2. The Julian calendar, used in the Greek Church.

Greek calends or kalends. A time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.

Grey"hound`, n. A swift steamer, esp. an ocean steamer.

Grid, n. (Elec.) A plate or sheet of lead with perforations, or other irregularities of surface, by which the active material of a secondary battery or accumulator is supported.

Griff, n. A person of mixed blood.

Griffe, n. A person of mixed negro and American Indian blood.

Grif"fon (grf"fn), n. [F.] One of a European breed of rough-coated dogs, somewhat taller than the setter and of a grizzly liver color. They are used in hunt game birds. The Brussels griffon is a very small, wiry- coated, short-nosed pet dog of Belgian origin.

Grill (?), n. 1. A figure of crossed bars with interstices, such as those sometimes impressed upon postage stamps.

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