person), to be repugnant to;
            to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grainer \Grain"er\, n.
      1. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize
            the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; --
            called also {grains} and {bate.}
  
      2. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
  
      3. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble,
            etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grains \Grains\, n. pl.
      1. See 5th {Grain}, n., 2
            (b) .
  
      2. Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See {Grainer.} n., 1.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grainer \Grain"er\, n.
      1. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize
            the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; --
            called also {grains} and {bate.}
  
      2. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
  
      3. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble,
            etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grains \Grains\, n. pl.
      1. See 5th {Grain}, n., 2
            (b) .
  
      2. Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See {Grainer.} n., 1.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
      Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an
      inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up,
      pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
      1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
            after their creation.
  
      2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
  
                     To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
                                                                              xxiii. 43.
  
                     It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
                     Paradise.                                          --Longfellow.
  
      3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
            hence, a state of happiness.
  
                     The earth Shall be all paradise.         --Milton.
  
                     Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                                              --Beaconsfield.
  
      4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
            church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
            before a basilica, etc.
  
      5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
  
      {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
  
      {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
            {Pepper}.
  
      {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
            the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
            superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
            the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
            long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include
            some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
            paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
            and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
            ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
            in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
            fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
            It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
  
      {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
            {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
            elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
            the head glossy dark green, and crested.
  
      {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
            Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
            plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
  
      {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
            [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr.
      [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]
      1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
            berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}.
  
      Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,
               dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from
               the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by
               maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar
               properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper
               is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.
  
      2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
            climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous
            flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
            when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
            hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed
            throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
            earth.
  
      3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red
            pepper; as, the bell pepper.
  
      Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
               fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
               true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
               {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below.
  
      {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}.
  
      {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}.
  
      {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum
            piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and
            Japan.
  
      {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}.
  
      {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}.
  
      {Long pepper}.
            (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian
                  shrub.
            (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See
                  {Kava}.
  
      {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds
            of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger
            family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,
            under the name of {grains of Paradise}.
  
      {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}.
  
      {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra
            alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
            called also {white alder}.
  
      {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a
            perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,
            etc.
  
      {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
            of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}.
           
  
      {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston
            betularia}) having white wings covered with small black
            specks.
  
      {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
            cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.
  
      {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}.
  
      {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red
            peppers steeped in vinegar.
  
      {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris})
            of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
            {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grain \Grain\, n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small
      kernel, small particle. See {Corn}, and cf. {Garner}, n.,
      {Garnet}, {Gram} the chick-pea, {Granule}, {Kernel.}]
      1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
            plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
  
      2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
            of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
            themselves; -- used collectively.
  
                     Storehouses crammed with grain.         --Shak.
  
      3. Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.;
            hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of
            gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.
  
                     I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      4. The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called
            because considered equal to the average of grains taken
            from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains
            constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the
            pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See {Gram.}
  
      5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
            hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
            scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
            to {Tyrian purple}.
  
                     All in a robe of darkest grain.         --Milton.
  
                     Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
                     their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
                     the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
                                                                              Coleridge,
                                                                              preface to
                                                                              Aids to
                                                                              Reflection.
  
      6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
            of the particles of any body which determines its
            comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
            sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
  
                     Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
  
      7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
            wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
  
                     Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the
                     sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant
                     from his course of growth.                  --Shak.
  
      8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
            fibrous material.
  
      9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
            that side. --Knight.
  
      10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
            distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called {draff.}
  
      11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
            the common dock. See {Grained}, a., 4.
  
      12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
  
                     Brothers . . . not united in grain.   --Hayward.
  
      13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
  
                     He cheweth grain and licorice, To smellen sweet.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      {Against the grain}, against or across the direction of the
            fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
            unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
            --Swift.--Saintsbury.
  
      {A grain of allowance}, a slight indulgence or latitude a
            small allowance.
  
      {Grain binder}, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
            grain into sheaves.
  
      {Grain colors}, dyes made from the coccus or kermes in sect.
           
  
      {Grain leather}.
            (a) Dressed horse hides.
            (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
                  for women's shoes, etc.
  
      {Grain moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small moths, of the
            family {Tineid[91]} (as {Tinea granella} and {Butalis
            cerealella}), whose larv[91] devour grain in storehouses.
           
  
      {Grain side} (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
            the hair has been removed; -- opposed to {flesh side.}
  
      {Grains of paradise}, the seeds of a species of amomum.
  
      {grain tin}, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
            charcoal.
  
      {Grain weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small red weevil (Sitophilus
            granarius), which destroys stored wheat and othar grain,
            by eating out the interior.
  
      {Grain worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the grain moth. See
            {grain moth}, above.
  
      {In grain}, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
            genuine. [bd]Anguish in grain.[b8] --Herbert.
  
      {To dye in grain}, to dye of a fast color by means of the
            coccus or kermes grain [see {Grain}, n., 5]; hence, to dye
            firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
            See under {Dye.}
  
                     The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce
                     crimson dyed in grain.                        --Spenser.
  
      {To go against the grain of} (a person), to be repugnant to;
            to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
      Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an
      inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up,
      pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
      1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
            after their creation.
  
      2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
  
                     To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
                                                                              xxiii. 43.
  
                     It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
                     Paradise.                                          --Longfellow.
  
      3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
            hence, a state of happiness.
  
                     The earth Shall be all paradise.         --Milton.
  
                     Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                                              --Beaconsfield.
  
      4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
            church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
            before a basilica, etc.
  
      5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
  
      {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
  
      {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
            {Pepper}.
  
      {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
            the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
            superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
            the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
            long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include
            some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
            paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
            and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
            ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
            in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
            fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
            It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
  
      {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
            {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
            elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
            the head glossy dark green, and crested.
  
      {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
            Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
            plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
  
      {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
            [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr.
      [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]
      1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
            berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}.
  
      Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,
               dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from
               the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by
               maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar
               properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper
               is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.
  
      2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
            climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous
            flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
            when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
            hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed
            throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
            earth.
  
      3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red
            pepper; as, the bell pepper.
  
      Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
               fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
               true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
               {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below.
  
      {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}.
  
      {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}.
  
      {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum
            piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and
            Japan.
  
      {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}.
  
      {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}.
  
      {Long pepper}.
            (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian
                  shrub.
            (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See
                  {Kava}.
  
      {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds
            of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger
            family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,
            under the name of {grains of Paradise}.
  
      {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}.
  
      {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra
            alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
            called also {white alder}.
  
      {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a
            perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,
            etc.
  
      {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
            of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}.
           
  
      {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston
            betularia}) having white wings covered with small black
            specks.
  
      {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
            cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.
  
      {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}.
  
      {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red
            peppers steeped in vinegar.
  
      {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris})
            of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
            {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grain \Grain\, n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small
      kernel, small particle. See {Corn}, and cf. {Garner}, n.,
      {Garnet}, {Gram} the chick-pea, {Granule}, {Kernel.}]
      1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
            plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
  
      2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
            of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
            themselves; -- used collectively.
  
                     Storehouses crammed with grain.         --Shak.
  
      3. Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.;
            hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of
            gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.
  
                     I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      4. The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called
            because considered equal to the average of grains taken
            from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains
            constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the
            pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See {Gram.}
  
      5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
            hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
            scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
            to {Tyrian purple}.
  
                     All in a robe of darkest grain.         --Milton.
  
                     Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
                     their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
                     the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
                                                                              Coleridge,
                                                                              preface to
                                                                              Aids to
                                                                              Reflection.
  
      6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
            of the particles of any body which determines its
            comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
            sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
  
                     Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
  
      7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
            wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
  
                     Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the
                     sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant
                     from his course of growth.                  --Shak.
  
