Grandity
Grand″i‐ty (?), n. [L. granditas: cf. OF. granité. See Grand.] Grandness. Camden.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Grandly
Grand″ly, adv. In a grand manner.
Grandma
{ Grand″ma″ (?), Grand″mam‐ma″ (?), } n. A grandmother.
Grandmother
Grand″moth″er (?), n. The mother of one's father or mother.
Grandmotherly
Grand″moth″er‐ly, a. Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent.
Grandnephew
Grand″neph″ew (?), n. The grandson of one's brother or sister.
Grandness
Grand″ness, n. Grandeur. Wollaston.
Grandniece
Grand″niece″ (?), n. The granddaughter of one's brother or sister.
Grandpa
{ Grand″pa″ (?), Grand″pa‐pa″ (?), } n. A grandfather.
Grandsire
Grand″sire″ (?), n. [OF. grantsire. See Grand, and Sire.] Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor.
Grandson
Grand″son″ (?), n. A son's or daughter's son.
Granduncle
Grand″un″cle (?), n. [Cf. F. grand-oncle.] A father's or mother's uncle.
Grane
Grane (?), v. & n. See Groan.
Grange
Grange (?), n. [F. grange barn, LL. granea, from L. granum grain. See Grain a kernel.] 1. A building for storing grain; a granary. Milton.2. A farmhouse, with the barns and othe...
Granger
Gran″ger (?), n. 1. A farm steward.2. A member of a grange.
Granger railroads
{Gran″ger railroads, orGranger roads }. (Finance) Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying the produce of farmers or grangers; — specifically applied to the ...
Granger stocks
Granger stocksorshares. Stocks or shares of the granger railroads.
Grangerism
Gran″ger‐ism (?), n. [So called from the Rev. James Granger, whose “Biographical History of England” (1769) was a favorite book for illustration in this manner.] The practice of...
Grangerite
Gran″ger‐ite (?), n. One who collects illustrations from various books for the decoration of one book.
Grangerize
Gran″ger‐ize (?), v. t. & i. To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other books. G. A. Sala.
Graniferous
Gra‐nif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. qranifer; granum grain + ferre to bear: cf. F. granifère.] Bearing grain, or seeds like grain. Humble.
Graniform
Gran″i‐form (?), a. [L. granum grain + -form; cf. F. graniforme.] Formed like of corn.
Granilla
‖Gra‐nil″la (?), n. Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect.
Granite
Gran″ite (?), n. [It. granito granite, adj., grainy, p. p. of granire to make grainy, fr. L. granum grain; cf. F. granit. See Grain.] (Geol.) A crystalline, granular rock, consi...
Granite State
Gran″ite State. New Hampshire; — a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite.
Granite State (2)
Gran″ite State. New Hampshire; — a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite.
Granitic
Gra‐nit″ic (?), a. 1. Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.2. Consisting of granite; as, granitic mountains.