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   garbed
         adj 1: dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used
                  in combination; "the elegantly attired gentleman";
                  "neatly dressed workers"; "monks garbed in hooded robes";
                  "went about oddly garmented"; "professors robed in
                  crimson"; "tuxedo-attired gentlemen"; "crimson-robed
                  Harvard professors" [syn: {appareled}, {attired},
                  {dressed}, {garbed}, {garmented}, {habilimented},
                  {robed}]

English Dictionary: gravity by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Giraffidae
n
  1. giraffes
    Synonym(s): Giraffidae, family Giraffidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gore Vidal
n
  1. United States writer (born in 1925) [syn: Vidal, {Gore Vidal}, Eugene Luther Vidal]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
graffiti
n
  1. a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls [syn: graffito, graffiti]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
graffito
n
  1. a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls [syn: graffito, graffiti]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
graft
n
  1. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
    Synonym(s): graft, transplant
  2. the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
    Synonym(s): bribery, graft
  3. the act of grafting something onto something else
    Synonym(s): graft, grafting
v
  1. cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"
    Synonym(s): graft, engraft, ingraft
  2. place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
    Synonym(s): transplant, graft
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grafting
n
  1. the act of grafting something onto something else [syn: graft, grafting]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
graphite
n
  1. used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
    Synonym(s): graphite, black lead, plumbago
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Graptophyllum
n
  1. caricature plant [syn: Graptophyllum, {genus Graptophyllum}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Graptophyllum pictum
n
  1. tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face
    Synonym(s): caricature plant, Graptophyllum pictum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravedigger
n
  1. a person who earns a living by digging graves
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravid
adj
  1. in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
    Synonym(s): big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravida
n
  1. the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in; "in her third pregnancy a woman is said to be gravida three"
  2. a pregnant woman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravida I
n
  1. (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time
    Synonym(s): primigravida, gravida I
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravida II
n
  1. a woman who is pregnant for the second time [syn: secundigravida, gravida II]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravida III
n
  1. a woman who is pregnant for the third time [syn: tertigravida, gravida III]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravidation
n
  1. technical terms for pregnancy [syn: gravidity, gravidness, gravidation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravidity
n
  1. technical terms for pregnancy [syn: gravidity, gravidness, gravidation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravidness
n
  1. technical terms for pregnancy [syn: gravidity, gravidness, gravidation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitas
n
  1. formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity"
    Synonym(s): dignity, lordliness, gravitas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitate
v
  1. move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics"
  2. be attracted to; "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"
  3. move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitation
n
  1. (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein
    Synonym(s): gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force
  2. movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"
    Antonym(s): levitation
  3. a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitation wave
n
  1. (physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light
    Synonym(s): gravity wave, gravitation wave
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitational
adj
  1. of or relating to or caused by gravitation [syn: gravitational, gravitative]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitational attraction
n
  1. (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein
    Synonym(s): gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitational collapse
n
  1. the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity; the result is a smaller and denser celestial object
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitational constant
n
  1. (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
    Synonym(s): gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant, constant of gravitation, G
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitational field
n
  1. a field of force surrounding a body of finite mass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitational force
n
  1. (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein
    Synonym(s): gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitational interaction
n
  1. a weak interaction between particles that results from their mass; mediated by gravitons
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitational mass
n
  1. (physics) the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitational theory
n
  1. (physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
    Synonym(s): theory of gravitation, theory of gravity, gravitational theory, Newton's theory of gravitation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitationally
adv
  1. with respect to gravitation; "gravitationally strong forces"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravitative
adj
  1. of or relating to or caused by gravitation [syn: gravitational, gravitative]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
graviton
n
  1. a gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravity
n
  1. (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein
    Synonym(s): gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force
  2. a manner that is serious and solemn
    Synonym(s): graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombreness
  3. a solemn and dignified feeling
    Synonym(s): gravity, solemnity
    Antonym(s): levity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravity bomb
n
  1. a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target
    Synonym(s): dumb bomb, gravity bomb
    Antonym(s): smart bomb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravity fault
n
  1. an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
    Synonym(s): normal fault, gravity fault, common fault
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravity gradient
n
  1. a gradient in the gravitational forces acting on different parts of a nonspherical object; "the gravity gradient of the moon causes the ocean tides on Earth"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravity meter
n
  1. a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth
    Synonym(s): gravimeter, gravity meter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravity wave
n
  1. (physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light
    Synonym(s): gravity wave, gravitation wave
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravity-assist
n
  1. (spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gravy train
n
  1. income obtained with a minimum of effort [syn: {easy money}, gravy train]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Griffith
n
  1. United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948)
    Synonym(s): Griffith, D. W. Griffith, David Lewelyn Wark Griffith
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grifter
n
  1. a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
    Synonym(s): swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grivet
n
  1. white and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face
    Synonym(s): grivet, Cercopithecus aethiops
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grooved
adj
  1. established as if settled into a groove or rut [syn: grooved, well-grooved]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
group discussion
n
  1. a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic
    Synonym(s): conference, group discussion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
group dynamics
n
  1. the branch of social psychology that studies the psychodynamics of interaction in social groups
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
group Pteridospermae
n
  1. used in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with the order Cycadofilicales
    Synonym(s): Pteridospermae, group Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta, group Pteridospermaphyta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
group Pteridospermaphyta
n
  1. used in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with the order Cycadofilicales
    Synonym(s): Pteridospermae, group Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta, group Pteridospermaphyta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
group theory
n
  1. the branch of mathematics dealing with groups
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
group therapy
n
  1. psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist; interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic
    Synonym(s): group therapy, group psychotherapy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grouped
adj
  1. arranged into groups
    Synonym(s): grouped, sorted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
groupthink
n
  1. decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grub out
v
  1. dig up; "grub up roots and tree stumps" [syn: grub up, grub out]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garbed \Garbed\, a.
      Dressed; habited; clad.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grab \Grab\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Grabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Grabbing}.] [Akin to Sw. grabba to grasp. Cf. {Grabble},
      {Grapple}, {Grasp}.]
      To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Graffito \Graf*fi"to\, n. [It., fr. graffio a scratching.] (Art)
      Production of decorative designs by scratching them through a
      surface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a
      different-colored ground; also, pottery or ware so decorated;
      -- chiefly used attributively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Graft \Graft\, n. [Prob. orig. so called because illegitimate or
      improper profit was looked upon as a graft, or sort of
      excrescence, on a legitimate business undertaking, in
      distinction from its natural proper development.]
      1. Acquisition of money, position, etc., by dishonest or
            unjust means, as by actual theft or by taking advantage of
            a public office or any position of trust or employment to
            obtain fees, perquisites, profits on contracts,
            legislation, pay for work not done or service not
            performed, etc.; illegal or unfair practice for profit or
            personal advantage; also, anything thus gained. [Colloq.]
  
