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<i>Marston.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>Affected with the disease called <cref>grease</cref>; as, the heels of a horse. See <er>Grease</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</def>

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<hw>Great</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Greater</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Greatest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>gret</ets>, great, AS. <ets>gre?t</ets>; akin to OS. & LG. <ets>gr?t</ets>, D. <ets>groot</ets>, OHG. <ets>gr?z</ets>, G. <ets>gross</ets>. Cf. <er>Groat</er> the coin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; <as>as, a <ex>great</ex> house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Large in number; numerous; <as>as, a great company, multitude, series, etc</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; <as>as, a <ex>great</ex> while; a <ex>great</ex> interval.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; <as>as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; formost; principal; <as>as, <ex>great</ex> men; the <ex>great</ex> seal; the <ex>great</ex> marshal, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>He doth object I am too <b>great</b> of birth. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; <as>as, a <ex>great</ex> argument, truth, or principle</as>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Pregnant; big (with young).</def>

<blockquote>The ewes <b>great</b> with young. <i>Ps. lxxviii. 71.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; <as>as, to use <ex>great</ex> caution; to be in <ex>great</ex> pain</as>.</def>

<blockquote>We have all <b>Great</b> cause to give <b>great</b> thanks. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>(Genealogy) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of de scent; <as>as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grand- mother's father), great-grandson, etc</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Great bear</col> (<fld>Astron.</fld>), the constellation Ursa Major. -- <col>Great cattle</col> (<fld>Law</fld>), all manner of cattle except sheep and yearlings. <i>Wharton</i>. -- <col>Great charter</col> (<fld>Eng. Hist.</fld>), Magna Charta. -- <col>Great circle of a sphere</col>, a circle the plane of which passes through the center of the sphere. -- <col>Great circle sailing</col>, the process or art of conducting a ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc between two places. -- <col>Great go</col>, the final examination for a degree at the University of Oxford, England; -- called also <altname>greats</altname>. <i>T. Hughes</i>. -- <col>Great guns</col>. (Naut.) See under Gun. -- <col>The Great Lakes</col> the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on the northern borders of the United States. -- <col>Great master</col>. Same as <cref>Grand master</cref>, under <er>Grand</er>. -- <col>Great organ</col> (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three parts of a grand organ (the others being the <i>choir organ</i> and the <i>swell</i>, and sometimes the <i>pedal organ</i> or foot keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has the middle position. -- <col>The great powers</col> (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy. -- <col>Great primer</col>. See under <er>Type</er>. -- <col>Great scale</col> (<fld>Mus.</fld>), the complete scale; -- employed to designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest to highest. -- <col>Great sea</col>, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black and the Mediterranean seas are so called. -- <col>Great seal</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The principal seal of a kingdom or state.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is custodian of this seal); also, his office.</cd><-- #sp in original, "Britain" was "Britian" --> -- <col>Great tithes</col>. <cd>See under Tithes.</cd> -- <col>The great</col>, <cd>the eminent, distinguished, or powerful.</cd> -- <col>The Great Spirit</col>, <cd>among the North American Indians, their chief or principal deity.</cd> -- <col>To be great</col> (with one), <cd>to be intimate or familiar (with him). <i>Bacon</i>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Great</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The whole.; the gross; <as>as, a contract to build a ship by the great</as>.</def>

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<hw>Great"-bel`lied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a great belly, bigbellied; pregnant; teeming.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Great"coat"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An overcoat.</def>

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<hw>Great"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>A minister's [business] is to <b>greaten</b> and exalt [his king]. <i>Ken.</i></blockquote>

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