Part 4942

<h1>Granulous</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Gran"u*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>granuleux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Full of grains; abounding with granular substances; granular.</def>

<h1>Grape</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Grape</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>grape</ets>, <ets>crape</ets>, bunch or cluster of grapes, F. <ets>grappe</ets>, akin to F. grappin grapnel, hook; fr. OHG. chrapfo hook, G. <ets>krapfen</ets>, akin to E. <ets>cramp</ets>. The sense seems to have come from the idea of clutching. Cf. <er>Agraffe</er>, <er>Cramp</er>, <er>Grapnel</er>, <er>Grapple</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use and for making wine and raisins.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>Grapeshot.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Grape borer</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Vine borer</er>.</cd> -- <col>Grape curculio</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld><cd>, a minute black weevil (<spn>Craponius in\'91qualis</spn>) which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes.</cd> -- <col>Grape flower</col>, &or; <col>Grape hyacinth</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a liliaceous plant (<spn>Muscari racemosum<spn>) with small blue globular flowers in a dense raceme.</cd> -- <col>Grape fungus</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a fungus (<spn>Oidium Tuckeri</spn>) on grapevines; vine mildew.</cd> -- <col>Grape hopper</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a Small yellow and red hemipterous insect, often very injurious to the leaves of the grapevine.</cd> -- <col>Grape moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small moth (<spn>Eudemis botrana</spn>), which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes, and often binds them together with silk.</cd> -- <col>Grape of a cannon</col>, <cd>the cascabel or knob at the breech.</cd> -- <col>Grape sugar</col>. <cd>See <er>Glucose</er>.</cd> -- <col>Grape worm</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the larva of the grape moth.</cd> -- <col>Soar grapes</col>, <cd>things which persons affect to despise because they can not possess them; -- in allusion to <AE/sop's fable of the fox and the grapes.</cd></cs>

<h1>Grape fruit</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Grape" fruit`</hw>. <def>The shaddock.</def>

<h1>Grapeless</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Grape"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wanting grapes or the flavor of grapes.</def>

<h1>Grapery</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Grap"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes.</def>

<h1>Grapeshot</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Grape"shot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags.</def>

<h1>Grapestone</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Grape"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A seed of the grape.</def>

<h1>Grapevine</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Grape"vine`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus <spn>Vitis</spn>, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called <i>grapes</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; The common grapevine of the Old World is <spn>Vitis vinifera</spn>, and is a native of Central Asia. Another variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly called <spn>Zante currants</spn>. The northern <i>Fox grape</i> of the United States is the <spn>V. Labrusca</spn>, from which, by cultivation, has come the <spn>Isabella</spn> variety. The southern <i>Fox grape</i>, or <i>Muscadine</i>, is the <spn>V. vulpina</spn>. The <i>Frost grape</i> is <spn>V. cordifolia</spn>, which has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early frosts.</note>

<h1>-graph</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>-graph</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt> <ety>[From Gr. <grk>gra`fein</grk> to write. See <er>Graphic</er>.]</ety> A suffix signifying <i>something written</i>, <i>a writing</i>; also, <i>a writer</i>; as auto<i>graph</i>, crysto<i>graph</i>, tele<i>graph</i>, photo<i>graph</i>.

<h1>Graphic, Graphical</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw><hw>Graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>graphicus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to write; cf. F. <ets>graphique</ets>. See</tt> <er>Graft</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the arts of painting and drawing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the art of writing.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.</def>

<blockquote>The finger of God hath left an inscription upon all his works, not graphical, or composed of letters. <i>Sir T. Browne. </i></blockquote>