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   Gary Cooper
         n 1: United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong
               silent heroes (1901-1961) [syn: {Cooper}, {Gary Cooper},
               {Frank Cooper}]

English Dictionary: grass family by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gearshift
n
  1. a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears; "in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever"
    Synonym(s): gearshift, gearstick, shifter, gear lever
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann
n
  1. pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866) [syn: Riemann, Bernhard Riemann, Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Georg Friedrich Handel
n
  1. a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)
    Synonym(s): Handel, George Frideric Handel, George Frederick Handel, Georg Friedrich Handel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Georg Philipp Telemann
n
  1. German baroque composer (1681-1767) [syn: Telemann, Georg Philipp Telemann]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Balanchine
n
  1. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)
    Synonym(s): Balanchine, George Balanchine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Beadle
n
  1. United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
    Synonym(s): Beadle, George Beadle, George Wells Beadle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Berkeley
n
  1. Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)
    Synonym(s): Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley, George Berkeley
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Bernard Shaw
n
  1. British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)
    Synonym(s): Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Boole
n
  1. English mathematician; creator of Boolean algebra (1815-1864)
    Synonym(s): Boole, George Boole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Bryan Brummell
n
  1. English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840)
    Synonym(s): Brummell, George Bryan Brummell, Beau Brummell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Burns
n
  1. United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996) [syn: Burns, George Burns, Nathan Birnbaum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Bush
n
  1. 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
    Synonym(s): Bush, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya
  2. vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)
    Synonym(s): Bush, George Bush, George H.W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George F. Kennan
n
  1. United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005)
    Synonym(s): Kennan, George F. Kennan, George Frost Kennan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Fox
n
  1. English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
    Synonym(s): Fox, George Fox
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Frederick Handel
n
  1. a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)
    Synonym(s): Handel, George Frideric Handel, George Frederick Handel, Georg Friedrich Handel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Frideric Handel
n
  1. a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)
    Synonym(s): Handel, George Frideric Handel, George Frederick Handel, Georg Friedrich Handel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Frost Kennan
n
  1. United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005)
    Synonym(s): Kennan, George F. Kennan, George Frost Kennan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George H.W. Bush
n
  1. vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)
    Synonym(s): Bush, George Bush, George H.W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Hubert Wilkins
n
  1. Australian who was the first to explore the Arctic by airplane (1888-1958)
    Synonym(s): Wilkins, George Hubert Wilkins
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George IV
n
  1. King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to 1830; his attempt to divorce his estranged wife undermined the prestige of the Crown (1762-1830)
    Synonym(s): George, George IV
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Paget Thomson
n
  1. English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975)
    Synonym(s): Thomson, George Paget Thomson, Sir George Paget Thomson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Percy Aldridge 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]:
George Pitt
n
  1. a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855)
    Synonym(s): Pitt, George Pitt, George Dibdin Pitt, George Dibdin-Pitt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George V
n
  1. King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936; gave up his German title in 1917 during World War I (1865-1936)
    Synonym(s): George, George V
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George Vancouver
n
  1. English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798)
    Synonym(s): Vancouver, George Vancouver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George VI
n
  1. King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1936 to 1947; he succeeded Edward VIII (1895-1952)
    Synonym(s): George, George VI
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
George W. Bush
n
  1. 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
    Synonym(s): Bush, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Georgia bark
n
  1. ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever
    Synonym(s): fever tree, Georgia bark, bitter-bark, Pinckneya pubens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Georgia pine
n
  1. large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree
    Synonym(s): longleaf pine, pitch pine, southern yellow pine, Georgia pine, Pinus palustris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Giorgio Vasari
n
  1. Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574) [syn: Vasari, Giorgio Vasari]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grace of God
n
  1. (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God; "God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners"; "there but for the grace of God go I"
    Synonym(s): grace, grace of God, free grace
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Grace Patricia Kelly
n
  1. United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982)
    Synonym(s): Kelly, Grace Kelly, Grace Patricia Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
graceful
adj
  1. characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
    Antonym(s): awkward
  2. suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
    Synonym(s): elegant, graceful, refined
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gracefully
adv
  1. in a graceful manner; "she swooped gracefully" [ant: gracelessly]
  2. in a gracious or graceful manner; "he did not have a chance to grow up graciously"
    Synonym(s): graciously, gracefully
    Antonym(s): gracelessly, ungracefully, ungraciously, woodenly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gracefulness
n
  1. beautiful carriage
    Antonym(s): awkwardness, clumsiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Graecophile
adj
  1. characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things; "the Philhellenic Society"
    Synonym(s): philhellenic, philhellene, Graecophile, Graecophilic
n
  1. an admirer of Greece and everything Greek [syn: philhellene, philhellenist, Graecophile]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Graecophilic
adj
  1. characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things; "the Philhellenic Society"
    Synonym(s): philhellenic, philhellene, Graecophile, Graecophilic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grasp
n
  1. understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"
    Synonym(s): appreciation, grasp, hold
  2. the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
    Synonym(s): compass, range, reach, grasp
  3. an intellectual hold or understanding; "a good grip on French history"; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp"
    Synonym(s): grip, grasp
  4. the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
    Synonym(s): clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold
v
  1. hold firmly
    Synonym(s): grasp, hold on
  2. get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
    Synonym(s): grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
graspable
adj
  1. capable of being apprehended or understood [syn: apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable, understandable]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grasping
adj
  1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
    Synonym(s): avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile
n
  1. understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
  2. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
    Synonym(s): grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass bacillus
n
  1. a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics
    Synonym(s): Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus globigii, grass bacillus, hay bacillus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass family
n
  1. the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
    Synonym(s): Gramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass fern
n
  1. epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America
    Synonym(s): grass fern, ribbon fern, Vittaria lineata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass finch
n
  1. usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds
    Synonym(s): grassfinch, grass finch
  2. common North American finch noted for its evening song
    Synonym(s): vesper sparrow, grass finch, Pooecetes gramineus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass frog
n
  1. a common semiterrestrial European frog [syn: grass frog, Rana temporaria]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass over
v
  1. cover with grass
    Synonym(s): grass, grass over
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass parakeet
n
  1. small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
    Synonym(s): budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass pea
n
  1. European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere
    Synonym(s): grass pea, Indian pea, khesari, Lathyrus sativus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass pink
n
  1. an orchid [syn: grass pink, Calopogon pulchellum, Calopogon tuberosum]
  2. European pink cultivated for its very fragrant pink or rosy flowers
    Synonym(s): cottage pink, grass pink, Dianthus plumarius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass poly
n
  1. annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas
    Synonym(s): grass poly, hyssop loosestrife, Lythrum hyssopifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass vetch
n
  1. annual European vetch with red flowers [syn: grass vetch, grass vetchling, Lathyrus nissolia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass vetchling
n
  1. annual European vetch with red flowers [syn: grass vetch, grass vetchling, Lathyrus nissolia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass-covered
adj
  1. covered with grass; "wide grass-covered plains as far as the eye could see"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grass-of-Parnassus
n
  1. any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup
    Synonym(s): parnassia, grass-of-Parnassus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grassfinch
n
  1. usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds
    Synonym(s): grassfinch, grass finch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grassfire
n
  1. an uncontrolled fire in a grassy area [syn: grassfire, prairie fire]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grasshopper
n
  1. terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
    Synonym(s): grasshopper, hopper
  2. a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grasshopper mouse
n
  1. insectivorous mouse of western North America
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gray substance
n
  1. greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons
    Synonym(s): grey matter, gray matter, grey substance, gray substance, substantia grisea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grayish brown
n
  1. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun"
    Synonym(s): dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grayish-black
adj
  1. of black tinged with grey [syn: grey-black, {gray- black}, greyish-black, grayish-black]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grayish-blue
adj
  1. of blue tinged with grey [syn: grey-blue, gray-blue, greyish-blue, grayish-blue]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grayish-brown
adj
  1. of brown tinged with grey [syn: grey-brown, {gray- brown}, greyish-brown, grayish-brown]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grayish-pink
adj
  1. of pink tinged with grey [syn: grey-pink, gray-pink, greyish-pink, grayish-pink]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greaseball
n
  1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
    Synonym(s): wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greasepaint
n
  1. a greasy substance used as makeup by actors
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greaseproof
adj
  1. resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax; "greaseproof wrapping paper"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greaseproof paper
n
  1. paper that is impermeable to oil or grease; used in cooking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Greek capital
n
  1. the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess); "in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city"
    Synonym(s): Athens, Athinai, capital of Greece, Greek capital
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Greek fire
n
  1. a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries; catches fire when wetted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Greek fret
n
  1. an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls"
    Synonym(s): fret, Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Greek partridge
n
  1. of mountainous areas of southern Europe [syn: {Greek partridge}, rock partridge, Alectoris graeca]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Greek valerian
n
  1. erect or spreading perennial of the eastern United States
    Synonym(s): Greek valerian, Polemonium reptans
  2. pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers
    Synonym(s): Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian, charity, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grey substance
n
  1. greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons
    Synonym(s): grey matter, gray matter, grey substance, gray substance, substantia grisea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greyish brown
n
  1. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun"
    Synonym(s): dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greyish-black
adj
  1. of black tinged with grey [syn: grey-black, {gray- black}, greyish-black, grayish-black]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greyish-blue
adj
  1. of blue tinged with grey [syn: grey-blue, gray-blue, greyish-blue, grayish-blue]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greyish-brown
adj
  1. of brown tinged with grey [syn: grey-brown, {gray- brown}, greyish-brown, grayish-brown]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greyish-pink
adj
  1. of pink tinged with grey [syn: grey-pink, gray-pink, greyish-pink, grayish-pink]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
griseofulvin
n
  1. a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium
    Synonym(s): griseofulvin, Fulvicin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gros point
n
  1. a needlepoint stitch covering two horizontal and two vertical threads
  2. needlepoint embroidery done with large stitches
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gros Ventre
n
  1. a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota
    Synonym(s): Hidatsa, Gros Ventre
  2. a Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa
    Synonym(s): Hidatsa, Gros Ventre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grosbeak
n
  1. any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill
    Synonym(s): grosbeak, grossbeak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gross profit
n
  1. (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
    Synonym(s): gross profit, gross profit margin, margin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gross profit margin
n
  1. (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
    Synonym(s): gross profit, gross profit margin, margin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grossbeak
n
  1. any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill
    Synonym(s): grosbeak, grossbeak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grouse-berry
n
  1. shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries
    Synonym(s): grouseberry, grouse-berry, grouse whortleberry, Vaccinium scoparium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grouseberry
n
  1. shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries
    Synonym(s): grouseberry, grouse-berry, grouse whortleberry, Vaccinium scoparium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gyroscope
n
  1. rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
    Synonym(s): gyroscope, gyro
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gyroscopic
adj
  1. having the characteristics of a gyroscope
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See
            {Pinus}.
  
      Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
               States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the
               {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.
               resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.
               Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch
               pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}
               ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The
               {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
               bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,
               firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
               considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
               genera.
  
      2. The wood of the pine tree.
  
      3. A pineapple.
  
      {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.
  
      {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
            the {Araucaria excelsa}.
  
      {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered
            with pines. [Southern U.S.]
  
      {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into
            pine trees.
  
      {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.
           
  
      {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
            enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
            hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
            red.
  
      {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
            lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle
            States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and
            {alligator}.
  
      {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also
                  {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.
            (b) The American sable. See {Sable}.
  
      {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91]
            burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
            doing great damage.
  
      {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
            pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
            forests.
  
      {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
            of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.
  
      {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).
  
      {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
            and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
           
  
      {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American
            snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered
            with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
            {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is
            chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
  
      {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.
  
      {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the
            seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
            figure of a pine tree.
  
      {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees.
            Several species are known in both Europe and America,
            belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.
  
      {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
            them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
            Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
            arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood
            wool}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mojarra \Mo*jar"ra\, n. [Sp.]
      Any of certain basslike marine fishes (mostly of tropical
      seas, and having a deep, compressed body, protracile mouth,
      and large silvery scales) constituting the family
      {Gerrid[91]}, as {Gerres plumieri}, found from Florida to
      Brazil and used as food. Also, any of numerous other fishes
      of similar appearance but belonging to other families.

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      {Circle of the gorge} (Math.), a minimum circle on a surface
            of revolution, cut out by a plane perpendicular to the
            axis.
  
      {Gorge fishing}, trolling with a dead bait on a double hook
            which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge.

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   Gorse \Gorse\, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow,
      grass.] (Bot.)
      Furze. See {Furze}.
  
               The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly
               gorse.                                                   --Cowper.
  
      {Gorse bird} (Zo[94]l.), the European linnet; -- called also
            {gorse hatcher}. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Gorse chat} (Zo[94]l.), the winchat.
  
      {Gorse duck}, the corncrake; -- called also {grass drake},
            {land drake}, and {corn drake}.

