Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Gramarye

Gram″a‐rye (?), n. [OE. gramer, grameri, gramori, grammar, magic, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire. See Grammar.] Necromancy; magic. Sir W. Scott.

2432

Gramashes

Gra‐mash″es (?), n. pl. [See Gamashes.] Gaiters reaching to the knee; leggings.Strong gramashes, or leggings of thick gray cloth. Sir W. Scott.

2433

Grame

Grame (?), n. [See Gram, a.] 1. Anger; wrath; scorn. Chaucer.2. Sorrow; grief; misery. Chaucer.

2434

Gramercy

Gra‐mer″cy (?), interj. [F. grand-merci. See Grand, and Mercy.] A word formerly used to express thankfulness, with surprise; many thanks.Gramercy, Mammon, said the gentle knight...

2435

Graminaceous

Gram″i‐na″ceous (?), a. [L. gramen, graminis, grass.] Pertaining to, or resembling, the grasses; gramineous; as, graminaceous plants.

2436

Gramineal

Gra‐min″e‐al (?), a. Gramineous.

2437

Gramineous

Gra‐min″e‐ous (?), a. [L. gramineus, fr. gramen, graminis, grass.] (Bot.) Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2.

2438

Graminifolious

Gram″i‐ni‐fo″li‐ous (?), a. [L. gramen, graminis, grass + folium leaf.] (Bot.) Bearing leaves resembling those of grass.

2439

Graminivorous

Gram″i‐niv″o‐rous (?), a. [L. gramen, graminis, grass + vorare to eat greedily.] Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; — said of horses, cattle, and other animals.

2440

Grammalogue

Gram″ma‐logue (grăm″mȧ‐lŏg), n. [Gr. γράμμα letter + λόγοσ word. Cf. Logogram.] (Phonography) Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by ...

2441

Grammar

Gram″mar (?), n. [OE. gramere, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire Prob. fr. L. gramatica Gr �, fem. of � skilled in grammar, fr. � letter. See Gramme, Graphic, and cf. Grammatical, Gram...

2442

Grammar (2)

Gram″mar, v. i. To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar. Beau. & Fl.

2443

Grammarian

Gram‐ma″ri‐an (?), n. [Cf. F. grammairien.] 1. One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.☞ “The term was used by the classic ancients as a term of h...

2444

Grammarianism

Gram‐ma″ri‐an‐ism (?), n. The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians.

2445

Grammarless

Gram″mar‐less (?), a. Without grammar.

2446

Grammates

Gram″mates (?), n. pl. Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar. Ford.

2447

Grammatic

Gram‐mat″ic (?), a. Grammatical.

2448

Grammatical

Gram‐mat″ic‐al (?), a. [L. grammaticus, grammaticalis; Gr. � skilled in grammar, knowing one's letters, from � a letter: cf. F. grammatical. See Grammar.] 1. Of or pertaining to...

2449

Grammaticaster

Gram‐mat″icas″ter (?), n. A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.My noble Neophite, my little grammaticaster. B. Jonson.

2450

Grammatication

Gram‐mat″i‐ca″tion (?), n. A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule. Dalgarno.

2451

Grammaticism

Gram‐mat″i‐cism (?), n. A point or principle of grammar. Abp. Leighton.

2452

Grammaticize

Gram‐mat″i‐cize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Grammaticized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Grammaticizing (?).] To render grammatical. Fuller.

2453

Grammatist

Gram″ma‐tist (?), n. [L. grammatista schoolmaster, Gr. �, from � to teach the letters, to be a scribe: cf. F. grammatiste. See Grammatical.] A petty grammarian. Tooke.

2454

Gramme (2)

Gramme (?), n. Same as Gram the weight.

2455

Gramme machine

Gramme″ ma‐chine″ (?). (Elec.) A kind of dynamo-electric machine; — so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.

2456

Gramophone

Gram″o‐phone (?), n. [Gr. � a thing drawn or written (fr. � write) + -phone, as in telephone.] An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducing sounds, the record being ...

2457

Grampus

Gram″pus (?), n.; pl.Grampuses (#). [Probably corrupted from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See Grand, and Fish. the a...