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A species of apple that ripens very early. Bacon.

Possessing genitive from; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case; as, a genitival adverb. -- Gen`i*ti"val*ly, adv.

The genitive case. Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute.

Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; -- applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves.

The genitals. [Obs.] Holland.

See Urogenital.

Generation; procreation; birth. Dryden.

A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arsenic.

The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See Greensand.

A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite.

A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefor in being destitute of a schistose structure.

New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite.

Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.

Granitic.

The act or the process of forming into granite. Humble.

Resembling granite in structure or shape.

Resembling granite in granular appearance; as, granitoid gneiss; a granitoid pavement.

A hydrous silicate of magnesia.

The petrified fruit of the Chara hispida, a species of stonewort. See Stonewort. Lyell.

One of a religious sect, founded in Würtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony.