Part 4967

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having a sickly color; wan.</def>

<blockquote>To look so green and pale. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; <as>as, a <ex>green</ex> manhood; a <ex>green</ex> wound.</as></def>

<blockquote>As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the <b>greenest</b> usurpation. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; <as>as, <ex>green</ex> fruit, corn, vegetables, etc</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Not roasted; half raw.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>We say the meat is <b>green</b> when half roasted. <i>L. Watts. </i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; <as>as, <ex>green</ex> in years or judgment</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its <b>green</b> conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. <i>Sir W. Scott. </i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; <as>as, green wood, timber, etc</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Green brier</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a thorny climbing shrub (<spn>Emilaz rotundifolia</spn>) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also <altname>cat brier</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Green con</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the pollock.</cd> -- <col>Green crab</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an edible, shore crab (<spn>Carcinus menas</spn>) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named <altname>joe-rocker</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Green crop</col>, <cd>a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc.</cd> -- <col>Green diallage</col>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Smaragdite.</cd> -- <col>Green dragon</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a North American herbaceous plant (<spn>Aris\'91ma Dracontium</spn>), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also <altname>dragon root</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Green earth</col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also <altname>mountain green</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Green ebony</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A south American tree (<spn>Jacaranda ovalifolia</spn>), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The West Indian green ebony.</cd> See <er>Ebony</er>. -- <col>Green fire</col> (<fld>Pyrotech.</fld>), <cd>a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due.</cd> -- <col>Green fly</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.</cd> -- <col>Green gage</col>, <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Greengage</er>, in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Green gland</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn\'91.</cd> -- <col>Green hand</col>, <cd>a novice. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd> -- <col>Green heart</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the <spn>Nectandra Rodi\'d2i</spn>, that of Martinique is the <spn>Colubrina ferruginosa</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Green iron ore</col> (<fld>Min.</fld>) <cd>dufrenite.</cd> -- <col>Green laver</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an edible seaweed (<spn>Ulva latissima</spn>); -- called also <altname>green sloke</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Green lead ore</col> (<fld>Min.</fld>), <cd>pyromorphite.</cd> -- <col>Green linnet</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the greenfinch.</cd> -- <col>Green looper</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the cankerworm.</cd> -- <col>Green marble</col> (<fld>Min.</fld>), <cd>serpentine.</cd> -- <col>Green mineral</col>, <cd>a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See <er>Greengill</er>.</cd> -- <col>Green monkey</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>a West African long-tailed monkey (<spn>Cercopithecus callitrichus</spn>), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there.</cd> -- <col>Green salt of Magnus</col> (<fld>Old Chem.</fld>), <cd>a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum.</cd> -- <col>Green sand</col> (<fld>Founding</fld>) <cd>molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.</cd> -- <col>Green sea</col> (<fld>Naut.</fld>), <cd>a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck.</cd> -- <col>Green sickness</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>chlorosis.</cd> -- <col>Green snake</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>one of two harmless American snakes (<spn>Cyclophis vernalis</spn>, and <spn>C. \'91stivus</spn>). They are bright green in color.</cd> -- <col>Green turtle</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an edible marine turtle. See <er>Turtle</er>.</cd> -- <col>Green vitriol</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> (<fld>Min.</fld>) <cd>Same as <altname>copperas</altname>, <altname>melanterite</altname> and <altname>sulphate of iron</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Green ware</col>, <cd>articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked.</cd> -- <col>Green woodpecker</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a common European woodpecker (<spn>Picus viridis</spn>); -- called also <altname>yaffle</altname>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Green</hw> <tt>(gren)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; <as>as, the village <ex>green</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>O'er the smooth enameled <b>green</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural.</def>

<blockquote>In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the <b>greens</b>, and wake the rising flowers. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Any substance or pigment of a green color.</def>

<cs><col>Alkali green</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also <altname>Helvetia green</altname>.</cd>-- <col>Berlin green</col><cd>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> See under <er>Berlin</er>.</cd> -- <col>Brilliant green</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition.</cd> -- <col>Brunswick green</col><cd> an oxychloride of copper.</cd> -- <col>Chrome green</col><cd>. See under <er>Chrome</er>.</cd> -- <col>Emerald green</col><cd>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; -- called also <altname>aldehyde green</altname>, <altname>acid green</altname>, <altname>malachite green</altname>, <altname>Victoria green</altname>, <altname>solid green</altname>, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate. (b) See <cref>Paris green</cref> (below).</cd> -- <col>Gaignet's green</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>a green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium.</cd> -- <col>Methyl green</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>an artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also light-green.</cd> -- <col>Mineral green</col><cd>. See under <er>Mineral</er>.</cd> -- <col>Mountain green</col><cd>. See <cref>Green earth</cref>, under <er>Green</er>, <tt>a.</tt></cd> -- <col>Paris green</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also <altname>Schweinfurth green</altname>, <altname>imperial green</altname>, <altname>Vienna green</altname>, <altname>emerald qreen</altname>, and <altname>mitis green</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Scheele's green</col></mcol> <fld><cd>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also <altname>Swedish green</altname>. It may enter into various pigments called <altname>parrot green</altname>, <altname>pickel green</altname>, <altname>Brunswick green</altname>, <altname>nereid green</altname>, or <altname>emerald green</altname>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Green</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Greened</er> <tt>(great)</tt>: <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Greening</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make green.</def>

<blockquote>Great spring before <b>Greened</b> all the year. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Green</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become or grow green.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>