      8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
            fibrous material.
  
      9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
            that side. --Knight.
  
      10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
            distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called {draff.}
  
      11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
            the common dock. See {Grained}, a., 4.
  
      12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
  
                     Brothers . . . not united in grain.   --Hayward.
  
      13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
  
                     He cheweth grain and licorice, To smellen sweet.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      {Against the grain}, against or across the direction of the
            fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
            unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
            --Swift.--Saintsbury.
  
      {A grain of allowance}, a slight indulgence or latitude a
            small allowance.
  
      {Grain binder}, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
            grain into sheaves.
  
      {Grain colors}, dyes made from the coccus or kermes in sect.
           
  
      {Grain leather}.
            (a) Dressed horse hides.
            (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
                  for women's shoes, etc.
  
      {Grain moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small moths, of the
            family {Tineid[91]} (as {Tinea granella} and {Butalis
            cerealella}), whose larv[91] devour grain in storehouses.
           
  
      {Grain side} (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
            the hair has been removed; -- opposed to {flesh side.}
  
      {Grains of paradise}, the seeds of a species of amomum.
  
      {grain tin}, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
            charcoal.
  
      {Grain weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small red weevil (Sitophilus
            granarius), which destroys stored wheat and othar grain,
            by eating out the interior.
  
      {Grain worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the grain moth. See
            {grain moth}, above.
  
      {In grain}, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
            genuine. [bd]Anguish in grain.[b8] --Herbert.
  
      {To dye in grain}, to dye of a fast color by means of the
            coccus or kermes grain [see {Grain}, n., 5]; hence, to dye
            firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
            See under {Dye.}
  
                     The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce
                     crimson dyed in grain.                        --Spenser.
  
      {To go against the grain of} (a person), to be repugnant to;
            to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
      Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an
      inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up,
      pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
      1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
            after their creation.
  
      2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
  
                     To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
                                                                              xxiii. 43.
  
                     It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
                     Paradise.                                          --Longfellow.
  
      3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
            hence, a state of happiness.
  
                     The earth Shall be all paradise.         --Milton.
  
                     Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                                              --Beaconsfield.
  
      4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
            church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
            before a basilica, etc.
  
      5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
  
      {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
  
      {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
            {Pepper}.
  
      {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
            the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
            superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
            the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
            long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include
            some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
            paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
            and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
            ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
            in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
            fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
            It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
  
      {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
            {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
            elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
            the head glossy dark green, and crested.
  
      {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
            Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
            plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
  
      {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
            [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}.

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   Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr.
      [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]
      1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
            berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}.
  
      Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,
               dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from
               the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by
               maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar
               properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper
               is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.
  
      2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
            climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous
            flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
            when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
            hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed
            throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
            earth.
  
      3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red
            pepper; as, the bell pepper.
  
      Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
               fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
               true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
               {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below.
  
      {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}.
  
      {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}.
  
      {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum
            piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and
            Japan.
  
      {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}.
  
      {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}.
  
      {Long pepper}.
            (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian
                  shrub.
            (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See
                  {Kava}.
  
      {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds
            of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger
            family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,
            under the name of {grains of Paradise}.
  
      {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}.
  
      {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra
            alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
            called also {white alder}.
  
      {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a
            perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,
            etc.
  
      {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
            of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}.
           
  
      {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston
            betularia}) having white wings covered with small black
            specks.
  
      {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
            cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.
  
      {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}.
  
      {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red
            peppers steeped in vinegar.
  
      {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris})
            of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
            {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}.

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   Grain \Grain\, n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small
      kernel, small particle. See {Corn}, and cf. {Garner}, n.,
      {Garnet}, {Gram} the chick-pea, {Granule}, {Kernel.}]
      1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
            plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
  
      2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
            of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
            themselves; -- used collectively.
  
                     Storehouses crammed with grain.         --Shak.
  
      3. Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.;
            hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of
            gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.
  
                     I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      4. The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called
            because considered equal to the average of grains taken
            from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains
            constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the
            pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See {Gram.}
  
      5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
            hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
            scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
            to {Tyrian purple}.
  
                     All in a robe of darkest grain.         --Milton.
  
                     Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
                     their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
                     the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
                                                                              Coleridge,
                                                                              preface to
                                                                              Aids to
                                                                              Reflection.
  
      6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
            of the particles of any body which determines its
            comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
            sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
  
                     Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
  
      7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
            wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
  
                     Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the
                     sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant
                     from his course of growth.                  --Shak.
  
      8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
            fibrous material.
  
      9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
            that side. --Knight.
  
      10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
            distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called {draff.}
  
      11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
            the common dock. See {Grained}, a., 4.
  
      12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
  
                     Brothers . . . not united in grain.   --Hayward.
  
      13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
  
                     He cheweth grain and licorice, To smellen sweet.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      {Against the grain}, against or across the direction of the
            fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
            unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
            --Swift.--Saintsbury.
  
      {A grain of allowance}, a slight indulgence or latitude a
            small allowance.
  
      {Grain binder}, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
            grain into sheaves.
  
      {Grain colors}, dyes made from the coccus or kermes in sect.
           
  
      {Grain leather}.
            (a) Dressed horse hides.
            (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
                  for women's shoes, etc.
  
      {Grain moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small moths, of the
            family {Tineid[91]} (as {Tinea granella} and {Butalis
            cerealella}), whose larv[91] devour grain in storehouses.
           
  
      {Grain side} (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
            the hair has been removed; -- opposed to {flesh side.}
  
      {Grains of paradise}, the seeds of a species of amomum.
  
      {grain tin}, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
            charcoal.
  
      {Grain weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small red weevil (Sitophilus
            granarius), which destroys stored wheat and othar grain,
            by eating out the interior.
  
      {Grain worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the grain moth. See
            {grain moth}, above.
  
      {In grain}, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
            genuine. [bd]Anguish in grain.[b8] --Herbert.
  
      {To dye in grain}, to dye of a fast color by means of the
            coccus or kermes grain [see {Grain}, n., 5]; hence, to dye
            firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
            See under {Dye.}
  
                     The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce
                     crimson dyed in grain.                        --Spenser.
  
      {To go against the grain of} (a person), to be repugnant to;
            to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gram \Gram\, Gramme \Gramme\, n. [F. gramme, from Gr. ? that
      which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr. ? to write.
      See {Graphic.}]
      The unit of weight in the metric system. It was intended to
      be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a
      vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum
      density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See {Grain}, n., 4.
  
      {Gram degree}, [or] {Gramme degree} (Physics), a unit of
            heat, being the amount of heat necessary to raise the
            temperature of one gram of pure water one degree
            centigrade.
  
      {Gram equivalent} (Electrolysis), that quantity of the metal
            which will replace one gram of hydrogen.

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   Mesquite \Mes*qui"te\, Mesquit \Mes*quit"\, n. [Sp. mezquite;
      said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.)
      A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North
      America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.
  
      {Honey mesquite}. See {Algaroba}
      (b) .
  
      {Screw-pod mesquite}, a smaller tree ({Prosopis pubescens}),
            having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by
            the Indians.
  
      {Mesquite grass}, a rich native grass in Western Texas
            ({Bouteloua oligostachya}, and other species); -- so
            called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree;
            -- called also {muskit grass}, {grama grass}.

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   Grama grass \Gra"ma grass`\ [Sp. grama a sort of grass.] (Bot.)
      The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the
      Western United States, esp. the {Bouteloua oligostachya}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mesquite \Mes*qui"te\, Mesquit \Mes*quit"\, n. [Sp. mezquite;
      said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.)
      A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North
      America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.
  
      {Honey mesquite}. See {Algaroba}
      (b) .
  
