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, adv. In a greedy manner.

The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire. Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness. Shak.

Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious. [Obs.] Spenser.

A greedy eater; a glutton. [Obs.]

Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire. "Insatiable of glory." Milton.

ushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil. The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and other palms, very difficult to penetrate. Balfour (Cyc. of India). Jungle bear (Zoöl.), the aswail or sloth bear. -- Ju…

; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite. "Of full kene will." Piers Plowman. So keen and greedy to confound a man. Shak.

Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. "The lickerish palate of the glutton." Bp. Hall.

Greedy of gain [Obs.] Such diligence as the most part of our lucrative lawyers do use, in deferring and prolonging of matters and actions from term to term. Latimer.

s every plot can undermine and shake Dryden. On the make,bent upon making great profits; greedy of gain. [Low, U. S.]

Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish. Shak. For God forbid I should my papers blot With mercenary lines, with servile pen. Daniel.

A kind of musical toy into which one sings, hums, or speaks, producing a coarse, reedy sound.

Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.

To exceed or surpass in bidding. Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold. Pope.

One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low] Masked pig. (Zoöl.) See under Masked. -- Pig bed (Founding), the bed of sand in which the iron from a smelting furnace is cast into pigs. -- Pig iron, cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See Pig, 4. -- Pig yoke (Naut.), a nick…

Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy.

Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. [Thy Lord] redeem thee from Death's rapacious claim Milton .

To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [Written also ravin, and ravine.] Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Gen. xlix. 27.

Civered with reeds; reedy. Tusser.

A greedy and unceremonious contestant.