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      6. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness;
            commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.
  
                     Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and
                     secures them longer, than any thing else. --Hazlitt.
  
                     I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and
                     the grace of the gift.                        --Longfellow.
  
      7. pl. (Myth.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister
            goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the
            attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They
            were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely,
            Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the
            inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to
            wisdom, love, and social intercourse.
  
                     The Graces love to weave the rose.      --Moore.
  
                     The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. --Prior.
  
      8. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and
            formerly of the king of England.
  
                     How fares your Grace !                        --Shak.
  
      9. (Commonly pl.) Thanks. [Obs.]
  
                     Yielding graces and thankings to their lord
                     Melibeus.                                          --Chaucer.
  
      10. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks
            rendered, before or after a meal.
  
      11. pl. (Mus.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either
            introduced by the performer, or indicated by the
            composer, in which case the notation signs are called
            grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.
  
      12. (Eng. Universities) An act, vote, or decree of the
            government of the institution; a degree or privilege
            conferred by such vote or decree. --Walton.
  
      13. pl. A play designed to promote or display grace of
            motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one
            player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of
            each. Called also {grace hoop} or {hoops}.
  
      {Act of grace}. See under {Act}.
  
      {Day of grace} (Theol.), the time of probation, when the
            offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted.
  
                     That day of grace fleets fast away.   --I. Watts.
  
      {Days of grace} (Com.), the days immediately following the
            day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are
            allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. In
            Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are
            three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants
            being different.
  
      {Good graces}, favor; friendship.
  
      {Grace cup}.
            (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after
                  grace.
            (b) A health drunk after grace has been said.
  
                           The grace cup follows to his sovereign's
                           health.                                       --Hing.
  
      {Grace drink}, a drink taken on rising from the table; a
            grace cup.
  
                     To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the
                     custom of the grace drink, she having established it
                     as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till
                     grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. --Encyc.
                                                                              Brit.
  
      {Grace hoop}, a hoop used in playing graces. See {Grace}, n.,
            13.
  
      {Grace note} (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See {Appoggiatura}, and
            def. 11 above.
  
      {Grace stroke}, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace.
           
  
      {Means of grace}, means of securing knowledge of God, or
            favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc.
  
      {To do grace}, to reflect credit upon.
  
                     Content to do the profession some grace. --Shak.
  
      {To say grace}, to render thanks before or after a meal.
  
      {With a good grace}, in a fit and proper manner grace fully;
            graciously.
  
      {With a bad grace}, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory
            manner; ungraciously.
  
                     What might have been done with a good grace would at
                     least be done with a bad grace.         --Macaulay.
  
      Syn: Elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy.
  
      Usage: {Grace}, {Mercy}. These words, though often
                  interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar
                  meaning. Grace, in the strict sense of the term, is
                  spontaneous favor to the guilty or undeserving; mercy
                  is kindness or compassion to the suffering or
                  condemned. It was the grace of God that opened a way
                  for the exercise of mercy toward men. See {Elegance}.

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      6. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness;
            commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.
  
                     Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and
                     secures them longer, than any thing else. --Hazlitt.
  
                     I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and
                     the grace of the gift.                        --Longfellow.
  
      7. pl. (Myth.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister
            goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the
            attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They
            were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely,
            Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the
            inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to
            wisdom, love, and social intercourse.
  
                     The Graces love to weave the rose.      --Moore.
  
                     The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. --Prior.
  
      8. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and
            formerly of the king of England.
  
                     How fares your Grace !                        --Shak.
  
      9. (Commonly pl.) Thanks. [Obs.]
  
                     Yielding graces and thankings to their lord
                     Melibeus.                                          --Chaucer.
  
      10. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks
            rendered, before or after a meal.
  
      11. pl. (Mus.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either
            introduced by the performer, or indicated by the
            composer, in which case the notation signs are called
            grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.
  
      12. (Eng. Universities) An act, vote, or decree of the
            government of the institution; a degree or privilege
            conferred by such vote or decree. --Walton.
  
      13. pl. A play designed to promote or display grace of
            motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one
            player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of
            each. Called also {grace hoop} or {hoops}.
  
      {Act of grace}. See under {Act}.
  
      {Day of grace} (Theol.), the time of probation, when the
            offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted.
  
                     That day of grace fleets fast away.   --I. Watts.
  
      {Days of grace} (Com.), the days immediately following the
            day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are
            allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. In
            Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are
            three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants
            being different.
  
      {Good graces}, favor; friendship.
  
      {Grace cup}.
            (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after
                  grace.
            (b) A health drunk after grace has been said.
  
                           The grace cup follows to his sovereign's
                           health.                                       --Hing.
  
      {Grace drink}, a drink taken on rising from the table; a
            grace cup.
  
                     To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the
                     custom of the grace drink, she having established it
                     as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till
                     grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. --Encyc.
                                                                              Brit.
  
      {Grace hoop}, a hoop used in playing graces. See {Grace}, n.,
            13.
  
      {Grace note} (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See {Appoggiatura}, and
            def. 11 above.
  
      {Grace stroke}, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace.
           
  
      {Means of grace}, means of securing knowledge of God, or
            favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc.
  
      {To do grace}, to reflect credit upon.
  
                     Content to do the profession some grace. --Shak.
  
      {To say grace}, to render thanks before or after a meal.
  
      {With a good grace}, in a fit and proper manner grace fully;
            graciously.
  
      {With a bad grace}, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory
            manner; ungraciously.
  
                     What might have been done with a good grace would at
                     least be done with a bad grace.         --Macaulay.
  
      Syn: Elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy.
  
      Usage: {Grace}, {Mercy}. These words, though often
                  interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar
                  meaning. Grace, in the strict sense of the term, is
                  spontaneous favor to the guilty or undeserving; mercy
                  is kindness or compassion to the suffering or
                  condemned. It was the grace of God that opened a way
                  for the exercise of mercy toward men. See {Elegance}.

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   Graceful \Grace"ful\, a.
      Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy;
      agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment,
      speaker, air, act, speech.
  
               High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode.
                                                                              --Dryden.
      -- {Grace"ful*ly}, adv. {Grace"ful*ness}, n.

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   Graceful \Grace"ful\, a.
      Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy;
      agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment,
      speaker, air, act, speech.
  
               High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode.
                                                                              --Dryden.
      -- {Grace"ful*ly}, adv. {Grace"ful*ness}, n.

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   Graceful \Grace"ful\, a.
      Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy;
      agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment,
      speaker, air, act, speech.
  