      2. A [bd]soft thing[b8] or [bd]easy thing;[b8] a
            [bd]snap.[b8] [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Graft \Graft\, n. [OE. graff, F. greffe, originally the same
      word as OF. grafe pencil, L. graphium, Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?]
      to write; prob. akin to E. carve. So named from the
      resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Cf.
      {Graphic}, {Grammar.}]
      (a) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another
            tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it.
            The two unite and become one tree, but the graft
            determines the kind of fruit.
      (b) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
      (c) (Surg.) A portion of living tissue used in the operation
            of autoplasty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Graft \Graft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grafted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Grafting}.] [F. greffer. See {Graft}, n.]
      1. To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree;
            to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to
            insert a graft upon. [Formerly written {graff}.]
  
      2. (Surg.) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in
            a lesion so as to form an organic union.
  
      3. To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to
            bring about a close union.
  
                     And graft my love immortal on thy fame ! --Pope.
  
      4. (Naut.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing,
            etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Graft \Graft\, v. i.
      To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into
      another; to practice grafting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inarch \In*arch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inarched}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Inarching}.]
      To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without
      separating either from its root before the union is complete;
      -- also called to {graft by approach}. --P. Miler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Graftage \Graft"age\, n. (Hort.)
      The science of grafting, including the various methods of
      practice and details of operation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Graft \Graft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grafted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Grafting}.] [F. greffer. See {Graft}, n.]
      1. To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree;
            to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to
            insert a graft upon. [Formerly written {graff}.]
  
      2. (Surg.) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in
            a lesion so as to form an organic union.
  
      3. To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to
            bring about a close union.
  
                     And graft my love immortal on thy fame ! --Pope.
  
      4. (Naut.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing,
            etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grafter \Graft"er\, n.
      1. One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates
            fruit by ingrafting.
  
      2. An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
  
      3. The original tree from which a scion has been taken for
            grafting upon another tree. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grafting \Graft"ing\ n. 1. (Hort.) The act, art, or process of
      inserting grafts.
      2. (Naut.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring,
            rope end, etc.
  
      3. (Surg.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to
            a denuded surface; autoplasty.
  
      4. (Carp.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to
            another.
  
      {Cleft grafting} (Hort.) a method of grafting in which the
            scion is placed in a cleft or slit in the stock or stump
            made by sawing off a branch, usually in such a manaer that
            its bark evenly joins that of the stock.
  
      {Crown, [or] Rind, grafting}, a method of grafting which the
            alburnum and inner bark are separated, and between them is
            inserted the lower end of the scion cut slantwise.
  
      {Saddle grafting}, a mode of grafting in which a deep cleft
            is made in the end of the scion by two sloping cuts, and
            the end of the stock is made wedge-shaped to fit the cleft
            in the scion, which is placed upon it saddlewise.
  
      {Side grafting}, a mode of grafting in which the scion, cut
            quite across very obliquely, so as to give it the form of
            a slender wedge, is thrust down inside of the bark of the
            stock or stem into which it is inserted, the cut side of
            the scion being next the wood of the stock.
  
      {Skin grafting}. (Surg.) See {Autoplasty.}
  
      {Splice grafting} (Hort.), a method of grafting by cutting
            the ends of the scion and stock completely across and
            obliquely, in such a manner that the sections are of the
            same shape, then lapping the ends so that the one cut
            surface exactly fits the other, and securing them by tying
            or otherwise.
  
      {Whip grafting}, tongue grafting, the same as splice
            grafting, except that a cleft or slit is made in the end
            of both scion and stock, in the direction of the grain and
            in the middle of the sloping surface, forming a kind of
            tongue, so that when put together, the tongue of each is
            inserted in the slit of the other.
  
      {Grafting scissors}, a surgeon's scissors, used in
            rhinoplastic operations, etc.
  
      {Grafting tool}.
            (a) Any tool used in grafting.
            (b) A very strong curved spade used in digging canals.
  
