GROOVE
GROOVE, noun groov.1. A furrow, channel, or long hollow cut by a tool. Among joiners, a channel in the edge of a molding, style or rail.2. Among miners, a shaft or pit sunk into...
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GROOVER
GROOV'ER, noun A miner.
GROOVING
GROOV'ING, participle present tense Cutting in channels.
GROPE
GROPE, verb intransitive1. To feel along; to search or attempt to find in the dark, or as a blind person, by feeling.We grope for the wall like the blind. Isaiah 59:10.The dying...
GROPER
GRO'PER, noun One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling.
GROPING
GRO'PING, participle present tense Feeling for something in darkness; searching by feeling.
GROSS
GROSS, adjective [Latin crassus.]1. Thick; bulky; particularly applied to animals; fat; corpulent; as a gross man; a gross body.2. Coarse; rude; rough; not delicate; as gross sc...
GROSS-HEADED
GROSS-HEADED, adjective Having a thick skull; stupid.
GROSSBEAK
GROSSBEAK, noun A fowl of the genus Loxia, of several species. The bill is convex above and very thick at the base, from which circumstance it takes its name.
GROSSLY
GROSSLY, adverb In bulky or large parts; coarsely. This matter is grossly pulverized.1. Greatly; palpably; enormously; as, this affair has been grossly misrepresented.2. Greatly...
GROSSNESS
GROSSNESS, noun Thickness; bulkiness; corpulence; fatness; applied to animal bodies.1. Thickness; spissitude; density; as the grossness of vapors.2. Coarseness; rudeness; want o...
GROSSULAR
GROSS'ULAR, adjective Pertaining to or resembling a gooseberry; as grossular garnet.GROSS'ULAR, noun A rare mineral of the garnet kind, so named from its green color.
GROT
GROTGROTESK', adjective Wildly formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; ludicrous; antic; resembling the figure found in the subterraneous apartments ...
GROTESK
GROTESK', a. Wildly formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; ludicrous; antic; resembling the figure found in the subterraneous apartments in the anci...
GROTESKLY
GROTESK'LY, adjective In a fantastical manner.
GROTESQUE
GROTESQUEGROTESQUELYGROT'TO, noun1. A large cave or den; a subterraneous cavern, and primarily a natural cave or rent in the earth, or such as is formed by a current of water, o...
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GROTTO
GROT'TO, n.1. A large cave or den; a subterraneous cavern, and primarily a natural cave or rent in the earth, or such as is formed by a current of water, or an earthquake.2. A c...
GROUND
GROUND, noun1. The surface of land or upper part of the earth, without reference to the materials which compose it. We apply ground to soil, sand or gravel indifferently, but ne...
GROUND-IVY
GROUND'-IVY, noun A well known plant, the Glechoma hederacea; called also alehoof and gill.
GROUND-PLOT
GROUND'-PLOT, noun The ground on which a building is placed.1. The ichnography of a building.GROUND'-RENT, noun Rent paid for the privilege of building on another man's land.GRO...
GROUND-TACKLE
GROUND'-TACKLE, noun In ships, the ropes and furniture belonging to anchors.
GROUNDAGE
GROUND'AGE, noun A tax paid by a ship for standing in port.GROUND'-ANGLING, noun Fishing without a float, with a bullet placed a few inches from the hook.GROUND'-ASH, noun A sap...
GROUNDLESS
GROUND'LESS, adjective Wanting ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; as groundless fear.1. Not authorized; false; as a groundless report or assertion.
GROUNDLESSLY
GROUND'LESSLY, adjective Without reason or cause; without authority for support.
GROUNDLESSNESS
GROUND'LESSNESS, noun Want of just cause, reason or authority for support.
GROUNDLING
GROUND'LING, noun A fish that keeps at the bottom of the water; hence, a low vulgar person.