Grease (grs), n. [OE. grese, grece, F. graisse; akin to gras fat,
greasy, fr. LL. grassus thick, fat, gross, L. crassus. Cf. Crass.] 1.
Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or
unctuous matter of any kind.
2. (Far.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary
greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness,
followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences.
Grease bush. (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below). -- Grease moth
(Zoˆl.), a pyralid moth (Aglossa pinguinalis) whose larva eats greasy
cloth, etc. -- Grease wood (Bot.), a scraggy, stunted, and somewhat
prickly shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) of the Spinach family, very
abundant in alkaline valleys from the upper Missouri to California. The
name is also applied to other plants of the same family, as several
species of Atriplex and Obione.
Grease (grz or grs; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greased (grzd or grsd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Greasing.]
1. To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to
grease the wheels of a wagon.