GRITTY
GRIT'TY, adjective Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; full of hard particles; sandy.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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GRIZELIN
GRIZ'ELIN. [See Gridelin.]
GRIZZLE
GRIZ'ZLE, noun Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.
GRIZZLED
GRIZ'ZLED, adjective Gray; of a mixed color. Genesis 31:1.
GRIZZLY
GRIZ'ZLY, adjective Somewhat gray.
GROAN
GROAN, verb intransitive [Latin grunnio; Heb. to cry out, to groan; Latin rana, a frog.]1. To breathe with a deep murmuring sound; to utter a mournful voice, as in pain or sorro...
GROANFUL
GROANFUL, adjective Sad; inducing groans.
GROANING
GROANING, participle present tense Uttering a low mournful sound.GROANING, noun The act of groaning; lamentation; complaint; a deep sound uttered in pain or sorrow.I have heard ...
GROAT
GROAT, noun grawt.1. An English money of account, equal to four pence.2. A proverbial name for a small sum.
GROATS
GROATS, noun [See Grit.] Oats that have the hulls taken off.
GROATS-WORTH
GROATS-WORTH, noun The value of a groat.
GROCER
GRO'CER, noun A trader who deals in tea, sugar, spices, coffee, liquors, fruits, etc.
GROCERY
GRO'CERY, noun A grocer's store.1. The commodities sold by grocers; usually in the plural.
GROG
GROG, noun A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened.GROG'-BLOSSOM, noun A rum bud; a redness on the nose or face of men who drink ardent spirits to excess; a deformity that m...
GROGDRINKER
GROG'DRINKER, noun One addicted to drinking grog.
GROGGY
GROG'GY, adjective A groggy horse is one that bears wholly on his heels in trotting.1. In vulgar language, tipsy; intoxicated.
GROGRAM
GROG'RAMGROG'RAN, noun A kind of stuff made of silk and mohair.
GROGRAN
GROG'RAN, n. A kind of stuff made of silk and mohair.
GROIN
GROIN, noun1. The depressed part of the human body between the belly and the thigh.2. Among builders, the angular curve made by the intersection of two semi-cylinders or arches....
GROMET
GROM'ETGROM'IL, noun A plant of the genus Lithospermum. The German gromwell is the Stellera.
GROMIL
GROM'IL, n. A plant of the genus Lithospermum. The German gromwell is the Stellera.
GROMMET
GROM'MET, noun Among seamen, a ring formed of a strand of rope laid in three times round; used to fasten the upper edge of a sail to its stay.
GROMWELL
GROM'WELLGROOM, noun1. A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant.2. A man or boy who has the charge of horses; one who takes care of horses or the stable.3. In England, an officer...
GROOM
GROOM, n.1. A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant.2. A man or boy who has the charge of horses; one who takes care of horses or the stable.3. In England, an officer of the kin...
GROOP
GROOP, noun1. A cluster, crowd or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things; a number collected without any regular form or arrangement; as a group of men or of trees; ...
GROOPED
GROOP'ED, participle passive Formed or placed in a crowd.
GROOPING
GROOP'ING, participle present tense Bringing together in a cluster or assemblage.GROUP'ING, noun The art of composing or combining the objects of a picture or piece of sculpture.