Part 4978

<blockquote>The famine was <b>grievous</b> in the land. <i>Gen. xii. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The thing was very <b>grievous</b> in Abraham's sight. <i>Gen. xxi 11.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; <as>as, a <ex>grievous</ex> sin</as>.</def>

<i>Gen. xviii. 20. </i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; <as>as, a <ex>grievous</ex> cry</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Griev"ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Griev"ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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

<hw>Griff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Gripe</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Grasp; reach.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A vein of gold ore within one spade's <b>griff</b>. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. F. griffe, G. griff, prop., a grasping.]</ety> <fld>(Weaving)</fld> <def>An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

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<hw>Griffe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark>

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

<hw>Grif"fin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An Anglo-Indian name for a person just arrived from Europe.</def>

<i>H. Kingsley.</i>

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

<hw><hw>Grif"fin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Grif"fon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>griffin</ets>, <ets>griffon</ets>, <ets>griffoun</ets>, F. <ets>griffon</ets>, fr. L. <ets>gryphus</ets>, equiv to <ets>gryps</ets>, Gr. <?/; -- so called because of the hooked beak, and akin to <?/ curved, hook-nosed.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species of large vulture (<spn>Gyps fulvus</spn>) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor; -- called also <altname>gripe</altname>, and <altname>grype</altname>. It is supposed to be the "<i>eagle</i>" of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeir.</def> <altsp>[Written also gryphon.]</altsp>

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<p><b>4.</b> <def>An English early apple.</def>

<h1>Grig</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grig</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>kr\'84k</ets> little creature, reptile; or D. <ets>kriek</ets> cricket, E. <ets>cricket</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A cricket or grasshopper.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any small eel</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The broad-nosed eel See <er>Glut</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Heath.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Audrey.</i>

<cs><col>As merry as a grig</col><cd> <ety>[etymology uncertain]</ety>, a saying supposed by some to be a corruption of "As merry as a Greek; " by others, to be an allusion to the cricket.</cd></cs>

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