Part 4991

<h1>Grocery</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Gro"cer*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Groceries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>grosserie</ets> wholesale. See <er>Grocer</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense.</def>

<blockquote>A deal box . . . to carry <b>groceries</b> in. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The shops at which the best families of the neighborhood bought <b>grocery</b> and millinery. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A retail grocer's shop or store. <mark>[U.s.]</mark>;</def>

<h1>Grog</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grog</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So named fronm "Old <ets>Grog</ets>" a nickmname given to Admiral Vernon, in allusion to his wearing a <ets>grogram</ets> cloak in foul weather. He is said to have been the first to dilute the rum of the sailors (about 1745).]</ety> <def>A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened; hence, any intoxicating liquor.</def>

<cs><col>Grog blossom</col>, <cd>a redness on the nose or face of persons who drink ardent spirits to excess. <mark>[Collog.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Groggery</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grog"ger*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Groggeries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>. A grogshop</plu>. <mark>[Slang, U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Grogginess</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grog"gi*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>State of being groggy.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which causes him to move in a hobbling manner.</def>

<h1>Groggy</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grog"gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Weakened in a fight so as to stagger; -- said of pugilists.</def> <mark>[Cant or Slang]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>Moving in a hobbling manner, owing to ten der feet; -- said of a horse.</def>

<i>Youatt.</i>

<h1>Grogram, Grogran</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw><hw>Grog"ram</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Grog"ran</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>gros-grain</ets>, lit., gros-grain, of a coarse texture. See <er>Gross</er>, and <er>Grain</er> a kernel, and cf. <er>Grog</er>.]</ety> <def>A coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk.</def>

<h1>Grogshop</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grog"shop`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk; a dramshop.</def>

<h1>Groin</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Groin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>groin</ets>, fr. <ets>grogner</ets> to grunt, L. <ets>grunnire</ets>.]</ety> <def>The snout of a swine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Groin</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Groin</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>grogner</ets> to grunt, grumble.]</ety> <def>To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>