               High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode.
                                                                              --Dryden.
      -- {Grace"ful*ly}, adv. {Grace"ful*ness}, n.

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   Grasp \Grasp\, n.
      1. A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or
            infolding in the arms. [bd]The grasps of love.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and
            holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
  
      3. Forcible possession; hold.
  
                     The whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      4. Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects
            and hold them under survey.
  
                     The foremost minds of the next . . . era were not,
                     in power of grasp, equal to their predecessors. --Z.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
      5. The handle of a sword or of an oar.

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   Grasp \Grasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grasper}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Qraspine}.] [OE. graspen; prob. akin to LG. grupsen, or to
      E. grope. Cf. {Grab}, {Grope}.]
      1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the
            fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
  
                     Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. --Shak.
  
      2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly
            acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.

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   Grasp \Grasp\, v. i.
      To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch;
      to struggle; to strive.
  
               As one that grasped And tugged for life and was by
               strength subdued.                                    --Shak.
  
      {To grasp at}, to catch at; to try to seize; as, Alexander
            grasped at universal empire,

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   Graspable \Grasp"a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being grasped.

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   Grasp \Grasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grasper}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Qraspine}.] [OE. graspen; prob. akin to LG. grupsen, or to
      E. grope. Cf. {Grab}, {Grope}.]
      1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the
            fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
  
                     Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. --Shak.
  
      2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly
            acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.

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   Grasping \Grasp"ing\, a.
      1. Seizing; embracing; catching.
  
      2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as,
            he is a grasping man. -- {Grasp"ing*ly}, adv. --
            {Grasp"ing*ness}, n.

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   Grasping \Grasp"ing\, a.
      1. Seizing; embracing; catching.
  
      2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as,
            he is a grasping man. -- {Grasp"ing*ly}, adv. --
            {Grasp"ing*ness}, n.

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   Grasping \Grasp"ing\, a.
      1. Seizing; embracing; catching.
  
      2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as,
            he is a grasping man. -- {Grasp"ing*ly}, adv. --
            {Grasp"ing*ness}, n.

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   Graspless \Grasp"less\, a.
      Without a grasp; relaxed.
  
               From my graspless hand Drop friendship's precious
               pearls.                                                   --Coleridge.

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   Calico \Cal"i*co\, n.; pl. {Calicoes}. [So called because first
      imported from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot.]
      1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives
            distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super
            calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
            [Eng.]
  
                     The importation of printed or stained colicoes
                     appears to have been coeval with the establishment
                     of the East India Company.                  --Beck
                                                                              (Draper's
                                                                              Dict. ).
  
      2. Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
  
      Note: In the United States the term calico is applied only to
               the printed fabric.
  
      {Calico bass} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, fresh-water fish
            ({Pomoxys sparaides}) of the rivers and lake of the
            Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley.),
            allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated
            colors; -- called also {calicoback}, {grass bass},
            {strawberry bass}, {barfish}, and {bitterhead}.
  
      {Calico printing}, the art or process of impressing the
            figured patterns on calico.

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   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

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   Calico \Cal"i*co\, n.; pl. {Calicoes}. [So called because first
      imported from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot.]
      1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives
            distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super
            calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
            [Eng.]
  
                     The importation of printed or stained colicoes
                     appears to have been coeval with the establishment
                     of the East India Company.                  --Beck
                                                                              (Draper's
                                                                              Dict. ).
  
      2. Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
  
      Note: In the United States the term calico is applied only to
               the printed fabric.
  
      {Calico bass} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, fresh-water fish
            ({Pomoxys sparaides}) of the rivers and lake of the
            Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley.),
            allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated
            colors; -- called also {calicoback}, {grass bass},
            {strawberry bass}, {barfish}, and {bitterhead}.
  
      {Calico printing}, the art or process of impressing the
            figured patterns on calico.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dunlin \Dun"lin\, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. dun hill
      (E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, E. lin.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A species of sandpiper ({Tringa alpina}); -- called also
      {churr}, {dorbie}, {grass bird}, and {red-backed sandpiper}.
      It is found both in Europe and America.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dunlin \Dun"lin\, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. dun hill
      (E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, E. lin.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A species of sandpiper ({Tringa alpina}); -- called also
      {churr}, {dorbie}, {grass bird}, and {red-backed sandpiper}.
      It is found both in Europe and America.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Parnassus \Par*nas"sus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Anc. Geog. & Gr.
      Myth.)
      A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and
      famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}, and
            {Parnassia}.
  
      {To climb Parnassus}, to write poetry. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upland \Up"land\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in
            situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
  
                     Sometimes, with secure delight The upland hamlets
                     will invite.                                       --Milton.
  
      2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the
            neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.]
            [bd] The race of upland giants.[b8] --Chapman.
  
      {Upland moccasin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moccasin}.
  
      {Upland sandpiper}, [or] {Upland plover} (Zo[94]l.), a large
            American sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}) much valued as
            a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields
            and uplands. Called also {Bartramian sandpiper},
            {Bartram's tattler}, {field plover}, {grass plover},
            {highland plover}, {hillbird}, {humility}, {prairie
            plover}, {prairie pigeon}, {prairie snipe}, {papabote},
            {quaily}, and {uplander}.
  
      {Upland sumach} (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus
            Rhus ({Rhus glabra}), used in tanning and dyeing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upland \Up"land\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in
            situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
  
                     Sometimes, with secure delight The upland hamlets
                     will invite.                                       --Milton.
  
      2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the
            neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.]
            [bd] The race of upland giants.[b8] --Chapman.
  
      {Upland moccasin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moccasin}.
  
      {Upland sandpiper}, [or] {Upland plover} (Zo[94]l.), a large
            American sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}) much valued as
            a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields
            and uplands. Called also {Bartramian sandpiper},
            {Bartram's tattler}, {field plover}, {grass plover},
            {highland plover}, {hillbird}, {humility}, {prairie
            plover}, {prairie pigeon}, {prairie snipe}, {papabote},
            {quaily}, and {uplander}.
  
      {Upland sumach} (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus
            Rhus ({Rhus glabra}), used in tanning and dyeing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wheat sawfly \Wheat sawfly\
      (a) A small European sawfly ({Cephus pygm[91]us}) whose larva
            does great injury to wheat by boring in the stalks.
      (b) Any of several small American sawflies of the genus
            {Dolerus}, as {D. sericeus} and {D. arvensis}, whose
            larv[91] injure the stems or heads of wheat.
      (c) {Pachynematus extensicornis}, whose larv[91] feed chiefly
            on the blades of wheat; -- called also {grass sawfly}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sponge \Sponge\, n. [OF. esponge, F. [82]ponge, L. spongia, Gr.
      [?], [?]. Cf. {Fungus}, {Spunk}.] [Formerly written also
      {spunge}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Spongi[91], or
            Porifera. See Illust. and Note under {Spongi[91]}.
  
