Alkali green (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of
a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also
Helvetia green. -- Berlin green. (Chem.) See under Berlin. -- Brilliant
green (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in
composition. -- Brunswick green, an oxychloride of copper. -- Chrome
green. See under Chrome. -- Emerald green. (Chem.) (a) A complex basic
derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline
substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable
fiber a brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green, acid green,
malachite green, Victoria green, solid green, etc. It is usually found
as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate. (b) See
Paris green (below). -- Gaignet's green (Chem.) a green pigment
employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting
essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium. -- Methyl green (Chem.), an
artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a
brilliant yellow luster; -- called also light-green. -- Mineral green.
See under Mineral. - - Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a.
-- Paris green (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting of a
mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper.
It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial
flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the
potato bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, imperial green, Vienna
green, emerald qreen, and mitis green. -- Scheele's green (Chem.), a
green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper;
-- called also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments called
parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green, nereid green, or emerald
green.
Green, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greened (great): p. pr. & vb. n. Greening.]
To make green.
Great spring before Greened all the year.
Thomson.
Green, v. i. To become or grow green. Tennyson.
By greening slope and singing flood.
Whittier.
Green"back" (?), n. One of the legal tender notes of the United States;
-- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed
with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.
Green"back"er (?), n. One of those who supported greenback or paper
money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments. [Colloq. U. S.]
Green"bone (?), n. [So named because the bones are green when boiled.]
(Zoˆl.) (a) Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus). (b) The European
eelpout.
Green"-broom` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Genista (G.
tinctoria); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed.
Green"cloth` (-klth`; 115), n. A board or court of justice formerly
held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household,
composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of
matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders
and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two
hundred yards beyond the gates.
Green"er*y (?), n. Green plants; verdure.
A pretty little one-storied abode, so rural, so smothered in
greenery.
J. Ingelow.
Green"-eyed (?), a. 1. Having green eyes.
2. Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or distorts.
"Green-eyed jealousy." Shak.
Green"finch` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) 1. A European finch (Ligurinus chloris);
-- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf,
greeny, and peasweep.
2. The Texas sparrow (Embernagra rufivirgata), in which the general
color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head.
Green"fish` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Bluefish, and Pollock.
Green"gage` (?), n. (Bot.) A kind of plum of medium size, roundish
shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France
Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.
Green"gill` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) An oyster which has the gills tinged with a
green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.
Green"gro`cer (?), n. A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh
or green state.
Green"head` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) The mallard. (b) The striped bass. See
Bass.
{ Green"head (?), Green"hood (?), } n. A state of greenness; verdancy.
Chaucer.
Green"horn` (?), n. A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed
upon. W. Irving.
Green"house` (?), n. A house in which tender plants are cultivated and
sheltered from the weather.
Green"ing, n. A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the
Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh
and its excellent keeping quality.
Green"ish, a. Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish
yellow. -- Green"ish*ness, n.
Green"land*er (?), n. A native of Greenland.
Green"-leek` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis
Barrabandi); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.
Green"let (?), n. 1. (Zoˆl.) One of numerous species of small American
singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue- headed
(Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the
warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V.
flavifrons) and others. See Vireo.
2. (Zoˆl,) Any species of Cyclorhis, a genus of tropical American birds
allied to the tits.
Green"ly, adv. With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely. -- a. Of
a green color. [Obs.]
Green"ness, n. [AS. grnnes. See Green.] 1. The quality of being green;
viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.