Gritrock
(Grit"rock`) Gritstone
(Grit"stone`) (-ston`) n. (Geol.) See Grit, n., 4.
Grittiness
(Grit"ti*ness) n. The quality of being gritty.
Gritty
(Grit"ty) a.
1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding. [Colloq., U. S.]
Grivet
(Griv"et) n. [Cf. F. grivet.] (Zoöl.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia having the upper
parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient
Egyptians. Called also tota.
Grize
(Grize) n. Same as 2d Grise. [Obs.]
Grizelin
(Griz"e*lin) a. See Gridelin.
Grizzle
(Griz"zle) n. [F. gris: cf. grisaille hair partly gray, fr. gris gray. See Gris, and cf. Grisaille.]
Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black. Shak.
Grizzled
(Griz"zled) a. Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black.
Grizzled hair flowing in elf locks.
Sir W. Scott. Grizzly
(Griz"zly) a. Somewhat gray; grizzled.
Old squirrels that turn grizzly.
Bacon. Grizzly bear (Zoöl.), a large and ferocious bear (Ursus horribilis) of Western North America and the
Rocky Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of its claws.
Grizzly
(Griz"zly), n.; pl. Grizzlies
1. (Zoöl.) A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a.
2. pl. In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. [Local,
U. S.] Raymond.
Groan
(Groan) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groaned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Groaning.] [OE. gronen, granen, granien,
AS. grnian, fr. the root of grennian to grin. &radic35. See 2d Grin, and cf. Grunt.]
1. To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to
moan.
For we . . . do groan, being burdened.
2 Cor. v. 4.
He heard the groaning of the oak.
Sir W. Scott. 2. To strive after earnestly, as with groans.
Nothing but holy, pure, and clear,
Or that which groaneth to be so.
Herbert. Groan
(Groan), v. t. To affect by groans.
