Part 4961

<cs><col>Grease bush</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>Same as <cref>Grease wood</cref> (below).</cd> -- <col>Grease moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a pyralid moth (<spn>Aglossa pinguinalis</spn>) whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc.</cd> -- <col>Grease wood</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a scraggy, stunted, and somewhat prickly shrub (<spn>Sarcobatus vermiculatus</spn>) of the Spinach family, very abundant in alkaline valleys from the upper Missouri to California. The name is also applied to other plants of the same family, as several species of <spn>Atriplex</spn> and <spn>Obione</spn>.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>Grease</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Greased</er> <tt>(grezd or gresd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Greasing</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; <as>as, to grease the wheels of a wagon</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bribe; to corrupt with presents.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>greased</b> advocate that grinds the poor. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cheat or cozen; to overreach.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl. </i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>(Ear.) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.</def>

<cs><col>To grease in the hand</col>, <cd>to corrupt by bribes.</cd></cs>

<i>Usher.</i>

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

<hw>Greas"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A nickname sometimes applied in contempt to a Mexican of the lowest type.</def> <mark>[Low, U. S.]</mark>

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

<hw>Greas"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> In a greasy manner.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In a gross or indelicate manner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>You talk <b>greasily</b>; your lips grow foul. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Greas"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness.</def>

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

<hw>Greas"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Compar. Greasier (<?/); superl. Greasiest.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; <as>as, a greasy dish</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Smeared or defiled with grease.</def>

<blockquote>With <b>greasy</b> aprons, rules, and hammers. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Fat of body; bulky</def>. <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Gross; indelicate; indecent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>