GREGARIOUS, gre-g[=a]'ri-us, _adj._ associating or living in flocks and
herds.--_adj._ GREG[=A]'RIAN.--_n._ GREG[=A]-RIANISM.--_adv._
GREG[=A]'RIOUSLY.--_n._ GREG[=A]'RIOUSNESS. [L. _gregarius_--_grex_,
_gregis_, a flock.]
GREGORIAN, gre-g[=o]'ri-an, _adj._ belonging to or established by Pope
_Gregory_; as the Gregorian chant or tones, introduced by Gregory I. (6th
century), and the calendar, reformed by Gregory XIII. (1582): one of an
18th-century English brotherhood.
GREIT, gr[=e]t. Same as GREET (2).
GREMIAL, gr[=e]'mi-al, _n._ a piece of cloth laid on a bishop's knees to
keep his vestments clean from oil at ordinations. [Fr.,--L. _gremium_, the
lap.]
GRENADE, gre-n[=a]d', _n._ a small shell of iron or annealed glass, filled
with powder and bits of iron, and thrown from the hand, or with a shovel
over a parapet. [Fr.,--Sp. _granada_--L. _granatus_, full of
seeds--_granum_, a grain, seed.]
GRENADIER, gren-a-d[=e]r', _n._ (_orig._) a soldier who threw grenades:
then, a member of the first company of every battalion of foot: now only
used as the title of the first three battalions of the foot-guards.
GRENADINE, gren-a-d[=e]n', _n._ a thin kind of silk used for ladies'
dresses, shawls, &c. [Fr.]
GRESSORIAL, gres-[=o]'ri-al, _adj._ adapted for walking, belonging to the
_Gressoria_, a sub-order of orthopterous insects with slender bodies and
long legs. [L. _gressus_, pa.p. of _gradi_, to walk.]
GRETNA, gret'na.--GRETNA-GREEN MARRIAGE, a runaway marriage across the
Border to _Gretna_ in Dumfriesshire.
GRÈVE, gr[=a]v, _n._ the Tyburn of ancient Paris.
GREVES, gr[=e]vz, _n.pl._ (_Milt._) armour for the legs--a form of
_greaves_.
GREW, gr[=oo], _pa.t._ of _grow_.
GREY, gr[=a]. Same as GRAY.--GREY FRIARS (see FRIAR); GREY HEN, a stone
bottle for holding liquor; GREYS=_Scots Greys_ (see SCOT).
GREYHOUND, gr[=a]'hownd, _n._ a tall and slender dog, kept for the chase,
with great powers of speed and great keenness of sight. [M. E. _greihund_;
Ice. _greyhundr_--Ice. _grey_, a dog, _hundr_, a hound.]
GREYWETHER, gr[=a]-we_th_'er, _n._ a large block of hard sandstone found
sporadically over south and south-east England.--Also GRAYWETH'ER, but not
_Grayweather_. [_Gray_ and _wether_--i.e. 'gray ram.']