      {Screw-pod mesquite}, a smaller tree ({Prosopis pubescens}),
            having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by
            the Indians.
  
      {Mesquite grass}, a rich native grass in Western Texas
            ({Bouteloua oligostachya}, and other species); -- so
            called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree;
            -- called also {muskit grass}, {grama grass}.

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   Grama grass \Gra"ma grass`\ [Sp. grama a sort of grass.] (Bot.)
      The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the
      Western United States, esp. the {Bouteloua oligostachya}.

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   Gramashes \Gra*mash"es\, n. pl. [See {Gamashes.}]
      Gaiters reaching to the knee; leggings.
  
               Strong gramashes, or leggings of thick gray cloth.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

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   Grange \Grange\, n. [F. grange barn, LL. granea, from L. granum
      grain. See {Grain} a kernel.]
      1. A building for storing grain; a granary. [Obs.] --Milton.
  
      2. A farmhouse, with the barns and other buildings for
            farming purposes.
  
                     And eke an officer out for to ride, To see her
                     granges and her bernes wide.               --Chaucer.
  
                     Nor burnt the grange, nor bussed the milking maid.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      3. A farmhouse of a monastery, where the rents and tithes,
            paid in grain, were deposited. [Obs.]
  
      4. A farm; generally, a farm with a house at a distance from
            neighbors.
  
      5. An association of farmers, designed to further their
            interests, aud particularly to bring producers and
            consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into direct
            commercial relations, without intervention of middlemen or
            traders. The first grange was organized in 1867. [U. S.]

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   Granger \Gran"ger\, n.
      1. A farm steward. [Obs.]
  
      2. A member of a grange. [U. S.]

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   Granger railroads \Gran"ger railroads\, [or] Granger roads
   \Granger roads\ . (Finance)
      Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying
      the produce of farmers or grangers; -- specifically applied
      to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey;
      Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
      Paul; and Chicago & Northwestern, railroads. [U. S.].

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   Granger railroads \Gran"ger railroads\, [or] Granger roads
   \Granger roads\ . (Finance)
      Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying
      the produce of farmers or grangers; -- specifically applied
      to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey;
      Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
      Paul; and Chicago & Northwestern, railroads. [U. S.].

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   Granger stocks \Granger stocks\ [or] shares \shares\
      Stocks or shares of the granger railroads.

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   Grangerism \Gran"ger*ism\, n. [So called from the Rev. James
      Granger, whose [bd]Biographical History of England[b8] (1769)
      was a favorite book for illustration in this manner.]
      The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings
      collected from other books.

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   Grangerite \Gran"ger*ite\, n.
      One who collects illustrations from various books for the
      decoration of one book.

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   Grangerize \Gran"ger*ize\, v. t. & i.
      To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other
      books. --G. A. Sala.

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   Granny \Gran"ny\, n.
      A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman.
  
      {Granny's bend}, [or] {Granny's knot} (Naut.), a kind of
            insecure knot or hitch; a reef knot crossed the wrong way.

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   Granny \Gran"ny\, n.
      A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman.
  
      {Granny's bend}, [or] {Granny's knot} (Naut.), a kind of
            insecure knot or hitch; a reef knot crossed the wrong way.

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   Grayness \Gray"ness\, n.
      The quality of being gray.

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   Cinnabar \Cin"na*bar\, n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. [?]; prob. of
      Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinb[be]r, Hind. shangarf.]
      1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red
            crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is
            used in medicine.
  
      2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment;
            vermilion.
  
      {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the
            Greeks.] (Med.) Same as {Dragon's blood}.
  
      {Green cinnabar}, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of
            cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire.
  
      {Hepatic cinnabar} (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a
            liver-brown color and submetallic luster.

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   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Greenfinch \Green"finch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Silky, [or] Silk-bark}, {oak}, an Australian tree
            ({Grevillea robusta}).
  
      {Green oak}, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
            mycelium of certain fungi.
  
      {Oak apple}, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
            leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
            confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
  
      {Oak beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
            prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
  
      {Oak gall}, a gall found on the oak. See 2d {Gall}.
  
      {Oak leather} (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
            leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
  
      {Oak pruner}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pruner}, the insect.
  
      {Oak spangle}, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
            insect {Diplolepis lenticularis}.
  
      {Oak wart}, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
  
      {The Oaks}, one of the three great annual English horse races
            (the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
            instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
            from his estate.
  
      {To sport one's oak}, to be [bd]not at home to visitors,[b8]
            signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
            rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
      sn[be]kr, sn[?]kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
      whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}.
  
      Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
               larger number are harmless to man.
  
      {Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake},
      {Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under
            {Blind}, {Garter}, etc.
  
      {Fetich snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large African snake ({Python
            Seb[91]}) used by the natives as a fetich.
  
      {Ringed snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common European columbrine snake
            ({Tropidonotus natrix}).
  
      {Snake eater}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The markhoor.
      (b) The secretary bird.
  
      {Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]
  
      {Snake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so
            called because of their large head and elongated neck and
            prothorax.
  
      {Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes
            anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
            that of the serpent cucumber.
  
      {Snake killer}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The secretary bird.
      (b) The chaparral cock.
  
      {Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium
            clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}.
  
      {Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
            ({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which
            resembles a snake coiled up.
  
      {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
            especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied
            genera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Greencloth \Green"cloth`\ (-kl[ocr]th`; 115), n.
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
               the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the
               {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or
               {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are
               some of the best known.
  
      Note: Among the true plums are;
  
      {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or
            purple globular drupes,
  
      {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}.
  
      {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its
            round red drupes.
  
      {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
            much grown in England for sale in the markets.
  
      {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or
            yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several
            other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other
            genera than {Prunus}, are;
  
      {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of
            the same family with the persimmon.
  
      {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}.
  
      {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}.
           
  
      {Date plum}. See under {Date}.
  
      {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium
            macrophyllum}.
  
      {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime.
  
      {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}.
  
      {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}.
  
      2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
  
      3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
            language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the
            person possessing it.
  
      {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European
            bullfinch.
  
      {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
            scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
            in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
            bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
  
      {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very
            destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other
            stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
            incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
            pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum
            curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Greengage \Green"gage`\, n. (Bot.)
      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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
               the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the
               {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or
               {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are
               some of the best known.
  
      Note: Among the true plums are;
  
      {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or
            purple globular drupes,
  
      {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}.
  
      {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its
            round red drupes.
  
      {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
            much grown in England for sale in the markets.
  
      {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or
            yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several
            other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other
            genera than {Prunus}, are;
  
      {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of
            the same family with the persimmon.
  
      {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}.
  
      {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}.
           
  
      {Date plum}. See under {Date}.
  
      {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium
            macrophyllum}.
  
      {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime.
  
      {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}.
  
      {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}.
  
      2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
  
      3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
            language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the
            person possessing it.
  
      {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European
            bullfinch.
  
      {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
            scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
            in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
            bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
  
      {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very
            destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other
            stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
            incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
            pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum
            curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}.

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   Greengage \Green"gage`\, n. (Bot.)
      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}.

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   Greengill \Green"gill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment,
      said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.

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   Greengrocer \Green"gro`cer\, n.
      A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green
      state.

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   Greenhouse \Green"house`\, n.
      A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered
      from the weather.

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   Greenish \Green"ish\, a.
      Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish
      yellow. -- {Green"ish*ness}, n.

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   Greenish \Green"ish\, a.
      Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish
      yellow. -- {Green"ish*ness}, n.

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   Greenness \Green"ness\, n. [AS. gr[emac]nnes. 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.

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   Greenockite \Green"ock*ite\, n. [Named after Lord Greenock.]
      (Min.)
      Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow
      hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.

