Part 4960

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; <as>as, the bullet grazed the wall</as>.</def>

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

<hw>Graze</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; <as>as, cattle graze on the meadows</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To yield grass for grazing. The ground cortinueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To touch something lightly in passing.</def>

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<hw>Graze</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>Turning him out for a grace on the common. <i>T. Hughes. </i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A light touch; a slight scratch.</def>

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

<hw>Graz"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage.</def>

<blockquote>The cackling goose, Close <b>grazer</b>, finds wherewith to ease her want. <i>J. Philips. </i></blockquote>

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<hw>Gra"zier</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market.</def>

<blockquote>The inhabitants be rather . . . <b>graziers</b> than plowmen. <i>Stow.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Graz"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of one who, or that which, grazes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A pasture; growing grass.</def>

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

<hw>Gra"zi*o"so</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[It., adj. See Gracious.]</ety> (<fld>Mus.</fld>) <def>Gracefully; smoothly; elegantly.</def>

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<hw>Gre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Gree</er>, a step.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Gre</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Gree</er>, good will</def>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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

<hw>Grease</hw> <tt>(gres)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. grese, grece, F. graisse; akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. LL. grassus thick, fat, gross, L. <ets>crassus</ets>. Cf. <er>Crass</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences.</def>