Part 4932

<hw>Gra*min"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gramineus</ets>, fr. <ets>gramen</ets>, <ets>graminis</ets>, grass.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See <er>Grass</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</def>

<h1>Graminifolious</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gram"i*ni*fo"li*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gramen</ets>, <ets>graminis</ets>, grass + <ets>folium</ets> leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bearing leaves resembling those of grass.</def>

<h1>Graminivorous</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gram"i*niv"o*rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gramen</ets>, <ets>graminis</ets>, grass + <ets>vorare</ets> to eat greedily.]</ety> <def>Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals.</def>

<h1>Grammalogue</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gram"ma*logue</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>gra`mma</grk> letter + <grk>lo`gos</grk> word. Cf. <er>Logogram</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Phonography)</fld> <def>Literally, a <it>letter word</it>; a word represented by a logogram; <as>as, <it>it</it>, represented by |, that is, t</as>. pitman.</def>

<h1>Grammar</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gram"mar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gramere</ets>, OF. <ets>gramaire</ets>, F. <ets>grammaire</ets> Prob. fr. L. <ets>gramatica</ets> Gr <?/, fem. of <?/ skilled in grammar, fr. <?/ letter. See <er>Gramme</er>, <er>Graphic</er>, and cf. <er>Grammatical</er>, <er>Gramarye</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.</def>

<note>&hand; The whole fabric of grammar rests upon the classifying of words according to their function in the sentence.</note>

<i>Bain.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.</def>

<blockquote>The original bad <b>grammar</b> and bad spelling. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>treatise on the elements or principles of any science; <as>as, a grammar of geography</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Comparative grammar</col>, <cd>the science which determines the relations of kindred languages by examining and comparing their grammatical forms.</cd> -- <col>Grammar school</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and Greek grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory to colleges or universities; as, the famous Rugby <i>Grammar School</i>. This use of the word is more common in England than in the United States.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>When any town shall increase to the number of a hundred families or householders, they shall set up a <b>grammar</b> school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the University. <i>Mass. Records (1647).</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>In the American system of graded common schools an intermediate grade between the primary school and the high school, in which the principles of English grammar are taught.</cd><-- now = primary school -->

<h1>Grammar</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gram"mar</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Grammarian</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gram*ma"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>grammairien</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.</def>

<note>&hand; "The term was used by the classic ancients as a term of honorable distinction for all who were considered learned in any art or faculty whatever." <i>Brande & C.</i></note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who writes on, or teaches, grammar.</def>

<h1>Grammarianism</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gram*ma"ri*an*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Grammarless</h1> <Xpage=644>