      {Grafting wax}, a composition of rosin, beeswax tallow, etc.,
            used in binding up the wounds of newly grafted trees.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Graft \Graft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grafted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Grafting}.] [F. greffer. See {Graft}, n.]
      1. To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree;
            to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to
            insert a graft upon. [Formerly written {graff}.]
  
      2. (Surg.) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in
            a lesion so as to form an organic union.
  
      3. To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to
            bring about a close union.
  
                     And graft my love immortal on thy fame ! --Pope.
  
      4. (Naut.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing,
            etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ablactation \Ab`lac*ta"tion\ n.
      1. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts
            from their dam. --Blount.
  
      2. (Hort.) The process of grafting now called {inarching}, or
            {grafting by approach}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grafting \Graft"ing\ n. 1. (Hort.) The act, art, or process of
      inserting grafts.
      2. (Naut.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring,
            rope end, etc.
  
      3. (Surg.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to
            a denuded surface; autoplasty.
  
      4. (Carp.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to
            another.
  
      {Cleft grafting} (Hort.) a method of grafting in which the
            scion is placed in a cleft or slit in the stock or stump
            made by sawing off a branch, usually in such a manaer that
            its bark evenly joins that of the stock.
  
      {Crown, [or] Rind, grafting}, a method of grafting which the
            alburnum and inner bark are separated, and between them is
            inserted the lower end of the scion cut slantwise.
  
      {Saddle grafting}, a mode of grafting in which a deep cleft
            is made in the end of the scion by two sloping cuts, and
            the end of the stock is made wedge-shaped to fit the cleft
            in the scion, which is placed upon it saddlewise.
  
      {Side grafting}, a mode of grafting in which the scion, cut
            quite across very obliquely, so as to give it the form of
            a slender wedge, is thrust down inside of the bark of the
            stock or stem into which it is inserted, the cut side of
            the scion being next the wood of the stock.
  
      {Skin grafting}. (Surg.) See {Autoplasty.}
  
      {Splice grafting} (Hort.), a method of grafting by cutting
            the ends of the scion and stock completely across and
            obliquely, in such a manner that the sections are of the
            same shape, then lapping the ends so that the one cut
            surface exactly fits the other, and securing them by tying
            or otherwise.
  
      {Whip grafting}, tongue grafting, the same as splice
            grafting, except that a cleft or slit is made in the end
            of both scion and stock, in the direction of the grain and
            in the middle of the sloping surface, forming a kind of
            tongue, so that when put together, the tongue of each is
            inserted in the slit of the other.
  
      {Grafting scissors}, a surgeon's scissors, used in
            rhinoplastic operations, etc.
  
      {Grafting tool}.
            (a) Any tool used in grafting.
            (b) A very strong curved spade used in digging canals.
  
      {Grafting wax}, a composition of rosin, beeswax tallow, etc.,
            used in binding up the wounds of newly grafted trees.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grafting \Graft"ing\ n. 1. (Hort.) The act, art, or process of
      inserting grafts.
      2. (Naut.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring,
            rope end, etc.
  
      3. (Surg.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to
            a denuded surface; autoplasty.
  
      4. (Carp.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to
            another.
  
      {Cleft grafting} (Hort.) a method of grafting in which the
            scion is placed in a cleft or slit in the stock or stump
            made by sawing off a branch, usually in such a manaer that
            its bark evenly joins that of the stock.
  
      {Crown, [or] Rind, grafting}, a method of grafting which the
            alburnum and inner bark are separated, and between them is
            inserted the lower end of the scion cut slantwise.
  
      {Saddle grafting}, a mode of grafting in which a deep cleft
            is made in the end of the scion by two sloping cuts, and
            the end of the stock is made wedge-shaped to fit the cleft
            in the scion, which is placed upon it saddlewise.
  
      {Side grafting}, a mode of grafting in which the scion, cut
            quite across very obliquely, so as to give it the form of
            a slender wedge, is thrust down inside of the bark of the
            stock or stem into which it is inserted, the cut side of
            the scion being next the wood of the stock.
  
      {Skin grafting}. (Surg.) See {Autoplasty.}
  
      {Splice grafting} (Hort.), a method of grafting by cutting
            the ends of the scion and stock completely across and
            obliquely, in such a manner that the sections are of the
            same shape, then lapping the ends so that the one cut
            surface exactly fits the other, and securing them by tying
            or otherwise.
  
      {Whip grafting}, tongue grafting, the same as splice
            grafting, except that a cleft or slit is made in the end
            of both scion and stock, in the direction of the grain and
            in the middle of the sloping surface, forming a kind of
            tongue, so that when put together, the tongue of each is
            inserted in the slit of the other.
  
      {Grafting scissors}, a surgeon's scissors, used in
            rhinoplastic operations, etc.
  
      {Grafting tool}.
            (a) Any tool used in grafting.
            (b) A very strong curved spade used in digging canals.
  
      {Grafting wax}, a composition of rosin, beeswax tallow, etc.,
            used in binding up the wounds of newly grafted trees.

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   Grafting \Graft"ing\ n. 1. (Hort.) The act, art, or process of
      inserting grafts.
      2. (Naut.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring,
            rope end, etc.
  
      3. (Surg.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to
            a denuded surface; autoplasty.
  
      4. (Carp.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to
            another.
  
      {Cleft grafting} (Hort.) a method of grafting in which the
            scion is placed in a cleft or slit in the stock or stump
            made by sawing off a branch, usually in such a manaer that
            its bark evenly joins that of the stock.
  
