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<i>Locke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything very small, or of little value.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Gryde</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Gryde</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To gride. See <er>Gride</er>.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Gryfon</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Gryf"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Griffin</er>.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Gryllus</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Gryl"lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., <ets>locust</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of insects including the common crickets.</def>

<h1>Grype</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Grype</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To gripe. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Gripe</er>.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Grype</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Grype</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>gry`f</grk>, <grk>grypo`s</grk>, griffin. See <er>Griffin</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A vulture; the griffin.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>gripe</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gryph\'91a</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Gry*ph\'91"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. I <ets>gryphus</ets>, or <ets>qryps</ets>, gen. <ets>gryphis</ets>, a <ets>griffin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster.</def>

<h1>Gryphite</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Gryph"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>gryphite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A shell of the genus Gryphea.</def>

<h1>Gryphon</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Gryph"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The griffin vulture.</def>

<h1>Grysbok</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Grys"bok</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>grijs</ets> gray + <ets>bok</ets> buck.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small South African antelope (<spn>Neotragus melanotis</spn>). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn.</def>

<h1>Guacharo</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Gua*cha"ro</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>gu\'a0charo</ets> sickly, dropsical, <ets>guacharaca</ets> a sort of bird.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (<spn>Steatornis Caripensis</spn>, or <spn>S. steatornis</spn>); -- called also <altname>oilbird.</altname></def>

<note>&hand; It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds on fruits, and nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in place of butter, is extracted from the young by the natives.</note>

<h1>Guacho</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Gua"cho</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Guachos</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt> <ety>[Spanish American.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One of the mixed-blood (Spanish-Indian) inhabitants of the pampas of South America; a mestizo.</def>

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