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   Greensand \Green"sand`\ (-s[?]nd`), n. (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.
  
      Note: [hand]Greensand is often called {marl}, because it is a
               useful fertilizer. The greensand beds of the American
               Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous.

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   Greenshank \Green"shank`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A European sandpiper or snipe ({Totanus canescens}); --
      called also {greater plover}.

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   Green-stall \Green"-stall`\, n.
      A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for
      sale.

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   Greenstone \Green"stone`\ (gr[emac]n"st[omac]n`), n. [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.

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   Greensward \Green"sward`\ (-sw[add]rd') n.
      Turf green with grass.

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   Grimace \Gri*mace"\, v. i.
      To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. --H.
      Martineau.

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   Grimace \Gri*mace"\ (gr[icr]*m[amac]s"), n. [F., prob. of
      Teutonic origin; cf. AS. gr[imac]ma mask, specter, Icel.
      gr[imac]ma mask, hood, perh. akin to E. grin.]
      A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from
      affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some
      feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a
      smirk; a made-up face. [1913 Webster]
  
               Moving his face into such a hideous grimace, that every
               feature of it appeared under a different distortion.
                                                                              --Addison.
      [1913 Webster]
  
      Note: [bd]Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha
               in Dryden's [bd]Marriage a-la-Mode,[b8] as innovations
               in our language, are now in common use: chagrin,
               double-entendre, [82]claircissement, embarras,
               [82]quivoque, foible, grimace, na[8b]vete, ridicule.
               All these words, which she learns by heart to use
               occasionally, are now in common use.[b8] --I. Disraeli.
               [1913 Webster]

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   Grimaced \Gri*maced"\, a.
      Distorted; crabbed.

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   Grimy \Grim"y\, a. [Compar. {Grimier}; superl. {Grimiest}.]
      Full of grime; begrimed; dirty; foul.

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   Grim \Grim\, a. [Compar. {Grimmer} (-mer); superl. {Grimmest}.]
      [AS. grim; akin to G. grimm, equiv. to G. & D. grimmig, Dan.
      grim, grum, Sw. grym, Icel. grimmr, G. gram grief, as adj.,
      hostile; cf. Gr. [?], a crushing sound, [?] to neigh.]
      Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly;
      cruel; frightful; horrible.
  
               Whose grim aspect sets every joint a-shaking. --Shak.
  
               The ridges of grim war.                           --Milton.
  
      Syn: Syn.-- Fierce; ferocious; furious; horrid; horrible;
               frightful; ghastly; grisly; hideous; stern; sullen;
               sour.

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   Law \Law\ (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root
      of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[94]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov;
      cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or
      fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See
      {Lie} to be prostrate.]
      1. In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by
            an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling
            regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent
            or a power acts.
  
      Note: A law may be universal or particular, written or
               unwritten, published or secret. From the nature of the
               highest laws a degree of permanency or stability is
               always implied; but the power which makes a law, or a
               superior power, may annul or change it.
  
                        These are the statutes and judgments and law,
                        which the Lord made.                     --Lev. xxvi.
                                                                              46.
  
                        The law of thy God, and the law of the King.
                                                                              --Ezra vii.
                                                                              26.
  
                        As if they would confine the Interminable . . .
                        Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                        His mind his kingdom, and his will his law.
                                                                              --Cowper.
  
      2. In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition
            and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and
            toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to
            righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the
            conscience or moral nature.
  
      3. The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture
            where it is written, in distinction from the gospel;
            hence, also, the Old Testament.
  
                     What things soever the law saith, it saith to them
                     who are under the law . . . But now the
                     righteousness of God without the law is manifested,
                     being witnessed by the law and the prophets. --Rom.
                                                                              iii. 19, 21.
  
      4. In human government:
            (a) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter,
                  establishing and defining the conditions of the
                  existence of a state or other organized community.
            (b) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute,
                  resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or
                  recognized, and enforced, by the controlling
                  authority.
  
      5. In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or
            change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as
            imposed by the will of God or by some controlling
            authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion;
            the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause
            and effect; law of self-preservation.
  
      6. In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as
            the change of value of a variable, or the value of the
            terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.
  
      7. In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or
            of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a
            principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of
            architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.
  
      8. Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one
            subject, or emanating from one source; -- including
            usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial
            proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman
            law; the law of real property; insurance law.
  
      9. Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity;
            applied justice.
  
                     Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law
                     itself is nothing else but reason.      --Coke.
  
                     Law is beneficence acting by rule.      --Burke.
  
                     And sovereign Law, that state's collected will O'er
                     thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning
                     good, repressing ill.                        --Sir W.
                                                                              Jones.
  
      10. Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy;
            litigation; as, to go law.
  
                     When every case in law is right.      --Shak.
  
                     He found law dear and left it cheap. --Brougham.
  
      11. An oath, as in the presence of a court. [Obs.] See {Wager
            of law}, under {Wager}.
  
      {Avogadro's law} (Chem.), a fundamental conception, according
            to which, under similar conditions of temperature and
            pressure, all gases and vapors contain in the same volume
            the same number of ultimate molecules; -- so named after
            Avogadro, an Italian scientist. Sometimes called
            {Amp[8a]re's law}.
  
      {Bode's law} (Astron.), an approximative empirical expression
            of the distances of the planets from the sun, as follows:
            -- Mer. Ven. Earth. Mars. Aste. Jup. Sat. Uran. Nep. 4 4 4
            4 4 4 4 4 4 0 3 6 12 24 48 96 192 384 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
            --- --- 4 7 10 16 28 52 100 196 388 5.9 7.3 10 15.2 27.4
            52 95.4 192 300 where each distance (line third) is the
            sum of 4 and a multiple of 3 by the series 0, 1, 2, 4, 8,
            etc., the true distances being given in the lower line.
  
      {Boyle's law} (Physics), an expression of the fact, that when
            an elastic fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at
            a constant temperature, the product of the pressure and
            volume is a constant quantity, i. e., the volume is
            inversely proportioned to the pressure; -- known also as
            {Mariotte's law}, and the {law of Boyle and Mariotte}.
  
      {Brehon laws}. See under {Brehon}.
  
      {Canon law}, the body of ecclesiastical law adopted in the
            Christian Church, certain portions of which (for example,
            the law of marriage as existing before the Council of
            Tent) were brought to America by the English colonists as
            part of the common law of the land. --Wharton.
  
      {Civil law}, a term used by writers to designate Roman law,
            with modifications thereof which have been made in the
            different countries into which that law has been
            introduced. The civil law, instead of the common law,
            prevails in the State of Louisiana. --Wharton.
  
      {Commercial law}. See {Law merchant} (below).
  
      {Common law}. See under {Common}.
  
      {Criminal law}, that branch of jurisprudence which relates to
            crimes.
  
      {Ecclesiastical law}. See under {Ecclesiastical}.
  
      {Grimm's law} (Philol.), a statement (propounded by the
            German philologist Jacob Grimm) of certain regular changes
            which the primitive Indo-European mute consonants,
            so-called (most plainly seen in Sanskrit and, with some
            changes, in Greek and Latin), have undergone in the
            Teutonic languages. Examples: Skr. bh[be]tr, L. frater, E.
            brother, G. bruder; L. tres, E. three, G. drei, Skr. go,
            E. cow, G. kuh; Skr. dh[be] to put, Gr. ti-qe`-nai, E. do,
            OHG, tuon, G. thun.
  
      {Kepler's laws} (Astron.), three important laws or
            expressions of the order of the planetary motions,
            discovered by John Kepler. They are these: (1) The orbit
            of a planet with respect to the sun is an ellipse, the sun
            being in one of the foci. (2) The areas swept over by a
            vector drawn from the sun to a planet are proportioned to
            the times of describing them. (3) The squares of the times
            of revolution of two planets are in the ratio of the cubes
            of their mean distances.
  
