Gra*mer"cy (?), interj. [F. grand- merci. See Grand, and Mercy.] A word
formerly used to express thankfulness, with surprise; many thanks.
Gramercy, Mammon, said the gentle knight.
Spenser.
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Gram"i*na"ceous (?), a. [L. gramen, graminis, grass.] Pertaining to, or
resembling, the grasses; gramineous; as, graminaceous plants.
Gra*min"e*al (?), a. Gramineous.
Gra*min"e*ous (?), a. [L. gramineus, fr. gramen, graminis, grass.]
(Bot.) Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2.
Gram"i*ni*fo"li*ous (?), a. [L. gramen, graminis, grass + folium leaf.]
(Bot.) Bearing leaves resembling those of grass.
Gram"i*niv"o*rous (?), a. [L. gramen, graminis, grass + vorare to eat
greedily.] Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said
of horses, cattle, and other animals.
Gram"ma*logue (grm"m*lg), n. [Gr. gra`mma letter + lo`gos word. Cf.
Logogram.] (Phonography) Literally, a letter word; a word represented
by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t. Pitman.
Gram"mar (?), n. [OE. gramere, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire Prob. fr. L.
gramatica Gr &?;, fem. of &?; skilled in grammar, fr. &?; letter. See
Gramme, Graphic, and cf. Grammatical, Gramarye.] 1. The science which
treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and
their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use
and application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.
The whole fabric of grammar rests upon the classifying of words
according to their function in the sentence. Bain.
2. The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to
established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a
grammar.
The original bad grammar and bad spelling.
Macaulay.
3. A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the
principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.
4. treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar
of geography.
Comparative grammar, the science which determines the relations of
kindred languages by examining and comparing their grammatical forms.
-- Grammar school. (a) A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and
Greek grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory to colleges
or universities; as, the famous Rugby Grammar School. This use of the
word is more common in England than in the United States.
When any town shall increase to the number of a hundred families or
householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master
thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted
for the University.
Mass. Records (1647).
(b) In the American system of graded common schools an intermediate
grade between the primary school and the high school, in which the
principles of English grammar are taught.
Gram"mar, v. i. To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use
grammar. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Gram*ma"ri*an (?), n. [Cf. F. grammairien.] 1. One versed in grammar,
or the construction of languages; a philologist.
"The term was used by the classic ancients as a term of honorable
distinction for all who were considered learned in any art or faculty
whatever." Brande & C.