Part 4993

<h1>Groom</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Groom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Scot. <ets>grome</ets>, <ets>groyme</ets>, <ets>grume</ets>, <ets>gome</ets>, <ets>guym</ets>, man, lover, OD. <ets>grom</ets> boy, youth; perh. the <ets>r</ets> is an insertion as in <ets>E</ets>. <ets>bridegroom</ets>, and the word is the same as AS. guma man. See <er>Bridegroom</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; <as>as, the <ex>groom</ex> of the chamber; the <ex>groom</ex> of the stole.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<cs><col>Groom porter</col>, <cd>formerly an officer in the English royal household, who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges.</cd></cs>

<h1>Groom</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Groom</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Groomed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Grooming</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.</def>

<h1>Groomer</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Groom"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, grooms horses; especially, a brush rotated by a flexible or jointed revolving shaft, for cleaning horses.</def>

<h1>Groomsman</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grooms"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Groomsmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- the correlative of bridesmaid<-- = best man -->.</def>

<h1>Grooper</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Groop"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Grouper</er>.</def>

<h1>Groove</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Groove</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>groef</ets>, <ets>groeve</ets>; akin to E. <ets>grove</ets>. See <er>Grove</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine.</def>

<blockquote>The gregarious trifling of life in the social <b>groove</b>. <i>J. Morley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <ety>[See <er>Grove</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A shaft or excavation.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Groove</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Groove</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Grooved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Groving</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.</def>

<h1>Groover</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Groov"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who or that which grooves.</def>

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

<i>Holloway.</i>

<h1>Grooving</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Groov"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collection of grooves.</def>