Part 4939

<h1>Granite</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gran"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>granito</ets> granite, adj., grainy, p. p. of <ets>granire</ets> to make grainy, fr. L. <ets>granum</ets> grain; cf. F. <ets>granit</ets>. See <er>Grain</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefor in being destitute of a schistose structure.</def>

<note>&hand; Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also the <er>Note</er> under <er>Mica</er>.</note>

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<cs><col>Gneissoid granite</col>, <cd>granite in which the mica has traces of a regular arrangement.</cd> -- <col>Graphic granite</col>, <cd>granite consisting of quartz and feldspar without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged in the transverse section like oriental characters.</cd> -- <col>Porphyritic granite</col>, <cd>granite containing feldspar in distinct crystals.</cd> -- <col>Hornblende granite</col>, or <col>Syenitic granite</col>, <cd>granite containing hornblende as well as mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende replacing the mica.</cd> -- <col>Granite ware</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A kind of stoneware.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling granite.</cd></cs>

<h1>Granitic</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Gra*nit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. granitique.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; <as>as, granitic texture</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Consisting of granite; <as>as, granitic mountains</as>.</def>

<h1>Granitical</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Gra*nit"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Granitic.</def>

<h1>Granitification</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Gra*nit`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Granite</ets> + L. <ets>-ficare</ets> (in comp.) to make. See <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <def>The act or the process of forming into granite.</def>

<i>Humble.</i>

<h1>Granitiform</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Gra*nit"i*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Granite</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Resembling granite in structure or shape.</def>

<h1>Granitoid</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Gran"i*toid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Granite</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>granito\'8bde</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling granite in granular appearance; <as>as, <ex>granitoid</ex> gneiss; a <ex>granitoid</ex> pavement.</as></def>

<h1>Granivorous</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Gra*niv"o*rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>granum</ets> grain + <ets>vorare</ets> to devour: cf. F. <ets>granivore</ets>.]</ety> <def>Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; <as>as, granivorous birds</as>.</def> <-- seed-eating. not same as graminivorous? = feeding on grass or the seeds of grass. latter is for beasts. -->

<i>Gay.</i>

<h1>Grannam</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Gran"nam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A grandam.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Granny</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Gran"ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Granny's bend</col>, &or; <col>Granny's knot</col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of insecure knot or hitch; a reef knot crossed the wrong way.</cd></cs>

<h1>Granolithic</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Gran`o*lith"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>granum</ets> a grain (or E. <ets>granite</ets>) + <ets>-lith + -ic</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of hard artificial stone, used for pavements.</def>

<h1>Grant</h1> <Xpage=645>