Part 4994

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<h1>Grope</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Groped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Groping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>gropen</ets>, <ets>gropien</ets>, <ets>grapien</ets>, AS. <ets>gr<?/pian</ets> to touch, grope, fr. <ets>gr<?/pan</ets> to gripe. See <er>Gripe</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To feel with or use the hands; to handle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.</def>

<blockquote>We <b>grope</b> for the wall like the blind. <i>Is. lix. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>grope</b> a little longer among the miseries and sensualities ot a worldly life. <i>Buckminster.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Grope</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grope</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To search out by feeling in the dark; <as>as, we groped our way at midnight</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To examine; to test; to sound.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Felix <b>gropeth</b> him, thinking to have a bribe. <i>Genevan Test. (Acts xxiv. ).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Groper</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grop"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling.</def>

<h1>Groping-ly</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grop"ing-ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a groping manner.</def>

<h1>Gros</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Gros</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Gross</er>.]</ety> <def>A heavy silk with a dull finish; <as>as, <ex>gros</ex> de Naples; <ex>gros</ex> de Tours.</as></def>

<h1>Grosbeak</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Gros"beak</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gross</ets> + beak: cf. F. <ets>gros-bec</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is <i>Coccothraustes vulgaris</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; Among the best known American species are the rose-breasted (<spn>Habia Ludoviciana</spn>); the blue (<spn>Guiraca c\'d2rulea</spn>); the pine (<spn>Pinicola enucleator</spn>); and the evening grosbeak. See <er>Hawfinch</er>, and <cref>Cardinal grosbeak</cref>, <cref>Evening grosbeak</cref>, under <er>Cardinal</er> and <er>Evening</er>.</note> <altsp>[Written also <asp>grossbeak</asp>.]</altsp>

<-- illustr. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, (<spn>Habia Ludoviciana</spn>). -->

<h1>Groschen</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grosch"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G.]</ety> <def>A small silver coin and money of account of Germany, worth about two cents. It is not included in the new monetary system of the empire.</def>

<h1>Grosgrain</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Gros"grain`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. Cf. <er>Grogram</er>.]</ety> <def>Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.</def>

<h1>Gross</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Gross</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Grosser</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Grossest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>gros</ets>, L. <ets>grossus</ets>, perh. fr. L. <ets>crassus</ets> thick, dense, fat, E. <ets>crass</ets>, cf. Skr. <ets>grathita</ets> tied together, wound up, hardened. Cf. <er>Engross</er>, <er>Grocer</er>, <er>Grogram</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.</def> "A <i>gross</i> fat man."

<i>Shak.</i>