      2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny
            Spongi[91] (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially
            the varieties of the genus {Spongia}. The most valuable
            sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea,
            and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
  
      3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and
            indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
  
      4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically:
            (a) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and
                  after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the
                  agency of the yeast or leaven.
            (b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
            (c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
  
      5. (Gun.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a
            discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with
            sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped
            nap, and having a handle, or staff.
  
      6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
            to the heel.
  
      {Bath sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse
            commercial sponges, especially {Spongia equina}.
  
      {Cup sponge}, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form.
           
  
      {Glass sponge}. See {Glass-sponge}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Glove sponge}, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia
            officinalis}, variety {tubulufera}), having very fine
            fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies.
  
      {Grass sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse
            commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted,
            as {Spongia graminea}, and {S. equina}, variety
            {cerebriformis}, of Florida and the West Indies.
  
      {Horse sponge}, a coarse commercial sponge, especially
            {Spongia equina}.
  
      {Platinum sponge}. (Chem.) See under {Platinum}.
  
      {Pyrotechnical sponge}, a substance made of mushrooms or
            fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then
            put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again
            dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder,
            brought from Germany.
  
      {Sheep's-wool sponge}, a fine and durable commercial sponge
            ({Spongia equina}, variety {gossypina}) found in Florida
            and the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger
            and smaller tufts, having the oscula between them.
  
      {Sponge cake}, a kind of sweet cake which is light and
            spongy.
  
      {Sponge lead}, [or] {Spongy lead} (Chem.), metallic lead
            brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by
            compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary
            batteries and otherwise.
  
      {Sponge tree} (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia
            Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are
            used in perfumery.
  
      {Toilet sponge}, a very fine and superior variety of
            Mediterranean sponge ({Spongia officinalis}, variety
            {Mediterranea}); -- called also {turkish sponge}.
  
      {To set a sponge} (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour,
            to be used in leavening a larger quantity.
  
      {To throw up the sponge}, to give up a contest; to
            acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring,
            the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds
            throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat. [Cant
            or Slang] [bd]He was too brave a man to throw up the
            sponge to fate.[b8] --Lowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grasshopper \Grass"hop`per\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the
            families {Acridid[91]} and {Locustid[91]}. The species and
            genera are very numerous. The former family includes the
            Western grasshopper or locust ({Caloptenus spretus}),
            noted for the great extent of its ravages in the region
            beyond the Mississippi. In the Eastern United States the
            red-legged ({Caloptenus femurrubrum} and {C. atlanis}) are
            closely related species, but their ravages are less
            important. They are closely related to the migratory
            locusts of the Old World. See {Locust}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: The meadow or green grasshoppers belong to the
               {Locustid[91]}. They have long antenn[91], large
               ovipositors, and stridulating organs at the base of the
               wings in the male. The European great green grasshopper
               ({Locusta viridissima}) belongs to this family. The
               common American green species mostly belong to
               {Xiphidium}, {Orchelimum}, and {Conocephalus}.
  
      2. In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the
            escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out
            and replaced with the key; -- called also the {hopper.}
            --Grove.
  
      {Grasshopper engine}, a steam engine having a working beam
            with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the
            other end, and the connecting rod at an intermediate
            point.
  
      {Grasshopper lobster} (Zo[94]l.) a young lobster. [Local, U.
            S.]
  
      {Grasshopper warbler} (Zo[94]l.), cricket bird.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: The meadow or green grasshoppers belong to the
               {Locustid[91]}. They have long antenn[91], large
               ovipositors, and stridulating organs at the base of the
               wings in the male. The European great green grasshopper
               ({Locusta viridissima}) belongs to this family. The
               common American green species mostly belong to
               {Xiphidium}, {Orchelimum}, and {Conocephalus}.
  
      2. In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the
            escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out
            and replaced with the key; -- called also the {hopper.}
            --Grove.
  
      {Grasshopper engine}, a steam engine having a working beam
            with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the
            other end, and the connecting rod at an intermediate
            point.
  
      {Grasshopper lobster} (Zo[94]l.) a young lobster. [Local, U.
            S.]
  
      {Grasshopper warbler} (Zo[94]l.), cricket bird.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: The meadow or green grasshoppers belong to the
               {Locustid[91]}. They have long antenn[91], large
               ovipositors, and stridulating organs at the base of the
               wings in the male. The European great green grasshopper
               ({Locusta viridissima}) belongs to this family. The
               common American green species mostly belong to
               {Xiphidium}, {Orchelimum}, and {Conocephalus}.
  
      2. In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the
            escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out
            and replaced with the key; -- called also the {hopper.}
            --Grove.
  
      {Grasshopper engine}, a steam engine having a working beam
            with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the
            other end, and the connecting rod at an intermediate
            point.
  
      {Grasshopper lobster} (Zo[94]l.) a young lobster. [Local, U.
            S.]
  
      {Grasshopper warbler} (Zo[94]l.), cricket bird.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cricket \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet,
      criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D.
      kriek a cricket. See {Creak}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An orthopterous insect of the genus {Gryllus}, and allied
      genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing
      together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.
  
      Note: The common European cricket is {Gryllus domesticus};
               the common large black crickets of America are {G.
               niger}, {G. neglectus}, and others.
  
      {Balm cricket}. See under {Balm}.
  
      {Cricket bird}, a small European bird ({Silvia locustella});
            -- called also {grasshopper warbler}.
  
      {Cricket frog}, a small American tree frog ({Acris gryllus});
            -- so called from its chirping.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: The meadow or green grasshoppers belong to the
               {Locustid[91]}. They have long antenn[91], large
               ovipositors, and stridulating organs at the base of the
               wings in the male. The European great green grasshopper
               ({Locusta viridissima}) belongs to this family. The
               common American green species mostly belong to
               {Xiphidium}, {Orchelimum}, and {Conocephalus}.
  
      2. In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the
            escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out
            and replaced with the key; -- called also the {hopper.}
            --Grove.
  
      {Grasshopper engine}, a steam engine having a working beam
            with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the
            other end, and the connecting rod at an intermediate
            point.
  
      {Grasshopper lobster} (Zo[94]l.) a young lobster. [Local, U.
            S.]
  
