Grit (v. i.) To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
Gritted (imp. & p. p.) of Grit
Gritting (p. pr. &, vb. n.) of Grit
Grit (v. t.) To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.
Grith (n.) Peace; security; agreement.
Gritrock (n.) Alt. of Gritstone
Gritstone (n.) See Grit, n., 4.
Grittiness (n.) The quality of being gritty.
Gritty (a.) Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
Gritty (a.) Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
Grivet (n.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.
Grize (n.) Same as 2d Grise.
Grizelin (a.) See Gridelin.
Grizzle (n.) Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.
Grizzled (a.) Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black.
Grizzly (a.) Somewhat gray; grizzled.
Grizzlies (pl. ) of Grizzly
Grizzly (n.) A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a.
Grizzly (a.) In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.
Groaned (imp. & p. p.) of Groan
Groaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Groan
Groan (v. i.) To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan.
Groan (v. i.) To strive after earnestly, as with groans.
Groan (v. t.) To affect by groans.
Groan (n.) A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the remark was received with groans.
Groanful (a.) Agonizing; sad.
Groat (n.) An old English silver coin, equal to four pence.
Groat (n.) Any small sum of money.
Groats (n. pl.) Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits.
Grocer (n.) A trader who deals in tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, and various other commodities.
Groceries (pl. ) of Grocery
Grocery (n.) The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense.
Grocery (n.) A retail grocer's shop or store.
Grog (n.) A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened; hence, any intoxicating liquor.
Groggeries (pl. ) of Groggery
Groggery (n.) A grogshop.
Grogginess (n.) State of being groggy.
Grogginess (n.) Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which causes him to move in a hobbling manner.
Groggy (a.) Overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs.
Groggy (a.) Weakened in a fight so as to stagger; -- said of pugilists.
Groggy (a.) Moving in a hobbling manner, owing to ten der feet; -- said of a horse.
Grogram (n.) Alt. of Grogran
Grogran (n.) A coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk.
Grogshop (n.) A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk; a dramshop.
Groin (n.) The snout of a swine.
Groin (v. i.) To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
Groin (n.) The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.
Groin (n.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.
Groin (n.) The surface formed by two such vaults.
Groin (n.) A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.
Groined (imp. & p. p.) of Groin
Groining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Groin
Groin (v. t.) To fashion into groins; to build with groins.
Groined (a.) Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault.
Gromet (n.) Same as Grommet.
Gromill (n.) See Gromwell.
Grommet (n.) A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag. Sometimes written grummet.
Grommet (n.) A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place.
Gromwell (n.) A plant of the genus Lithospermum (L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The German gromwell is the Stellera.
Grond () obs. imp. of Grind.
Gronte () obs. imp. of Groan.
Groom (n.) A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.
Groom (n.) One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole.
Groom (n.) A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom.
Groomed (imp. & p. p.) of Groom
Grooming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Groom
Groom (v. i.) To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.
Groomer (n.) One who, or that which, grooms horses; especially, a brush rotated by a flexible or jointed revolving shaft, for cleaning horses.
Groomsmen (pl. ) of Groomsman
Groomsman (n.) A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- the correlative of bridesmaid.
Grooper (n.) See Grouper.
Groove (n.) 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.
Groove (n.) Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine.
Groove (n.) A shaft or excavation.
Grooved (imp. & p. p.) of Groove
Groving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Groove
Groove (v. t.) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
Groover (n.) One who or that which grooves.
Groover (n.) A miner.
Grooving (n.) The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collection of grooves.
Groped (imp. & p. p.) of Grope
Groping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grope
Grope (v. i.) To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
Grope (v. i.) 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.
Grope (v. t.) To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.
Grope (v. t.) To examine; to test; to sound.
Groper (n.) One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling.
Groping-ly (adv.) In a groping manner.
Gros (n.) A heavy silk with a dull finish; as, gros de Naples; gros de Tours.
Grosbeak (n.) One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris.
Groschen (n.) 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.
Grosgrain (a.) Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.
Gross (superl.) Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
Gross (superl.) Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
Gross (superl.) Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
Gross (superl.) Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
Gross (superl.) Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
Gross (superl.) Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
Gross (superl.) Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net.
Gross (a.) The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.