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2. According to the rules of grammar; grammatically correct; as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical.

--Gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Gram*mat"ic*al*ness, n.

Gram*mat"icas"ter (?), n. [LL.] A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.

My noble Neophite, my little grammaticaster.

B. Jonson.

Gram*mat"i*ca"tion (?), n. A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule. [Obs.] Dalgarno.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 animal.] 1. (Zoˆl.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.

2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.]

{ Gra*nade" (?), Gra*na"do (?), } n. See Grenade.

||Gran`a*dil"la (?), n. [Sp., dim. of granada pomegranate. See Grenade, ||Garnet.] (Bot.) The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. ||Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is ||as large as a child's head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit of ||Passiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices.

Gran"a*ry (?), n.; pl. Granaries (#). [L. granarium, fr. granum grain. See Garner.] A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornhouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain.

The exhaustless granary of a world.

Thomson.

Gran"ate (?), n. See Garnet.

Gra*na"tin (?), n. [L. granatum the pomegranate.] (Chem.) Mannite; -- so called because found in the pomegranate.

Gran"a*tite (?), n. See Staurolite.

Grand (?), a. [Compar. Grander (?); superl. Grandest.] [OE. grant, grount, OF. grant, F. grand, fr. L. grandis; perh. akin to gravis heavy, E. grave, a. Cf. Grandee.] 1. Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake. "Our grand foe, Satan." Milton.

Making so bold . . . to unseal Their grand commission.

Shak.

2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.

They are the highest models of expression, the unapproached masters of the grand style.

M. Arnold.

3. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.