      {Crown, [or] Rind, grafting}, a method of grafting which the
            alburnum and inner bark are separated, and between them is
            inserted the lower end of the scion cut slantwise.
  
      {Saddle grafting}, a mode of grafting in which a deep cleft
            is made in the end of the scion by two sloping cuts, and
            the end of the stock is made wedge-shaped to fit the cleft
            in the scion, which is placed upon it saddlewise.
  
      {Side grafting}, a mode of grafting in which the scion, cut
            quite across very obliquely, so as to give it the form of
            a slender wedge, is thrust down inside of the bark of the
            stock or stem into which it is inserted, the cut side of
            the scion being next the wood of the stock.
  
      {Skin grafting}. (Surg.) See {Autoplasty.}
  
      {Splice grafting} (Hort.), a method of grafting by cutting
            the ends of the scion and stock completely across and
            obliquely, in such a manner that the sections are of the
            same shape, then lapping the ends so that the one cut
            surface exactly fits the other, and securing them by tying
            or otherwise.
  
      {Whip grafting}, tongue grafting, the same as splice
            grafting, except that a cleft or slit is made in the end
            of both scion and stock, in the direction of the grain and
            in the middle of the sloping surface, forming a kind of
            tongue, so that when put together, the tongue of each is
            inserted in the slit of the other.
  
      {Grafting scissors}, a surgeon's scissors, used in
            rhinoplastic operations, etc.
  
      {Grafting tool}.
            (a) Any tool used in grafting.
            (b) A very strong curved spade used in digging canals.
  
      {Grafting wax}, a composition of rosin, beeswax tallow, etc.,
            used in binding up the wounds of newly grafted trees.

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   Graphite \Graph"ite\, n. [Gr. gra`fein to write: cf. F.
      graphite. See {Graphic}.] (Min.)
      Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or
      granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so
      soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils
      (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a
      lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead.
  
      {Graphite battery} (Elec.), a voltaic battery consisting of
            zinc and carbon in sulphuric acid, or other exciting
            liquid.

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   Graphite \Graph"ite\, n. [Gr. gra`fein to write: cf. F.
      graphite. See {Graphic}.] (Min.)
      Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or
      granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so
      soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils
      (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a
      lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead.
  
      {Graphite battery} (Elec.), a voltaic battery consisting of
            zinc and carbon in sulphuric acid, or other exciting
            liquid.

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   Graphitic \Gra*phit"ic\, a.
      Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling,
      graphite.
  
      {Graphitic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, so called because
            obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called
            {mellitic acid}.
  
      {Graphitic carbon}, in iron or steel, that portion of the
            carbon which is present as graphite. --Raymond.

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   Mellitic \Mel*lit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. mellitique. See {Mellite}.]
      (Chem.)
      (a) Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine
            secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.
      (b) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.
  
      {Mellitic acid} (Chem.), a white, crystalline, organic
            substance, {C6(CO2H)6}, occurring naturally in combination
            with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced
            artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and
            hence called also {graphitic acid}.

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   Graphitic \Gra*phit"ic\, a.
      Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling,
      graphite.
  
      {Graphitic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, so called because
            obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called
            {mellitic acid}.
  
      {Graphitic carbon}, in iron or steel, that portion of the
            carbon which is present as graphite. --Raymond.

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   Mellitic \Mel*lit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. mellitique. See {Mellite}.]
      (Chem.)
      (a) Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine
            secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.
      (b) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.
  
      {Mellitic acid} (Chem.), a white, crystalline, organic
            substance, {C6(CO2H)6}, occurring naturally in combination
            with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced
            artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and
            hence called also {graphitic acid}.

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   Graphitic \Gra*phit"ic\, a.
      Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling,
      graphite.
  
      {Graphitic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, so called because
            obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called
            {mellitic acid}.
  
      {Graphitic carbon}, in iron or steel, that portion of the
            carbon which is present as graphite. --Raymond.

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   Graphitic \Gra*phit"ic\, a.
      Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling,
      graphite.
  
      {Graphitic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, so called because
            obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called
            {mellitic acid}.
  
      {Graphitic carbon}, in iron or steel, that portion of the
            carbon which is present as graphite. --Raymond.

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   Graphitoid \Graph"i*toid\, Graphitoidal \Graph"i*toid"al\, a.
      Resembling graphite or plumbago.

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   Graphitoid \Graph"i*toid\, Graphitoidal \Graph"i*toid"al\, a.
      Resembling graphite or plumbago.

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   Graphotype \Graph"o*type\, n. [Gr. gra`fein to write + -type.]
      (Engraving)
      A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so
      that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc
      is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the
      design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the
      surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully
      rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.

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   Elm \Elm\, n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel.
      almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. {Old}.]
      (Bot.)
      A tree of the genus {Ulmus}, of several species, much used as
      a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is
      {Ulmus campestris}; the common American or white elm is {U.
      Americana}; the slippery or red elm, {U. fulva}.
  
      {Elm beetle} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of beetles
            (esp. {Galeruca calmariensis}), which feed on the leaves
            of the elm.
  
      {Elm borer} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of beetles of
            which the larv[91] bore into the wood or under the bark of
            the elm (esp. {Saperda tridentata}).
  
      {Elm butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of
            butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the
            leaves of the elm (esp. {Vanessa antiopa} and {Grapta
            comma}). See {Comma butterfly}, under {Comma}.
  
