Part 4958

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Gravity</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 647 this page badly done>

<hw>Grav"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gravities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>gravitas</ets>, fr. <ets>gravis</ets> heavy; cf. F. <ets>gravit\'82</ets>. See <er>Grave</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, <er>Grief</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of having weight; beaviness; <as>as, the <ex>gravity</ex> of lead</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sobriety of character or demeanor.</def> "Men of <i>gravity</i> and learning."<

<i>Shak.</i>

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<p><b>3.</b> <def>Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; <as>as, the <ex>gravity</ex> of an offense</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They derive an importance from . . . the <b>gravity</b> of the place where they were uttered. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.</def>

<cs><col>Center of gravity</col> <cd>See under <er>Center</er>.</cd> -- <col>Gravity battery</col>, <cd>See <er>Battery</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</cd> -- <col>Specific gravity</col>, <cd>the ratio of the weight of a body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard or unit. This standard is usually water for solids and liquids, and air for gases. Thus, 19, the specific gravity of gold, expresses the fact that, bulk for bulk, gold is nineteen times as heavy as water.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Gra"vy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gravies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. greavie; prob. fr. greaves, graves, the sediment of melted tallow. See <er>Greaves</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.</def>

<h1>Gray</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 648 needs proofing ##proof>

<hw>Gray</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Grayer</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Grayest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. gray, grey, AS. gr?g, gr?g; akin to D. graauw OHG. gr?o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Dw. gr?, Icel. grdr.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>grey</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; <as>as, the soft gray eye of a dove</as>.</def>

<blockquote>These <b>gray</b> and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Old; mature; <as>as, gray experience</as>. Ames.</def>

<cs><col>Gray antimony</col> (<fld>Min.</fld>), <cd>stibnite.</cd> -- <col>Gray buck</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the chickara.</cd> -- <col>Gray cobalt</col> (<fld>Min.</fld>), <cd>smaltite.</cd> -- <col>Gray copper</col> (<fld>Min.</fld>), <cd>tetrahedrite.</cd> -- <col>Gray duck</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard.</cd> -- <col>Gray falcon</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>the peregrine falcon.</cd> -- <col>Gray Friar</col>. <cd>See <er>Franciscan</er>, and <er>Friar</er>.</cd> -- <col>Gray hen</col> (<fld>Zo\'94l.</fld>), <cd>the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See <er>Heath grouse</er>.</cd> -- <col>Gray mill or millet</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name of several plants of the genus <spn>Lithospermum</spn>; gromwell.</cd> -- <col>Gray mullet</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>any one of the numerous species of the genus <spn>Mugil</spn>, or family <spn>Mugilid&ae;</spn>, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species (<spn>M. capito</spn>, and <spn>M. auratus</spn>), the American striped mullet (<spn>M. albula</spn>), and the white or silver mullet (<spn>M. Braziliensis</spn>). See <er>Mullet</er>.</cd> -- <col>Gray owl</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd> the European tawny or brown owl (<spn>Syrnium aluco</spn>). The great gray owl (<spn>Ulula cinerea</spn>) inhabits arctic America.</cd> -- <col>Gray parrot</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a parrot (<spn>Psittacus erithacus</spn>), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk.</cd> -- <col>Gray pike</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Sauger</er>.</cd> -- <col>Gray snapper</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See <er>Snapper</er>.</cd> -- <col>Gray snipe</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the dowitcher in winter plumage.</cd> -- <col>Gray whale</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a rather large and swift California whale (<spn>Rhachianectes glaucus</spn>), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Gray</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon.</def>

<blockquote>Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day. That coats thy life, my gallant gray. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Grayback</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 648 needs proofing ##proof>

<hw>Gray"back`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The California gray whale.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The redbreasted sandpiper or knot</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The dowitcher</def>. <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The body louse.</def>

<h1>Graybeard</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 648 needs proofing ##proof>

<hw>Gray"beard`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An old man.</def>