{ Gra*nade" (?), Gra*na"do (?), } n. See Grenade.
||Gran`a*dil"la (?), n. [Sp., dim. of granada pomegranate. See Grenade,
||Garnet.] (Bot.) The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp.
||Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is
||as large as a child's head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit of
||Passiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices.
Gran"a*ry (?), n.; pl. Granaries (#). [L. granarium, fr. granum grain.
See Garner.] A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is
thrashed or husked; a cornhouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in
grain.
The exhaustless granary of a world.
Thomson.
Gran"ate (?), n. See Garnet.
Gra*na"tin (?), n. [L. granatum the pomegranate.] (Chem.) Mannite; --
so called because found in the pomegranate.
Gran"a*tite (?), n. See Staurolite.
Grand (?), a. [Compar. Grander (?); superl. Grandest.] [OE. grant,
grount, OF. grant, F. grand, fr. L. grandis; perh. akin to gravis
heavy, E. grave, a. Cf. Grandee.] 1. Of large size or extent; great;
extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a
grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake. "Our grand foe, Satan."
Milton.
Making so bold . . . to unseal Their grand commission.
Shak.
2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression;
illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid,
magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand
lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.
They are the highest models of expression, the unapproached masters
of the grand style.