See Greyhound.

Somewhat gray.

The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose.

A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish.

The quality of being gray.

A grayish or greenish compact rock, composed of feldspar and augite, and allied to basalt.

A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles and sand firmly united together.

The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.

One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage.

One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market.

The act of one who, or that which, grazes.

Gracefully; smoothly; elegantly.

See Gree, good will.

Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.

A device held in the hand, having a supply of grease and attached to a reservoir of pressurized air, used to force grease between adjacent moving parts of a machine, especially in the bearings of motor vehicles.

a person of Italian descent; -- used as a derogatory ethnic slur, and considered offensive.

smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction; as, a greased pig is too slippery to hold.

a greasy substance containing pigments, used as makeup by actors, clowns, and other entertainers; as, the smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd.

resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax; as, greaseproof wrapping paper.

One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc.

A low hardy much-branched spiny shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) common in alkaline soils of Western America.

In a greasy manner.

The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness.

Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.

The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.

Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming.

The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.

A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.

The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.

The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.

A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.

High-spirited; fearless.

The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.

a son of a niece or nephew.

a daughter of one's niece or nephew.

an uncle of one's father or mother.

An overcoat.

To become large; to dilate.

not to be surpassed.

In a great degree; much.

The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings.

One of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus Colymbus (formerly Podiceps), and allied genera, found in the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek.

To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.

An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism.

To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized.

Having characteristics that are partly Greek and partly Roman; as, Greco-Roman architecture.

An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander.

A step.

See Gree a step.

An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.

In a greedy manner.

The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.

Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.

A glutton.

A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.

A female Greek.

Peculiar to Greece.

A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions.

To become or grow green.

Unable to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red.

A defect of color vision characterized by inability to distinguish green and purplish-red.

A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed.

Having green eyes.

An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.

A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.

One of the legal tender notes of the United States; a note of paper currency of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.

One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments.

Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus). The European eelpout.

A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates.

Green plants; verdure.

A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.

See Bluefish, and Pollock.

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. See Gage.

An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.

A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.

The mallard. The striped bass. See Bass.

A state of greenness; verdancy.

A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon.

A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.

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.

Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.

An island situated between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, the largest island in the world; it is a Danish territory.

A native of Greenland.

One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See Vireo.

any spiny-finned food fish of the northern Pacific coasts, of the genus Hexagrammos.

With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely. Of a green color.

The act, performed by a publicly traded corporation, of paying a corporate raider to give up a takeover attempt, by buying the shares of stock he owns; also, the threat posed by corporate raiders to take over a company unless their stocks are purchased by the company at a price giving them a large profit.

The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.

Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.

The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.

A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.

A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.

A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.

Turf green with grass.

The state or quality of being green; verdure.

See Greenbroom.

The common teal (Anas crecca) of Eurasia and North America.

Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade.

Greeting.

One who weeps or mourns.

Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.

See Grieve, an overseer.

A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff.

A step. See Gree, a step.

A registrar or recorder; a notary.

Pertaining to, or like, a flock.

Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common.

An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are am/biform; -- called also Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria.

Of or pertaining to the Gregarin/. One of the Gregarin/.

Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone.

To make heavy; to increase.

A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant.

Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named Gregory, especially one of the popes of that name.

Pope Gregory XIII., born 1572, died 1585, the pope who introduced the modern calendar.

Iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process.

A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony.

See Greet, to weep.