      {Law binding}, a plain style of leather binding, used for law
            books; -- called also {law calf}.
  
      {Law book}, a book containing, or treating of, laws.
  
      {Law calf}. See {Law binding} (above).
  
      {Law day}.
            (a) Formerly, a day of holding court, esp. a court-leet.
            (b) The day named in a mortgage for the payment of the
                  money to secure which it was given. [U. S.]
  
      {Law French}, the dialect of Norman, which was used in
            judicial proceedings and law books in England from the
            days of William the Conqueror to the thirty-sixth year of
            Edward III.
  
      {Law language}, the language used in legal writings and
            forms.
  
      {Law Latin}. See under {Latin}.
  
      {Law lords}, peers in the British Parliament who have held
            high judicial office, or have been noted in the legal
            profession.
  
      {Law merchant}, or {Commercial law}, a system of rules by
            which trade and commerce are regulated; -- deduced from
            the custom of merchants, and regulated by judicial
            decisions, as also by enactments of legislatures.

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   Grimness \Grim"ness\, n. [AS. grimnes.]
      Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.

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   Grimsir \Grim"sir\, n.
      A stern man. [Obs.] --Burton.

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   Gringo \Grin"go\, n. [Amer. Sp., fr. Sp. gringo gibberish; cf.
      griego Greek, F. grigou wretch.]
      Among Spanish Americans, a foreigner, esp. an Englishman or
      American; -- often used as a term of reproach.

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   Catfish \Cat"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A name given in the United States to various species of
      siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the
      bind cat ({Gronias nigrilabrus}); the mud cat ({Pilodictic
      oilwaris}), the stone cat ({Noturus flavus}); the sea cat
      ({Arius felis}), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to
      the {wolf fish}. See {Bullhrad}.

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   Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind,
      Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.]
      1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect
            or by deprivation; without sight.
  
                     He that is strucken blind can not forget The
                     precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak.
  
      2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of
            intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or
            judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects.
  
                     But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That
                     they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton.
  
      3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.
  
                     This plan is recommended neither to blind
                     approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay.
  
      4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to
            a person who is blind; not well marked or easily
            discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path;
            a blind ditch.
  
      5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.
  
                     The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton.
  
      6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall;
            open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.
  
      7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind
            passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.
  
      8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as,
            blind buds; blind flowers.
  
      {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac.
  
      {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate
            motion. --Knight.
  
      {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people,
            esp. at night.
  
      {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias
            nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns
            in Pennsylvania.
  
      {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal.
            --Simmonds.
  
      {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or
            window, without an opening for passage or light. See
            {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a.
  
      {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has
            a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted
            siphon. --Knight.
  
      {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under
            {Dead}.
  
      {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one
            that does not explode.
  
      {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak
            or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or
            disposed to see danger. --Swift.
  
      {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake,
            of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes.
  
      {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye
            where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to
            light.
  
      {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the
            indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; --
            called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}.
  
      {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.

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   Groomsman \Grooms"man\, n.; pl. {Groomsmen}.
      A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- the
      correlative of bridesmaid

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   Groomsman \Grooms"man\, n.; pl. {Groomsmen}.
      A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- the
      correlative of bridesmaid

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   Grow \Grow\, v. i. [imp. {Grew}; p. p. {Grown ; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Growing}.] [AS. grawan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. groa,
      Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. {Green}, {Grass}.]
      1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to
            increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter
            into the living organism; -- said of animals and
            vegetables and their organs.
  
      2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to
            be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
  
                     Winter began to grow fast on.            --Knolles.
  
                     Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to
                     me by Antipholus.                              --Shak.
  
      3. To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be
            produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice
            grows in warm countries.
  
                     Where law faileth, error groweth.      --Gower.
  
      4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect
            from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
  
                     For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
      5. To become attached of fixed; to adhere.
  
                     Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {Growing cell}, or {Growing slide}, a device for preserving
            alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a
            manner to permit its growth to be watched under the
            microscope.
  
      {Grown over}, covered with a growth.
  
      {To grow out of}, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or
            as a branch from the main stem; to result from.
  
                     These wars have grown out of commercial
                     considerations.                                 --A. Hamilton.
  
      {To grow up}, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as,
            grown up children.

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   Grow \Grow\, v. i. [imp. {Grew}; p. p. {Grown ; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Growing}.] [AS. grawan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. groa,
      Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. {Green}, {Grass}.]
      1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to
            increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter
            into the living organism; -- said of animals and
            vegetables and their organs.
  
      2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to
            be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
  
                     Winter began to grow fast on.            --Knolles.
  
                     Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to
                     me by Antipholus.                              --Shak.
  
      3. To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be
            produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice
            grows in warm countries.
  
                     Where law faileth, error groweth.      --Gower.
  
      4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect
            from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
  
                     For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
      5. To become attached of fixed; to adhere.
  
                     Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {Growing cell}, or {Growing slide}, a device for preserving
            alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a
            manner to permit its growth to be watched under the
            microscope.
  
      {Grown over}, covered with a growth.
  
      {To grow out of}, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or
            as a branch from the main stem; to result from.
  
                     These wars have grown out of commercial
                     considerations.                                 --A. Hamilton.
  
      {To grow up}, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as,
            grown up children.

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   Grow \Grow\, v. i. [imp. {Grew}; p. p. {Grown ; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Growing}.] [AS. grawan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. groa,
      Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. {Green}, {Grass}.]
      1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to
            increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter
            into the living organism; -- said of animals and
            vegetables and their organs.
  
      2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to
            be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
  
                     Winter began to grow fast on.            --Knolles.
  
                     Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to
                     me by Antipholus.                              --Shak.
  
      3. To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be
            produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice
            grows in warm countries.
  
                     Where law faileth, error groweth.      --Gower.
  
      4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect
            from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
  
                     For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
      5. To become attached of fixed; to adhere.
  
                     Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {Growing cell}, or {Growing slide}, a device for preserving
            alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a
            manner to permit its growth to be watched under the
            microscope.
  
      {Grown over}, covered with a growth.
  
      {To grow out of}, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or
            as a branch from the main stem; to result from.
  
                     These wars have grown out of commercial
                     considerations.                                 --A. Hamilton.
  
      {To grow up}, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as,
            grown up children.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grumose \Gru*mose"\, a. (Bot.)
      Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grumous \Gru"mous\, a. [Cf. F. grumeleux. See {Grume}.]
      1. Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted;
            as, grumous blood.
  
