Part 4949

<hw>Grass"-green`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Green with grass.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of the color of grass; clear and vivid green.</def>

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

<hw>Grass"-grown`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Overgrown with grass; <as>as, a grass-grown road</as>.</def>

<h1>Grasshopper</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grass"hop`per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families <spn>Acridid\'91</spn> and <spn>Locustid\'91</spn>. The species and genera are very numerous. The former family includes the Western grasshopper or locust (<spn>Caloptenus spretus</spn>), noted for the great extent of its ravages in the region beyond the Mississippi. In the Eastern United States the red-legged (<spn>Caloptenus femurrubrum</spn> and <spn>C. atlanis</spn>) are closely related species, but their ravages are less important. They are closely related to the migratory locusts of the Old World. See <er>Locust</er>.</def> <-- atlanis in original. Atlantis? -->

<note>&hand; The meadow or green grasshoppers belong to the <spn>Locustid\'91</spn>. They have long antenn\'91, large ovipositors, and stridulating organs at the base of the wings in the male. The European great green grasshopper (<spn>Locusta viridissima</spn>) belongs to this family. The common American green species mostly belong to <spn>Xiphidium</spn>, <spn>Orchelimum</spn>, and <spn>Conocephalus</spn>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the <altname>hopper.</altname></def>

<i>Grove.</i>

<cs><col>Grasshopper engine</col>, <cd>a steam engine having a working beam with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the other end, and the connecting rod at an intermediate point.</cd> -- <col>Grasshopper lobster</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>a young lobster.</cd> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark> -- <col>Grasshopper warbler</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>cricket bird.</cd></cs>

<h1>Grassiness</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grass"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Grassy.]</ety> <def>The state of abounding with grass; a grassy state.</def>

<h1>Grassless</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grass"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of grass.</def>

<h1>Grassplot</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grass"plot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A plot or space covered with grass; a lawn.</def> "Here on this grassplot."

<i>Shak.</i>

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

<hw>Grass" tree"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An Australian plant of the genus <spn>Xanthorrh\'d2a</spn>, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called "blackboys" from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called <cref>Botany-bay gum</cref>, and <cref>Gum Acaroides</cref>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A similar Australian plant (<spn>Kingia australis</spn>).</def>

<h1>Grassy</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grass"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Covered with grass; abounding with grass; <as>as, a grassy lawn</as>.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Resembling grass; green.</def>

<h1>Grate</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. gratus agreeable, grateful: cf. It. & Sp. grato. See Grace, and cf. Agree.]</ety> <def>Serving to gratify; agreeable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Herbert.</i>

<h1>Grate</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grate</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL.. grata, fr. L. crates hurdle; or It. grata, of the same origin. Sae Crate, Hurdle.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters.</def> "A secret grate of iron bars."