The ewes great with young.
Ps. lxxviii. 71.
9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to
use great caution; to be in great pain.
We have all Great cause to give great thanks.
Shak.
10. (Genealogy) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation;
-- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the
direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a
grandmother's father), great- grandson, etc.
Great bear (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major. -- Great cattle
(Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and yearlings. Wharton. --
Great charter (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta. -- Great circle of a sphere,
a circle the plane of which passes through the center of the sphere. --
Great circle sailing, the process or art of conducting a ship on a
great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc between two places. --
Great go, the final examination for a degree at the University of
Oxford, England; -- called also greats. T. Hughes. -- Great guns.
(Naut.) See under Gun. -- The Great Lakes the large fresh-water lakes
(Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on the
northern borders of the United States. -- Great master. Same as Grand
master, under Grand. -- Great organ (Mus.), the largest and loudest of
the three parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ and
the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot keys), It is played
upon by a separate keyboard, which has the middle position. -- The
great powers (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great Britain, France,
Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy. -- Great primer. See under Type.
-- Great scale (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to designate the
entire series of musical sounds from lowest to highest. -- Great sea,
the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black and the Mediterranean
seas are so called. -- Great seal. (a) The principal seal of a kingdom
or state. (b) In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is custodian
of this seal); also, his office. -- Great tithes. See under Tithes. --
The great, the eminent, distinguished, or powerful. -- The Great
Spirit, among the North American Indians, their chief or principal
deity. -- To be great (with one), to be intimate or familiar (with
him). Bacon.
Great (?), n. The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by
the great.
Great"-bel`lied (?), a. Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant;
teeming. Shak.
Great"coat" (?), n. An overcoat.
Great"en (?), v. t. To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase
in size; to expand. [R.]
A minister's [business] is to greaten and exalt [his king].
Ken.