      2. (Bot.) See {Grumose}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grumousness \Gru"mous*ness\, n.
      The state of being grumous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guaranty \Guar"an*ty\, n.; pl. {Guaranies}. [OF. guarantie,
      garantie, F. garantie, OF. guarantir, garantir, to warrant,
      to guaranty, E. garantir, fr. OF. guarant, garant, a
      warranter, F. garant; of German origin, and from the same
      word as warranty. See {Warrant}, and cf. {Warranty},
      {Guarantee}.]
      In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer for the
      payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or
      duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay
      or perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guernsey lily \Guern"sey lil"y\ (Bot.)
      A South African plant ({Nerine Sarniensis}) with handsome
      lilylike flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Gyrencephala \[d8]Gyr"en*ceph`a*la\, n. pl. [NL. fr. Gr. [?]
      round+ [?] the brain.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum is
      convoluted. -- {Gyr"en*ceph"a*lous}, a.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gering, NE (city, FIPS 18580)
      Location: 41.82847 N, 103.66519 W
      Population (1990): 7946 (3167 housing units)
      Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 69341

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Graham County, AZ (county, FIPS 9)
      Location: 32.93652 N, 109.89135 W
      Population (1990): 26554 (9112 housing units)
      Area: 11990.8 sq km (land), 30.6 sq km (water)
   Graham County, KS (county, FIPS 65)
      Location: 39.34897 N, 99.88043 W
      Population (1990): 3543 (1753 housing units)
      Area: 2326.7 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
   Graham County, NC (county, FIPS 75)
      Location: 35.34898 N, 83.83276 W
      Population (1990): 7196 (4132 housing units)
      Area: 756.5 sq km (land), 24.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grahamsville, NY
      Zip code(s): 12740

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grainger County, TN (county, FIPS 57)
      Location: 36.27712 N, 83.51092 W
      Population (1990): 17095 (7501 housing units)
      Area: 726.1 sq km (land), 57.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Granger, IA (city, FIPS 32160)
      Location: 41.76030 N, 93.82367 W
      Population (1990): 624 (250 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50109
   Granger, IN (CDP, FIPS 28800)
      Location: 41.73550 N, 86.13950 W
      Population (1990): 20241 (6375 housing units)
      Area: 68.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46530
   Granger, MN
      Zip code(s): 55937
   Granger, MO (town, FIPS 28360)
      Location: 40.46751 N, 91.97310 W
      Population (1990): 63 (38 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Granger, TX (city, FIPS 30548)
      Location: 30.71789 N, 97.44072 W
      Population (1990): 1190 (534 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 76530
   Granger, WA (town, FIPS 27960)
      Location: 46.34280 N, 120.18962 W
      Population (1990): 2053 (595 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 98932
   Granger, WY (town, FIPS 32870)
      Location: 41.59408 N, 109.96590 W
      Population (1990): 126 (66 housing units)
      Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grangerland, TX
      Zip code(s): 77302

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grangeville, ID (city, FIPS 32950)
      Location: 45.92591 N, 116.12081 W
      Population (1990): 3226 (1389 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 83530

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grannis, AR (town, FIPS 27970)
      Location: 34.24005 N, 94.32032 W
      Population (1990): 507 (208 housing units)
      Area: 22.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 71944

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green Acres, WA (CDP, FIPS 28520)
      Location: 47.66355 N, 117.16095 W
      Population (1990): 4626 (1775 housing units)
      Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green Camp, OH (village, FIPS 31948)
      Location: 40.53283 N, 83.20797 W
      Population (1990): 393 (157 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green Castle, MO
      Zip code(s): 63544

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green City, MO (city, FIPS 29134)
      Location: 40.26568 N, 92.95705 W
      Population (1990): 671 (340 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 63545

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green County, KY (county, FIPS 87)
      Location: 37.25880 N, 85.55448 W
      Population (1990): 10371 (4523 housing units)
      Area: 747.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
   Green County, WI (county, FIPS 45)
      Location: 42.68227 N, 89.60170 W
      Population (1990): 30339 (12087 housing units)
      Area: 1512.7 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green Cove Sprin, FL
      Zip code(s): 32043

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green Cove Springs, FL (city, FIPS 27400)
      Location: 29.98973 N, 81.67885 W
      Population (1990): 4497 (1819 housing units)
      Area: 16.5 sq km (land), 6.8 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green Island, IA (city, FIPS 32880)
      Location: 42.15461 N, 90.32242 W
      Population (1990): 54 (33 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Green Island, NY (village, FIPS 30521)
      Location: 42.74777 N, 73.69260 W
      Population (1990): 2490 (1141 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 12183

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green Isle, MN (city, FIPS 25658)
      Location: 44.67815 N, 94.00619 W
      Population (1990): 239 (109 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 55338

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green Oaks, IL (village, FIPS 31446)
      Location: 42.30175 N, 87.91516 W
      Population (1990): 2101 (664 housing units)
      Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green Sea, SC
      Zip code(s): 29545

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green Spring, KY (city, FIPS 32986)
      Location: 38.31689 N, 85.61446 W
      Population (1990): 768 (265 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Green Spring, WV
      Zip code(s): 26722

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green Springs, OH (village, FIPS 32256)
      Location: 41.25710 N, 83.05370 W
      Population (1990): 1446 (506 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44836

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Green Sulphur Sp, WV
      Zip code(s): 25966

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greenacres, CA (CDP, FIPS 30938)
      Location: 35.38346 N, 119.12574 W
      Population (1990): 7379 (2499 housing units)
      Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 93312
   Greenacres, FL
      Zip code(s): 33463
   Greenacres, WA
      Zip code(s): 99016

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greenacres City, FL (city, FIPS 27325)
      Location: 26.62973 N, 80.13966 W
      Population (1990): 18683 (11186 housing units)
      Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greencastle, IN (city, FIPS 29358)
      Location: 39.64200 N, 86.84060 W
      Population (1990): 8984 (3159 housing units)
      Area: 13.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46135
   Greencastle, MO (city, FIPS 29116)
      Location: 40.26154 N, 92.87834 W
      Population (1990): 254 (144 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Greencastle, PA (borough, FIPS 30896)
      Location: 39.79052 N, 77.72692 W
      Population (1990): 3600 (1614 housing units)
      Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 17225

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greencreek, ID
      Zip code(s): 83533

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greene County, AL (county, FIPS 63)
      Location: 32.85478 N, 87.95123 W
      Population (1990): 10153 (4162 housing units)
      Area: 1673.0 sq km (land), 36.3 sq km (water)
   Greene County, AR (county, FIPS 55)
      Location: 36.11905 N, 90.56226 W
      Population (1990): 31804 (13216 housing units)
      Area: 1495.9 sq km (land), 5.5 sq km (water)
   Greene County, GA (county, FIPS 133)
      Location: 33.58125 N, 83.16756 W
      Population (1990): 11793 (4699 housing units)
      Area: 1005.9 sq km (land), 46.4 sq km (water)
   Greene County, IA (county, FIPS 73)
      Location: 42.03834 N, 94.39145 W
      Population (1990): 10045 (4707 housing units)
      Area: 1472.3 sq km (land), 7.0 sq km (water)
   Greene County, IL (county, FIPS 61)
      Location: 39.35232 N, 90.38615 W
      Population (1990): 15317 (6575 housing units)
      Area: 1406.7 sq km (land), 8.4 sq km (water)
   Greene County, IN (county, FIPS 55)
      Location: 39.03689 N, 86.96596 W
      Population (1990): 30410 (13337 housing units)
      Area: 1404.1 sq km (land), 9.9 sq km (water)
   Greene County, MO (county, FIPS 77)
      Location: 37.25725 N, 93.33728 W
      Population (1990): 207949 (87910 housing units)
      Area: 1748.3 sq km (land), 7.3 sq km (water)
   Greene County, MS (county, FIPS 41)
      Location: 31.21687 N, 88.64002 W
      Population (1990): 10220 (3864 housing units)
      Area: 1846.5 sq km (land), 15.0 sq km (water)
   Greene County, NC (county, FIPS 79)
      Location: 35.48641 N, 77.68409 W
      Population (1990): 15384 (5944 housing units)
      Area: 687.5 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water)
   Greene County, NY (county, FIPS 39)
      Location: 42.29203 N, 74.12875 W
      Population (1990): 44739 (25000 housing units)
      Area: 1677.9 sq km (land), 26.8 sq km (water)
   Greene County, OH (county, FIPS 57)
      Location: 39.69462 N, 83.88649 W
      Population (1990): 136731 (50238 housing units)
      Area: 1074.6 sq km (land), 3.4 sq km (water)
   Greene County, PA (county, FIPS 59)
      Location: 39.85531 N, 80.22241 W
      Population (1990): 39550 (15982 housing units)
      Area: 1491.6 sq km (land), 5.4 sq km (water)
   Greene County, TN (county, FIPS 59)
      Location: 36.17334 N, 82.84603 W
      Population (1990): 55853 (23270 housing units)
      Area: 1610.6 sq km (land), 6.3 sq km (water)
   Greene County, VA (county, FIPS 79)
      Location: 38.29791 N, 78.47080 W
      Population (1990): 10297 (4154 housing units)
      Area: 405.6 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greenough, MT
      Zip code(s): 59836