      {Elm moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of moths of
            which the larv[91] destroy the leaves of the elm (esp.
            {Eugonia subsignaria}, called elm spanworm).
  
      {Elm sawfly} (Zo[94]l.), a large sawfly ({Cimbex Americana}).
            The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe,
            feeds on the leaves of the elm.

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   Comma \Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. [?]
      clause, fr. [?] to cut off. Cf. {Capon}.]
      1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of
            a sentence, written or printed.
  
      2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major
            and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.
  
      {Comma bacillus} (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped
            like a comma, found in the intestines of patients
            suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having
            a special relation to the disease; -- called also {cholera
            bacillus}.
  
      {Comma butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), an American butterfly ({Grapta
            comma}), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under
            side of the wings.

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   Vine \Vine\, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus
      of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See {Wine}, and
      cf. {Vignette}.] (Bot.)
            (a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
            (b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender
                  stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs
                  by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing
                  anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper;
                  as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons,
                  squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
  
                           There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer.
                                                                              viii. 13.
  
                           And one went out into the field to gather herbs,
                           and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
                           gourds.                                       --2 Kings iv.
                                                                              89.
  
      {Vine apple} (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger
            Williams.
  
      {Vine beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            beetles which are injurious to the leaves or branches of
            the grapevine. Among the more important species are the
            grapevine fidia (see {Fidia}), the spotted {Pelidnota}
            (see {Rutilian}), the vine fleabeetle ({Graptodera
            chalybea}), the rose beetle (see under {Rose}), the vine
            weevil, and several species of {Colaspis} and {Anomala}.
           
  
      {Vine borer}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larv[91]
                  bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially
                  {Sinoxylon basilare}, a small species the larva of
                  which bores in the stems, and {Ampeloglypter
                  sesostris}, a small reddish brown weevil (called also
                  {vine weevil}), which produces knotlike galls on the
                  branches.
            (b) A clearwing moth ({[92]geria polistiformis}), whose
                  larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often
                  destructive.
  
      {Vine dragon}, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.]
            --Holland.
  
      {Vine forester} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            moths belonging to {Alypia} and allied genera, whose
            larv[91] feed on the leaves of the grapevine.
  
      {Vine fretter} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera
            that injuries the grapevine.
  
      {Vine grub} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of insect
            larv[91] that are injurious to the grapevine.
  
      {Vine hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of leaf
            hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially
            {Erythroneura vitis}. See Illust. of {Grape hopper}, under
            {Grape}.
  
      {Vine inchworm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of
            geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine,
            especially {Cidaria diversilineata}.
  
      {Vine-leaf rooer} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Desmia
            maculalis}) whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the
            leaves of the grapevine. The moth is brownish black,
            spotted with white.
  
      {Vine louse} (Zo[94]l.), the phylloxera.
  
      {Vine mildew} (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white,
            delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and
            fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green
            parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the
            vitality of the surface. The plant has been called {Oidium
            Tuckeri}, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing
            stage of an {Erysiphe}.
  
      {Vine of Sodom} (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut.
            xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of
            Sodom. See {Apple of Sodom}, under {Apple}.
  
      {Vine sawfly} (Zo[94]l.), a small black sawfiy ({Selandria
            vitis}) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the
            grapevine. The larv[91] stand side by side in clusters
            while feeding.
  
      {Vine slug} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the vine sawfly.
  
      {Vine sorrel} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Cissus acida})
            related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is
            found in Florida and the West Indies.
  
      {Vine sphinx} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of hawk
            moths. The larv[91] feed on grapevine leaves.
  
      {Vine weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Vine borer}
            (a) above, and {Wound gall}, under {Wound}.

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   Flea-beetle \Flea"-bee`tle\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small beetle of the family {Halticid[91]}, of many species.
      They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The
      turnip flea-beetle ({Phyllotreta vittata}) and that of the
      grapevine ({Graptodera chalybea}) are common injurious
      species.

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   Graptolite \Grap"to*lite\, n. [NL, Graptolithus, from Gr. [?] is
      engraved, written (gra`fein to write) + [?] stone.] (Paleon.)
      One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of
      the genus {Graptolites} and allied genera, found in the
      Silurian rocks. They belong to an extinct group
      ({Graptolithina}) supposed to be hydroids.

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   Graptolitic \Grap"to*lit`ic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites; as,
      a graptolitic slate.

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   Grave \Grave\, v. t. [imp. {Graved} (gr[amac]vd); p. p. {Graven}
      (gr[amac]v"'n) or {Graved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Graving}.] [AS.
      grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, D.
      graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan. grabe, Sw.
      gr[aum]fva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra`fein to
      write, E. graphic. Cf. {Grave}, n., {Grove}, n.]
      1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  
                     He hath graven and digged up a pit.   --Ps. vii. 16
                                                                              (Book of
                                                                              Common
                                                                              Prayer).
  
      2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard
            substance; to engrave.
  
                     Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them
                     the names of the children of Israel.   --Ex. xxviii.
                                                                              9.
  
      3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel;
            to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
  
                     With gold men may the hearte grave.   --Chaucer.
  
      4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
  
                     O! may they graven in thy heart remain. --Prior.
  
      5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. --Shak.

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   Gravedigger \Grave"dig`ger\, n.
      1. A digger of graves.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Burying beetle}, under {Bury}, v. t.

