GRAMERCY
GRAMERCY, for Fr. grand-merci, is not in use. It formerly was used to express obligation.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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GRAMINEAL
GRAMIN'EALGRAMIN'EOUS, adjective [Latin gramineus, from gramen, grass.]Grassy; like or pertaining to grass. Gramineous plants are those which have simple leaves, a jointed stem,...
GRAMINEOUS
GRAMIN'EOUS, a. [L. gramineus, from gramen, grass.]Grassy; like or pertaining to grass. Gramineous plants are those which have simple leaves, a jointed stem, a husky calyx, term...
GRAMINIVOROUS
GRAMINIV'OROUS, adjective [Latin gramen, grass, and voro, to eat.]Feeding or subsisting on grass. The ox and all the bovine genus of quadrupeds are graminivorous animals; so als...
GRAMMAR
GRAM'MAR, noun [Latin grammatica; Gr. a letter, to write.]1. In practice, the art of speaking or writing a language with propriety or correctness, according to established usage...
GRAMMAR-SCHOOL
GRAM'MAR-SCHOOL, noun A school in which the learned languages are taught. By learned languages, we usually mean the Latin and Greek; but others may be included.
GRAMMARIAN
GRAMMA'RIAN, noun One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.1. One who teaches grammar.
GRAMMATICAL
GRAMMAT'ICAL, adjective Belonging to grammar; as a grammatical rule.1. According to the rules of grammar. We say, a sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical
GRAMMATICALLY
GRAMMAT'ICALLY, adverb According to the principles and rules of grammar; as, to write or speak grammatically
GRAMMATICASTER
GRAMMAT'ICASTER, noun [Latin] A low grammarian; a pretender to a knowledge of grammar; a pedant.
GRAMMATICIZE
GRAMMAT'ICIZE, verb transitive To render grammatical.
GRAMMATIST
GRAM'MATIST, noun A pretender to a knowledge of grammar.
GRAMMATITE
GRAM'MATITE, noun [See Tremolite.]
GRAMPLE
GRAM'PLE, noun A crab-fish.
GRAMPUS
GRAM'PUS, noun A fish of the cetaceous order, and genus Delphinus. This fish grows to the length of twenty five feet, and is remarkably thick in proportion to its length. The no...
GRANADE
GRANADE, GRANADO. [See Grenade.]
GRANADILLA
GRANADIL'LA, noun A plant; the fruit of the Passiflora quadrangulata.
GRANADO
GRANADE, GRANADO [See Grenade.]
GRANARY
GRAN'ARY, noun [Latin granarium, from granum, grain.]A store house or repository of grain after it is thrashed; a corn-house.
GRANATE
GRAN'ATE, noun Usually written garnet, which see.
GRANATITE
GRAN'ATITE, noun [See Grenatite.]
GRANCY
FRA'GRANCE, 'GRANCY, noun [Latin fragrantia, from fragro, to smell strong.]Sweetness of smell; that quality of bodies which affects the olfactory nerves with an agreeable sensat...
GRAND
GRAND, adjective [Latin grandis.]1. Great; but mostly in a figurative sense; illustrious; high in power or dignity; as a grand lord.2. Great; splendid; magnificent; as a grand d...
GRANDAM
GRAN'DAM, noun [grand and dame.] Grandmother.1. An old woman.
GRANDCHILD
GRAND'CHILD, noun A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.
GRANDDAUGHTER
GRAND'DAUGHTER, noun The daughter of a son or daughter.
GRANDEE
GRANDEE', noun A nobleman; a man of elevated rank or station. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who has the king's leave to be covered in his presence.