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An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points.

-- Grand pensionary. See under Pensionary. -- Grand piano (Mus.), a large piano, usually harp-shaped, in which the wires or strings are generally triplicated, increasing the power, and all the mechanism is introduced in the most effective manner, regardless of the size of the instrument. -- Grand relief (Sculp.), alt…

lied genera, found in the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.

A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects. To hold, pat, or bring one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude. They might be ashamed, for lack of courage, to suffer the Lacedæmonians to hold their noses to th…

A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.] Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. Shak. Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] E. Jonson.

llstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit.

A sharper; a rogue. [Obs.] J. Webstar.

A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps.

A pickax with one sharp point and one cutting edge. Knight.

Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.

An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form. [Written also halbert.]

ells us,"any one as he walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his hallelujahs." Sharp.

A sharp or steep declivity or slope. [Colloq.] To get the hang of, to learn the method or arrangement of; hence, to become accustomed to. [Colloq.]

The science which treats of their construction and progression. Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies. Milton.

a horseman; to array. Harnessed in rugged steel. Rowe. A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear. Chaucer.

Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.

certain plants. It is also called hay asthma, hay cold, and rose fever. -- Hay knife, a sharp instrument used in cutting hay out of a stack or mow. -- Hay press, a press for baling loose hay. -- Hay tea, the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle, etc. -- Hay tedder, a machine for spreading and…

Suitable to a funeral. If you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols. Bacon.

d in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling taste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; -- called also elleborin.