Gran"ger*ism (?), n. [So called from the Rev. James Granger, whose
"Biographical History of England" (1769) was a favorite book for
illustration in this manner.] The practice of illustrating a particular
book by engravings collected from other books.
Gran"ger*ite (?), n. One who collects illustrations from various books
for the decoration of one book.
Gran"ger*ize (?), v. t. & i. To collect (illustrations from books) for
decoration of other books. G. A. Sala.
Gra*nif"er*ous (?), a. [L. qranifer; granum grain + ferre to bear: cf.
F. granifËre.] Bearing grain, or seeds like grain. Humble.
Gran"i*form (?), a. [L. granum grain + -form; cf. F. graniforme.]
Formed like of corn.
||Gra*nil"la (?), n. [Sp., small seed.] Small grains or dust of
||cochineal or the coccus insect.
Gran"ite (?), n. [It. granito granite, adj., grainy, p. p. of granire
to make grainy, fr. L. granum grain; cf. F. granit. See Grain.] (Geol.)
A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica,
and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from
gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being
destitute of a schistose structure.
Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also the Note under
Mica.
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Gneissoid granite, granite in which the mica has traces of a regular
arrangement. -- Graphic granite, granite consisting of quartz and
feldspar without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged in
the transverse section like oriental characters. -- Porphyritic
granite, granite containing feldspar in distinct crystals. --
Hornblende granite, or Syenitic granite, granite containing hornblende
as well as mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende replacing
the mica. -- Granite ware. (a) A kind of stoneware. (b) A Kind of
ironware, coated with an enamel resembling granite.
Gran"ite State. New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains,
which are chiefly of granite. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gra*nit"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. granitique.] 1. Like granite in composition,
color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.