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greens Fork, IN (town, FIPS 29754)
      Location: 39.89140 N, 85.04228 W
      Population (1990): 416 (152 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47345

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greensboro, AL (city, FIPS 31720)
      Location: 32.70062 N, 87.59406 W
      Population (1990): 3047 (1185 housing units)
      Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 36744
   Greensboro, FL (town, FIPS 27550)
      Location: 30.57023 N, 84.74438 W
      Population (1990): 586 (224 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Greensboro, GA (city, FIPS 34876)
      Location: 33.57414 N, 83.18372 W
      Population (1990): 2860 (1097 housing units)
      Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 30642
   Greensboro, IN (town, FIPS 29682)
      Location: 39.87827 N, 85.46303 W
      Population (1990): 204 (79 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Greensboro, MD (town, FIPS 35200)
      Location: 38.97614 N, 75.80681 W
      Population (1990): 1441 (628 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 21639
   Greensboro, NC (city, FIPS 28000)
      Location: 36.07890 N, 79.82689 W
      Population (1990): 183521 (80411 housing units)
      Area: 206.7 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 27401, 27403, 27405, 27406, 27407, 27408, 27409, 27410
   Greensboro, PA (borough, FIPS 31192)
      Location: 39.79207 N, 79.91304 W
      Population (1990): 307 (147 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15338
   Greensboro, VT
      Zip code(s): 05841

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greensboro Bend, VT
      Zip code(s): 05842

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greensburg, IN (city, FIPS 29718)
      Location: 39.34138 N, 85.48054 W
      Population (1990): 9286 (3637 housing units)
      Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Greensburg, KS (city, FIPS 28675)
      Location: 37.60535 N, 99.29177 W
      Population (1990): 1792 (891 housing units)
      Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67054
   Greensburg, KY (city, FIPS 32968)
      Location: 37.25595 N, 85.49528 W
      Population (1990): 1990 (931 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 42743
   Greensburg, LA (town, FIPS 31565)
      Location: 30.82955 N, 90.67004 W
      Population (1990): 583 (217 housing units)
      Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 70441
   Greensburg, OH (CDP, FIPS 32242)
      Location: 40.93635 N, 81.43660 W
      Population (1990): 3306 (1485 housing units)
      Area: 23.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
   Greensburg, PA (city, FIPS 31200)
      Location: 40.31094 N, 79.54440 W
      Population (1990): 16318 (7552 housing units)
      Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15601

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greenstone, PA
      Zip code(s): 17320

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greensville County, VA (county, FIPS 81)
      Location: 36.67453 N, 77.56248 W
      Population (1990): 8853 (3393 housing units)
      Area: 765.2 sq km (land), 3.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greenwich, CT
      Zip code(s): 06831
   Greenwich, NY (village, FIPS 30675)
      Location: 43.08661 N, 73.49672 W
      Population (1990): 1961 (803 housing units)
      Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Greenwich, OH (village, FIPS 32368)
      Location: 41.03113 N, 82.51792 W
      Population (1990): 1442 (567 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44837

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grimes, AL (town, FIPS 32056)
      Location: 31.30210 N, 85.45111 W
      Population (1990): 443 (159 housing units)
      Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Grimes, IA (city, FIPS 33060)
      Location: 41.66082 N, 93.78929 W
      Population (1990): 2653 (1005 housing units)
      Area: 18.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50111

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grimes County, TX (county, FIPS 185)
      Location: 30.54886 N, 95.97855 W
      Population (1990): 18828 (7744 housing units)
      Area: 2056.0 sq km (land), 19.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grimesland, NC (town, FIPS 28240)
      Location: 35.56231 N, 77.19168 W
      Population (1990): 469 (205 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 27837

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grimsley, TN
      Zip code(s): 38565

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Groom Creek, AZ
      Zip code(s): 86303

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Guernsey, IA (city, FIPS 33285)
      Location: 41.64925 N, 92.34309 W
      Population (1990): 70 (36 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50172
   Guernsey, OH
      Zip code(s): 43749
   Guernsey, WY (town, FIPS 34320)
      Location: 42.26631 N, 104.74433 W
      Population (1990): 1155 (574 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 82214

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Guernsey County, OH (county, FIPS 59)
      Location: 40.04935 N, 81.49598 W
      Population (1990): 39024 (17262 housing units)
      Area: 1352.1 sq km (land), 16.3 sq km (water)

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   green card n.   [after the "IBM System/360 Reference Data" card]
   A summary of an assembly language, even if the color is not green
   and not a card.   Less frequently used now because of the decrease in
   the use of assembly language.   "I'll go get my green card so I can
   check the addressing mode for that instruction."
  
      The original green card became a yellow card when the System/370
   was introduced, and later a yellow booklet.   An anecdote from IBM
   refers to a scene that took place in a programmers' terminal room at
   Yorktown in 1978.   A {luser} overheard one of the programmers ask
   another "Do you have a green card?"   The other grunted and passed
   the first a thick yellow booklet.   At this point the luser turned a
   delicate shade of olive and rapidly left the room, never to return.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   green machine n.   A computer or peripheral device that has been
   designed and built to military specifications for field equipment
   (that is, to withstand mechanical shock, extremes of temperature and
   humidity, and so forth).   Comes from the olive-drab `uniform' paint
   used for military equipment.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   Green's Theorem prov.   [TMRC] For any story, in any group of
   people there will be at least one person who has not heard the
   story.   A refinement of the theorem states that there will be
   _exactly_ one person (if there were more than one, it wouldn't be as
   bad to re-tell the story).   [The name of this theorem is a play on a
   fundamental theorem in calculus. --ESR]
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   gronk /gronk/ vt.   [popularized by Johnny Hart's comic strip
   "B.C." but the word apparently predates that] 1. To clear the state
   of a wedged device and restart it.   More severe than `to {frob}'
   (sense 2).   2. [TMRC] To cut, sever, smash, or similarly disable.
   3. The sound made by many 3.5-inch diskette drives.   In particular,
   the microfloppies on a Commodore Amiga go "grink, gronk".
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   gronk out vi.   To cease functioning.   Of people, to go home and
   go to sleep.   "I guess I'll gronk out now; see you all tomorrow."
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   gronked adj.   1. Broken.   "The teletype scanner was gronked, so
   we took the system down."   2. Of people, the condition of feeling
   very tired or (less commonly) sick.   "I've been chasing that bug for
   17 hours now and I am thoroughly gronked!"   Compare {broken}, which
   means about the same as {gronk} used of hardware, but connotes
   depression or mental/emotional problems in people.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   grunge /gruhnj/ n.   1. That which is grungy, or that which
   makes it so.   2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to
   changes in other parts of the program.   The preferred term in North
   America is {dead code}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   green card
  
      [after the "IBM System/360 Reference Data" card] A summary of
      an assembly language, even if the colour is not green.   Less
      frequently used now because of the decrease in the use of
      assembly language.   "I'll go get my green card so I can check
      the {addressing mode} for that instruction."   Some green cards
      are actually booklets.
  