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   Gravid \Grav"id\, a. [L. gravidus, fr. gravis heavy, loaded. See
      {Grave}, a.]
      Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a
      gravid uterus; gravid piety. [bd] His gravid associate.[b8]
      --Sir T. Herbert.

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   Gravidated \Grav"i*da"ted\, a. [L. gravidatus, p. p. of
      gravidare to load, impregnate. See {Gravid}.]
      Made pregnant; big. [Obs.] --Barrow.

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   Gravidation \Grav"i*da"tion\, n.
      Gravidity. [Obs.]

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   Gravidity \Gra*vid"i*ty\, n. [L. graviditas.]
      The state of being gravidated; pregnancy. [R.]

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   Gravitate \Grav"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gravitated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Gravitating}.] [Cf. F. graviter. See
      {Gravity.}]
      To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure,
      or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend
      in any direction or toward any object.
  
               Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all
               bodies gravitate toward each other.         --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
               Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the
               stronger party.                                       --Macaulay.

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   Gravitate \Grav"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gravitated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Gravitating}.] [Cf. F. graviter. See
      {Gravity.}]
      To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure,
      or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend
      in any direction or toward any object.
  
               Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all
               bodies gravitate toward each other.         --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
               Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the
               stronger party.                                       --Macaulay.

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   Gravitate \Grav"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gravitated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Gravitating}.] [Cf. F. graviter. See
      {Gravity.}]
      To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure,
      or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend
      in any direction or toward any object.
  
               Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all
               bodies gravitate toward each other.         --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
               Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the
               stronger party.                                       --Macaulay.

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   Gravitation \Grav"i*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. gravitation. See
      Gravity.]
      1. The act of gravitating.
  
      2. (Pysics) That species of attraction or force by which all
            bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward
            each other; called also {attraction of gravitation},
            {universal gravitation}, and {universal gravity}. See
            {Attraction}, and {Weight.}
  
      {Law of gravitation}, that law in accordance with which
            gravitation acts, namely, that every two bodies or
            portions of matter in the universe attract each other with
            a force proportional directly to the quantity of matter
            they contain, and inversely to the squares of their
            distances.

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   Constant \Con"stant\, n.
      1. (Astron.) A number whose value, when ascertained (as by
            observation) and substituted in a general mathematical
            formula expressing an astronomical law, completely
            determines that law and enables predictions to be made of
            its effect in particular cases.
  
      2. (Physics) A number expressing some property or condition
            of a substance or of an instrument of precision; as, the
            dielectric constant of quartz; the collimation constant of
            a transit instrument.
  
      {Aberration constant}, or {Constant of aberration} (Astron.),
            a number which by substitution in the general formula for
            aberration enables a prediction to be made of the effect
            of aberration on a star anywhere situated. Its value is
            20[sec].47.
  
      {Constant of integration} (Math.), an undetermined constant
            added to every result of integration.
  
      {Gravitation constant} (Physics), the acceleration per unit
            of time produced by the attraction of a unit of mass at
            unit distance. When this is known the acceleration
            produced at any distance can be calculated.
  
      {Solar constant} (Astron.), the quantity of heat received by
            the earth from the sun in a unit of time. It is, on the C.
            G. S. system, 0.0417 small calories per square centimeter
            per second. --Young.

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   Gravitational \Grav`i*tation*al\, a. (Physics)
      Of or pertaining to the force of gravity; as, gravitational
      units.

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   Gravitative \Gravi*ta*tive\, a.
      Causing to gravitate; tending to a center. --Coleridge.

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   Gravity \Grav"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Gravities}. [L. gravitas, fr.
      gravis heavy; cf. F. gravit[82]. See {Grave}, a., {Grief}.]
      1. The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of
            lead.
  
      2. Sobriety of character or demeanor. [bd]Men of gravity and
            learning.[b8] --Shak.

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   Fault \Fault\, n.
      1. (Elec.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a
            crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with
            another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the
            circuit.
  
      2. (Geol. & Mining) A dislocation caused by a slipping of
            rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated
            structure resulting from such slipping.
  
      Note: The surface along which the dislocated masses have
               moved is called the
  
      {fault plane}. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a
  
      {vertical fault}; when its inclination is such that the
            present relative position of the two masses could have
            been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane,
            of the mass on its upper side, the fault is a
  
      {normal}, [or] {gravity}, {fault}. When the fault plane is so
            inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up
            relatively, the fault is then called a
  
      {reverse} (or {reversed}), {thrust}, or {overthrust},
      {fault}. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault
            is then called a
  
      {horizontal fault}. The linear extent of the dislocation
            measured on the fault plane and in the direction of
            movement is the
  
      {displacement}; the vertical displacement is the
  
      {throw}; the horizontal displacement is the
  
      {heave}. The direction of the line of intersection of the
            fault plane with a horizontal plane is the
  
      {trend} of the fault. A fault is a
  
      {strike fault} when its trend coincides approximately with
            the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of
            intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal
            plane); it is a
  
      {dip fault} when its trend is at right angles to the strike;
            an
  
      {oblique fault} when its trend is oblique to the strike.
            Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called
  
      {cross faults}. A series of closely associated parallel
            faults are sometimes called
  
      {step faults} and sometimes
  
      {distributive faults}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gravity \Grav"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Gravities}. [L. gravitas, fr.
      gravis heavy; cf. F. gravit[82]. See {Grave}, a., {Grief}.]
      1. The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of
            lead.
  
