3. Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience;
as, the greenness of youth.
Green"ock*ite (?), n. [Named after Lord Greenock.] (Min.) Native
cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals,
also as an earthy incrustation.
Green"room` (grn"room`), n. The retiring room of actors and actresses
in a theater.
Green"sand` (-s&?;nd`), n. (Geol.) A variety of sandstone, usually
imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate
of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of
phosphate of lime.
Greensand is often called marl, because it is a useful fertilizer. The
greensand beds of the American Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper
Cretaceous.
Green"shank` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus
canescens); -- called also greater plover.
Green"-stall` (?), n. A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are
exposed for sale.
Green"stone` (grn"stn`), n. [So called from a tinge of green in the
color.] (Geol.) A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain
dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.
Green"sward` (-swrd') n. Turf green with grass.
Greenth (grnth), n. [Cf. Growth.] The state or quality of being green;
verdure. [R.]
The greenth of summer.
G. Eliot.
Green"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) See Greenbroom.
Green"wood` (?), n. A forest as it appears in spring and summer.
Green"wood`, a. Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade.
Dryden.
Greet (?), a. Great. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Greet, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. grtan, grtan; akin to Icel. grta, Sw.
grÂta, Dan. grÊde, Goth. grctan; cf. Skr. hrd to sound, roar.
√50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also
greit.] Spenser.
Greet, n. Mourning. [Obs.] Spenser.
Greet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting.] [OE.
greten, AS. grtan to address, approach; akin to OS. grtian, LG. grˆten,
D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. gr¸ssen. √50.] 1. To address with
salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to
welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to,
either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing
or token.
My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
Shak.