Part 4946

<h1>Graaper</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Graap"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.</def>

<h1>Grasping</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grasp"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Seizing; embracing; catching.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; <as>as, he is a grasping man</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Grasp"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Grasp"ing*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Graspless</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grasp"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without a grasp; relaxed.</def>

<blockquote>From my graspless hand Drop friendship's precious pearls. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Grass</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grass</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gras</ets>, <ets>gres</ets>, <ets>gers</ets>, AS, <ets>qr<?/s</ets>, <ets>g<?/rs</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>gres</ets>, <ets>gers</ets>, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. <ets>gras</ets>, Dan. <ets>gr<?/s</ets>, Sw. <ets>gr<?/s</ets>, and prob. to Z. <ets>grcen</ets>, grow. Cf. <er>Graze</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single.</def>

<note>&hand; This definition includes wheat, rye, oats, barley, etc., and excludes clover and some other plants which are commonly called by the name of grass. The grasses form a numerous family of plants.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The season of fresh grass; spring.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>Two years old next <b>grass</b>. <i>Lathsm.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Metaphorically used for what is transitory.</def>

<blockquote>Surely the people is <b>grass</b>. <i>Is. xl. 7.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The following list includes most of the grasses of the United States of special interest, except cereals. Many of these terms will be found with definitions in the Vocabulary. See Illustrations in Appendix.</note>

<subtypes> <stype>Barnyard grass</stype>, <cd>for hay. South. <spn>Panicum Grus-galli</spn>.</cd>

<stype>Bent</stype>, <cd>pasture and hay. <spn>Agrostis</spn>, several species.</cd>

<stype>Bermuda grass</stype>, <cd>pasture. South. <spn>Cynodon Dactylon</spn>.</cd>

<stype>Black bent</stype>. <cd>Same as <i>Switch grass<i> (below).</cd>

<stype>Blue bent</stype>, <cd>hay. North and West. <spn>Andropogon provincialis</spn>.</cd>

<stype>Blue grass</stype>, <cd>pasture. <spn>Poa compressa</spn>.</cd>

<stype>Blue joint</stype>, <cd>hay. Northwest. <spn>Aqropyrum glaucum</spn>.</cd>

<stype>Buffalo grass</stype>, grazing. Rocky Mts., etc. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd><spn>Buchlo\'89 dectyloides</spn></cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Same as <cref>Grama grass</cref> (below).</cd> <-- here spelled "gramma" in original -->

<stype>Bunch grass</stype>, <cd>grazing. Far West. <spn>Eriocoma</spn>, <spn>Festuca</spn>, <spn>Stips</spn>, etc.</cd>

<mstype><stype>Chess</stype>, &or; <stype>Cheat</stype></mstype>, <cd>a weed. <spn>Bromus secalinus</spn>, etc.</cd>

<stype>Couch grass</stype>. <cd>Same as <spn>Quick grass</spn> (below).</cd>