      2. Sobriety of character or demeanor. [bd]Men of gravity and
            learning.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fault \Fault\, n.
      1. (Elec.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a
            crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with
            another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the
            circuit.
  
      2. (Geol. & Mining) A dislocation caused by a slipping of
            rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated
            structure resulting from such slipping.
  
      Note: The surface along which the dislocated masses have
               moved is called the
  
      {fault plane}. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a
  
      {vertical fault}; when its inclination is such that the
            present relative position of the two masses could have
            been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane,
            of the mass on its upper side, the fault is a
  
      {normal}, [or] {gravity}, {fault}. When the fault plane is so
            inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up
            relatively, the fault is then called a
  
      {reverse} (or {reversed}), {thrust}, or {overthrust},
      {fault}. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault
            is then called a
  
      {horizontal fault}. The linear extent of the dislocation
            measured on the fault plane and in the direction of
            movement is the
  
      {displacement}; the vertical displacement is the
  
      {throw}; the horizontal displacement is the
  
      {heave}. The direction of the line of intersection of the
            fault plane with a horizontal plane is the
  
      {trend} of the fault. A fault is a
  
      {strike fault} when its trend coincides approximately with
            the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of
            intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal
            plane); it is a
  
      {dip fault} when its trend is at right angles to the strike;
            an
  
      {oblique fault} when its trend is oblique to the strike.
            Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called
  
      {cross faults}. A series of closely associated parallel
            faults are sometimes called
  
      {step faults} and sometimes
  
      {distributive faults}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gravity \Grav"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Gravities}. [L. gravitas, fr.
      gravis heavy; cf. F. gravit[82]. See {Grave}, a., {Grief}.]
      1. The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of
            lead.
  
      2. Sobriety of character or demeanor. [bd]Men of gravity and
            learning.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence,
            seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense.
  
                     They derive an importance from . . . the gravity of
                     the place where they were uttered.      --Burke.
  
      4. (Physics) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center
            of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the
            center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation.
  
      5. (Mus.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.
  
      {Center of gravity} See under {Center}.
  
      {Gravity battery}, See {Battery}, n., 4.
  
      {Specific gravity}, the ratio of the weight of a body to the
            weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the
            standard or unit. This standard is usually water for
            solids and liquids, and air for gases. Thus, 19, the
            specific gravity of gold, expresses the fact that, bulk
            for bulk, gold is nineteen times as heavy as water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Railroad \Rail"road`\, Railway \Rail"way`\, n.
      1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of
            iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks
            for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a
            bed or substructure.
  
      Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of
               the older tramway.
  
      2. The road, track, etc., with al the lands, buildings,
            rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and
            constituting one property; as, certain railroad has been
            put into the hands of a receiver.
  
      Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the
               commoner word in the United States.
  
      Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and
               railway are used interchangeably:
  
      {Atmospheric railway}, {Elevated railway}, etc. See under
            {Atmospheric}, {Elevated}, etc.
  
      {Cable railway}. See {Cable road}, under {Cable}.
  
      {Perry railway}, a submerged track on which an elevated
            platform runs, fro carrying a train of cars across a water
            course.
  
      {Gravity railway}, a railway, in a hilly country, on which
            the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long
            distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an
            elevated point by stationary engines.
  
      {Railway brake}, a brake used in stopping railway cars or
            locomotives.
  
      {Railway car}, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels
            fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.]
  
      {Railway carriage}, a railway passenger car. [Eng.]
  
      {Railway scale}, a platform scale bearing a track which forms
            part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars.
           
  
      {Railway slide}. See {Transfer table}, under {Transfer}.
  
      {Railway spine} (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe
            concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad
            accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other
            disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain
            in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral
            disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till
            some months after the injury.
  
      {Underground railroad} [or] {railway}.
            (a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as
                  beneath the streets of a city.
            (b) Formerly, a system of co[94]peration among certain
                  active antislavery people in the United States, by
                  which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach
                  Canada.
  
      Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was
               used.] [bd]Their house was a principal entrep[93]t of
               the underground railroad.[b8] --W. D. Howells.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Greave \Greave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Greaved} (gr[emac]vd); p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Greaving}.] [From {Greaves}.] (Naut.)
      To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grieve \Grieve\ (gr[emac]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grieved}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Grieving}.] [OE. greven, OF. grever, fr. L.
      gravare to burden, oppress, fr. gravis heavy. See {Grief.}]
      1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to
            make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt;
            to try.
  
                     Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.      --Eph. iv. 30.
  
                     The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
                                                                              --Cowper,
  
      2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gripe \Gripe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Griped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Griping}.] [AS. gripan; akin to D. grijpen, G. greifen, OHG.
      gr[?]fan, Icel. gripa, Sw. gripe, Dan. gribe, Goth. greipan;
      cf. Lith. graibyti, Russ. grabite to plunder, Skr. grah,
      grabh, to seize. Cf. {Grip}, v. t., {Grope}.]
      1. To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers;
            to clutch.
  
      2. To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
  
                     Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure ?
                                                                              --Robynson
                                                                              (More's
                                                                              Utopia).
  
      3. To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and
            spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of
            certain purgative or indigestible substances.
  
                     How inly sorrow gripes his soul.         --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grivet \Griv"et\ (gr[icr]v"[ecr]t), n. [Cf. F. grivet.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia ({Cercopithecus
      griseo-viridis}), having the upper parts dull green, the
      lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was
      known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also {tota}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Groove \Groove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grooved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Groving}.]
      To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or
      grooves; to furrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grope \Grope\ (gr[omac]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Groped}
      (gr[omac]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Groping}.] [OE. gropen,
      gropien, grapien, AS. gr[amac]pian to touch, grope, fr.
      gr[imac]pan to gripe. See {Gripe}.]
      1. To feel with or use the hands; to handle. [Obs.]
  