      {Grasshopper warbler} (Zo[94]l.), cricket bird.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cricket \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet,
      criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D.
      kriek a cricket. See {Creak}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An orthopterous insect of the genus {Gryllus}, and allied
      genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing
      together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.
  
      Note: The common European cricket is {Gryllus domesticus};
               the common large black crickets of America are {G.
               niger}, {G. neglectus}, and others.
  
      {Balm cricket}. See under {Balm}.
  
      {Cricket bird}, a small European bird ({Silvia locustella});
            -- called also {grasshopper warbler}.
  
      {Cricket frog}, a small American tree frog ({Acris gryllus});
            -- so called from its chirping.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Locust \Lo"cust\, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf.
      {Lobster}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged,
            migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family
            {Acridid[91]}, allied to the grasshoppers; esp.,
            ({Edipoda, [or] Pachytylus, migratoria}, and {Acridium
            perigrinum}, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the
            United States the related species with similar habits are
            usually called {grasshoppers}. See {Grasshopper}.
  
      Note: These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and
               the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and
               when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the
               United States the harvest flies are improperly called
               locusts. See {Cicada}.
  
      {Locust beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a longicorn beetle ({Cyllene
            robini[91]}), which, in the larval state, bores holes in
            the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black,
            barred with yellow. Called also {locust borer}.
  
      {Locust bird} (Zo[94]l.) the rose-colored starling or pastor
            of India. See {Pastor}.
  
      {Locust hunter} (Zo[94]l.), an African bird; the beefeater.
  
      2. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See {Locust
            Tree} (definition, note, and phrases).
  
      {Locust bean} (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of
            the carob tree.

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   Grassplot \Grass"plot`\, n.
      A plot or space covered with grass; a lawn. [bd]Here on this
      grassplot.[b8] --Shak.

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   Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE.
      gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw,
      OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel.
      gr[amac]r.] [Written also {grey}.]
      1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt,
            or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark
            mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
  
                     These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
                     mixing whites and blacks.                  --Sir I.
                                                                              Newton.
  
      2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
  
      3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.
  
      {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite.
  
      {Gray buck} (Zo[94]l.), the chickara.
  
      {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite.
  
      {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite.
  
      {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the
            female mallard.
  
      {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon.
  
      {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}.
  
      {Gray hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the blackcock or black
            grouse. See {Heath grouse}.
  
      {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the
            genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell.
  
      {Gray mullet} (Zo[94]l.) any one of the numerous species of
            the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in
            the Old World and America; as the European species ({M.
            capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet
            ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M.
            Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}.
  
      {Gray owl} (Zo[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl
            ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea})
            inhabits arctic America.
  
      {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}),
            very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in
            learning to talk.
  
      {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}.
  
      {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer.
            See {Snapper}.
  
      {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
  
      {Gray whale} (Zo[94]l.), a rather large and swift California
            whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large
            numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback},
            {devilfish}, and {hardhead}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE.
      gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw,
      OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel.
      gr[amac]r.] [Written also {grey}.]
      1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt,
            or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark
            mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
  
                     These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
                     mixing whites and blacks.                  --Sir I.
                                                                              Newton.
  
      2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
  
      3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.
  
      {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite.
  
      {Gray buck} (Zo[94]l.), the chickara.
  
      {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite.
  
      {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite.
  
      {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the
            female mallard.
  
      {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon.
  
      {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}.
  
      {Gray hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the blackcock or black
            grouse. See {Heath grouse}.
  
      {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the
            genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell.
  
      {Gray mullet} (Zo[94]l.) any one of the numerous species of
            the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in
            the Old World and America; as the European species ({M.
            capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet
            ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M.
            Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}.
  
      {Gray owl} (Zo[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl
            ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea})
            inhabits arctic America.
  
      {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}),
            very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in
            learning to talk.
  
      {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}.
  
      {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer.
            See {Snapper}.
  
      {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
  
      {Gray whale} (Zo[94]l.), a rather large and swift California
            whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large
            numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback},
            {devilfish}, and {hardhead}.

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   Tetrahedrite \Tet`ra*he"drite\, n. [So called because the
      crystals of the species are commonly tetrahedrons.] (Min.)
      A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of
      other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some
      varieties yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called
      also {gray copper ore}, {fahlore}, and {panabase}.

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   Grease \Grease\ (gr[emac]s), n. [OE. grese, grece, F. graisse;
      akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. LL. grassus thick, fat, gross,
      L. crassus. Cf. {Crass}.]
      1. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft
            state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
  
      2. (Far.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the
            ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing
            dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration,
            and fungous excrescences.
  
      {Grease bush}. (Bot.) Same as {Grease wood} (below).
  
      {Grease moth} (Zo[94]l.), a pyralid moth ({Aglossa
            pinguinalis}) whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc.
  
      {Grease wood} (Bot.), a scraggy, stunted, and somewhat
            prickly shrub ({Sarcobatus vermiculatus}) of the Spinach
            family, very abundant in alkaline valleys from the upper
            Missouri to California. The name is also applied to other
            plants of the same family, as several species of
            {Atriplex} and {Obione}.

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   .
            (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite
                  at a regulated height. --Simmonds.
  
      {Fire bar}, a grate bar.
  
      {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight.
  
      {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear
            as if burnt by fire.
  
      {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for
            the fire.
  
      {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining
            intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or
            of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and
            used for lining fire boxes, etc.
  
      {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished
            fires.
  
      {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}.
  
      {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through
            mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.
            [U.S.]
  
      {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}.
  
      {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in
            extinguishing fires.
  
      {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton.
  
      {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}.
  
      {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Fire drill}.
            (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for
                  practice.
            (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by
                  rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; --
                  used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by
                  many savage peoples.
  
      {Fire eater}.
            (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire.
            (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur.
                  [Colloq.]
  
      {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels,
            for throwing water to extinguish fire.
  
      {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from
            burning buildings.
  
      {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam
            of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off
            afterward by heat.
  
      {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire
            gilding.
  
      {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire;
            also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes,
            in consideration of the payment of a premium or small
            percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an
            owner of property from loss by fire during a specified
            period.
  
      {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs,
            poker, and shovel.
  
      {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out
            fire.
  
      {Fire master}
            (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the
                     composition of fireworks.
  
      {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against
            fire.
  
      {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.
           
  
      {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test
            was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon
            red-hot irons. --Abbot.
  
      {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially
            the receptacle for the priming of a gun.
  
