Part 4973

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Greggoe, Grego</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw><hw>Greg"goe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gre"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. fr, It. <ets>Greco</ets> Greek, or Sp. <ets>Griego</ets>, or Pg. <ets>Grego</ets>.]</ety> <def>A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>griego</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Gregorian</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Gre*go"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. Gregorianus, fr. Gregorius Gregory, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>gr\'82gorien</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named Gregory, especially one of the popes of that name.</def>

<cs><col>Gregorian calendar</col>, <cd>the calendar as reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582, including the method of adjusting the leap years so as to harmonize the civil year with the solar, and also the regulation of the time of Easter and the movable feasts by means of epochs. See <cref>Gregorian year</cref> (below).</cd> -- <col>Gregorian chant</col> <fld>(Mus.<cd>)</fld>, plain song, or canto fermo, a kind of unisonous music, according to the eight celebrated church modes, as arranged and prescribed by Pope Gregory I. (called "the Great") in the 6th century.</cd> -- <col>Gregorian modes</col>, <cd>the musical scales ordained by Pope Gregory the Great, and named after the ancient Greek scales, as Dorian, Lydian, etc.</cd> -- <col>Gregorian telescope</col> <fld>(Opt.)</fld>, <cd>a form of reflecting telescope, named from Prof. James <i>Gregory</i>, of Edinburgh, who perfected it in 1663. A small concave mirror in the axis of this telescope, having its focus coincident with that of the large reflector, transmits the light received from the latter back through a hole in its center to the eyepiece placed behind it.</cd> -- <col>Gregorian year</col>, <cd>the year as now reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar. Thus, every year, of the current reckoning, which is divisible by 4, except those divisible by 100 aud not by 400, has 366 days; all other years have 365 days. See <er>Bissextile</er>, and Note under <er>Style</er>, <tt>n.<tt>, 7.</cd></cs>

<h1>Greillade</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Greil"lade</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>Iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process.</def>

<h1>Greisen</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Grei"sen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony.</def>

<h1>Greit</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Greit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>See <er>Greet</er>, to weep.</def>

<h1>Greith</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Greith</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>grct?a</ets>: cf. AS. <ets>ger?dan</ets> to arrange; pref. <ets>ge-</ets> + <ets>r<?/de</ets> ready. Cf. <er>Ready.</er>]</ety> <def>To make ready; -- often used reflexively.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Greith</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Greith</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>grci?i</ets>. See <er>Greith</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <def>Goods; furniture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <note>See <er>Graith</er>.</note>

<h1>Gremial</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Gre"mi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. gremium lap, bosom.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Gremial</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Gre"mi*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bosom friend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Ecol.)</fld> <def>A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining priests.</def>

<h1>Grenade</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Gre*nade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>grenade</ets> a pomegranate, a grenade, or Sp. <ets>granada</ets>; orig., filled with seeds. So called from the resemblanse of its shape to a pomegranate. See <er>Carnet</er>, <er>Grain</er> a kernel, and cf. <er>Pomegranate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies.</def>

<cs><col>Hand grenade</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A small grenade of iron or glass, usually about two and a half inches in diameter, to be thrown from the hand into the head of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon besiegers mounting a breach.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A portable fire extinguisher consisting of a glass bottle containing water and gas. It is thrown into the flames. Called also <altname>fire grenade</altname>.</cd> <col>Rampart grenades</col>, <cd>grenades of various sizes, which, when used, are rolled over the pararapet in a trough.</cd></cs>

<h1>Grenadier</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Gren`a*dier"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. grenadier. See <er>Grenade</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; <as>as, a <ex>grenadier</ex> of the guard of Napoleon I.</as> one of the regiment of <ex>Grenadier</ex> Guards of the British army, etc.</def>