      2. To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as
            a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as
            in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the
            hands, when one can not see.
  
                     We grope for the wall like the blind. --Is. lix. 10.
  
                     To grope a little longer among the miseries and
                     sensualities ot a worldly life.         --Buckminster.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Group \Group\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grouped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Grouping}.] [Cf. F. grouper. See {Group}, n.]
      To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in
      groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best
      effect; to form an assemblage of.
  
               The difficulty lies in drawing and disposing, or, as
               the painters term it, in grouping such a multitude of
               different objects.                                 --Prior.
  
      {Grouped columns} (Arch.), three or more columns placed upon
            the same pedestal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Group \Group\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grouped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Grouping}.] [Cf. F. grouper. See {Group}, n.]
      To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in
      groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best
      effect; to form an assemblage of.
  
               The difficulty lies in drawing and disposing, or, as
               the painters term it, in grouping such a multitude of
               different objects.                                 --Prior.
  
      {Grouped columns} (Arch.), three or more columns placed upon
            the same pedestal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grub \Grub\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Grubbed}, p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Grubbing}.] [OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab, grope.]
      1. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object
            that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in
            digging.
  
      2. To drudge; to do menial work. --Richardson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gryphite \Gryph"ite\, n. [Cf. F. gryphite.] (Paleon.)
      A shell of the genus Gryphea.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grafton, IA (city, FIPS 31890)
      Location: 43.33015 N, 93.06991 W
      Population (1990): 282 (130 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50440
   Grafton, IL (city, FIPS 30653)
      Location: 38.97251 N, 90.42700 W
      Population (1990): 918 (412 housing units)
      Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62037
   Grafton, MA
      Zip code(s): 01519
   Grafton, ND (city, FIPS 31820)
      Location: 48.41511 N, 97.40307 W
      Population (1990): 4840 (2033 housing units)
      Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Grafton, NE (village, FIPS 19455)
      Location: 40.62962 N, 97.71506 W
      Population (1990): 167 (72 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68365
   Grafton, NH
      Zip code(s): 03240
   Grafton, OH (village, FIPS 31150)
      Location: 41.28050 N, 82.03315 W
      Population (1990): 3344 (800 housing units)
      Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44044
   Grafton, VA
      Zip code(s): 23692
   Grafton, VT
      Zip code(s): 05146
   Grafton, WI (village, FIPS 30000)
      Location: 43.31863 N, 87.95463 W
      Population (1990): 9340 (3457 housing units)
      Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 53024
   Grafton, WV (city, FIPS 32716)
      Location: 39.34057 N, 80.01715 W
      Population (1990): 5524 (2576 housing units)
      Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 26354

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grafton County, NH (county, FIPS 9)
      Location: 43.93300 N, 71.84345 W
      Population (1990): 74929 (42206 housing units)
      Area: 4438.0 sq km (land), 95.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gravette, AR (city, FIPS 28360)
      Location: 36.42200 N, 94.45414 W
      Population (1990): 1412 (613 housing units)
      Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72736

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gravity, IA (city, FIPS 32520)
      Location: 40.76013 N, 94.74278 W
      Population (1990): 218 (103 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50848

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Griffith, IN (town, FIPS 30042)
      Location: 41.52237 N, 87.42372 W
      Population (1990): 17916 (6914 housing units)
      Area: 22.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46319

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Griffithsville, WV
      Zip code(s): 25521

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Griffithville, AR (town, FIPS 28990)
      Location: 35.12478 N, 91.64558 W
      Population (1990): 237 (106 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72060

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grifton, NC (town, FIPS 28200)
      Location: 35.37380 N, 77.43461 W
      Population (1990): 2393 (982 housing units)
      Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 28530

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Groveton, NH (CDP, FIPS 32260)
      Location: 44.59920 N, 71.51822 W
      Population (1990): 1255 (564 housing units)
      Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 03582
   Groveton, TX (city, FIPS 31340)
      Location: 31.05728 N, 95.12710 W
      Population (1990): 1071 (530 housing units)
      Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 75845
   Groveton, VA (CDP, FIPS 33584)
      Location: 38.76483 N, 77.09589 W
      Population (1990): 19997 (7998 housing units)
      Area: 15.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grovetown, GA (city, FIPS 35716)
      Location: 33.44939 N, 82.20183 W
      Population (1990): 3596 (1499 housing units)
      Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 30813

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Graffiti
  
      Handwriting recognition software for the {Newton} and {Zoomer}
      which recognises symbols that aren't necessarily letters.
      This gives greater speed and accuracy.   It was written by
      {Berkeley Softworks}.
  
      (1995-01-24)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   group identifier
  
      (gid) A unique number, between 0 an 32767,
      identifying a set of {users} under {Unix}.   Gids are found in
      the /etc/{passwd} and /etc/group databases (or their {NIS}
      equivalents) and one is also associated with each file,
      indicating the group to which its group {permissions} apply.
  
      (1996-12-01)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Graft
      the process of inoculating fruit-trees (Rom. 11:17-24). It is
      peculiarly appropriate to olive-trees. The union thus of
      branches to a stem is used to illustrate the union of true
      believers to the true Church.
     
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