      The original green card became a yellow card when the
      System/370 was introduced, and later a yellow booklet.   An
      anecdote from IBM refers to a scene that took place in a
      programmers' terminal room at Yorktown in 1978.   A luser
      overheard one of the programmers ask another "Do you have a
      green card?"   The other grunted and passed the first a thick
      yellow booklet.   At this point the luser turned a delicate
      shade of olive and rapidly left the room, never to return.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   green machine
  
      A computer or peripheral device that has been designed and
      built to military specifications for field equipment (that is,
      to withstand mechanical shock, extremes of temperature and
      humidity, and so forth).   Comes from the olive-drab "uniform"
      paint used for military equipment.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Green's Theorem
  
      (TMRC) For any story, in any group of people there
      will be at least one person who has not heard the story.   A
      refinement of the theorem states that there will be *exactly*
      one person (if there were more than one, it wouldn't be as bad
      to re-tell the story).   The name of this theorem is a play on
      a fundamental theorem in calculus.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1994-12-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Greenwich Mean Time
  
      (GMT) The local time on the Greenwich
      meridian, based on the hypothetical mean sun (which averages
      out the effects of the Earth's elliptical orbit and its tilted
      axis).   GMT is the basis of the civil time for the UK.
  
      In 1925 the reference point was changed from noon to midnight
      and it was recommended that the term "{Universal Time}" should
      be used for the new GMT.
  
      Authorities disagreed on whether GMT equates with {UT0} or
      {UT1}, however the differences between the two are of the
      order of thousandths of a second.   GMT is no longer used for
      scientific purposes.
  
      (2001-08-02)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   gronk
  
      /gronk/ Popularised by Johnny Hart's comic strip "B.C." but
      the word apparently predates that.
  
      1. To clear the state of a {wedged} device and restart it.
      More severe than "to {frob}" (sense 2).
  
      2. [TMRC] To cut, sever, smash, or similarly disable.
  
      3. The sound made by many 3.5-inch diskette drives.   In
      particular, the microfloppies on a Commodore {Amiga} go
      "grink, gronk".
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   gronked
  
      1. Broken.   "The teletype scanner was gronked, so we took the
      system down."
  
      2. Of people, the condition of feeling very tired or (less
      commonly) sick.   "I've been chasing that bug for 17 hours now
      and I am thoroughly gronked!"   Compare {broken}, which means
      about the same as {gronk} used of hardware, but connotes
      depression or mental/emotional problems in people.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   grunge
  
      /gruhnj/ 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes it so.
  
      2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to changes in
      other parts of the program.   The preferred term in North
      America is {dead code}.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Garnish
      overlay with stones (2 Chr. 3:6), adorn (Rev. 21:19), deck with
      garlands (Matt. 23:29), furnish (12:44).
     
         In Job 26:13 (Heb. shiphrah, meaning "brightness"), "By his
      spirit the heavens are brightness" i.e., are bright, splendid,
      beautiful.
     

From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
   Guernsey
  
   (British crown dependency)
  
   Guernsey:Geography
  
   Location: Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of
   France
  
   Map references: Europe
  
   Area:
   total area: 194 sq km
   land area: 194 sq km
   comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC
   note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller
   islands
  
   Land boundaries: 0 km
  
   Coastline: 50 km
  
   Maritime claims:
   exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
   territorial sea: 3 nm
  
   International disputes: none
  
   Climate: temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of
   days are overcast
  
   Terrain: mostly level with low hills in southwest
  
   Natural resources: cropland
  
   Land use:
   arable land: NA%
   permanent crops: NA%
   meadows and pastures: NA%
   forest and woodland: NA%
   other: NA%
  
   Irrigated land: NA sq km
  
   Environment:
   current issues: NA
   natural hazards: NA
   international agreements: NA
  
   Note: large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
  
   Guernsey:People
  
   Population: 64,353 (July 1995 est.)
  
   Age structure:
   0-14 years: 18% (female 5,664; male 5,892)
   15-64 years: 66% (female 21,574; male 21,030)
   65 years and over: 16% (female 6,059; male 4,134) (July 1995 est.)
  
   Population growth rate: 0.98% (1995 est.)
  
   Birth rate: 13.29 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Death rate: 9.93 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Net migration rate: 6.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Infant mortality rate: 6.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
  
   Life expectancy at birth:
   total population: 78.34 years
   male: 75.63 years
   female: 81.07 years (1995 est.)
  
   Total fertility rate: 1.7 children born/woman (1995 est.)
  
   Nationality:
   noun: Channel Islander(s)
   adjective: Channel Islander
  
   Ethnic divisions: UK and Norman-French descent
  
   Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist,
   Congregational, Methodist
  
   Languages: English, French; Norman-French dialect spoken in country
   districts
  
   Literacy: NA%
  
   Labor force: NA
  
   Guernsey:Government
  
   Names:
   conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey
   conventional short form: Guernsey
  
   Digraph: GK
  
   Type: British crown dependency
  
   Capital: Saint Peter Port
  
   Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency)
  
   Independence: none (British crown dependency)
  
   National holiday: Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
  
   Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and
   practice
  
   Legal system: English law and local statute; justice is administered
   by the Royal Court
  
   Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
  
   Executive branch:
   chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
   head of government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief
   Vice-Admiral Sir John COWARD (since NA 1994); Bailiff Mr. Graham
   Martyn DOREY (since February 1992)
   cabinet: Advisory and Finance Committee (other committees); appointed
   by the States
  
   Legislative branch: unicameral
   Assembly of the States: elections last held NA (next to be held NA);
   results - no percent of vote by party since all are independents;
   seats - (60 total, 33 elected), all independents
  
   Judicial branch: Royal Court
  
   Political parties and leaders: none; all independents
  
   Member of: none
  
   Diplomatic representation in US: none (British crown dependency)
  
   US diplomatic representation: none (British crown dependency)
  
   Flag: white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of
   England) extending to the edges of the flag
  
   Economy
  
   Overview: Financial services account for more than 50% of total
   income. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and
   cut flowers, have been declining. Bank profits (1992) registered a
   record 26% growth. Fund management and insurance are the two other
   major income generators. Per capita output and living standards are
   somewhat lower than the levels of the less affluent EU countries.
  
   National product: GDP $NA
  
   National product real growth rate: 9% (1987)
  
   National product per capita: $NA
  
   Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (1988)
  
   Unemployment rate: NA%
  
   Budget:
   revenues: $208.9 million
   expenditures: $173.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
   (1988)
  
   Exports: $NA
   commodities: tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant,
   other vegetables
   partners: UK (regarded as internal trade)
  
   Imports: $NA
   commodities: coal, gasoline, and oil
   partners: UK (regarded as internal trade)
  
   External debt: $NA
  
   Industrial production: growth rate NA%
  
   Electricity:
   capacity: 173,000 kW
   production: 525 million kWh
   consumption per capita: 9,060 kWh (1992)
  
   Industries: tourism, banking
  
   Agriculture: tomatoes, flowers (mostly grown in greenhouses), sweet
   peppers, eggplant, other vegetables, fruit; Guernsey cattle
  
   Economic aid: none
  
   Currency: 1 Guernsey (#G) pound = 100 pence
  
   Exchange rates: Guernsey pounds (#G) per US$1 - 0.6350 (January 1995),
   0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603
   (1990); note - the Guernsey pound is at par with the British pound
  
   Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Guernsey:Transportation
  
   Railroads: 0 km
  
   Highways:
   total: NA
   paved: NA
   unpaved: NA
  
   Ports: Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
  
   Merchant marine: none
  
   Airports:
   total: 2
   with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1
   with paved runways under 914 m: 1
  
   Guernsey:Communications
  
   Telephone system: 41,900 telephones
   local: NA
   intercity: NA
   international: 1 submarine cable
  
   Radio:
   broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0
   radios: NA
  
   Television:
   broadcast stations: 1
   televisions: NA
  
   Guernsey:Defense Forces
  
   Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK
  
  
  
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