The top of the ladder, or first greeze, is this.
Latimer.
Gref"fi*er (?), n. [F., from LL. grafarius, graphiarius, fr. L.
graphium, a writing style; cf. F. greffe a record office. See Graft,
and cf. Graffer.] A registrar or recorder; a notary. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Gre"gal (?), a. [L. gregalis, fr. grex, gregis, herd.] Pertaining to,
or like, a flock.
For this gregal conformity there is an excuse.
W. S. Mayo.
Gre*ga"ri*an (?), a. Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort;
common. [Obs.] "The gregarian soldiers." Howell.
||Greg`a*ri"nÊ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gregarina the typical genus, fr.
||L. gregarius. See Gregarious.] (Zoˆl.) An order of Protozoa, allied
||to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the
||earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body
||inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young
||stages, they are amúbiform; -- called also Gregarinida, and
||Gregarinaria.
Greg"a*rine (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the GregarinÊ. -- n.
One of the GregarinÊ.
||Greg`a*rin"i*da (?) GregarinÊ.
Gre*ga"ri*ous (?), a. [L. gregarius, fr. grex, gregis, herd; cf. Gr.
&?; to assemble, Skr. jar to approach. Cf. Congregate, Egregious.]
Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or
herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone. Burke.
No birds of prey are gregarious.
Ray.
-- Gre*ga"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Gre*ga"ri*ous*ness, n.
Grege (?), Greg"ge (&?;), v. t. [OE. gregier to burden.] To make heavy;
to increase. [Obs.] Wyclif.
{ Greg"goe (?), Gre"go (?), } n. [Prob. fr, It. Greco Greek, or Sp.
Griego, or Pg. Grego.] A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick,
coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in
the Levant. [Written also griego.]
Gre*go"ri*an (?), a. [NL. Gregorianus, fr. Gregorius Gregory, Gr. &?;:
cf. F. grÈgorien.] Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named
Gregory, especially one of the popes of that name.
Gregorian calendar, the calendar as reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. in
1582, including the method of adjusting the leap years so as to
harmonize the civil year with the solar, and also the regulation of the
time of Easter and the movable feasts by means of epochs. See Gregorian
year (below). -- Gregorian chant (Mus.), plain song, or canto fermo, a
kind of unisonous music, according to the eight celebrated church
modes, as arranged and prescribed by Pope Gregory I. (called "the
Great") in the 6th century. -- Gregorian modes, the musical scales
ordained by Pope Gregory the Great, and named after the ancient Greek
scales, as Dorian, Lydian, etc. -- Gregorian telescope (Opt.), a form
of reflecting telescope, named from Prof. James Gregory, of Edinburgh,
who perfected it in 1663. A small concave mirror in the axis of this
telescope, having its focus coincident with that of the large
reflector, transmits the light received from the latter back through a
hole in its center to the eyepiece placed behind it. -- Gregorian year,
the year as now reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar. Thus,
every year, of the current reckoning, which is divisible by 4, except
those divisible by 100 and not by 400, has 366 days; all other years
have 365 days. See Bissextile, and Note under Style, n., 7.
Greil"lade (?), n. (Metal.) Iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for
reduction by the Catalan process.
Grei"sen (?), n. (Min.) A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and
mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony.
Greit (?), v. i. See Greet, to weep.
Greith (?), v. t. [Icel. greia: cf. AS. gerdan to arrange; pref. ge- +
rde ready. Cf. Ready.] To make ready; -- often used reflexively. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Greith, n. [Icel. greii. See Greith, v.] Goods; furniture. [Obs.] See
Graith.
Gre"mi*al (?), a. [L. gremium lap, bosom.] Of or pertaining to the lap
or bosom. [R.]
Gre"mi*al, n. 1. A bosom friend. [Obs.] Fuller.
2. (Ecol.) A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on
the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining
priests.
Gre*nade" (?), n. [F. grenade a pomegranate, a grenade, or Sp. granada;
orig., filled with seeds. So called from the resemblance of its shape
to a pomegranate. See Carnet, Grain a kernel, and cf. Pomegranate.]
(Min.) A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other
explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among
enemies.
Hand grenade. (a) A small grenade of iron or glass, usually about two
and a half inches in diameter, to be thrown from the hand into the head
of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon besiegers mounting a breach.
(b) A portable fire extinguisher consisting of a glass bottle
containing water and gas. It is thrown into the flames. Called also
fire grenade. -- Rampart grenades, grenades of various sizes, which,
when used, are rolled over the pararapet in a trough.
Gren`a*dier" (?), n. [F. grenadier. See Grenade.] 1. (Mil.) Originaly,
a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company
attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the
line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a
special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I.
one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards of the British army, etc.
2. (Zoˆl.) Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body and
tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also
onion fish, and rat-tail fish.
3. (Zoˆl.) A bright-colored South African grosbeak (Pyromelana orix),
having the back red and the lower parts black.
Gren`a*dil"lo (?), n. [Sp. granadillo.] A handsome tropical American
wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; -- called
also Grenada cocos, or cocus, and red ebony.
Gren`a*dine" (?), n. [F.] 1. A thin gauzelike fabric of silk or wool,
for women's wear.
2. A trade name for a dyestuff, consisting essentially of impure
fuchsine.
Gre*na"do (?), n. Same as Grenade.
Grene (?), a. Green. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Gres (?), n. Grass. [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ Gres*so"ri*al (?), Gres*so"ri*ous (?), } a. [L. gressus, p. p. of
gradi to step, go.] (Zool.) Adapted for walking; anisodactylous; as the
feet of certain birds and insects. See Illust. under Aves.
Gret (?), Grete (&?;), a. Great. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Gret"to (?), obs. imp. of Greet, to salute.
Greve (?), n. A grove. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Grew (gr), imp. of Grow.
Grew"some (?), Grue"some, a. [From a word akin to Dan. gru horror,
terror + -some; cf. D. gruwzaam, G. grausam. Cf. Grisly.] Ugly;
frightful.
Grewsome sights of war.