      {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the
            main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing
            fires.
  
      {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the
            contract of insurance against loss by fire.
  
      {Fire pot}.
            (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles,
                  formerly used as a missile in war.
            (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a
                  furnace.
            (c) A crucible.
            (d) A solderer's furnace.
  
      {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting
            fire to an enemy's ships.
  
      {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to
            their quarters in case of fire.
  
      {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking
            the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by
            exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally
            superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond.
  
      {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting
            fire to an enemy's ships.
  
      {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire.
  
      {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites,
            caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen.
            --Raymond.
  
      {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are
            exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of
            combustion; heating surface.
  
      {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun
            in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.
            --Farrow.
  
      {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.
  
      {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American
            Indians.
  
      {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly
            in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called
            Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.
  
      {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}.
  
      {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager;
            zealous.
  
      {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession
            by a line of troops.
  
      {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which
            St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn.
  
      {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}.
  
      {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle.
  
      {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Greek \Greek\, a. [AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf.
      {Grecian}.]
      Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.
  
      {Greek calends}. See under Calends.
  
      {Greek Church} (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part
            of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western
            Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk
            of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is
            the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia.
            The Greek Church is governed by patriarchs and is called
            also the {Byzantine Church}.
  
      {Greek cross}. See Illust. (10) Of {Cross}.
  
      {Greek Empire}. See {Byzantine Empire}.
  
      {Greek fire}, a combustible composition which burns under
            water, the constituents of which are supposed to be
            asphalt, with niter and sulphur. --Ure.
  
      {Greek rose}, the flower campion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dionysian \Di`o*ny"sian\, a.
      Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the
      Dionysian, or Christian, era.
  
      {Dionysian period}, a period of 532 years, depending on the
            cycle of the sun, or 28 years, and the cycle of the moon,
            or 19 years; -- sometimes called the {Greek paschal
            cycle}, or {Victorian period}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Valerian \Va*le"ri*an\, n. [LL. valeriana, perhaps from some
      person named Valerius, or fr. L. valere to be strong.
      powerful, on account of its medicinal virtues: cf. F.
      val[82]riane.] (Bot.)
      Any plant of the genus {Valeriana}. The root of the officinal
      valerian ({V. officinalis}) has a strong smell, and is much
      used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
  
      {Greek valerian} (Bot.), a plant ({Polemonium c[91]ruleum})
            with blue or white flowers, and leaves resembling those of
            the officinal valerian.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grog \Grog\, n. [So named from [bd]Old Grog[b8] a nickname given
      to Admiral Vernon, in allusion to his wearing a grogram cloak
      in foul weather. He is said to have been the first to dilute
      the rum of the sailors (about 1745).]
      A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened; hence, any
      intoxicating liquor.
  
      {Grog blossom}, a redness on the nose or face of persons who
            drink ardent spirits to excess. [Collog.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grogshop \Grog"shop`\, n.
      A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk; a
      dramshop.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grosbeak \Gros"beak\, n. [Gross + beak: cf. F. gros-bec.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak.
      The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is {Coccothraustes
      vulgaris}.
  
      Note: Among the best known American species are the
               rose-breasted ({Habia Ludoviciana}); the blue ({Guiraca
               c[d2]rulea}); the pine ({Pinicola enucleator}); and the
               evening grosbeak. See {Hawfinch}, and {Cardinal
               grosbeak}, {Evening grosbeak}, under {Cardinal} and
               {Evening}. [Written also {grossbeak}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gross \Gross\, a. [Compar. {Grosser}; superl. {Grossest}.] [F.
      gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.
      crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.
      Cf. {Engross}, {Grocer}, {Grogram}.]
      1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
            [bd]A gross fat man.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.
  
      2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
  
      3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
            or feeling; dull; witless.
  
                     Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      4. Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual
            appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
  
                     The terms which are delicate in one age become gross
                     in the next.                                       --Macaulay.
  
      5. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
  
      6. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
            mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
  
      7. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
            sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
            {net.}
  
      {Gross adventure} (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.
            e., on a mortgage of a ship.
  
      {Gross average} (Law), that kind of average which falls upon
            the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --
            commonly called {general average}. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
  
      {Gross receipts}, the total of the receipts, before they are
            diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --
            distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.
  
      {Gross weight} the total weight of merchandise or goods,
            without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
            distinguished from {neat, [or] net, weight}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grosbeak \Gros"beak\, n. [Gross + beak: cf. F. gros-bec.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak.
      The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is {Coccothraustes
      vulgaris}.
  
      Note: Among the best known American species are the
               rose-breasted ({Habia Ludoviciana}); the blue ({Guiraca
               c[d2]rulea}); the pine ({Pinicola enucleator}); and the
               evening grosbeak. See {Hawfinch}, and {Cardinal
               grosbeak}, {Evening grosbeak}, under {Cardinal} and
               {Evening}. [Written also {grossbeak}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grossbeak \Gross"beak`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Grosbeak}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grosbeak \Gros"beak\, n. [Gross + beak: cf. F. gros-bec.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak.
      The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is {Coccothraustes
      vulgaris}.
  
      Note: Among the best known American species are the
               rose-breasted ({Habia Ludoviciana}); the blue ({Guiraca
               c[d2]rulea}); the pine ({Pinicola enucleator}); and the
               evening grosbeak. See {Hawfinch}, and {Cardinal
               grosbeak}, {Evening grosbeak}, under {Cardinal} and
               {Evening}. [Written also {grossbeak}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grossbeak \Gross"beak`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Grosbeak}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grossification \Gross`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Gross + L. ficare (in
      comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]
      1. The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming
            so.
  
      2. (Bot.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after
            fertilization. Henslow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gyroscope \Gy"ro*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] ring, circle + -scope.]
      1. A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for
            illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the
            composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor
            W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the
            {rotascope}.
  
