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Over against; opposite to. [Now dialectic] The land forenenst the Greekish shore. Fairfax.

A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies. Fox and geese. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the…

A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.

d with freckles; spotted. "The freckled trout." Dryden. The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover. Shak.

ot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment. -- French casement (Arch.) See French window, under Window. -- French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk. -- French cowslip (Bot.) The Pri…

In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated; uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.

Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline.

A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed.

chord (Mus.), a chord, the lowest tone of which is its root. -- Fundamental colors, red, green, and violet-blue. See Primary colors, under Color.

That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply. [Obs.] Greene.

hole nation, consisting of all men able to bear arms. The national fyrd or militia. J. R. Green.

A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage.

interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily. Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion. Ezek. xxii. 12. Gaining twist, in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle. To gain on or upon. (a) To encroach on; as, the oce…

A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.

The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]

The third letter (G) of the Greek alphabet.

A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike.

An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel.

Light green. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period.