Webster's Dictionary 1913

2782

Greet (5)

Greet (?), v. i. To meet and give salutations.There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. Shak.

2783

Greet (6)

Greet, n. Greeting. F. Beaumont.

2784

Greeter

Greet″er (?), n. One who greets or salutes another.

2785

Greeter (2)

Greet″er, n. One who weeps or mourns.

2786

Greeting

Greet″ing, n. Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.Write to him... gentle adieus and greetings.Shak.Syn. — Salutation; salute; comp...

2787

Greeve

Greeve (?), n. See Grieve, an overseer.

2788

Greeze

Greeze (?), n. A step. See Gree, a step.The top of the ladder, or first greeze, is this. Latimer.

2789

Greffier

Gref″fi‐er (?), n. [F., from LL. grafarius, graphiarius, fr. L. graphium, a writing style; cf. F. greffe a record office. See Graft, and cf. Graffer.] A registrar or recorder; a...

2790

Gregal

Gre″gal (?), a. [L. gregalis, fr. grex, gregis, herd.] Pertaining to, or like, a flock.For this gregal conformity there is an excuse. W. S. Mayo.

2791

Gregarian

Gre‐ga″ri‐an (?), a. Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common. “The gregarian soldiers.” Howell.

2792

Gregarinæ

‖Greg′a‐ri″næ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gregarina the typical genus, fr. L. gregarius. See Gregarious.] (Zoöl.) An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other...

2793

Gregarine

Greg″a‐rine (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Gregarinæ. — n. One of the Gregarinæ.

2794

Gregarinida

‖Greg′a‐rin″i‐da (?) Gregarinæ.

2795

Gregarious

Gre‐ga″ri‐ous (?), a. [L. gregarius, fr. grex, gregis, herd; cf. Gr. � to assemble, Skr. jar to approach. Cf. Congregate, Egregious.] Habitually living or moving in flocks or he...

2796

Grege

Grege (?), Greg″ge (�), v. t. [OE. gregier to burden.] To make heavy; to increase. Wyclif.

2797

Greggoe

{ Greg″goe (?), Gre″go (?), } n. [Prob. fr, It. Greco Greek, or Sp. Griego, or Pg. Grego.] A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn ...

2798

Gregorian

Gre‐go″ri‐an (?), a. [NL. Gregorianus, fr. Gregorius Gregory, Gr. �: cf. F. grégorien.] Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named Gregory, especially one of the popes o...

2799

Greillade

Greil″lade (?), n.(Metal.) Iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process.

2800

Greisen

Grei″sen (?), n.(Min.) A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony.

2801

Greit

Greit (?), v. i. See Greet, to weep.

2802

Greith

Greith (?), v. t. [Icel. greiða: cf. AS. gerǣdan to arrange; pref. ge- + rǣde ready. Cf. Ready.] To make ready; — often used reflexively. Chaucer.

2803

Greith (2)

Greith, n. [Icel. greiði. See Greith, v.] Goods; furniture. See Graith.

2804

Gremial

Gre″mi‐al (?), a. [L. gremium lap, bosom.] Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom.

2805

Gremial (2)

Gre″mi‐al, n. 1. A bosom friend. Fuller.2. (Ecol.) A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining...

2806

Grenade

Gre‐nade″ (?), n. [F. grenade a pomegranate, a grenade, or Sp. granada; orig., filled with seeds. So called from the resemblance of its shape to a pomegranate. See Carnet, Grain...

2807

Grenadier

Gren′a‐dier″ (?), n. [F. grenadier. See Grenade.] 1. (Mil.) Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battali...

2808

Grenadillo

Gren′a‐dil″lo (?), n. A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; — called also Grenada cocos, or cocus, and red ebony.