      2. A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault,
            mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of
            the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to
            preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of
            the earth's motion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gyroscopic \Gy"ro*scop"ic\, a.
      Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the
      gyroscope.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Garysburg, NC (town, FIPS 25540)
      Location: 36.44679 N, 77.55974 W
      Population (1990): 1057 (428 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 27831

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   George Afb, CA
      Zip code(s): 92394

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   George AFB, CA (CDP, FIPS 29336)
      Location: 34.58173 N, 117.36649 W
      Population (1990): 5085 (1180 housing units)
      Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   George Afb, CA
      Zip code(s): 92394

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   George AFB, CA (CDP, FIPS 29336)
      Location: 34.58173 N, 117.36649 W
      Population (1990): 5085 (1180 housing units)
      Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gore Springs, MS
      Zip code(s): 38929

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Graceville, FL (city, FIPS 27000)
      Location: 30.96049 N, 85.51337 W
      Population (1990): 2675 (1090 housing units)
      Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 32440
   Graceville, MN (city, FIPS 24758)
      Location: 45.56848 N, 96.43749 W
      Population (1990): 671 (312 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56240

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   Grass Valley, CA (city, FIPS 30798)
      Location: 39.22146 N, 121.05667 W
      Population (1990): 9048 (4385 housing units)
      Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 95945, 95949
   Grass Valley, OR (city, FIPS 30650)
      Location: 45.35989 N, 120.78318 W
      Population (1990): 160 (78 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97029

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   Grassflat, PA
      Zip code(s): 16839

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   Grassy Butte, ND
      Zip code(s): 58634

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grays Prairie, TX (village, FIPS 30752)
      Location: 32.47248 N, 96.35000 W
      Population (1990): 286 (102 housing units)
      Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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   Graysville, AL (city, FIPS 31384)
      Location: 33.62640 N, 86.96920 W
      Population (1990): 2241 (904 housing units)
      Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Graysville, OH (village, FIPS 31542)
      Location: 39.66107 N, 81.17106 W
      Population (1990): 89 (42 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Graysville, PA
      Zip code(s): 15337
   Graysville, TN (town, FIPS 30760)
      Location: 35.44779 N, 85.08249 W
      Population (1990): 1301 (532 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 37338

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   Griggsville, IL (city, FIPS 31771)
      Location: 39.70786 N, 90.72695 W
      Population (1990): 1218 (542 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62340

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   Groesbeck, OH (CDP, FIPS 32536)
      Location: 39.22880 N, 84.59428 W
      Population (1990): 6684 (2533 housing units)
      Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45239, 45247, 45251
   Groesbeck, TX (city, FIPS 31280)
      Location: 31.52451 N, 96.53106 W
      Population (1990): 3185 (1405 housing units)
      Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 76642

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   Grosse Pointe, MI (city, FIPS 35480)
      Location: 42.38325 N, 82.90605 W
      Population (1990): 5681 (2492 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 3.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48230, 48236

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   Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (city, FIPS 35520)
      Location: 42.38330 N, 82.85890 W
      Population (1990): 10092 (3947 housing units)
      Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 24.9 sq km (water)

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   Grosse Pointe Park, MI (city, FIPS 35540)
      Location: 42.37385 N, 82.92343 W
      Population (1990): 12857 (5009 housing units)
      Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 4.0 sq km (water)

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   Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (village, FIPS 35560)
      Location: 42.44523 N, 82.87413 W
      Population (1990): 2955 (1094 housing units)
      Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water)

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   Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (city, FIPS 35580)
      Location: 42.43570 N, 82.89837 W
      Population (1990): 17715 (6671 housing units)
      Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   George Boole
  
      1815-11-02 - 1864-12-08.   An English mathematician
      best known for his contribution to symbolic logic ({Boolean
      Algebra}) but also active in other fields such as probability
      theory, {algebra}, analysis, and differential equations.   He
      lived, taught, and is buried in Cork City, Ireland.   The Boole
      library at University College Cork is named after him.
  
      For centuries philosophers have studied logic, which is
      orderly and precise reasoning.   George Boole argued in 1847
      that logic should be allied with mathematics rather than with
      philosophy.
  
      Demonstrating logical principles with mathematical symbols
      instead of words, he founded {symbolic logic}, a field of
      mathematical/philosophical study.   In the new discipline he
      developed, known as {Boolean algebra}, all objects are divided
      into separate classes, each with a given property; each class
      may be described in terms of the presence or absence of the
      same property.   An electrical circuit, for example, is either
      on or off.   Boolean algebra has been applied in the design of
      {binary} computer circuits and telephone switching equipment.
      These devices make use of Boole's two-valued (presence or
      absence of a property) system.
  
      Born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK, George Boole was the son of
      a tradesman and was largely self-taught.   He began teaching at
      the age of 16 to help support his family.   In his spare time
      he read mathematical journals and soon began to write articles
      for them.   By the age of 29, Boole had received a gold medal
      for his work from the British Royal Society.   His
      'Mathematical Analysis of Logic', a pamphlet published in
      1847, contained his first statement of the principles of
      symbolic logic.   Two years later he was appointed professor of
      mathematics at Queen's College in Ireland, even though he had
      never studied at a university.
  
      He died in Ballintemple, Ireland, on 1864-12-08.
  
      {Compton's Encyclopedia Online
      (http://comptons2.aol.com/encyclopedia/ARTICLES/00619_A.html)}.
  
      (1998-11-19)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Grace Hopper
  
      US Navy Rear Admiral Grace Brewster Hopper
      (1906-12-09 to 1992-01-01), née Grace Brewster Murray.
  
      Hopper is believed to have concieved the concept of the
      {compiler} with the {A-0} in 1952.   She also developed the
      first commercial {high-level language}, which eventually
      evolved into {COBOL}.   She worked on the {Mark I} computer
      with Howard Aiken and with {BINAC} in 1949.
  
      She is credited with having coined the term "debug", and the
      adage "it is always easier to ask forgiveness than it is to
      get permission" (with various wordings), which has been the
      guiding principle in {sysadmin} decisions ever since.
  
      See also the entries {debug} and {bug}.
  
      Hopper is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.   In 1994, the
      US Navy named a new ship, the guided-missile destroyer {USS
      Hopper (http://www.hopper.navy.mil/)}, after her.
  
      (1999-06-29)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   GRASP/Ada
  
      Graphical Representation of Algorithms, Structures and
      Processes.
  
      ["A Graphically Oriented Specification Language for Automatic
      Code Generation", J.H. Cross, Auburn U, NASA CR-183212, 1989].
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   GRASPIN
  
      An Esprit project to develop a personal software engineering
      environment to support the construction and verification of
      distributed and non-sequential software systems.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Grasshopper
      belongs to the class of neuropterous insects called Gryllidae.
      This insect is not unknown in Palestine.
     
         In Judg. 6:5; 7:12; Job 39:30; Jer. 46:23, where the
      Authorized Version has "grasshopper," the Revised Version more
      correctly renders the Hebrew word ('arbeh) by "locust." This is
      the case also in Amos 7:1; Nah. 3:17, where the Hebrew word
      _gob_ is used; and in Lev. 11:22; Num. 13:33; Eccl. 12:5; Isa.
      40:22, where _hagab_ is used. In all these instances the proper
      rendering is probably "locust" (q.v.).
     
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