Webster's Dictionary 1913

2755

Greengage

Green″gage′ (?), n.(Bot.) A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I....

2756

Greengill

Green″gill′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.

2757

Greengrocer

Green″gro′cer (?), n. A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.

2758

Greenhead

Green″head′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The mallard. (b) The striped bass. See Bass.

2759

Greenhead (2)

{ Green″head (?), Green″hood (?), } n. A state of greenness; verdancy. Chaucer.

2760

Greenhorn

Green″horn′ (?), n. A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon. W. Irving.

2761

Greenhouse

Green″house′ (?), n. A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.

2762

Greening

Green″ing, n. A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and its excellent keeping quality.

2763

Greenish

Green″ish, a. Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow. — Green″ish‐ness, n.

2764

Greenlander

Green″land‐er (?), n. A native of Greenland.

2765

Greenlet

Green″let (?), n. 1. (Zoöl.) One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love ...

2766

Greenly

Green″ly, adv. With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely. — a. Of a green color.

2767

Greenness

Green″ness, n. [AS. grēnnes. See Green.] 1. The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.2. Freshness; vigor; newness.3. Immaturity...

2768

Greenockite

Green″ock‐ite (?), n. [Named after Lord Greenock.] (Min.) Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.

2769

Greenroom

Green″room′ (grēn"room`), n. The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.

2770

Greensand

Green″sand′ (–s�nd′), n.(Geol.) A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed...

2771

Greenshank

Green″shank′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); — called also greater plover.

2772

Greenstone

Green″stone′ (grēn″stōn′), n.(Geol.) A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.

2773

Greensward

Green″sward′ (–swa̤rd') n. Turf green with grass.

2774

Greenth

Greenth (grēnth), n. The state or quality of being green; verdure.The greenth of summer. G. Eliot.

2775

Greenweed

Green″weed′ (?), n.(Bot.) See Greenbroom.

2776

Greenwood

Green″wood′ (?), n. A forest as it appears in spring and summer.

2777

Greenwood (2)

Green″wood′, a. Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade. Dryden.

2778

Greet

Greet (?), a. Great. Chaucer.

2779

Greet (2)

Greet, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. grǣtan, grētan; akin to Icel. grāta, Sw. gråta, Dan. græde, Goth. grēctan; cf. Skr. hrād to sound, roar. √50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [Written...

2780

Greet (3)

Greet, n. Mourning. Spenser.

2781

Greet (4)

Greet, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n.Greeting.] [OE. greten, AS. grētan to address, approach; akin to OS. grōtian, LG. gröten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. grüssen...